1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1867 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1867 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1871 November 2, 1869 x150px Lucius Fairchild Republican Party (United States) 69,502 53.14% x150px Charles D. Robinson Democratic Party (United States) 61,239 46.83% 1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsFairchild : #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18ff 80–90% #a80000ff >90%Robinson : #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5ff 80–90% Governor Lucius Fairchild Republican Party (United States) Lucius Fairchild Republican Party (United States) The 1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1869. Incumbent Republican Party governor Lucius Fairchild won re-election with over 53% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate Charles D. Robinson.Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature 2015 Wisconsin Blue Book 2015–2016 Madison, Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Administration 699–701 978-0-9752820-7-6 Fairchild became the first person to win three terms as governor of Wisconsin. Fond du Lac County voted for the losing candidate for the first time ever, ending the longest bellwether streak in Wisconsin at the time. Nominations Republican party Lucius Fairchild was the incumbent Governor of Wisconsin, having been elected in the 1865 election and re-elected in 1867. 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.The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1960 State of Wisconsin 108–110 November 3, 2019 http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1960 1960 Toepel M. G. Kuehn Hazel L. Wisconsin's former governors, 1848-1959 Democratic party Charles D. Robinson was a businessman and newspaper publisher and had been the 3rd Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Prior to his nomination for Governor, Robinson had served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for one term, in 1850, had served as a Quartermaster with the Union Army during the American Civil War, and served one term as Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1866. He was the creator, writer, and publisher of the Democratic paper The Green Bay Advocate since 1846.http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/mayors_past/mayor_robinson.html Charles D. Robinson (1822-1886) 2009-12-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110505142616/http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/mayors_past/mayor_robinson.html 2011-05-05 Other candidates Nicholas D. Fratt, of Racine, Wisconsin, was a respected farmer and businessman who had served one term in the Wisconsin State Senate. He was founder and president of the Racine County Bank. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55165975/wisconsin-democratic-convention-1869/ Democratic Convention September 9, 1869 Wisconsin State Journal 2 Madison, Wisconsin July 11, 2020 Newspapers.com David W. Jones, of Iowa County, Wisconsin, had been the 5th Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Results 1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial electionWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, and State Prison Commissioner, and on the question of the proposed Amendment to the Constitution 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 second day of November 1869Wisconsin Secretary of State Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30th, 1870 Appendix "K" 1870 129–131 Atwood & Culver, State Printers Madison, Wisconsin https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064687783&seq=371 Republican Party (United States) Lucius Fairchild (incumbent) 69,502 53.14% +1.48% Democratic Party (United States) Charles D. Robinson 61,239 46.83% -1.50% Scattering 40 0.03% 8,263 6.32% 130,781 100.00% Republican Party (United States) +2.98% Results by county County Lucius FairchildRepublican Charles D. RobinsonDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Adams57575.07%19124.93%38450.13%766Ashland13.23%3096.77%-29-93.55%31Barron123100.00%00.00%123100.00%123Bayfield4368.25%1930.16%2438.10%63"one" Includes 1 Scattering voteBrown78331.56%1,69868.44%-915-36.88%2,481Buffalo87567.93%41332.07%46235.87%1,288Burnett7496.10%33.90%7192.21%77Calumet67640.00%1,01460.00%-338-20.00%1,690Chippewa59345.93%69854.07%-105-8.13%1,291Clark38174.41%13125.59%25048.83%512Columbia2,18561.93%1,34238.04%84323.89%3,528"one"Crawford85149.33%87450.67%-23-1.33%1,725Dane3,82953.72%3,29546.23%5347.49%7,128"four" Includes 4 Scattering votesDodge2,41936.44%4,22063.56%-1,801-27.13%6,639Door39065.22%20834.78%18230.43%598Douglas3941.94%5458.06%-15-16.13%93Dunn92679.42%24020.58%68658.83%1,166Eau Claire79166.92%39133.08%40033.84%1,182Fond du Lac3,07148.22%3,28951.64%-218-3.42%6,369Includes 9 Scattering votesGrant3,00867.08%1,47632.92%1,53234.17%4,484Green2,00268.51%92031.49%1,08237.03%2,922Green Lake1,02068.27%47431.73%54636.55%1,494Iowa1,41352.82%1,26247.18%1515.64%2,675Jackson74470.19%31629.81%42840.38%1,060Jefferson2,13643.83%2,73756.17%-601-12.33%4,873Juneau91354.18%77245.82%1418.37%1,685Kenosha1,08154.57%89845.33%1839.24%1,981"two" Includes 2 Scattering votesKewaunee28833.96%56066.04%-272-32.08%848La Crosse1,68861.40%1,06038.56%62822.84%2,749"one"Lafayette1,28545.12%1,56354.88%-278-9.76%2,848Manitowoc1,50241.08%2,15458,92%-652-17.83%3,656Marathon13118.07%59481.93%-463-63.86%725Marquette46635.04%86464.96%-398-29.92%1,330Milwaukee3,12734.95%5,81965.04%-2,692-30.09%8,947"one"Monroe1,09563.11%64036.89%45526.22%1,735Oconto58960.60%38339.40%20621.19%972Outagamie92338.36%1,48361.64%-560-23.28%2,406Ozaukee33017.81%1,52382.19%-1,193-64.38%1,853Pepin35269.16%15730.84%19538.31%509Pierce83768.05%39331.95%44436.10%1,230Polk35967.23%17532.77%18434.46%534Portage73663.23%42836.77%30826.46%1,164Racine1,74858.11%1,25241.62%49616.49%3,008Includes 8 Scattering votesRichland1,24758.35%89041.65%35716.71%2,137Rock3,22773.49%1,15926.39%2,06847.10%4,391Includes 5 Scattering votesSauk1,84771.07%75228.93%1,09542.13%2,599Shawano21251.71%19848.29%143.41%410Sheboygan1,76350.06%1,75849.91%50.14%3,522"one"St. Croix98561.64%61338.36%37223.28%1,598Trempealeau64282.20%13917.80%50364.40%781Vernon1,42682.52%29817.25%1,12865.28%1,728"four"Walworth2,47267.76%1,17532.21%1,29735.55%3,648"one"Washington69022.46%2,38277.54%-1,692-55.08%3,072Waukesha2,17744.92%2,66855.06%-491-10.13%4,846"one"Waupaca1,62068.67%73931.33%88137.35%2,359Waushara1,13382.94%23317.06%90065.89%1,366Winnebago3,40762.83%2,01637.17%1,39125.65%5,423Wood25655.29%20644.49%5010.80%463"one"Total69,50253.14%61,23946.83%8,2636.32%130,781 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Shawano Sheboygan Wood Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Fond du Lac Notes References 1869 Wisconsin Category:1869 Wisconsin elections