1920 Illinois gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1920 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 Presidential no 1916 Illinois gubernatorial election 1916 1924 Illinois gubernatorial election 1924 November 2, 1920 File:Len Small (3x4).jpg Len Small Republican Party (United States) 1,243,148 58.87% J. Hamilton Lewis (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1913-1914) (cropped more).png J. Hamilton Lewis Democratic Party (United States) 731,541 34.64% 1920 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 160px County resultsSmall: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Lewis: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Governor Frank Orren Lowden Republican Party (United States) Len Small Republican Party (United States) The 1920 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent first-term Republican Governor Frank Orren Lowden declined to stand for re-election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. President at the 1920 Republican National Convention. Republican nominee Len Small defeated Democratic nominee James Hamilton Lewis with 58.78% of the vote. Primary elections Primary elections were held on September 15, 1920. Democratic primary Candidates James Hamilton Lewis, former U.S. Senator Barratt O'Hara, former Lieutenant Governor Results Democratic primary resultsIllinois Official Vote 1920 72-73 James Hamilton Lewis Democratic Party (United States) 153,717 85.14 Barratt O'Hara Democratic Party (United States) 26,827 14.86 180,544 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Oscar E. Carlstrom, Mercer County state's attorney John G. Oglesby, incumbent Lieutenant Governor Len Small, former State Treasurer Edward N. Woodruff, mayor of Peoria Results Republican primary resultsIllinois Official Vote 1920 72-73 Len Small Republican Party (United States) 377,005 46.49 John G. Oglesby Republican Party (United States) 369,103 45.52 Edward N. Woodruff Republican Party (United States) 34,506 4.26 Oscar E. Carlstrom Republican Party (United States) 30,836 3.74 811,450 100.00 Socialist primary Candidates Andrew Lafin Results Socialist primary resultsIllinois Official Vote 1920 72-73 Andrew Lafin Socialist Party of America 1,859 100.00 1,859 100.00 General election Candidates Major candidates Len Small, Republican James Hamilton Lewis, Democratic Minor candidates Harrison Parker, Co-operative, former president of the Chicago-American Newspaper Company Candidate for Governor https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1920-09-25/ed-1/seq-1/ Evening times-Republican. Marshalltown, Iowa 25 September 1920 1 11 March 2021 John H. Walker, Farmer-Labor, national Chairman of the Farmer-Labor PartyThe Farmer-Labor Party Convention Robert M. Buck http://www.marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/flp/1920/0717-buck-flpconvention.pdf PDF The New Majority Chicago 17 July 1920 1–2 11 March 2021 John Maynard Harlan, Harding-Coolidge Republican, Independent nominee for mayor of Chicago 1897 and Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago in 1905 Parke Longworth, Liberal James H. Woertendyke, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for U.S. House in 1904 from Illinois's 13th congressional district Lewis D. Spaulding, Single Tax Andrew Lafin, Socialist, Socialist nominee for U.S. House in 1916 from Illinois's 9th congressional district John M. Francis, Socialist Labor, nominee for Governor in 1916 Results 1920 Illinois gubernatorial electionIllinois Official Vote 1920 5Glashan 1979 80-81 Republican Party (United States) Len Small 1,243,148 58.87% Democratic Party (United States) James Hamilton Lewis 731,551 34.64% Socialist Party of America Andrew Lafin 58,998 2.79% Farmer-Labor Party John H. Walker 56,480 2.67% Prohibition Party James H. Woertendyke 9,876 0.47% Independent Republican (United States) John Maynard Harlan 5,985 0.28% Socialist Labor Party of America John M. Francis 3,020 0.14% Co-operative Party Harrison Parker 1,260 0.06% Single Tax Party Lewis D. Spaulding 930 0.04% Liberal Parke Longworth 357 0.02% Scattering 5 0.00% 511,597 24.23% 2,111,605 100.00% Republican Party (United States) See also 1920 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election References Bibliography Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Compiled by Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State Louis Lincoln Emmerson 1920 Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General Election, Nov. 2, 1920, &c., &c. https://archive.org/details/officialvoteofst01illi/page/n5/mode/2up Springfield, Illinois Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers Illinois Official Vote 1920 1920 Illinois Gubernatorial Category:November 1920 in the United States