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Election for Governor of Illinois
1912 Illinois gubernatorial election
County results Dunne: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% Deneen: 30–40% 40–50% 60–70%Funk:
30–40% 40–50% 50–60%
The 1912 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912.
Incumbent second-term
Republican
governor
Charles S. Deneen was defeated by
Democratic nominee, former
mayor of Chicago
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne .
Dunne was the first Democratic Governor of Illinois elected since 1892 and only the second since 1852. As of 2024 this is the first and only time that a former mayor of
Chicago (Illinois’ largest city) was elected governor of Illinois.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on April 9, 1912.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Prohibition primary
Candidates
Edwin R. Worrell, Presbyterian minister
[14]
Results
Socialist primary
Candidates
John C. Kennedy,
alderman for the 27th ward
Results
General election
Candidates
Results
See also
References
^ Solomon, Rayman L. (1981).
History of the Seventh Circuit 1891–1941 . The Bicentennial Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. p. 94.
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Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the First Session of the Seventy-Fourth Congress . Vol. 79. Washington D.C.:
United States Government Printing Office . 1935. p. 7088.
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"IL Governor, 1912 – D Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
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"1912 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results – Illinois" . US Election Atlas. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
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"John J. Brown Speaks in Twins" . Urbana Daily Courier . March 19, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via NewspaperArchive by Storied.
^ Perry, Albert J. (1912).
History of Knox County, Illinois . Vol. II. Chicago, Illinois: The S. J. Clare Publishing Company. p.
265 .
^
"Jones would limit power of courts" . The Inter Ocean . Chicago, Illinois. February 26, 1913. p. 12. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
^ "John McCan Davis: Biographical Sketch Prepared at the Request of Historical Society by Clinton L. Conkling and H. W. Clendenin". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society . 9 (2). University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Illinois State Historical Society: 232–233. July 1916.
JSTOR
40194391 .
^
"IL Governor, 1912 – R Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
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"Illinois Happenings" . The Ashton Gazette . Vol. 17, no. 50. Ashton, Illinois. February 8, 1912. p. 9. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
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"IL Governor, 1912 – PRB Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
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"IL Governor, 1912 – S Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
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"IL Governor, 1912" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
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"1912 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Illinois" . US Election Atlas. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
^ Some secondary sources (OurCampaigns, US Election Atlas) state that this candidate was Benjamin P. Alschuler, brother of Samuel. Primary sources from the 1910s are clear this was not the case.
Bibliography
Compiled by Harry Woods, Secretary of State (1914).
Blue Book of the State of Illinois, 1913–14 . Danville, Illinois: Illinois Printing Company.
Compiled by Cornelius J. Doyle, Secretary of State (1912).
Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the Primary Election held on April 9, 1912 . Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers.
Compiled by Cornelius J. Doyle, Secretary of State (1913).
Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General Election, November 5, 1912; Judicial Election, June 3, 1912; Special Elections, 1911 and 1912 . Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers.
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