The 1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1881.
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 County results Rusk : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90% Fratt : 30–40% 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Nicholas D. Fratt and two other nominees with 47.57% of the vote.
This was the last Wisconsin gubernatorial election held in an odd-numbered year. In 1882, a constitutional amendment was carried moving gubernatorial elections to even-numbered years.
General election
editCandidates
editMajor party candidates
- Nicholas D. Fratt, Democratic, President of the Racine County Bank, Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1874
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Republican, former member of the United States House of Representatives
Other candidates
- Theodore D. Kanouse, Prohibition[1][2]
- Edward P. Allis, Greenback, Greenback nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1877
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeremiah M. Rusk | 81,754 | 47.57% | −5.62% | |
| Democratic | Nicholas D. Fratt | 69,797 | 40.61% | +0.92% | |
| Prohibition | Theodore D. Kanouse | 13,225 | 7.70% | +7.49% | |
| Greenback | Edward P. Allis | 7,002 | 4.07% | −2.80% | |
| Scattering | 78 | 0.05% | |||
| Majority | 11,957 | 6.96% | |||
| Total votes | 171,856 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -6.54% | |||
Results by county
editDouglas County would note vote for a Democrat again until 1944 nor would St. Croix County until 1932. This was the last election until 1916 in which Iowa County would not back the winning candidate.
| County[3][4][5] | Jeremiah M. Rusk Republican |
Nicholas D. Fratt Democratic |
Theodore D. Kanouse Prohibition |
Edward P. Allis Greenback |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 599 | 74.60% | 156 | 19.43% | 43 | 5.35% | 5 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 443 | 55.17% | 803 |
| Ashland | 228 | 58.76% | 154 | 39.69% | 2 | 0.52% | 4 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 74 | 19.07% | 388 |
| Barron | 698 | 61.82% | 298 | 26.40% | 77 | 6.82% | 49 | 4.34% | 7 | 0.62% | 400 | 35.43% | 1,129 |
| Bayfield | 128 | 99.22% | 1 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 127 | 98.45% | 129 |
| Brown | 1,620 | 40.83% | 2,084 | 52.52% | 183 | 4.61% | 79 | 1.99% | 2 | 0.05% | -464 | -11.69% | 3,968 |
| Buffalo | 1,233 | 62.75% | 624 | 31.76% | 97 | 4.94% | 11 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 609 | 30.99% | 1,965 |
| Burnett | 556 | 92.36% | 36 | 5.98% | 4 | 0.66% | 4 | 0.66% | 2 | 0.33% | 520 | 86.38% | 602 |
| Calumet | 641 | 32.96% | 1,051 | 54.04% | 111 | 5.71% | 141 | 7.25% | 1 | 0.05% | -410 | -21.08% | 1,945 |
| Chippewa | 514 | 28.34% | 889 | 49.01% | 215 | 11.85% | 196 | 10.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -375 | -20.67% | 1,814 |
| Clark | 869 | 53.21% | 447 | 27.37% | 288 | 17.64% | 29 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 422 | 25.84% | 1,633 |
| Columbia | 1,656 | 47.64% | 1,164 | 33.49% | 634 | 18.24% | 21 | 0.60% | 1 | 0.03% | 492 | 14.15% | 3,476 |
| Crawford | 746 | 41.56% | 636 | 35.43% | 113 | 6.30% | 299 | 16.66% | 1 | 0.03% | 110 | 6.13 | 1,795 |
| Dane | 3,210 | 41.17% | 3,491 | 44.78% | 968 | 12.42% | 118 | 1.51% | 9 | 0.12% | -281 | -3.60% | 7,796 |
| Dodge | 1,796 | 31.83% | 3,319 | 58.82% | 347 | 6.15% | 178 | 3.15% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,523 | -26.99% | 5,643 |
| Door | 866 | 68.35% | 308 | 24.31% | 9 | 0.71% | 83 | 6.55% | 1 | 0.08% | 558 | 44.04% | 1,267 |
| Douglas | 33 | 33.33% | 62 | 62.63% | 4 | 4.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -29 | -29.29% | 99 |
| Dunn | 1,126 | 54.77% | 669 | 32.54% | 239 | 11.62% | 22 | 1.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 457 | 22.23% | 2,056 |
| Eau Claire | 1,012 | 33.10% | 1,325 | 43.34% | 655 | 21.43% | 64 | 2.09% | 1 | 0.03% | -313 | -10.24% | 3,057 |
| Fond du Lac | 2,518 | 42.11% | 2699 | 45.14% | 200 | 3.35% | 561 | 9.38% | 1 | 0.02% | -181 | -3.03% | 5,979 |
| Grant | 2,512 | 57.56% | 1,323 | 30.32% | 405 | 9.28% | 123 | 2.82% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,189 | 27.25% | 4,364 |
| Green | 1,643 | 60.21% | 674 | 24.70% | 159 | 5.83% | 253 | 9.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 969 | 35.51% | 2,729 |
| Green Lake | 983 | 52.57% | 624 | 33.37% | 151 | 8.07% | 112 | 5.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 359 | 19.20% | 1,870 |
| Iowa | 1,377 | 42.02% | 1,382 | 42.17% | 504 | 15.38% | 14 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -5 | -0.15% | 3,277 |
| Jackson | 1,190 | 58.36% | 522 | 25.60% | 246 | 12.06% | 80 | 3.92% | 1 | 0.05% | 668 | 32.76% | 2,039 |
| Jefferson | 1,636 | 35.63% | 2,360 | 51.39% | 487 | 10.61% | 109 | 2.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -724 | -15.77% | 4,592 |
| Juneau | 986 | 41.52% | 985 | 41.47% | 354 | 14.91% | 50 | 2.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,375 |
| Kenosha | 1,172 | 54.08% | 949 | 43.79% | 45 | 2.08% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 223 | 10.29% | 2,167 |
| Kewaunee | 306 | 21.92% | 1,087 | 77.87% | 3 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -781 | -55.95% | 1,396 |
| La Crosse | 2,143 | 51.65% | 1,598 | 38.52% | 281 | 6.77% | 123 | 2.96% | 4 | 0.10% | 545 | 13.14% | 4,149 |
| Lafayette | 1,476 | 46.58% | 1,425 | 44.97% | 217 | 6.85% | 50 | 1.58% | 1 | 0.03% | 51 | 1.61% | 3,169 |
| Langlade | 131 | 61.50% | 66 | 30.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 7.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 65 | 30.52% | 213 |
| Lincoln | 254 | 57.73% | 111 | 25.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 75 | 17.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 143 | 32.50% | 440 |
| Manitowoc | 1,672 | 40.78% | 2,411 | 58.80% | 17 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -739 | -18.02% | 4,100 |
| Marathon | 696 | 29.90% | 1,307 | 56.14% | 80 | 3.44% | 245 | 10.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -611 | -26.25% | 2,328 |
| Marinette | 1,138 | 69.60% | 448 | 27.40% | 46 | 2.81% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.12% | 690 | 42.20% | 1,635 |
| Marquette | 495 | 36.18% | 773 | 56.51% | 100 | 7.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -278 | -20.32% | 1,368 |
| Milwaukee | 7,398 | 48.49% | 6,989 | 45.81% | 410 | 2.69% | 460 | 3.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 409 | 2.68% | 15,258 |
| Monroe | 1,520 | 50.96% | 1,018 | 34.13% | 257 | 8.62% | 188 | 6.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 502 | 16.83% | 2,983 |
| Oconto | 734 | 48.97% | 556 | 37.09% | 200 | 13.34% | 9 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 11.87% | 1,499 |
| Outagamie | 955 | 29.29% | 1,753 | 53.76% | 250 | 7.67% | 303 | 9.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -798 | -24.47% | 3,261 |
| Ozaukee | 413 | 24.63% | 1,198 | 71.44% | 7 | 0.42% | 59 | 3.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -785 | -46.81% | 1,677 |
| Pepin | 807 | 60.77% | 316 | 23.80% | 205 | 15.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 491 | 36.97% | 1,328 |
| Pierce | 865 | 48.46% | 408 | 22.86% | 479 | 26.83% | 18 | 1.01% | 15 | 0.84% | 457 | 25.60% | 1,785 |
| Polk | 1,105 | 73.57% | 223 | 14.85% | 161 | 10.72% | 3 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.67% | 882 | 58.72% | 1,502 |
| Portage | 1,080 | 48.56% | 927 | 41.68% | 189 | 8.50% | 28 | 1.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 153 | 6.88% | 2,224 |
| Price | 171 | 57.38% | 125 | 41.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 46 | 15.44% | 298 |
| Racine | 2,026 | 46.13% | 2,023 | 46.06% | 259 | 5.90% | 84 | 1.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.07% | 4,392 |
| Richland | 1,383 | 55.72% | 686 | 27.64% | 185 | 7.45% | 226 | 9.11% | 2 | 0.08% | 697 | 28.08% | 2,482 |
| Rock | 2,783 | 57.79% | 1,276 | 26.50% | 630 | 13.08% | 127 | 2.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,507 | 31.29% | 4,816 |
| Sauk | 1,694 | 49.16% | 1,084 | 31.46% | 551 | 15.99% | 117 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 610 | 17.70% | 3,446 |
| Shawano | 500 | 49.75% | 462 | 45.97% | 34 | 3.38% | 5 | 0.50% | 4 | 0.40% | 38 | 3.78% | 1,005 |
| Sheboygan | 1,999 | 44.55% | 2,055 | 45.80% | 67 | 1.49% | 366 | 8.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -56 | -1.25% | 4,487 |
| St. Croix | 1,183 | 40.44% | 1,357 | 46.39% | 381 | 13.03% | 4 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -174 | -5.95% | 2,925 |
| Taylor | 354 | 53.15% | 292 | 43.84% | 15 | 2.25% | 5 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 | 9.31% | 666 |
| Trempealeau | 1,219 | 69.62% | 249 | 14.22% | 82 | 4.68% | 201 | 11.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 970 | 55.40% | 1,751 |
| Vernon | 2,022 | 70.60% | 358 | 12.50% | 153 | 5.34% | 326 | 11.38% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,664 | 58.10% | 2,864 |
| Walworth | 2,325 | 64.39% | 876 | 24.26% | 311 | 8.61% | 99 | 2.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,449 | 40.13% | 3,611 |
| Washington | 1,217 | 39.22% | 1,732 | 55.82% | 66 | 2.13% | 88 | 2.84% | 0 | 0.00% | -515 | -16.60% | 3,103 |
| Waukesha | 1,841 | 39.34% | 2,233 | 47.71% | 476 | 10.17% | 128 | 2.74% | 2 | 0.04% | -392 | -8.38% | 4,680 |
| Waupaca | 1,779 | 58.08% | 885 | 28.89% | 119 | 3.89% | 280 | 9.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 894 | 29.19% | 3,063 |
| Waushara | 1,571 | 79.79% | 267 | 13.56% | 71 | 3.61% | 60 | 3.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,304 | 66.23% | 1,969 |
| Winnebago | 2,499 | 43.89% | 2,494 | 43.80% | 326 | 5.73% | 374 | 6.57% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.09% | 5,694 |
| Wood | 452 | 33.93% | 497 | 37.31% | 57 | 4.28% | 326 | 24.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -45 | -3.38% | 1,332 |
| Total | 81,754 | 47.57% | 69,797 | 40.61% | 13,225 | 7.70% | 7,002 | 4.07% | 78 | 0.05% | 11,957 | 6.96% | 171,856 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editReferences
edit- ^ Seaman, Adam. "Theodore D. Kanouse". prohibitionists.org. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Former S.D. Gubernatorial Candidate Dies On Cast". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. June 4, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ 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, for the term commencing on the first Monday of January A.D. 1882, for Railroad Commissioner for the term commencing on the fifteenth day of February, A.D. 1882, for Commissioner of Insurance for the term commencing on the first Monday of April A.D. 1882, and on the question for the proposed amendment of the constitution, 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 in November A.D. 1881, being the eighth day of said month
- ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State (1882). "Appendix "O"". Annual Reports of the Secretary of State and Commissioners of Public Printing of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1882. Madison, Wisconsin: David Atwood, State Printer. pp. 192–193.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State (1882). "Vote for State Officers, 1881". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin. pp. 308–309.
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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.