Hoover, a tactic that backfired. Walter's political career ended as both Progressives and Democrats enjoyed the national landslide that put Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House. FDR carried Wisconsin with 63.5 percent of the vote. Republicans reclaimed the governorship in 1939, remaining in control of the office for the next twenty years. One of those GOP governors was Walter Kohler's son, Walter J. Kohler Jr. Electoral history | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Primary election, September 4, 1928 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election, November 6, 1928 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Primary election, September 1930 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election, November 4, 1930 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Primary election, September 1932 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election, November 8, 1932 References External links Vollrath Company – Heritage Kohler Company 1875 births 1940 deaths Republican Party governors of Wisconsin Politicians from Sheboygan, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin Kohler family of Wisconsin American people of Austrian descent People from Kohler, Wisconsin