1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884.
Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Nicholas D. Fratt and two other nominees with 51.00% of the vote.
This was the first Wisconsin gubernatorial election held in an even-numbered year. In 1882, a constitutional amendment was carried moving gubernatorial elections from odd-numbered to even-numbered years.[citation needed]
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Major party candidates
- Nicholas D. Fratt, Democratic, President of the Racine County Bank, Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1881
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Republican, incumbent Governor
Other candidates
- Samuel D. Hastings, Prohibition, former State Treasurer, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district in 1882
- William L. Utley, Greenback, former State Senator
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeremiah M. Rusk (incumbent) | 163,214 | 51.00% | +3.43% | |
| Democratic | Nicholas D. Fratt | 143,945 | 44.98% | +4.37% | |
| Prohibition | Samuel D. Hastings | 8,545 | 2.67% | −5.03% | |
| Greenback | William L. Utley | 4,274 | 1.34% | −2.74% | |
| Scattering | 19 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 19,269 | 6.02% | |||
| Total votes | 319,997 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -0.94% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[1][2] | Jeremiah M. Rusk Republican |
Nicholas D. Fratt Democratic |
Samuel D. Hastings Prohibition |
William L. Utley Greenback |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,017 | 68.81% | 445 | 30.11% | 9 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.14% | 572 | 38.70% | 1,478 |
| Ashland | 1,107 | 62.23% | 654 | 36.76% | 17 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.06% | 453 | 25.46% | 1,779 |
| Barron | 1,714 | 66.64% | 780 | 30.33% | 66 | 2.57% | 11 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.04% | 934 | 36.31% | 2,572 |
| Bayfield | 438 | 64.89% | 236 | 34.96% | 1 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 202 | 29.93% | 675 |
| Brown | 2,950 | 43.99% | 3,638 | 54.25% | 86 | 1.28% | 32 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -688 | -10.26% | 6,706 |
| Buffalo | 1,709 | 60.93% | 1,072 | 38.22% | 2 | 0.07% | 22 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 637 | 22.71% | 2,805 |
| Burnett | 601 | 94.65% | 27 | 4.25% | 1 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 574 | 90.39% | 635 |
| Calumet | 1,042 | 31.74% | 2,057 | 62.66% | 50 | 1.52% | 134 | 4.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,015 | -30.92% | 3,283 |
| Chippewa | 2,550 | 49.54% | 2,503 | 48.63% | 41 | 0.80% | 53 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 0.91% | 5,147 |
| Clark | 2,000 | 59.52% | 1,208 | 35.95% | 56 | 1.67% | 96 | 2.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 792 | 23.57% | 3,360 |
| Columbia | 3,479 | 54.61% | 2,623 | 41.17% | 265 | 4.16% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 856 | 13.44% | 6,371 |
| Crawford | 1,556 | 48.22% | 1,594 | 49.40% | 40 | 1.24% | 37 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -38 | -1.18% | 3,227 |
| Dane | 6,390 | 48.20% | 6,229 | 46.99% | 617 | 4.65% | 21 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 161 | 1.21% | 13,257 |
| Dodge | 3,160 | 33.26% | 6,121 | 64.43% | 101 | 1.06% | 118 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,961 | -31.17% | 9,500 |
| Door | 1,830 | 59.86% | 1,111 | 36.34% | 61 | 2.00% | 55 | 1.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 719 | 23.52% | 3,057 |
| Douglas | 279 | 53.14% | 245 | 46.67% | 1 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 6.48% | 525 |
| Dunn | 2,539 | 65.62% | 1,199 | 30.99% | 60 | 1.55% | 71 | 1.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,340 | 34.63% | 3,869 |
| Eau Claire | 3,644 | 53.73% | 2,917 | 43.01% | 161 | 2.37% | 59 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.01% | 727 | 10.72% | 6,782 |
| Florence | 361 | 70.92% | 142 | 27.90% | 6 | 1.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 219 | 43.03% | 509 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,281 | 44.35% | 4,857 | 50.32% | 241 | 2.50% | 274 | 2.84% | 0 | 0.00% | -576 | -5.97% | 9,653 |
| Grant | 4,149 | 52.87% | 3,210 | 40.91% | 387 | 4.93% | 101 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 939 | 11.97% | 7,847 |
| Green | 2,568 | 50.51% | 1,865 | 36.68% | 384 | 7.55% | 265 | 5.21% | 2 | 0.04% | 703 | 13.83% | 5,084 |
| Green Lake | 1,522 | 51.06% | 1,295 | 43.44% | 158 | 5.30% | 6 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 227 | 7.61% | 2,981 |
| Iowa | 2,460 | 47.76% | 2,292 | 44.50% | 396 | 7.69% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 168 | 3.26% | 5,151 |
| Jackson | 2,058 | 65.21% | 961 | 30.45% | 66 | 2.09% | 70 | 2.22% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,097 | 34.76% | 3,156 |
| Jefferson | 2,919 | 39.63% | 4,210 | 57.16% | 231 | 3.14% | 5 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,291 | -17.53% | 7,365 |
| Juneau | 2,011 | 51.91% | 1,709 | 44.11% | 134 | 3.46% | 19 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.03% | 302 | 7.80% | 3,874 |
| Kenosha | 1,715 | 52.03% | 1,545 | 46.88% | 36 | 1.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 170 | 5.16% | 3,296 |
| Kewaunee | 749 | 27.12% | 2,003 | 72.52% | 10 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,254 | -45.40% | 2,762 |
| La Crosse | 3,787 | 51.41% | 3,430 | 46.57% | 136 | 1.85% | 13 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 357 | 4.85% | 7,366 |
| Lafayette | 2,480 | 49.92% | 2,208 | 44.44% | 242 | 4.87% | 38 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 272 | 5.48% | 4,968 |
| Langlade | 557 | 44.96% | 628 | 50.69% | 27 | 2.18% | 27 | 2.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -5.73% | 1,239 |
| Lincoln | 1,081 | 51.26% | 994 | 47.13% | 13 | 0.62% | 21 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 4.13% | 2,109 |
| Manitowoc | 2,615 | 38.58% | 4,126 | 60.86% | 37 | 0.55% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,511 | -22.29% | 6,779 |
| Marathon | 2,170 | 38.83% | 3,330 | 59.58% | 26 | 0.47% | 63 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,160 | -20.76% | 5,589 |
| Marinette | 2,043 | 66.87% | 909 | 29.75% | 103 | 3.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,134 | 37.12% | 3,055 |
| Marquette | 943 | 45.64% | 1,079 | 52.23% | 37 | 1.79% | 7 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | -136 | -6.58% | 2,066 |
| Milwaukee | 17,876 | 52.16% | 15,235 | 44.46% | 274 | 0.80% | 883 | 2.58% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,641 | 7.71% | 34,270 |
| Monroe | 2,649 | 52.62% | 2,177 | 43.25% | 143 | 2.84% | 64 | 1.27% | 1 | 0.02% | 472 | 9.38% | 5,034 |
| Oconto | 1,496 | 57.85% | 1,031 | 39.87% | 57 | 2.20% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 465 | 17.98% | 2,586 |
| Outagamie | 2,630 | 37.16% | 4,182 | 59.08% | 85 | 1.20% | 181 | 2.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,552 | -21.93% | 7,078 |
| Ozaukee | 784 | 26.92% | 2,103 | 72.22% | 5 | 0.17% | 20 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,319 | -45.30% | 2,912 |
| Pepin | 985 | 70.36% | 378 | 27.00% | 28 | 2.00% | 9 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 607 | 43.36% | 1,400 |
| Pierce | 2,479 | 65.22% | 1,117 | 29.39% | 174 | 4.58% | 31 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,362 | 35.83% | 3,801 |
| Polk | 1,757 | 72.01% | 591 | 24.22% | 91 | 3.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,166 | 47.79% | 2,440 |
| Portage | 2,328 | 49.50% | 2,248 | 47.80% | 83 | 1.76% | 44 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 1.70% | 4,703 |
| Price | 796 | 70.69% | 328 | 29.13% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 468 | 41.56% | 1,126 |
| Racine | 4,001 | 51.03% | 3,496 | 44.59% | 317 | 4.04% | 26 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 505 | 6.44% | 7,840 |
| Richland | 2,464 | 54.71% | 1,787 | 39.68% | 216 | 4.80% | 37 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 677 | 15.03% | 4,504 |
| Rock | 6,262 | 61.57% | 3,381 | 33.24% | 474 | 4.66% | 53 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,881 | 28.33% | 10,170 |
| Sauk | 3,531 | 56.48% | 2,325 | 37.19% | 327 | 5.23% | 68 | 1.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,206 | 19.29% | 6,252 |
| Sawyer | 286 | 69.59% | 121 | 29.44% | 4 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 165 | 40.15% | 411 |
| Shawano | 1,405 | 47.98% | 1,402 | 47.88% | 42 | 1.43% | 79 | 2.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.10% | 2,928 |
| Sheboygan | 3,528 | 45.17% | 3,975 | 50.90% | 77 | 0.99% | 230 | 2.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -447 | -5.72% | 7,810 |
| St. Croix | 2,508 | 51.60% | 2,239 | 46.07% | 110 | 2.26% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 269 | 5.53% | 4,860 |
| Taylor | 796 | 56.94% | 601 | 42.99% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 13.95% | 1,398 |
| Trempealeau | 2,289 | 62.42% | 1,183 | 32.26% | 98 | 2.67% | 97 | 2.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,106 | 30.16% | 3,667 |
| Vernon | 3,019 | 62.39% | 1,445 | 29.86% | 211 | 4.36% | 161 | 3.33% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,574 | 32.53% | 4,839 |
| Walworth | 4,233 | 62.19% | 2,071 | 30.42% | 484 | 7.11% | 19 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,162 | 31.76% | 6,807 |
| Washburn | 281 | 60.43% | 137 | 29.46% | 47 | 10.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 30.97% | 465 |
| Washington | 1,661 | 36.01% | 2,911 | 63.10% | 19 | 0.41% | 22 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,250 | -27.10% | 4,613 |
| Waukesha | 3,188 | 46.87% | 3,263 | 47.97% | 287 | 4.22% | 64 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -75 | -1.10% | 6,802 |
| Waupaca | 3,014 | 59.59% | 1,760 | 34.80% | 124 | 2.45% | 160 | 3.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,254 | 24.79% | 5,058 |
| Waushara | 2,141 | 74.57% | 605 | 21.07% | 92 | 3.20% | 33 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,536 | 53.50% | 2,871 |
| Winnebago | 4,885 | 47.83% | 4,678 | 45.80% | 361 | 3.53% | 289 | 2.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 207 | 2.03% | 10,213 |
| Wood | 1,468 | 45.00% | 1,723 | 52.82% | 7 | 0.21% | 64 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -255 | -7.82% | 3,262 |
| Total | 163,214 | 51.00% | 143,945 | 44.98% | 8,545 | 2.67% | 4,274 | 1.34% | 19 | 0.01% | 19,269 | 6.02% | 319,997 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General and State Superintendent at the general election held in the several towns, wards, villages and election districts in the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday, being the fourth day in November A.D. 1884
- ^ a b Heg, James E., ed. (1885). "Vote for State Officers, 1884 - By Counties". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers. p. 247.
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.