1916 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

none March 2026 September 2023 1916 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1913 presidential no 1911 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1911 1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1922 November 7, 1916 150x150px Famous Living Americans - Robert M. LaFollette.jpg Robert M. La Follette Republican Party (US) 249,906 59.23% William F. Wolfe Democratic Candidate for United States Senator Crop.jpg William F. Wolfe Democratic Party (US) 134,611 31.90% Richard Elsner.png Richard Elsner Socialist Party (US) 28,908 6.85% U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette Republican Party (United States) Robert M. La Follette Republican Party (United States) 1916 United States Senate election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 260px County resultsLa Follette: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Wolfe: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% The 1916 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette was re-elected to a third term in office over Democrat William F. Wolfe and Socialist Richard Elsner. Republican primary Candidates Malcomb G. Jeffris Robert M. La Follette, incumbent Senator since 1906 Results 1916 Republican U.S. Senate primaryhttps://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1917/reference/wi.wibluebk1917.i0011.pdf The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1917 17 June 2021 193 June 24, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200241/https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1917/reference/wi.wibluebk1917.i0011.pdf dead Republican Party (US) Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 99,720 59.97% Republican Party (US) Malcomb G. Jeffris 66,576 40.03% 166,296 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates William F. Wolfe, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Results 1916 Democratic U.S. Senate primary Democratic Party (United States) William F. Wolfe 36,795 100.00% 36,795 100.00% Socialist primary Candidates Richard Elsner, Milwaukee County judge Results 1916 Socialist U.S. Senate primary Socialist Party (United States) Richard Elsner 11,479 100.00% 11,479 100.00% Prohibition primary Candidates Charles L. Hill Results 1916 Prohibition U.S. Senate primary Prohibition Party (United States) Charles L. Hill 1,801 100.00% 1,801 100.00% General election Candidates Charles L. Hill (Prohibition) William F. Wolfe, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin (Democratic) Robert M. La Follette, incumbent Senator since 1906 (Republican) Richard Elsner, Milwaukee County judge (Socialist) Results 1916 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1916election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1916 Clerk.house.gov 17 June 2021The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1917 https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1917/reference/wi.wibluebk1917.i0011.pdf 287 17 June 2021 June 24, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200241/https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1917/reference/wi.wibluebk1917.i0011.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 251,303 59.23% Democratic Party (United States) William F. Wolfe 135,144 31.90% Socialist Party (United States) Richard Elsner 28,908 6.85% Prohibition Party (United States) Charles L. Hill 3,523 2.39% 66 0.02% 423,949 100.00% Republican Party (United States) See also 1916 United States Senate elections References 1916 Wisconsin United States Senate Category:Robert M. La Follette