1867 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1867 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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Nominee Lucius Fairchild John J. Tallmadge
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 73,637 68,873
Percentage 51.67% 48.32%

County results
Fairchild :      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tallmadge :      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%      >90%

Governor before election

Lucius Fairchild
Republican

Elected Governor

Lucius Fairchild
Republican

The 1867 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1867. Incumbent Republican Party Governor Lucius Fairchild won re-election with nearly 52% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate John J. Tallmadge.[1]

This was the last election until 1894 in which a Republican carried Fond du Lac County.

Nominations

Republican party

Lucius Fairchild was the incumbent governor of Wisconsin, having been elected in the 1865 election. Prior to his election as governor, he was Wisconsin Secretary of State for one term. Fairchild had also been a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, having served as a colonel in the famous Iron Brigade when they participated in fierce fighting at Gettysburg. Fairchild lost an arm due to wounds sustained at Gettysburg, and was later awarded an honorary promotion to brigadier general.

Democratic party

John J. Tallmadge was a businessman and the former mayor of Milwaukee, having left office less than a year before the 1867 election. Prior to his two terms as mayor, he was one of the founders of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and served as its president in 1863 and 1864.

Results

1867 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Lucius Fairchild (incumbent) 73,637 51.67% −3.02%
Democratic John J. Tallmadge 68,873 48.32% +3.02%
Scattering 12 0.01%
Majority 4,764 3.34%
Total votes 142,522 100.00%
Republican hold Swing -6.03%

Results by county

County[2][3] Lucius Fairchild
Republican
John J. Tallmadge
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Adams 624 76.28% 194 23.72% 430 52.57% 818
Ashland 3 8.11% 34 91.89% -31 -83.78% 37
Bayfield 12 57.14% 9 42.86% 3 14.29% 21
Brown 815 40.11% 1,217 59.89% -402 -19.78% 2,032
Buffalo 708 64.60% 388 35.40% 320 29.20% 1,096
Burnett 41 87.23% 6 12.77% 35 74.47% 47
Calumet 687 45.50% 823 54.50% -136 -9.01% 1,510
Chippewa 309 46.12% 361 53.88% -52 -7.76% 670
Clark 233 70.39% 98 29.61% 135 40.79% 331
Columbia 2,649 62.29% 1,603 37.69% 1,046 24.59% 4,253[a]
Crawford 845 45.63% 1,007 54.37% -162 -8.75% 1,852
Dane 4,530 51.77% 4,217 48.19% 313 3.58% 8,750[b]
Dodge 2,804 36.90% 4,795 63.10% -1,991 -26.20% 7,599
Door 404 76.37% 125 23.63% 279 52.74% 529
Douglas 51 44.35% 64 55.65% -13 -11.30% 115
Dunn 679 70.66% 282 29.34% 397 41.31% 961
Eau Claire 662 58.64% 467 41.36% 195 17.27% 1,129
Fond du Lac 3,789 50.61% 3,698 49.39% 91 1.22% 7,487
Grant 3,095 65.24% 1,649 34.76% 1,446 30.48% 4,744
Green 2,094 64.81% 1,137 35.19% 957 29.62% 3,231
Green Lake 1,197 65.16% 640 34.84% 557 30.32% 1,837
Iowa 1,677 51.11% 1,604 48.89% 73 2.22% 3,281
Jackson 736 70.97% 301 29.03% 435 41.95% 1,037
Jefferson 2,344 42.95% 3,112 57.02% -768 -14.07% 5,458[c]
Juneau 1,030 52.71% 924 47.29% 106 5.42% 1,954
Kenosha 1,173 51.88% 1,088 48.12% 85 3.76% 2,261
Kewaunee 268 32.80% 549 67.20% -281 -34.39% 817
La Crosse 1,536 56.47% 1,183 43.49% 353 12.98% 2,720[a]
Lafayette 1,526 46.87% 1,730 53.13% -204 -6.27% 3,256
Manitowoc 1,247 37.11% 2,112 62.86% -865 -25.74% 3,360[a]
Marathon 90 12.71% 618 87.29% -528 -74.58% 708
Marquette 445 37.30% 748 62.70% -303 -25.40% 1,193
Milwaukee 3,500 32.78% 7,176 67.22% -3,676 -34.43% 10,676
Monroe 1,329 55.56% 1,061 44.36% 268 11.20% 2,392[c]
Oconto 576 68.74% 262 31.26% 314 37.47% 838
Outagamie 949 40.61% 1,388 59.39% -439 -18.78% 2,337
Ozaukee 220 9.73% 2,042 90.27% -1,822 -80.55% 2,262
Pepin 302 66.81% 150 33.19% 152 33.63% 452
Pierce 829 68.17% 387 31.83% 442 36.35% 1,216
Polk 224 65.69% 117 34.31% 107 31.38% 341
Portage 972 58.73% 683 41.27% 289 17.46% 1,655
Racine 2,117 56.51% 1,629 43.49% 488 13.03% 3,746
Richland 1,166 56.88% 884 43.12% 282 13.76% 2,050
Rock 4,227 69.79% 1,830 30.21% 2,397 39.57% 6,057
Sauk 2,060 68.69% 939 31.31% 1,121 37.38% 2,999
Shawano 145 49.49% 148 50.51% -3 -1.02% 293
Sheboygan 1,858 47.17% 2,079 52.78% -221 -5.61% 3,939[c]
St. Croix 884 53.29% 775 46.71% 109 6.57% 1,659
Trempealeau 622 79.03% 165 20.97% 457 58.07% 787
Vernon 1,443 78.98% 384 21.02% 1,059 57.96% 1,827
Walworth 3,258 71.70% 1,286 28.30% 1,972 43.40% 4,544
Washington 615 19.41% 2,554 80.59% -1,939 -61.19% 3,169
Waukesha 2,303 46.44% 2,656 53.56% -353 -7.12% 4,959
Waupaca 1,294 64.25% 720 35.75% 574 28.50% 2,014
Waushara 998 76.13% 313 23.87% 685 52.25% 1,311
Winnebago 3,161 59.97% 2,110 40.03% 1,051 19.94% 5,271
Wood 282 44.48% 352 55.52% -70 -11.04% 634
Total 73,637 51.67% 68,873 48.32% 4,764 3.34% 142,522

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Includes 1 Scattering vote
  2. ^ Includes 3 Scattering votes
  3. ^ a b c Includes 2 Scattering votes

References

  1. ^ Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature (2015). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015–2016. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Administration. pp. 699–701. ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6.
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, Bank Comptroller, and State Prison Commissioner, and on the question of the proposed Amendment to the Constitution and to the General Banking Law, of the State of Wisconsin, at a General Election held in the several Towns, Wards and Election Precincts in the several counties in said state, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday, being the fifth day of November 1867
  3. ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State (1868). "Appendix "K"". Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30th, 1868. Madison, Wisconsin: Atwood & Hublee, State Printers. pp. 139–141.