The 1888 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1888.
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 County results Hoard : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Morgan : 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican nominee William D. Hoard defeated Democratic nominee James Morgan and two other candidates with 49.53% of the vote.
General election
editCandidates
editMajor party candidates
- James Morgan, Democratic, businessman[1]
- William D. Hoard, Republican, dairy farmer and newspaper editor[2]
Other candidates
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William D. Hoard | 175,696 | 49.53% | +3.00% | |
| Democratic | James Morgan | 155,423 | 43.82% | +3.82% | |
| Prohibition | E. G. Durant | 14,373 | 4.05% | −1.92% | |
| Union Labor | D. Frank Powell | 9,196 | 2.59% | −4.90% | |
| Scattering | 26 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 20,273 | 5.71% | |||
| Total votes | 354,714 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -0.82% | |||
Results by county
edit| County[5][6] | William D. Hoard Republican |
James Morgan Democratic |
E. G. Durant Prohibition |
D. Frank Powell Union Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,100 | 70.92% | 430 | 27.72% | 15 | 0.97% | 6 | 0.39% | 670 | 43.20% | 1,551 |
| Ashland | 2,856 | 55.87% | 2,201 | 43.06% | 53 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 655 | 12.81% | 5,112[a] |
| Barron | 1,794 | 60.28% | 881 | 29.60% | 295 | 9.91% | 6 | 0.20% | 913 | 30.68% | 2,976 |
| Bayfield | 1,204 | 62.13% | 707 | 36.48% | 27 | 1.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 497 | 25.64% | 1,938 |
| Brown | 2,663 | 41.42% | 3,540 | 55.05% | 115 | 1.79% | 112 | 1.74% | -877 | -13.64% | 6,430 |
| Buffalo | 1,767 | 55.65% | 1,316 | 41.45% | 86 | 2.71% | 6 | 0.19% | 451 | 14.20% | 3,175 |
| Burnett | 491 | 62.31% | 69 | 8.76% | 228 | 28.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 263[b] | 33.38% | 788 |
| Calumet | 954 | 30.53% | 1,982 | 63.42% | 44 | 1.41% | 145 | 4.64% | -1,028 | 32.90% | 3,125 |
| Chippewa | 2,678 | 49.02% | 2,503 | 45.82% | 282 | 5.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 175 | 3.20% | 5,463 |
| Clark | 2,263 | 60.75% | 1,286 | 34.52% | 144 | 3.87% | 32 | 0.86% | 977 | 26.23% | 3,725 |
| Columbia | 3,506 | 53.43% | 2,652 | 40.41% | 389 | 5.93% | 14 | 0.21% | 854 | 13.01% | 6,562[a] |
| Crawford | 1,806 | 52.18% | 1,562 | 45.13% | 59 | 1.70% | 34 | 0.98% | 244 | 7.05% | 3,461 |
| Dane | 6,844 | 47.73% | 6,410 | 44.70% | 1,079 | 7.52% | 7 | 0.05% | 434 | 3.03% | 14,340 |
| Dodge | 3,144 | 33.16% | 6,078 | 64.11% | 218 | 2.30% | 39 | 0.41% | -2,934 | -30.95% | 9,480[a] |
| Door | 1,688 | 60.68% | 1,039 | 37.35% | 52 | 1.87% | 2 | 0.07% | 649 | 23.33% | 2,782[a] |
| Douglas | 1,181 | 59.80% | 5576 | 39.29% | 15 | 0.76% | 3 | 0.15% | 405 | 20.51% | 1,975 |
| Dunn | 2,526 | 60.06% | 1,302 | 30.96% | 285 | 6.78% | 92 | 2.19% | 1,224 | 29.10% | 4,206[a] |
| Eau Claire | 3,215 | 51.28% | 2,396 | 38.22% | 492 | 7.85% | 164 | 2.62% | 819 | 13.06% | 6,269[c] |
| Florence | 313 | 55.60% | 236 | 41.92% | 3 | 0.53% | 11 | 1.95% | 77 | 13.68% | 563 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,496 | 45.77% | 4,934 | 50.23% | 297 | 3.02% | 95 | 0.97% | -438 | -4.46% | 9,822 |
| Forest | 233 | 50.65% | 218 | 47.39% | 9 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 3.26% | 460 |
| Grant | 4,264 | 51.99% | 3,407 | 41.54% | 434 | 5.29% | 96 | 1.17% | 857 | 10.45% | 8,201 |
| Green | 2,625 | 48.51% | 2,122 | 39.22% | 450 | 8.32% | 214 | 3.95% | 503 | 9.30% | 5,411 |
| Green Lake | 1,699 | 52.34% | 1,417 | 43.65% | 126 | 3.88% | 4 | 0.12% | 282 | 8.69% | 3,246 |
| Iowa | 2,491 | 47.81% | 2,256 | 43.30% | 463 | 8.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 235 | 4.51% | 5,210 |
| Jackson | 2,093 | 62.66% | 1,000 | 29.94% | 247 | 7.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 32.72% | 3,340 |
| Jefferson | 3,025 | 40.50% | 4,238 | 56.73% | 191 | 2.56% | 15 | 0.20% | -1,213 | -16.24% | 7,470[a] |
| Juneau | 2,077 | 52.88% | 1,658 | 42.21% | 181 | 4.61% | 11 | 0.28% | 419 | 10.67% | 3,928[a] |
| Kenosha | 1,691 | 48.68% | 1,674 | 48.19% | 108 | 3.11% | 1 | 0.03% | 17 | 0.49% | 3,474 |
| Kewaunee | 878 | 30.02% | 2,046 | 69.95% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,168 | -39.93% | 2,925 |
| La Crosse | 3,935 | 46.03% | 3,699 | 43.27% | 398 | 4.66% | 516 | 6.04% | 236 | 2.76% | 8,549[a] |
| Lafayette | 2,563 | 50.13% | 2,284 | 44.67% | 263 | 5.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 279 | 5.46% | 5,113[c] |
| Langlade | 777 | 37.68% | 1,192 | 57.81% | 93 | 4.51% | 0 | 0.00% | -415 | -20.13% | 2,062 |
| Lincoln | 1,114 | 46.75% | 1,050 | 44.06% | 106 | 4.45% | 113 | 4.74% | 64 | 2.69% | 2,383 |
| Manitowoc | 2,681 | 37.98% | 4,237 | 60.02% | 16 | 0.23% | 125 | 1.77% | -1,556 | -22.04% | 7,059 |
| Marathon | 2,114 | 36.22% | 3,356 | 57.50% | 42 | 0.72% | 317 | 5.43% | -1,242 | -21.28% | 5,837[d] |
| Marinette | 1,777 | 45.67% | 1,756 | 45.13% | 224 | 5.76% | 134 | 3.44% | 21 | 0.54% | 3,891 |
| Marquette | 1,131 | 52.31% | 999 | 46.21% | 27 | 1.25% | 4 | 0.19% | 132 | 6.11% | 2,162[a] |
| Milwaukee | 20,887 | 47.94% | 17,703 | 40.63% | 333 | 0.76% | 4,647 | 10.67% | 3,184 | 7.31% | 43,570 |
| Monroe | 2,710 | 52.88% | 2,135 | 41.66% | 251 | 4.90% | 29 | 0.57% | 575 | 11.22% | 5,125 |
| Oconto | 1,313 | 52.35% | 1,154 | 46.01% | 35 | 1.40% | 6 | 0.24% | 159 | 6.34% | 2,508 |
| Oneida | 767 | 46.63% | 871 | 52.95% | 6 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.06% | -104 | -6.32% | 1,645 |
| Outagamie | 2,779 | 39.32% | 4,005 | 56.66% | 185 | 2.62% | 99 | 1.40% | -1,226 | -17.35% | 7,068 |
| Ozaukee | 755 | 26.30% | 2,025 | 70.53% | 4 | 0.14% | 86 | 3.00% | -1,270 | -44.24% | 2,871[a] |
| Pepin | 926 | 59.28% | 461 | 29.51% | 175 | 11.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 465 | 29.77% | 1,562 |
| Pierce | 2,483 | 58.76% | 1,158 | 27.40% | 537 | 12.71% | 47 | 1.11% | 1,325 | 31.35% | 4,226[a] |
| Polk | 1,728 | 64.77% | 606 | 22.71% | 334 | 12.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,122 | 42.05% | 2,668 |
| Portage | 2,575 | 50.65% | 2,322 | 45.67% | 165 | 3.25% | 22 | 0.43% | 253 | 4.98% | 5,084 |
| Price | 912 | 55.81% | 620 | 37.94% | 101 | 6.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 292 | 17.87% | 1,634[a] |
| Racine | 3,923 | 49.09% | 3,293 | 41.20% | 462 | 5.78% | 314 | 3.93% | 630 | 7.88% | 7,992 |
| Richland | 2,457 | 54.47% | 1,734 | 38.44% | 294 | 6.52% | 25 | 0.55% | 723 | 16.03% | 4,511[a] |
| Rock | 6,193 | 60.61% | 3,509 | 34.34% | 508 | 4.97% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,684 | 26.27% | 10,217 |
| Sauk | 3,400 | 51.31% | 2,657 | 40.10% | 535 | 8.07% | 34 | 0.51% | 743 | 11.21% | 6,626 |
| Sawyer | 542 | 51.52% | 508 | 48.29% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 3.23% | 1,052[a] |
| Shawano | 1,784 | 51.46% | 1,635 | 47.16% | 25 | 0.72% | 23 | 0.66% | 149 | 4.30% | 3,467 |
| Sheboygan | 3,683 | 42.98% | 4,386 | 51.18% | 65 | 0.76% | 436 | 5.09% | -703 | -8.20% | 8,570 |
| St. Croix | 2,753 | 50.33% | 2,135 | 39.03% | 530 | 9.69% | 52 | 0.95% | 618 | 11.30% | 5,470 |
| Taylor | 788 | 51.60% | 723 | 47.35% | 15 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.07% | 65 | 4.26% | 1,527 |
| Trempealeau | 2,276 | 55.88% | 1,567 | 38.47% | 229 | 5.62% | 1 | 0.02% | 709 | 17.41% | 4,073 |
| Vernon | 3,321 | 64.20% | 1,540 | 29.77% | 263 | 5.08% | 49 | 0.95% | 1,781 | 34.43% | 5,173 |
| Walworth | 4,447 | 62.10% | 2,036 | 28.43% | 584 | 8.16% | 94 | 1.31% | 2,411 | 33.67% | 7,161 |
| Washburn | 514 | 52.18% | 363 | 36.85% | 107 | 10.86% | 1 | 0.10% | 151 | 15.33% | 985 |
| Washington | 1,853 | 38.96% | 2,892 | 60.81% | 11 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,039 | -21.85% | 4,756 |
| Waukesha | 3,848 | 50.51% | 3,445 | 45.22% | 302 | 3.96% | 24 | 0.32% | 403 | 5.29% | 7,619 |
| Waupaca | 3,383 | 62.92% | 1,778 | 33.07% | 163 | 3.03% | 53 | 0.99% | 1,605 | 29.85% | 5,377 |
| Waushara | 2,258 | 72.70% | 658 | 21.18% | 157 | 5.05% | 33 | 1.06% | 1,600 | 51.51% | 3,106 |
| Winnebago | 4,885 | 46.05% | 4,609 | 43.45% | 401 | 3.78% | 713 | 6.72% | 276 | 2.60% | 10,608 |
| Wood | 1,896 | 47.41% | 1,986 | 49.66% | 38 | 0.95% | 79 | 1.98% | -90 | -2.25% | 3,999 |
| Total | 175,696 | 49.53% | 155,423 | 43.82% | 14,373 | 4.05% | 9,196 | 2.59% | 20,273 | 5.72% | 354,714 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editCounties that flipped from Union Labor to Republican
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "For Governor of Wisconsin". Iowa County democrat. Mineral Point, Wis. September 28, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ "Hoard, William Dempster 1836–1918". Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ Benjamin F. Bryant (ed.). Memoirs of La Crosse County from Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Association, 1907, pp. 200-201.
- ^ "Dr. D. F. Powell". The Daily times. Richmond, Va. August 4, 1888. p. 4. Retrieved July 9, 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 6th day of November, 1888
- ^ a b Timme, Ernst G., ed. (1889). "Vote for President and State Officers, 1888, By Counties". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. p. 251.
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. (1889). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co.