1920 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1920 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1913 Presidential no 1918 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1918 1922 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1922 November 2, 1920 125px George Comings Republican Party (United States) 440,839 76.92% 125px Henry Kleist Socialist Party of America 75,457 13.17% 125px Frank R. Derrick Prohibition Party 55,940 9.76% Lieutenant Governor Edward Dithmar Republican Party (United States) George Comings Republican Party (United States) The 1920 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Republican nominee George Comings defeated Socialist nominee and incumbent member of the Wisconsin Senate Henry Kleist and Prohibition nominee Frank R. Derrick. This election marked the first time since the creation of the office of lieutenant governor that the Democratic party failed to run a candidate.https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AQEHAMYTSP3ADT86/full/AIIY2WDJYPVWNP8E Wisconsin blue book library.wisc.edu 1921 2025-11-10 Republican primary The Republican primary election was held on September 7, 1920. Candidate George Comings received a plurality of the votes (45.91%) against incumbent state senator Albert J. Pullen and former state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in the previous election Charles H. Everett, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.County Clerk's List of Candidates https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85040613/1920-08-25/ed-1/seq-6/ The Vilas County News Eagle River, Wisconsin August 25, 1920 6 2025-11-10https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AQEHAMYTSP3ADT86/full/AWH4AKSMTXFBNO8K Primary election statistics 1920 library.wisc.edu 1921 2025-11-10 Results 1920 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary George Comings Republican Party (US) 152,052 45.91% Albert J. Pullen Republican Party (US) 110,578 33.38% Charles H. Everett Republican Party (US) 68,592 20.71% 331,222 100.00% General election On election day, November 2, 1920, Republican nominee George Comings won the election by a margin of 365,382 votes against his foremost opponent Socialist nominee Henry Kleist, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. Comings was sworn in as the 24th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin on January 3, 1921.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=55&year=1920&f=0&off=6&elect=0 1920 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin uselectionatlas.org May 30, 2024 2025-11-10 Results Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1920 Republican Party (United States) George Comings 440,839 76.92 Socialist Party of America Henry Kleist 75,457 13.17 Prohibition Party Frank R. Derrick 55,940 9.76 Scattering 904 0.15 573,140 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:1920 Wisconsin elections Category:1920 in Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:November 1920 in the United States Category:1920 elections in the United States Category:1920s Wisconsin elections Category:1920s in Wisconsin Category:1920s elections in North America Category:1920s elections in the United States Category:Government of Wisconsin Category:1920 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:20th century in Wisconsin Category:20th-century elections in North America Category:20th-century elections Category:20th-century elections in the United States