1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1871. Republican Cadwallader C. Washburn was elected with 53% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate James Rood Doolittle.[1] Incumbent Governor Lucius Fairchild did not seek re-election.
Both major party candidates in this election had served as delegates to the Peace Conference of 1861 which attempted to avert the American Civil War.
Nominations
[edit]Republican party
[edit]Cadwallader C. Washburn had just left office as Congressman for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, having served a total of ten years in the United States House of Representatives. Between his years in Congress, Washburn had served as a Union Army general in the Civil War under Ulysses S. Grant.
Democratic party
[edit]James Rood Doolittle had served twelve years as a Republican United States Senator before becoming the Democratic Party's nominee for Governor in the 1871 election. Prior to his service in the U.S. Senate, Doolittle had been a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Cadwallader C. Washburn | 78,301 | 53.17% | +0.02% | |
| Democratic | James Rood Doolittle | 68,910 | 46.79% | −0.04% | |
| Scattering | 63 | 0.04% | |||
| Majority | 9,391 | 6.38% | |||
| Total votes | 147,274 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +0.06% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[2][3] | C. C. Washburn Republican |
James R. Doolittle Democratic |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 719 | 72.19% | 277 | 27.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 442 | 44.38% | 996 |
| Ashland | 40 | 71.43% | 16 | 28.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 24 | 42.86% | 56 |
| Barron | 169 | 82.84% | 35 | 17.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 134 | 65.69% | 204 |
| Bayfield | 75 | 66.37% | 38 | 33.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 37 | 32.74% | 113 |
| Brown | 1,335 | 43.43% | 1,739 | 56.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -404 | -13.14% | 3,074 |
| Buffalo | 1,156 | 69.51% | 507 | 30.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 649 | 39.03% | 1,663 |
| Burnett | 198 | 90.00% | 22 | 10.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 176 | 80.00% | 220 |
| Calumet | 636 | 35.83% | 1,139 | 64.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -503 | -28.34% | 1,775 |
| Chippewa | 696 | 44.99% | 851 | 55.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -155 | -10.02% | 1,547 |
| Clark | 377 | 70.86% | 154 | 28.95% | 1 | 0.19% | 223 | 41.92% | 532 |
| Columbia | 2,248 | 58.69% | 1,579 | 41.23% | 3 | 0.08% | 669 | 17.47% | 3,830 |
| Crawford | 814 | 47.00% | 916 | 52.89% | 2 | 0.12% | -102 | -5.89% | 1,732 |
| Dane | 4,171 | 51.88% | 3,865 | 48.08% | 3 | 0.04% | 306 | 3.81% | 8,039 |
| Dodge | 2,538 | 35.68% | 4,575 | 64.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,037 | -28.64% | 7,113 |
| Door | 578 | 77.17% | 166 | 22.16% | 5 | 0.67% | 412 | 55.01% | 749 |
| Douglas | 58 | 45.67% | 69 | 54.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -8.66% | 127 |
| Dunn | 1,133 | 68.42% | 523 | 31.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 610 | 36.84% | 1,656 |
| Eau Claire | 1,409 | 61.26% | 890 | 38.70% | 1 | 0.04% | 519 | 22.57% | 2,300 |
| Fond du Lac | 3,596 | 48.13% | 3,875 | 51.86% | 1 | 0.01% | -279 | -3.73% | 7,472 |
| Grant | 3,154 | 61.54% | 1,971 | 38.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,183 | 23.08% | 5,125 |
| Green | 1,757 | 65.29% | 934 | 34.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 823 | 30.58% | 2,691 |
| Green Lake | 1,299 | 68.05% | 610 | 31.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 689 | 36.09% | 1,909 |
| Iowa | 1,457 | 47.15% | 1,632 | 52.82% | 1 | 0.03% | -175 | -5.66% | 3,090 |
| Jackson | 668 | 64.98% | 356 | 34.63% | 4 | 0.39% | 312 | 30.35% | 1,028 |
| Jefferson | 2,225 | 43.66% | 2,867 | 56.26% | 4 | 0.08% | -642 | -12.60% | 5,096 |
| Juneau | 1,080 | 56.54% | 829 | 43.40% | 1 | 0.05% | 251 | 13.14% | 1,910 |
| Kenosha | 1,051 | 53.84% | 901 | 46.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 | 7.68% | 1,952 |
| Kewaunee | 361 | 35.05% | 669 | 64.95% | 0 | 0.00% | -308 | -29.90% | 1,030 |
| La Crosse | 1,798 | 56.67% | 1,374 | 43.30% | 1 | 0.03% | 424 | 13.36% | 3,173 |
| Lafayette | 1,616 | 50.06% | 1,612 | 49.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.12% | 3,228 |
| Manitowoc | 1,452 | 44.09% | 1,833 | 55.66% | 8 | 0.24% | -381 | -11.57% | 3,293 |
| Marathon | 218 | 21.80% | 780 | 78.00% | 2 | 0.20% | -562 | -56.20% | 1,000 |
| Marquette | 532 | 35.40% | 971 | 64.60% | 0 | 0.00% | -439 | -29.21% | 1,503 |
| Milwaukee | 3,690 | 39.58% | 5,631 | 60.41% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,941 | -20.82% | 9,322 |
| Monroe | 1,209 | 56.95% | 914 | 43.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 295 | 13.90% | 2,123 |
| Oconto | 662 | 68.11% | 310 | 31.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 352 | 36.21% | 972 |
| Outagamie | 1,219 | 41.11% | 1,746 | 58.89% | 0 | 0.00% | -527 | -17.77% | 2,965 |
| Ozaukee | 295 | 15.75% | 1,574 | 84.04% | 4 | 0.21% | -1,279 | -68.29% | 1,873 |
| Pepin | 577 | 70.88% | 237 | 29.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 340 | 41.77% | 814 |
| Pierce | 1,228 | 69.61% | 534 | 30.27% | 2 | 0.11% | 694 | 39.34% | 1,764 |
| Polk | 561 | 75.50% | 182 | 24.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 379 | 51.01% | 743 |
| Portage | 899 | 62.69% | 535 | 37.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 364 | 25.38% | 1,434 |
| Racine | 2,073 | 55.55% | 1,659 | 44.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 414 | 11.09% | 3,732 |
| Richland | 1,401 | 58.11% | 1,009 | 41.85% | 1 | 0.04% | 392 | 16.26% | 2,411 |
| Rock | 3,661 | 70.88% | 1,504 | 29.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,157 | 41.76% | 5,165 |
| Sauk | 1,832 | 67.28% | 891 | 32.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 941 | 34.56% | 2,723 |
| Shawano | 191 | 42.35% | 259 | 57.43% | 1 | 0.22% | -68 | -15.08% | 451 |
| Sheboygan | 1,927 | 49.75% | 1,943 | 50.17% | 3 | 0.08% | -16 | -0.41% | 3,873 |
| St. Croix | 1,181 | 53.76% | 1,015 | 46.20% | 1 | 0.05% | 166 | 7.56% | 2,197 |
| Trempealeau | 988 | 77.01% | 294 | 22.92% | 1 | 0.08% | 694 | 54.09% | 1,283 |
| Vernon | 1,686 | 80.21% | 416 | 19.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,270 | 60.42% | 2,102 |
| Walworth | 2,908 | 69.59% | 1,270 | 30.39% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,638 | 39.20% | 4,179 |
| Washington | 666 | 21.90% | 2,371 | 77.97% | 4 | 0.13% | -1,705 | -56.07% | 3,041 |
| Waukesha | 2,413 | 48.82% | 2,529 | 51.16% | 1 | 0.02% | -116 | -2.35% | 4,943 |
| Waupaca | 1,575 | 65.46% | 831 | 34.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 744 | 30.92% | 2,406 |
| Waushara | 1,500 | 81.34% | 344 | 18.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,156 | 62.69% | 1,844 |
| Winnebago | 3,005 | 59.74% | 2,019 | 40.14% | 6 | 0.12% | 986 | 19.60% | 5,030 |
| Wood | 340 | 50.90% | 328 | 49.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 1.80% | 668 |
| Total | 78,301 | 53.17% | 68,910[a] | 46.79% | 63 | 0.04% | 9,391 | 6.38% | 147,274 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The county figures add up to 68,920
References
[edit]- ^ Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature (2015). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015–2016. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Administration. pp. 699–701. ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, State Prison Commissioner and State Commissioner of Immigration and on the question of the proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, at a General Election held in the several Towns, Wards and Election Precincts in the several counties in said State on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday, being the seventh day of November, 1871
- ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State (1872). "Appendix "L"". Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30th, 1872. Madison, Wisconsin: Atwood & Culver, Printers & Stereotypers. pp. 175–177.