1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
County resultsLoomis: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Heil : 40–50% 50–60%
The 1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942.
Incumbent Republican Governor Julius P. Heil was defeated by Progressive nominee Orland S. Loomis in a rematch of the 1940 election with 49.65% of the vote. As of 2023, this is the last time Waupaca and Dodge counties did not vote for the Republican candidate for governor. Primary elections were held on September 15, 1942.
Loomis died of a heart attack on December 7, 1942, a month before he was to take office. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Lieutenant Governor Walter Samuel Goodland would serve Orland Loomis's term as governor, overriding the view of Governor Julius Heil that he should continue in office.[ 1] [ 2]
Primary election
Republican party
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Progressive party
Candidates
Results
Socialist party
Candidates
Results
Other party nominations
General election
Results
Results by county
Shawano County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1879 while Lafayette County and Price County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1892 .
County[ 10] [ 11]
Orland S. Loomis Progressive
Julius P. Heil Republican
William C. Sullivan Democratic
Frank P. Zeidler Socialist
All Others Various
Margin[ e]
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
1,223
62.02%
632
32.05%
99
5.02%
13
0.66%
5
0.25%
591
29.97%
1,972
Ashland
3,443
59.52%
1,808
31.25%
486
8.40%
25
0.43%
23
0.40%
1,635
28.26%
5,785
Barron
4,179
64.15%
1,986
30.49%
296
4.54%
32
0.49%
21
0.32%
2,193
33.67%
6,514
Bayfield
2,490
60.79%
1,234
30.13%
325
7.93%
32
0.78%
15
0.37%
1,256
30.66%
4,096
Brown
7,527
39.26%
7,223
37.68%
4,328
22.58%
85
0.44%
8
0.04%
304
1.59%
19,171
Buffalo
2,284
58.93%
1,476
38.08%
97
2.50%
17
0.44%
2
0.05%
808
20.85%
3,876
Burnett
1,653
64.42%
777
30.28%
110
4.29%
17
0.66%
9
0.35%
876
34.14%
2,566
Calumet
1,638
36.68%
1,987
44.49%
796
17.82%
40
0.90%
5
0.11%
-349
-7.81%
4,466
Chippewa
4,430
49.08%
4,081
45.21%
480
5.32%
22
0.24%
13
0.14%
349
3.87%
9,026
Clark
4,220
57.26%
2,707
36.73%
383
5.20%
45
0.61%
15
0.20%
1,513
20.53%
7,370
Columbia
4,852
59.43%
2,755
33.75%
514
6.30%
37
0.45%
6
0.07%
2,097
25.69%
8,164
Crawford
1,675
29.81%
2,521
44.87%
1,393
24.80%
28
0.50%
1
0.02%
-846
-15.06%
5,618
Dane
30,394
74.05%
8,841
21.54%
1,577
3.84%
207
0.50%
24
0.06%
21,553
52.51%
41,043
Dodge
6,696
47.79%
5,248
37.46%
1,937
13.82%
121
0.86%
9
0.06%
1,448
10.33%
14,011
Door
1,582
47.84%
1,433
43.33%
265
8.01%
20
0.60%
7
0.21%
149
4.51%
3,307
Douglas
7,397
57.89%
3,429
26.84%
1,832
14.34%
82
0.64%
38
0.30%
3,968
31.05%
12,778
Dunn
2,989
52.50%
2,450
43.04%
220
3.86%
17
0.30%
17
0.30%
539
9.47%
5,693
Eau Claire
5,438
54.66%
4,063
40.84%
382
3.84%
55
0.55%
10
0.10%
1,375
13.82%
9,948
Florence
334
39.86%
350
41.77%
148
17.66%
2
0.24%
4
0.48%
-16
-1.91%
838
Fond du Lac
6,333
42.67%
6,395
43.09%
1,972
13.29%
107
0.72%
35
0.24%
-62
-0.42%
14,842
Forest
1,266
46.84%
663
24.53%
736
27.23%
29
1.07%
9
0.33%
530[ f]
19.61%
2,703
Grant
6,583
49.15%
5,400
40.31%
1,319
9.85%
59
0.44%
34
0.25%
1,183
8.83%
13,395
Green
3,667
58.95%
2,200
35.36%
292
4.69%
37
0.59%
25
0.40%
1,467
23.58%
6,221
Green Lake
1,541
39.78%
1,727
44.58%
584
15.07%
15
0.39%
7
0.18%
-186
-4.80%
3,874
Iowa
3,588
62.14%
1,819
31.50%
310
5.37%
27
0.47%
30
0.52%
1,769
30.64%
5,774
Iron
1,850
52.10%
1,086
30.58%
549
15.46%
45
1.27%
21
0.59%
764
21.52%
3,551
Jackson
3,157
69.69%
1,237
27.31%
121
2.67%
12
0.26%
3
0.07%
1,920
42.38%
4,530
Jefferson
4,925
46.24%
4,271
40.10%
1,359
12.76%
81
0.76%
16
0.15%
654
6.14%
10,652
Juneau
3,553
72.04%
1,198
24.29%
162
3.28%
19
0.39%
0
0.00%
2,355
47.75%
4,932
Kenosha
6,512
37.93%
7,362
42.88%
3,006
17.51%
217
1.26%
72
0.42%
-850
-4.95%
17,169
Kewaunee
1,522
33.89%
1,903
42.37%
1,033
23.00%
27
0.60%
6
0.13%
-381
-8.48%
4,491
La Crosse
7,611
50.99%
6,209
41.60%
1,028
6.89%
55
0.37%
23
0.15%
1,402
9.39%
14,926
Lafayette
2,145
43.74%
2,155
43.94%
585
11.93%
13
0.27%
6
0.12%
-10
-0.20%
4,904
Langlade
2,195
38.38%
2,034
35.57%
1,424
24.90%
49
0.86%
17
0.30%
161
2.82%
5,719
Lincoln
3,871
60.51%
2,093
32.72%
327
5.11%
76
1.19%
30
0.47%
1,778
27.79%
6,397
Manitowoc
8,292
52.83%
5,613
35.76%
1,656
10.55%
126
0.80%
10
0.06%
2,679
17.07%
15,697
Marathon
7,684
47.01%
6,442
39.42%
1,881
11.51%
315
1.93%
22
0.13%
1,242
7.60%
16,344
Marinette
2,140
27.40%
4,063
52.02%
1,545
19.78%
56
0.72%
6
0.08%
-1,923
-24.62%
7,810
Marquette
1,014
38.75%
1,275
48.72%
307
11.73%
14
0.53%
7
0.27%
-261
-9.97%
2,617
Milwaukee
103,650
50.83%
62,701
30.75%
30,230
14.82%
6,546
3.21%
787
0.39%
40,949
20.08%
203,914
Monroe
3,924
60.24%
2,206
33.87%
337
5.17%
38
0.58%
9
0.14%
1,718
26.37%
6,514
Oconto
3,222
42.57%
3,004
39.69%
1,284
16.97%
52
0.69%
6
0.08%
218
2.88%
7,568
Oneida
2,950
59.75%
1,475
29.88%
449
9.09%
55
1.11%
8
0.16%
1,475
29.88%
4,937
Outagamie
4,495
26.14%
7,780
45.25%
4,754
27.65%
155
0.90%
9
0.05%
-3,026[ g]
-17.60%
17,193
Ozaukee
2,810
53.00%
1,848
34.85%
570
10.75%
63
1.19%
11
0.21%
962
18.14%
5,302
Pepin
673
46.45%
690
47.62%
79
5.45%
4
0.28%
3
0.21%
-17
-1.17%
1,449
Pierce
2,372
48.98%
2,285
47.18%
169
3.49%
11
0.23%
6
0.12%
87
1.80%
4,843
Polk
4,277
68.88%
1,708
27.51%
194
3.12%
22
0.35%
8
0.13%
2,569
41.38%
6,209
Portage
3,648
38.12%
2,468
25.79%
3,386
35.38%
60
0.63%
8
0.08%
262[ f]
2.74%
9,570
Price
2,269
43.01%
2,320
43.98%
552
10.46%
64
1.21%
70
1.33%
-51
-0.97%
5,275
Racine
11,673
44.04%
11,000
41.50%
3,500
13.21%
271
1.02%
61
0.23%
673
2.54%
26,505
Richland
2,417
48.73%
2,116
42.66%
385
7.76%
14
0.28%
28
0.56%
301
6.07%
4,960
Rock
8,306
48.29%
7,662
44.55%
1,153
6.70%
50
0.29%
29
0.17%
644
3.74%
17,200
Rusk
2,271
50.91%
1,740
39.00%
402
9.01%
33
0.74%
15
0.34%
531
11.90%
4,461
Sauk
5,390
57.89%
3,319
35.65%
500
5.37%
70
0.75%
32
0.34%
2,071
22.24%
9,311
Sawyer
1,255
42.33%
1,349
45.50%
334
11.26%
20
0.67%
7
0.24%
-94
-3.17%
2,965
Shawano
2,163
34.33%
3,415
54.21%
642
10.19%
77
1.22%
3
0.05%
-1,252
-19.87%
6,300
Sheboygan
7,653
37.11%
8,499
41.22%
3,894
18.88%
518
2.51%
57
0.28%
-846
-4.10%
20,621
St. Croix
3,098
49.62%
2,359
37.78%
751
12.03%
32
0.51%
4
0.06%
739
11.84%
6,244
Taylor
2,537
47.75%
1,962
36.93%
648
12.20%
138
2.60%
28
0.53%
575
10.82%
5,313
Trempealeau
3,204
62.27%
1,683
32.71%
243
4.72%
9
0.17%
6
0.12%
1,521
29.56%
5,145
Vernon
4,508
65.14%
2,164
31.27%
228
3.29%
20
0.29%
1
0.01%
2,344
33.87%
6,921
Vilas
1,308
40.71%
1,134
35.29%
723
22.50%
33
1.03%
15
0.47%
174
5.42%
3,213
Walworth
3,171
31.88%
5,759
57.90%
966
9.71%
43
0.43%
7
0.07%
-2,588
-26.02%
9,946
Washburn
1,466
55.28%
999
37.67%
170
6.41%
12
0.45%
5
0.19%
467
17.61%
2,652
Washington
2,827
40.17%
3,231
45.91%
902
12.82%
78
1.11%
0
0.00%
-404
-5.74%
7,038
Waukesha
7,999
47.24%
7,475
44.15%
1,299
7.67%
147
0.87%
12
0.07%
524
3.09%
16,932
Waupaca
3,423
47.25%
3,149
43.46%
601
8.30%
63
0.87%
9
0.12%
274
3.78%
7,245
Waushara
1,178
38.36%
1,577
51.35%
272
8.86%
27
0.88%
17
0.55%
-399
-12.99%
3,071
Winnebago
7,000
38.44%
8,949
49.14%
2,023
11.11%
202
1.11%
36
0.20%
-1,949
-10.70%
18,210
Wood
6,634
59.40%
3,773
33.78%
649
5.81%
92
0.82%
20
0.18%
2,861
25.62%
11,168
Total
397,664
49.65%
291,945
36.45%
98,153
12.25%
11,295
1.41%
1,928
0.24%
105,719
13.20%
800,985
Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Progressive
Counties that flipped from Progressive to Republican
Notes
^ Orland S. Loomis was elected in the 1942 election, but died before taking office. Per a ruling of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Goodland, who had been re-elected lieutenant governor in the same election, served as governor for the entire term.
^ "Independent Communist"
^ "Independent Socialist Labor"
^ These are not listed in the Blue Book but are listed in the Board of Canvassers report.
^ All margins are Loomis over Heil unless otherwise noted
^ a b Loomis's margin over Sullivan
^ Heil's margin over Sullivan
References
^ "Goodland Governor By Wisconsin Ruling; Court Holds Lieutenant Governor Must Fill Death Vacancy" . New York Times . December 30, 1942. p. E10.
^ Richardson, Darcy G. (November 10, 2012). "Time Capsule: Wisconsin's Progressive Party Cheated by the Grim Reaper" . Darcy Richardson’s Uncovered Politics . Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ a b "Primary" . Green Bay Press-Gazette . Green Bay, Wisconsin. September 9, 1942. p. 2. Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ a b c d The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1944). "Primary Vote For Governor By Counties". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1944 . Madison, Wisconsin. p. 504. {{cite book }}
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^ "WI Governor, 1942 - R Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ a b c "These Men Seek State Nominations" . Wisconsin State Journal . Madison, Wisconsin. September 13, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ "LaFollette, Once Progressive Chief Seeks GOP Nod" . Dixon Evening Telegraph . Dixon, Illinois. August 12, 1946. p. 2. Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ "GOP Nominates Heil" . Wisconsin State Journal . Madison, Wisconsin. September 16, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ "WI Governor, 1942 - D Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers - Election of State Officers - November 3, 1942
^ a b The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1944). "Summary Vote For Governor By Counties". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1944 . Madison, Wisconsin. p. 572. {{cite book }}
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