1920 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1920 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. It saw Republican nominee Fred E. Sterling win a landslide victory.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 15, 1920.Democratic primary
Candidates
- Leo G. Hana, soldier and former director of athletics at the University of Illinois
- Walter W. Williams, former State Representative
Republican primary
Candidates
- William H. H. Miller, state legislator
- Fred E. Sterling, incumbent State Treasurer
Socialist primary
Candidates
General election
Candidates
Major candidates
- Walter W. Williams, Democratic
- Fred E. Sterling, Republican
Minor candidates
- Charles Dold, Farmer-Labor, executive board member of the Chicago Federation of Labor
- Clay Freeman Gaumer, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for U.S. House in 1916 from Illinois's at-large congressional district
- Arthur D. Foyer, Single Tax
- George Koop, Socialist, Socialist nominee for U.S. House in 1906 and 1908 from Illinois's 7th congressional district
- Cornelius W. Stapleton, Socialist Labor