1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

none March 2026 September 2023 1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1913 presidential no 1916 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1916 1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin 1925 (special) November 7, 1922 150x150px File:Famous Living Americans - Robert M. LaFollette.jpg Robert M. La Follette Republican Party (US) 379,494 80.60% File:Jessie Jack Hooper (cropped).jpg Jessie Jack Hooper Democratic Party (US) 78,029 16.57% U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette Republican Party (United States) Robert M. La Follette Republican Party (United States) 1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 260px County resultsLa Follette: #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #A80000 >90% The 1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1922. 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 Candidates William Arthur Ganfield, minister and president of Carroll College since 1921 Robert M. La Follette, incumbent Senator since 1906 Campaign 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.LA FOLLETTE LEADS IN WISCONSIN RACE https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/09/06/99064979.html?pageNumber=1 1 6 Sep 1922 subscription 3 Aug 2022 The New York Times Results 1922 Republican U.S. Senate primaryhttps://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1923/reference/wi.wibluebk1923.i0018.pdf The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923 17 June 2021 500 July 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150717064843/https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1923/reference/wi.wibluebk1923.i0018.pdf dead Republican Party (US) Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 362,445 72.23% Republican Party (US) William Arthur Ganfield 139,327 27.77% 484,135 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragette and anti-war activist Results 1922 Democratic U.S. Senate primary Democratic Party (United States) Jessie Jack Hooper 16,663 100 16,663 100 Prohibition primary Candidates Adolph R. Bucknam Results 1922 Prohibition U.S. Senate primary Prohibition Party (United States) Adolph R. Bucknam 1,282 100.00% 1,282 100.00% General election Candidates 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 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.Mrs. Ben Hooper of Oshkosh: Peace Worker and Politician James Howell Smith The Wisconsin Magazine of History 46 2 Winter 1962–1963 124–135 Wisconsin Historical Society 4633823 Results 1922 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1922election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922 Clerk.house.gov 17 June 2021The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923 https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1923/reference/wi.wibluebk1923.i0018.pdf 564 17 June 2021 July 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150717064843/https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1923/reference/wi.wibluebk1923.i0018.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 379,494 80.60% 21.37 Democratic Party (United States) Jessie Jack Hooper 78,029 16.57% 15.33 Prohibition Party (United States) Adolph R. Bucknam 11,254 2.39% 0.37 Socialist Labor Party (United States) Richard Koeppel 1,656 0.35% 0.18 386 0.08% 470,819 100.00% Republican Party (United States) See also 1922 United States Senate elections References 1922 Wisconsin United States Senate Category:Robert M. La Follette