1958 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1958 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1913 Presidential no 1956 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 1960 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1960 November 4, 1958 File:Photograph of White House aide Philleo Nash with a fish he caught during President Truman's vacation at Key West... - NARA - 200538 (cropped).jpg 150x150px Philleo Nash Democratic Party (United States) 587,209 50.26% File:Warren_P._Knowles_(Wisconsin_governor).jpg Warren P. Knowles Republican Party (United States) 581,061 49.74% Lieutenant Governor Warren P. Knowles Republican Party (United States) Philleo Nash Democratic Party (United States) The 1958 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Democratic nominee and former Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Philleo Nash defeated incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Warren P. Knowles.https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ALRZ6UQ3SNASLD9C/full/A5XN4WMWTVSGAV8Q The Wisconsin Blue Book 1960 search.library.wisc.edu 2025-11-04 Republican primary The Republican primary election was held on September 9, 1958. Incumbent lieutenant governor Warren P. Knowles received a majority of the votes (73.58%) over former lieutenant governor George M. Smith and incumbent member of the Wisconsin Senate Leo P. O'Brien, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=55&year=1958&f=0&off=6&elect=2 1958 Lt. Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election Results - Wisconsin uselectionatlas.org July 19, 2025 2025-11-04 Results 1958 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary Warren P. Knowles (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 183,671 73.58% George M. Smith Republican Party (US) 37,583 15.06% Leo P. O'Brien Republican Party (US) 28,352 11.36% 249,606 100.00% Democratic primary The Democratic primary election was held on September 9, 1958. Former Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Philleo Nash received a plurality of the votes (47.34%), and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=55&year=1958&f=0&off=6&elect=1 1958 Lt. Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results - Wisconsin uselectionatlas.org July 19, 2025 2025-11-04 Results 1958 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary Philleo Nash Democratic Party (US) 110,526 47.34% Jerome D. Grant Democratic Party (US) 93,091 39.88% Albert Di Piazza Democratic Party (US) 29,848 12.78% 233,465 100.00% General election On election day, November 4, 1958, Democratic nominee Philleo Nash won the election by a margin of 6,148 votes against his opponent incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Warren P. Knowles, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Nash was sworn in as the 33rd lieutenant governor of Wisconsin on January 5, 1959.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=55&year=1958&f=0&off=6&elect=0 1958 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin uselectionatlas.org May 30, 2024 2025-11-04 Results Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1958 Democratic Party (United States) Philleo Nash 587,209 50.26 Republican Party (United States) Warren P. Knowles (incumbent) 581,061 49.74 Scattering 40 0.00 1,168,310 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References Category:1958 Wisconsin elections Category:1958 in Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:November 1958 in the United States Category:1958 elections in the United States Category:1950s Wisconsin elections Category:1950s in Wisconsin Category:1950s elections in the United States Category:Government of Wisconsin Category:1958 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:20th century in Wisconsin Category:20th-century elections in the United States