1920 Illinois Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1920 Illinois Gubernatorial Election?

Len Small won the 1920 Illinois Gubernatorial Election. Len Small received 1,243,148 popular votes (58.87%). The main challenger was J. Hamilton Lewis (34.64%).

See the full head-to-head between Small and Lewis

Small +24.2 pts · won by 511,607 votes
1,243,148 votes
731,541 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 6.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.