1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886.
Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Gilbert M. Woodward, Union Labor Party nominee John Cochrane, and Prohibition nominee John Myers Olin with 46.53% of the vote.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Major party candidates
- Gilbert M. Woodward, Democratic, attorney, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Republican, incumbent Governor
Other candidates
- John Myers Olin, Prohibition, lecturer in law at the University of Wisconsin,[1] Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district in 1884
- John Cochrane, Union Labor
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeremiah M. Rusk (incumbent) | 133,247 | 46.53% | −4.47% | |
| Democratic | Gilbert M. Woodward | 114,529 | 39.99% | −4.99% | |
| Union Labor | John Cochrane | 21,467 | 7.50% | +6.16% | |
| Prohibition | John M. Olin | 17,089 | 5.97% | +3.30% | |
| Scattering | 34 | 0.01% | |||
| Blank | 2 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 18,718 | 6.54% | |||
| Total votes | 286,368 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +0.51% | |||
Results by county
[edit]Marquette County voted Republican for the first time since 1857. Woodward was the first Democrat since 1859 to win Bayfield County and La Crosse County; the former would not vote Democratic again until 1918. Additionally, Sawyer County would not vote Democratic again until 1932.
| County[2][3] | Jeremiah M. Rusk Republican |
Gilbert M. Woodward Democratic |
John Cochrane Union Labor |
John M. Olin Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 966 | 73.07% | 338 | 25.57% | 2 | 0.15% | 16 | 1.21% | 628 | 47.50% | 1,322 |
| Ashland | 1,240 | 46.18% | 1,355 | 50.47% | 49 | 1.82% | 41 | 1.53% | -115 | -4.28% | 2.685 |
| Barron | 1,134 | 50.92% | 646 | 29.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 447 | 20.07% | 488 | 21.91% | 2,227 |
| Bayfield | 539 | 47.74% | 575 | 50.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 1.33% | -36 | -3.19% | 1,129 |
| Brown | 2,183 | 39.23% | 2,850 | 51.22% | 383 | 6.88% | 147 | 2.64% | -667 | -11.99% | 5,564[a] |
| Buffalo | 1,552 | 60.67% | 957 | 37.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 48 | 1.88% | 595 | 23.26% | 2,558[a] |
| Burnett | 461 | 75.08% | 49 | 7.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 103 | 16.78% | 358[b] | 48.30% | 614[a] |
| Calumet | 879 | 31.77% | 1,720 | 62.16% | 143 | 5.17% | 25 | 0.90% | -841 | -30.39% | 2,767 |
| Chippewa | 1,888 | 41.00% | 2,406 | 52.25% | 2 | 0.04% | 309 | 6.71% | -518 | -11.25% | 4,605 |
| Clark | 1,429 | 49.76% | 959 | 33.39% | 257 | 8.95% | 227 | 7.90% | 470 | 16.36% | 2,872 |
| Columbia | 2,820 | 51.31% | 2,067 | 37.61% | 6 | 0.11% | 603 | 10.97% | 753 | 13.70% | 5,496 |
| Crawford | 1,547 | 52.18% | 1,356 | 45.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 | 2.09% | 191 | 6.44% | 2,965 |
| Dane | 5,956 | 47.63% | 5,219 | 41.73% | 7 | 0.06% | 1,322 | 10.57% | 737 | 5.89% | 12,506[c] |
| Dodge | 3,289 | 37.06% | 5,096 | 57.42% | 187 | 2.11% | 303 | 3.41% | -1,807 | -20.36% | 8,875 |
| Door | 1,557 | 64.63% | 776 | 32.21% | 2 | 0.08% | 74 | 3.07% | 781 | 32.42% | 2,409 |
| Douglas | 326 | 49.77% | 325 | 49.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.15% | 655[a] |
| Dunn | 1,749 | 57.42% | 744 | 24.43% | 196 | 6.43% | 357 | 11.72% | 1,005 | 32.99% | 3,046 |
| Eau Claire | 2,102 | 45.88% | 1,803 | 39.35% | 37 | 0.81% | 640 | 13.97% | 299 | 6.53% | 4,582 |
| Florence | 336 | 81.95% | 74 | 18.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 262 | 63.90% | 410 |
| Fond du Lac | 3,403 | 41.39% | 3,972 | 48.32% | 443 | 5.39% | 402 | 4.89% | -569 | -6.92% | 8,221[a] |
| Forest | 153 | 42.15% | 209 | 57.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.28% | -56 | -15.43% | 363 |
| Grant | 3,642 | 51.70% | 2,684 | 38.10% | 37 | 0.53% | 675 | 9.58% | 958 | 13.60% | 7,045[d] |
| Green | 2,114 | 46.92% | 1,716 | 38.08% | 4 | 0.09% | 672 | 14.91% | 398 | 8.83% | 4,506 |
| Green Lake | 1,601 | 54.90% | 1,155 | 39.61% | 2 | 0.07% | 158 | 5.42% | 446 | 15.29% | 2,916 |
| Iowa | 2,198 | 46.84% | 1,961 | 41.79% | 1 | 0.02% | 533 | 11.36% | 237 | 5.05% | 4,693 |
| Jackson | 1,744 | 61.06% | 827 | 28.96% | 50 | 1.75% | 235 | 8.23% | 917 | 32.11% | 2,856 |
| Jefferson | 2,635 | 41.48% | 3,413 | 53.73% | 43 | 0.68% | 261 | 4.11% | -778 | -12.25% | 6,352 |
| Juneau | 1,882 | 50.71% | 1,585 | 42.71% | 4 | 0.11% | 240 | 6.47% | 297 | 8.00% | 3,711 |
| Kenosha | 1,451 | 49.25% | 1,398 | 47.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 95 | 3.22% | 53 | 1.80% | 2,946[c] |
| Kewaunee | 689 | 26.65% | 1,896 | 73.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,207 | -46.69% | 2,585 |
| La Crosse | 2,418 | 39.11% | 2,824 | 45.68% | 676 | 10.93% | 264 | 4.27% | -406 | -6.57% | 6,182 |
| Lafayette | 2,264 | 50.21% | 1,873 | 41.54% | 22 | 0.49% | 349 | 7.74% | 391 | 8.67% | 4,509[e] |
| Langlade | 713 | 44.40% | 825 | 51.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 67 | 4.17% | -112 | -6.97% | 1,606[a] |
| Lincoln | 994 | 47.83% | 939 | 45.19% | 23 | 1.11% | 122 | 5.87% | 55 | 2.65% | 2,078 |
| Manitowoc | 2,333 | 38.28% | 3,700 | 60.71% | 53 | 0.87% | 9 | 0.15% | -1,367 | -22.43% | 6,095 |
| Marathon | 1,923 | 39.08% | 2,608 | 53.00% | 367 | 7.46% | 23 | 0.47% | -685 | -13.92% | 4,921 |
| Marinette | 1,117 | 39.95% | 594 | 21.24% | 991 | 35.44% | 94 | 3.36% | 128[f] | 4.51% | 2,796 |
| Marquette | 1,088 | 52.79% | 886 | 42.99% | 4 | 0.19% | 83 | 4.03% | 202 | 9.80% | 2,061 |
| Milwaukee | 10,936 | 34.71% | 7,472 | 23.71% | 12,914 | 40.99% | 185 | 0.59% | -1,978[g] | -6.28% | 31,508[a] |
| Monroe | 2,304 | 51.08% | 1,844 | 40.88% | 5 | 0.11% | 358 | 7.94% | 460 | 10.20% | 4,511 |
| Oconto | 1,134 | 54.94% | 851 | 41.23% | 51 | 2.47% | 28 | 1.36% | 283 | 13.71% | 2,064 |
| Outagamie | 2,229 | 35.44% | 3,454 | 54.91% | 472 | 7.50% | 135 | 2.15% | -1,225 | -19.48% | 6,290 |
| Ozaukee | 660 | 24.39% | 1,821 | 67.29% | 213 | 7.87% | 6 | 0.22% | -1,161 | -42.90% | 2,706[h] |
| Pepin | 850 | 54.63% | 417 | 26.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 289 | 18.57% | 433 | 27.83% | 1,556 |
| Pierce | 2,034 | 63.88% | 817 | 25.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 332 | 10.43% | 1,217 | 38.22% | 3,184[a] |
| Polk | 1,478 | 68.11% | 341 | 15.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 351 | 16.18% | 1,127[b] | 51.93% | 2,170 |
| Portage | 1,858 | 48.47% | 1,754 | 45.76% | 1 | 0.03% | 219 | 5.71% | 104 | 2.71% | 3,833[e] |
| Price | 688 | 63.59% | 376 | 34.75% | 9 | 0.83% | 9 | 0.83% | 312 | 28.84% | 1,082 |
| Racine | 2,682 | 41.22% | 1,788 | 27.48% | 1,525 | 23.44% | 511 | 7.85% | 894 | 13.74% | 6,507[a] |
| Richland | 2,292 | 54.94% | 1,527 | 36.60% | 1 | 0.02% | 352 | 8.44% | 765 | 18.34% | 4,172 |
| Rock | 4,901 | 58.52% | 2,686 | 32.07% | 2 | 0.02% | 786 | 9.39% | 2,215 | 26.45% | 8,375 |
| Sauk | 2,740 | 51.92% | 1,982 | 37.56% | 11 | 0.21% | 544 | 10.31% | 758 | 14.36% | 5,277 |
| Sawyer | 228 | 30.65% | 504 | 67.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 1.61% | -276 | -37.10% | 744 |
| Shawano | 1,299 | 49.75% | 1,263 | 48.37% | 10 | 0.38% | 39 | 1.49% | 36 | 1.38% | 2,611 |
| Sheboygan | 2,779 | 42.96% | 2,985 | 46.14% | 580 | 8.97% | 125 | 1.93% | -206 | -3.18% | 6,469 |
| St. Croix | 2,229 | 46.15% | 1,794 | 37.14% | 218 | 4.51% | 589 | 12.19% | 435 | 9.01% | 4,830 |
| Taylor | 802 | 56.96% | 585 | 41.55% | 13 | 0.92% | 6 | 0.43% | 217 | 15.41% | 1,408[c] |
| Trempealeau | 1,784 | 56.28% | 975 | 30.76% | 1 | 0.03% | 409 | 12.90% | 809 | 25.52% | 3,170[a] |
| Vernon | 2,907 | 62.73% | 1,364 | 29.43% | 20 | 0.43% | 343 | 7.40% | 1,543 | 33.30% | 4,634 |
| Walworth | 3,129 | 58.88% | 1,205 | 22.68% | 223 | 4.20% | 757 | 14.25% | 1,924 | 36.21% | 5,314 |
| Washburn | 309 | 45.64% | 222 | 32.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 21.57% | 87 | 12.85% | 677 |
| Washington | 1,640 | 38.82% | 2,516 | 59.55% | 35 | 0.83% | 34 | 0.80% | -876 | -20.73% | 4,225 |
| Waukesha | 3,152 | 49.03% | 2,862 | 44.52% | 2 | 0.03% | 413 | 6.42% | 290 | 4.51% | 6,429 |
| Waupaca | 2,911 | 64.52% | 1,344 | 29.79% | 35 | 0.78% | 222 | 4.92% | 1,567 | 34.73% | 4,512 |
| Waushara | 1,926 | 74.74% | 438 | 17.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 8.27% | 1,488 | 57.74% | 2,577 |
| Winnebago | 3,783 | 43.01% | 3,288 | 37.38% | 1,116 | 12.69% | 607 | 6.90% | 495 | 5.63% | 8,796[c] |
| Wood | 1,268 | 42.15% | 1,674 | 55.65% | 19 | 0.63% | 44 | 1.46% | -406 | -13.50% | 3,008[i] |
| Total | 133,247 | 46.53% | 114,529 | 39.99% | 21,467 | 7.50% | 17,089 | 5.97% | 18,718 | 6.54% | 286,368 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Union Labor
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Olin, John Myers 1851 - 1924". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the votes cast for Governor, at a general election held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November, being the 2d day of November, 1886
- ^ a b Timme, Ernst G., ed. (1887). "Vote for State Officers, 1886 - By Counties". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. p. 250.
Bibliography
[edit]- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Timme, Ernst G., ed. (1887). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co.