Election
election
The 1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918. Primary elections were held on September 3, 1918.
Incumbent Republican Governor Emanuel L. Philipp won the election with 46.99% of the vote, winning his third and last term as governor. Philipp defeated Democratic Party candidate Henry A. Moehlenpah and Socialist candidate Emil Seidel.
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The 1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918. Primary elections were held on September 3, 1918.
Incumbent Republican Governor Emanuel L. Philipp won the election with 46.99% of the vote, winning his third and last term as governor. Philipp defeated Democratic Party candidate Henry A. Moehlenpah and Social-Democratic candidate Emil Seidel.
Philipp was the first Republican to ever win Ozaukee County. Simultaneously, Moehlenpah was the first Democrat since 1857 to win Polk County, the first since 1886 to win Bayfield County, and the first since 1892 to win Ashland County.
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