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1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

The 1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1922.

1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
← 1916 November 7, 1922 1925 (special) →
 
Nominee Robert M. La Follette Jessie Jack Hooper
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 379,494 78,029
Percentage 80.60% 16.57%
County results
La Follette:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
U.S. senator before election

Robert M. La Follette
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert M. La Follette
Republican

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Democrat Jessie Jack Hooper. Off the strength of his landslide victory, La Follette launched a second campaign for President of the United States in 1924.

La Follette's opponent, the suffragette Jessie Jack Hooper, was among the first American women to ever run a campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Campaign

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La Follette spent much of the primary defending his opposition to American involvement in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. He attacked President Warren Harding's administration and its proposed Four-Power Treaty as equally objectionable as the Versailles negotiations.[1]

Results

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1922 Republican U.S. Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 362,445 72.23%
Republican William Ganfield 139,327 27.77%
Total votes 484,135 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1922 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jessie Jack Hooper 16,663 100.00%
Total votes 16,663 100.00%

Prohibition primary

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Candidates

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  • Adolph R. Bucknam

Results

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1922 Prohibition U.S. Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition Adolph R. Bucknam 1,282 100.00%
Total votes 1,282 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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  • Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition)
  • Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragette and anti-war activist (Democratic)
  • Robert M. La Follette, incumbent Senator since 1906 (Republican)
  • Richard Koeppel (Socialist Labor)

Campaign

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Hooper's campaign was run by two women, Livia Peshkova and Gertrude Watkins, bolstered by women in the press, and often hosted in family living rooms. The campaign rallying cry was "Whoop for Hooper." Her election platform championed the League of Nations, veterans compensation, and world peace. Her husband was one of only two men who donated any money to her campaign.[3]

Results

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1922 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 379,494 80.60%  21.37
Democratic Jessie Jack Hooper 78,029 16.57%  15.33
Prohibition Adolph R. Bucknam 11,254 2.39%  0.37
Socialist Labor Richard Koeppel 1,656 0.35%  0.18
Write-in 386 0.08%
Total votes 470,819 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LA FOLLETTE LEADS IN WISCONSIN RACE". The New York Times. September 6, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923" (PDF). p. 500. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Smith, James Howell (Winter 1962–1963). "Mrs. Ben Hooper of Oshkosh: Peace Worker and Politician". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 46 (2). Wisconsin Historical Society: 124–135. JSTOR 4633823.
  4. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923" (PDF). p. 564. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
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