1928 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Nominee
Walter J. Kohler Sr.
Albert G. Schmedeman
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
547,738
394,368
Percentage
55.38%
39.87%
County results
Kohler: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%
Schmedeman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Governor before election
Fred R. Zimmerman
Republican
Elected Governor
Walter J. Kohler Sr.
Republican
The 1928 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928.
Incumbent Republican Governor Fred R. Zimmerman was defeated in the Republican primary.
Republican nominee Walter J. Kohler Sr. defeated Democratic nominee Albert G. Schmedeman with 55.38% of the vote.
Primary elections [ ]
Primary elections were held on September 4, 1928.
Democratic primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Results [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Results [ ]
Socialist primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Otto R. Hauser, realtor[3]
Withdrew [ ]
Oscar Ameringer , newspaper editor[a]
Results [ ]
Prohibition primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for Governor in 1924
Jane H. Robinson[4]
Results [ ]
General election [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Major party candidates
Albert G. Schmedeman , Democratic
Walter J. Kohler, Sr. , Republican
Other candidates
Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition
Otto R. Hauser, Socialist
Joseph Ehrhardt, Socialist Labor
Alvar J. Hayes, Workers
Results [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Ameringer was selected at the Socialist convention, prior to the primary. He withdrew before the primary took place and was replaced with Hauser by the state executive committee.[3]
References [ ]
Bibliography [ ]
Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 . Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0 .
Anderson, William J.; Anderson, William A., eds. (1929). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1929 . Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.