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1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

The 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886.

1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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Nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk Gilbert M. Woodward
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 133,247 114,529
Percentage 46.53% 39.99%
 
Nominee John Cochrane John Myers Olin
Party Union Labor Prohibition
Popular vote 21,467 17,089
Percentage 7.50% 5.97%
County results
Rusk :      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Woodward :      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Cochrane :      40-50%
No Vote:      
Governor before election

Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Republican

Elected Governor

Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Republican

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

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Candidates

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Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

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1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[2][3]
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

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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

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Union Labor

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Includes 1 Scattering vote
  2. ^ a b Rusk's margin over Olin
  3. ^ a b c d Includes 2 Scattering votes
  4. ^ Includes 7 Scattering votes
  5. ^ a b Includes 1 Blank vote
  6. ^ Rusk's margin over Cochrane
  7. ^ Cochrane's margin over Rusk
  8. ^ Includes 6 Scattering votes
  9. ^ Includes 3 Scattering votes

References

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  1. ^ "Olin, John Myers 1851 - 1924". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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.

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