1920 Illinois gubernatorial election

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

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

Socialist primary

Candidates

• Andrew Lafin

Results

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
• John H. Walker, Farmer-Labor, national Chairman of the Farmer-Labor Party
• 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

See also

• 1920 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election

References

Bibliography