1925 Wisconsin elections

none March 2025 March 2025 1925 Wisconsin elections Wisconsin legislative yes 1924 Wisconsin elections 1924 1926 Wisconsin elections 1926 April 7, 1925 The 1925 Wisconsin elections were held April 7, 1925. Statewide contests on the ballot included a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and an election for superintendent of public instruction. The election also featured Wisconsin circuit courts and local elections. In addition to the state and local elections held in April, a special election for U.S. Senate was held in Wisconsin on September 29. Federal offices U.S. Senate 1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin A special United States Senate election was held for Wisconsin's Class 1 United States Senate seat on September 29, 1925, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Republican senator Robert M. La Follette. Robert M. La Follette Jr. was elected to a full six-year term. La Follette defeated Independent (and fellow Republican) former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin Edward Dithmar. Three other candidates also appeared on the general election ballot: John M. Work (Socialist), William G. Bruce (Independent/Democratic), and George Bauman (Socialist Labor). There were three other candidates in the Republican primary, former state senator from Eau Claire Roy P. Wilcox, Daniel C. Woodward, and former Governor of Wisconsin Francis E. McGovern.1925 U.S. Senate election in WisconsinThe Wisconsin Blue Book, 1927 https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1927/reference/wi.wibluebk1927.i0015.pdf 579 June 17, 2021 June 24, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200342/https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1927/reference/wi.wibluebk1927.i0015.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) Robert La Follette Jr. 237,719 67.51% 13.16 Independent Republican (United States) Edward F. Dithmar 91,318 25.93% N/A Socialist Party (United States) John M. Work 11,130 3.16% N/A Independent Democratic William G. Bruce 10,743 3.05% 0.18 Socialist Labor Party (United States) George Bauman 795 0.23% 0.12 430 0.12% 352,135 100.00% Republican Party (United States) State offices Executive Superintendent of public instruction 1921 Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction election Wisconsin presidential no 1921 1929 April 7, 1925 John Callahan 1929 Blue Book (1).jpg John Callahan c0c0c0 342,691 99.88% Justice John Callahan John Callahan A regularly scheduled election for Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin was held on April 7, 1925. The incumbent superintendent John Callahan, first elected in 1921, was re-elected without opposition.March 16, 1925 Callahan Files Papers; Will Be Unopposed https://www.newspapers.com/image/518126437 28 March 2025 Newspapers.com enMay 6, 1925 Statement of Board of State Canvassers Relating to Votes Cast for Justice of the Supreme Court and State Superintendent of Public Instruction https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-election-results/166439897/ February 22, 2025 The Capital Times 13 Newspapers.com 1925 Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction election | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election, April 7, 1925 Nonpartisan politician John Callahan (incumbent) 342,691 99.88 Scattering 403 0.12 342,691 99.88 343,094 100 Judicial State Supreme Court 1925 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1925 Wisconsin Supreme Court election Wisconsin presidential no 1924 1926 April 7, 1925 E. Ray Stevens circa 1929 (A24WTOUWVWE) 3x4.jpg E. Ray Stevens c0c0c0 256,431 65.81% John C. Kleist (266289788) (3x4).jpg John C. Kleist c0c0c0 133,164 34.17% Justice Burr W. Jones E. Ray Stevens 1922 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election 1922 (special) 1935 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1935 The 1925 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1925, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. The incumbent justice, Burr W. Jones, declined to seek re-election. A regularly scheduled Wisconsin Supreme Court election was on the ballot for the general election on April 7, 1925, for a ten-year term on the court. The incumbent judge, Burr W. Jones, first appointed in 1920, declined to seek re-election. E. Ray Stevens (judge of the Wisconsin circuit court for the 9th circuit) defeated John C. Kleist (former district attorney of Calumet County). thumb|x250px|Newspaper advertisement for Stevens' candidacy Prior to both of their judicial careers, from 1896 to 1903, Jones and Stevens had been law partners in Madison, running the law firm Jones & Stevens.https://archive.org/details/historyofbenchba02berr History of the Bench and Bar of Wisconsin H. C. Cooper, Jr. 1898 Berryman John R. 2 Chicago 362-365 January 28, 2020 Stevens' campaign advertised endorsements from both of the state's incumbent U.S. senators (Robert M. La Follette Sr. and Irvine Lenroot); incumbent governor John J. Blaine and former governors Emanuel L. Philipp and Francis E. McGovern. In addition to these Republican state leaders, the endorsement of Martin L. Lueck's (a prominent Democratic politician in the state) was also touted. The campaign's advertisements also claimed that each Republican and Democrat in the 57th Wisconsin Legislature had endorsed his candidacy, and also touted supported from "farm and labor, women and soldier organizations."advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/image/511005639 Newspapers.com subscription La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press 29 March 2025 12 en April 2, 1925 Kleist, then a lawyer who resided in Milwaukee,Ostermeier Dr Eric Wisconsin Supreme Court 2025 Election by the Numbers https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/01/12/wisconsin-supreme-court-2025-election-by-the-numbers Smart Politics (University of Minnesota) 5 July 2025 13 January 2025 had previously served for two-terms as the elected district attorney of Calumet County in the 1880s.July 31, 1931 J.C. Kleist, Loyal Santa Cruzan, Dies https://www.newspapers.com/image/50566023 subscription 28 March 2025 Santa Cruz Evening News en Newspapers.com He had since his tenure as district attorney run for various judicial and political offices, losing each campaign.July 31, 1931 John C. Kleist Dies In West https://www.newspapers.com/image/511237380 subscription 28 March 2025 The La Crosse Tribune at Newspapers.com en Newspapers.com The Associated Press He ran several times for seats on the Wisconsin circuit courts in Milwaukee County, but lost all of them. He first ran in 1910 for a seat on the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but lost to Franz C. Eschweiler. He later was the nominee of the Social-Democratic Party of Wisconsin in the 1911 United States Senate election in Wisconsin. Prior to his 1925 campaign, he had run for the same seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1922, losing to Jones.April 2, 1922 Record Ballot Forecasted In City Election https://www.newspapers.com/image/401371059 subscription 28 March 2025 Wisconsin State Journal en Newspapers.com During the campaign, The Capital Times described Kleist as being the "candidate of the Ku Klux Klan". In 1924, he had been expelled from the Social–Democratic Party over his alleged ties to the Klan. During his campaign, he was supported by the Anti-Saloon League, which promoted his candidacy in the Wisconsin edition of The American Issue.April 9, 1925 Anti-Saloon Publication Aided Kleist https://www.newspapers.com/image/517758870 subscription 28 March 2025 The Capital Times en Newspapers.com 1925 Wisconsin Supreme Court election https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115028310/stevens-elected-justice/ Judge Stevens Received Majority of 123,267 Votes Iron County Miner May 8, 1925 1 December 22, 2022 Newspapers.com | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election, April 7, 1925 Nonpartisan politician E. Ray Stevens 256,431 65.81 Nonpartisan politician John C. Kleist 133,164 34.17 Scattering 73 0.02 123,267 31.63 389,668 100 Circuit courts Several elections to the Wisconsin circuit courts were contested in 1925, including elections for judgeships on newly created branches of the court in Milwaukee County, Dane County, and Sauk CountySetevens Elected Over Kleist to Supreme Court https://www.newspapers.com/image/272548301 Newspapers.com subscription Wasau Daily Record–Herald 28 March 2025 en April 8, 1925 Among the notable results in circuit court races was the election of Charles L. Aarons over Henry Cummings for branch number 8 in Milwaukee County. Local offices Many local elections were also held coinciding with state elections. Milwaukee County Milwaukee ballot propositions Milwaukee voted on local propositions (defeating a proposal for a civic center; defeating a proposal to fund the streetcar services of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company at-cost, approving a $1 million bond issue for improvements to public schools, and approving a $500,000 bond issue to construct a garbage disposal plant). Milwaukee municipal court The city also elected three judges to its municipal court. Manitowoc County Manitowoc mayor Manitowoc re-elected incumbent mayor Martin Georgenson (Socialist Labor Party) over challenger Frank E. Diebert. Manitowoc city council Socialists also increased their representation on its city council by two seats. References Wisconsin elections