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1896 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1896 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1894 November 3, 1896 1898 →
 
Nominee Edward Scofield Willis C. Silverthorn
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 264,981 169,257
Percentage 59.67% 38.11%

County results
Scofield:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Silverthorn:      50–60%

Governor before election

William H. Upham
Republican

Elected Governor

Edward Scofield
Republican

The 1896 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896.

Incumbent Republican Governor William H. Upham retired.[1]

Republican nominee Edward Scofield defeated Democratic nominee Willis C. Silverthorn with 59.67% of the vote. Scofield's popular vote share was the highest in the state's history for a gubernatorial candidate to that point, reflecting the state's transition from a Republican-leaning but competitive state to one dominated by the Republicans.

General election

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Candidates

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Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

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1896 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[2][3][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Edward Scofield 264,981 59.67% +7.42%
Democratic Willis C. Silverthorn 169,257 38.11% +0.22%
Prohibition Joshua H. Berkey 8,144[b] 1.83% −1.16%
Socialist Labor Christ Tuttrop 1,306 0.29%
National Robert Henderson 407 0.09%
Scattering 15[c] 0.00%
Majority 95,724 21.55%
Total votes 444,110 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +7.20%

Results by county

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Scofield was the first Republican to ever win Dodge County, Manitowoc County, and Washington County; Dodge County would not vote Republican again until 1916. Scofield was also the first Republican since 1855 to carry Outagamie County, the first since 1857 to carry Jefferson County, and the first since 1861 to carry Kewaunee County.

County[2][3] Edward Scofield
Republican
Willis C. Silverthorn
Democratic
Joshua H. Berkey
Prohibition
Christ Tuttrop
Socialist Labor
Robert Henderson
National
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,427 77.09% 397 21.45% 27 1.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,030 55.65% 1,851
Ashland 2,700 59.18% 1,784 39.11% 59 1.29% 15 0.33% 4 0.09% 916 20.08% 4,562
Barron 2,765 64.88% 1,328 31.16% 165 3.87% 0 0.00% 4 0.09% 1,437 33.72% 4,262
Bayfield 2,224 72.87% 776 25.43% 46 1.51% 5 0.16% 1 0.03% 1,448 47.44% 3,052
Brown 5,324 57.13% 3,870 41.53% 88 0.94% 5 0.05% 32 0.34% 1,454 15.60% 9,319
Buffalo 2,303 62.73% 1,302 35.47% 61 1.66% 1 0.03% 4 0.11% 1,001 27.27% 3,671
Burnett 807 67.59% 355 29.73% 28 2.35% 3 0.25% 1 0.08% 452 37.86% 1,194
Calumet 1,539 44.43% 1,897 54.76% 27 0.78% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -358 -10.33% 3,464
Chippewa 3,587 53.95% 2,965 44.59% 89 1.34% 6 0.09% 2 0.03% 622 9.35% 6,649
Clark 3,299 69.38% 1,341 28.20% 100 2.10% 12 0.25% 1 0.02% 1,958 41.18% 4,755[d]
Columbia 4,746 63.04% 2,457 32.64% 308 4.09% 5 0.07% 12 0.16% 2,289 30.41% 7,528
Crawford 2,307 59.49% 1,526 39.35% 41 1.06% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% 781 20.14% 3,878
Dane 8,747 54.34% 6,804 42.27% 518 3.22% 8 0.05% 15 0.09% 1,943 12.07% 16,098[e]
Dodge 5,573 52.02% 5,019 46.85% 108 1.01% 4 0.04% 9 0.08% 554 5.17% 10,713
Door 2,402 71.74% 897 26.79% 48 1.43% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 1,505 44.95% 3,348
Douglas 4,113 61.29% 2,498 37.22% 87 1.30% 8 0.12% 5 0.07% 1,615 24.06% 6,711
Dunn 3,340 67.89% 1,430 29.07% 143 2.91% 5 0.10% 2 0.04% 1,910 38.82% 4,920
Eau Claire 4,447 62.92% 2,397 33.91% 220 3.11% 1 0.01% 3 0.04% 2,050 29.00% 7,068
Florence 491 79.32% 122 19.71% 5 0.81% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 369 59.61% 619[f]
Fond du Lac 6,089 53.87% 5,033 44.53% 170 1.50% 7 0.06% 4 0.04% 1,056 9.34% 11,303
Forest 408 68.69% 169 28.45% 15 2.53% 0 0.00% 2 0.34% 239 40.24% 594
Grant 5,281 57.53% 3,685 40.14% 205 2.23% 3 0.03% 6 0.07% 1,596 17.39% 9,180
Green 3,054 54.60% 2,331 41.68% 193 3.45% 11 0.20% 4 0.07% 723 12.93% 5,593
Green Lake 2,091 55.94% 1,581 42.30% 62 1.66% 4 0.11% 0 0.00% 510 13.64% 3,738
Iowa 3,080 56.68% 2,145 39.47% 196 3.61% 2 0.04% 9 0.17% 935 17.21% 5,434[d]
Iron 1,290 71.67% 478 26.56% 30 1.67% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 812 45.11% 1,800
Jackson 2,707 74.88% 792 21.91% 108 2.99% 2 0.06% 6 0.17% 1,915 52.97% 3,615
Jefferson 4,275 52.76% 3,672 45.32% 150 1.85% 3 0.04% 3 0.04% 603 7.44% 8,103
Juneau 2,805 61.00% 1,714 37.28% 64 1.39% 8 0.17% 7 0.15% 1,091 23.73% 4,598
Kenosha 2,806 60.80% 1,750 37.92% 53 1.15% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,056 22.88% 4,615[f]
Kewaunee 1,812 51.36% 1,702 48.24% 14 0.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 110 3.12% 3,528
La Crosse 6,201 64.36% 3,215 33.37% 204 2.12% 8 0.08% 7 0.07% 2,986 30.99% 9,635
Lafayette 2,910 54.92% 2,265 42.74% 119 2.25% 1 0.02% 4 0.08% 645 12.17% 5,299
Langlade 1,394 57.25% 1,018 41.81% 22 0.90% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 376 15.44% 2,435
Lincoln 1,675 46.92% 1,849 51.79% 43 1.20% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% -174 -4.87% 3,570
Manitowoc 4,401 51.87% 3,995 47.09% 65 0.77% 12 0.14% 11 0.13% 406 4.79% 8,484
Marathon 3,668 46.05% 4,198 52.70% 73 0.92% 25 0.31% 2 0.03% -530 -6.65% 7,966
Marinette 4,358 69.69% 1,808 28.91% 76 1.22% 9 0.14% 2 0.03% 2,550 40.78% 6,253
Marquette 1,475 63.06% 840 35.91% 23 0.98% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 635 27.15% 2,339
Milwaukee 35,463 55.16% 27,464 42.72% 643 1.00% 679 1.06% 40 0.06% 7,999 12.44% 64,289
Monroe 3,669 59.52% 2,374 38.51% 108 1.75% 1 0.02% 12 0.19% 1,295 21.01% 6,164
Oconto 2,911 68.88% 1,253 29.65% 54 1.28% 5 0.12% 3 0.07% 1,658 39.23% 4,226
Oneida 1,405 68.91% 604 29.62% 30 1.47% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 801 39.28% 2,039
Outagamie 5,379 55.12% 4,196 43.00% 150 1.54% 8 0.08% 26 0.27% 1,183 12.12% 9,759
Ozaukee 1,546 43.26% 1,988 55.62% 29 0.81% 10 0.28% 1 0.03% -442 -12.37% 3,574
Pepin 1,295 72.71% 442 24.82% 42 2.36% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 853 47.89% 1,781
Pierce 3,697 69.75% 1,415 26.70% 182 3.43% 3 0.06% 2 0.04% 2,282 43.06% 5,300[f]
Polk 2,848 74.89% 886 23.30% 65 1.71% 3 0.08% 1 0.03% 1,962 51.59% 3,803
Portage 3,476 53.28% 2,955 45.29% 85 1.30% 2 0.03% 6 0.09% 521 7.99% 6,524
Price 1,444 70.71% 553 27.08% 38 1.86% 6 0.29% 1 0.05% 891 43.63% 2,042
Racine 5,733 56.77% 4,101 40.61% 241 2.39% 5 0.05% 19 0.19% 1,632 16.16% 10,099
Richland 2,635 54.16% 2,088 42.92% 139 2.86% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% 547 11.24% 4,865
Rock 8,224 67.48% 3,657 30.01% 292 2.40% 10 0.08% 4 0.03% 4,567 37.47% 12,187
Sauk 4,594 61.16% 2,637 35.11% 263 3.50% 9 0.12% 8 0.11% 1,957 26.06% 7,511
Sawyer 506 55.97% 371 41.04% 27 2.99% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 135 14.93% 904
Shawano 3,019 64.34% 1,604 34.19% 55 1.17% 11 0.23% 3 0.06% 1,415 30.16% 4,692
Sheboygan 6,543 62.99% 3,426 32.98% 88 0.85% 313 3.01% 18 0.17% 3,117 30.01% 10,388
St. Croix 3,424 56.13% 2,479 40.64% 187 3.07% 6 0.10% 4 0.07% 945 15.49% 6,100
Taylor 1,355 63.32% 759 35.47% 20 0.93% 2 0.09% 4 0.19% 596 27.85% 2,140
Trempealeau 3,300 67.87% 1,390 28.59% 161 3.31% 5 0.10% 6 0.12% 1,910 39.28% 4,862
Vernon 4,378 71.50% 1,638 26.75% 98 1.60% 3 0.05% 4 0.07% 2,740 44.75% 6,123[d]
Vilas 731 61.02% 459 38.31% 8 0.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 272 22.70% 1,198
Walworth 5,292 70.14% 1,889 25.04% 348 4.61% 3 0.04% 13 0.17% 3,403 45.10% 7,545
Washburn 765 73.42% 253 24.28% 22 2.11% 2 0.19% 0 0.00% 512 49.14% 1,042
Washington 2,833 53.08% 2,461 46.11% 30 0.56% 6 0.11% 7 0.13% 372 6.97% 5,337
Waukesha 5,331 60.61% 3,282 37.32% 177 2.01% 2 0.02% 3 0.03% 2,049 23.30% 8,795
Waupaca 5,456 75.54% 1,593 22.05% 139 1.92% 3 0.04% 32 0.44% 3,863 53.48% 7,223
Waushara 3,207 84.71% 470 12.41% 105 2.77% 0 0.00% 4 0.11% 2,737 72.29% 3,786
Winnebago 7,835 58.97% 5,213 39.24% 213 1.60% 14 0.11% 11 0.08% 2,622 19.74% 13,286
Wood 2,766 57.84% 1,952 40.82% 52 1.09% 6 0.13% 6 0.13% 814 17.02% 4,782
Total 264,981 59.67% 169,257 38.11% 8,144 1.83% 1,306 0.29% 407 0.09% 95,724 21.55% 444,110

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ One must exercise caution using the Blue Book as a source for Wisconsin election data for the period of 1890-1920 as it was unreliable during this period.
  2. ^ The 1897 Blue Book mistakenly gives Berkey's total as 8,140
  3. ^ The 1897 Blue Book mistakenly gives the Scattering total as 16
  4. ^ a b c Includes 2 Scattering votes
  5. ^ Includes 6 Scattering votes
  6. ^ a b c Includes 1 Scattering vote

References

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  1. ^ "Governor William Upham | Painting | Wisconsin Historical Society". wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of votes given for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, Railroad Commissioner and Commissioner of Insurance, at the General Election held in the several towns, wards, villages and election districts in the several Counties in the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday being the third day of November A.D. 1896
  3. ^ a b Casson, Henry, ed. (1897). "Tabular Statement of the votes given for state officers, by counties, at the general election held on the 3d day of November, A.D. 1896, as returned by the county clerks". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Henry Gugler Company. pp. 304–305.

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