1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 Presidential no 1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1884 1888 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1888 November 2, 1886 x150px Jeremiah McLain Rusk Republican Party (United States) 133,247 46.53% x150px Gilbert M. Woodward Democratic Party (United States) 114,529 39.99% x120px John Cochrane People's 21,467 7.50% x150px John Myers Olin Prohibition Party 17,089 5.97% 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsRusk : #ffc8cdff 30–40% #ffb2b2ff 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18ff 80–90% #a80000ff >90%Woodward : #a5b0ffff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Cochrane : #87de87ff 40–50%No Vote: #CDCDCD Governor Jeremiah McLain Rusk Republican Party (United States) Jeremiah McLain Rusk Republican Party (United States) The 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886. Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Gilbert M. Woodward,People's nominee John Cochrane, and Prohibition nominee John Myers Olin with 46.53% of the vote. General election Candidates Major party candidates Gilbert M. Woodward, Democratic, attorney, former member of the United States House of Representatives Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Republican, incumbent Governor Other candidates John Myers Olin, Prohibition, lecturer in law at the University of Wisconsin,Olin, John Myers 1851 - 1924 https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS11362 Wisconsin Historical Society July 11, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210711013232/https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS11362 July 11, 2021 live Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district in 1884 John Cochrane, People's Results 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial electionWisconsin 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, 1886Timme Ernst G. 1887 The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Vote for State Officers, 1886 - By Counties 250 The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ACU7GTLMOPCJNP8L/full/AVECU4TNHLRK3M8G Republican Party (United States) Jeremiah M. Rusk (incumbent) 133,247 46.53% -4.47% Democratic Party (United States) Gilbert M. Woodward 114,529 39.99% -4.99% Union Labor Party John Cochrane 21,467 7.50% +6.16% Prohibition Party John M. Olin 17,089 5.97% +3.30% Scattering 34 0.01% Blank 2 0.00% 18,718 6.54% 286,368 100.00% Republican Party (United States) +0.51% Results by county 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 Jeremiah M. RuskRepublican Gilbert M. WoodwardDemocratic John CochranePeople's John M. OlinProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Adams96673.07%33825.57%20.15%161.21%62847.50%1,322Ashland1,24046.18%1,35550.47%491.82%411.53%-115-4.28%2.685Barron1,13450.92%64629.01%00.00%44720.07%48821.91%2,227Bayfield53947.74%57550.93%00.00%151.33%-36-3.19%1,129Brown2,18339.23%2,85051.22%3836.88%1472.64%-667-11.99%5,564"one" Includes 1 Scattering voteBuffalo1,55260.67%95737.41%00.00%481.88%59523.26%2,558"one"Burnett46175.08%497.98%00.00%10316.78%358"RuskOlin" Rusk's margin over Olin48.30%614"one"Calumet87931.77%1,72062.16%1435.17%250.90%-841-30.39%2,767Chippewa1,88841.00%2,40652.25%20.04%3096.71%-518-11.25%4,605Clark1,42949.76%95933.39%2578.95%2277.90%47016.36%2,872Columbia2,82051.31%2,06737.61%60.11%60310.97%75313.70%5,496Crawford1,54752.18%1,35645.73%00.00%622.09%1916.44%2,965Dane5,95647.63%5,21941.73%70.06%1,32210.57%7375.89%12,506"two" Includes 2 Scattering votesDodge3,28937.06%5,09657.42%1872.11%3033.41%-1,807-20.36%8,875Door1,55764.63%77632.21%20.08%743.07%78132.42%2,409Douglas32649.77%32549.62%00.00%30.46%10.15%655"one"Dunn1,74957.42%74424.43%1966.43%35711.72%1,00532.99%3,046Eau Claire2,10245.88%1,80339.35%370.81%64013.97%2996.53%4,582Florence33681.95%7418.05%00.00%00.00%26263.90%410Fond du Lac3,40341.39%3,97248.32%4435.39%4024.89%-569-6.92%8,221"one"Forest15342.15%20957.58%00.00%10.28%-56-15.43%363Grant3,64251.70%2,68438.10%370.53%6759.58%95813.60%7,045Includes 7 Scattering votesGreen2,11446.92%1,71638.08%40.09%67214.91%3988.83%4,506Green Lake1,60154.90%1,15539.61%20.07%1585.42%44615.29%2,916Iowa2,19846.84%1,96141.79%10.02%53311.36%2375.05%4,693Jackson1,74461.06%82728.96%501.75%2358.23%91732.11%2,856Jefferson2,63541.48%3,41353.73%430.68%2614.11%-778-12.25%6,352Juneau1,88250.71%1,58542.71%40.11%2406.47%2978.00%3,711Kenosha1,45149.25%1,39847.45%00.00%953.22%531.80%2,946"two"Kewaunee68926.65%1,89673.35%00.00%00.00%-1,207-46.69%2,585La Crosse2,41839.11%2,82445.68%67610.93%2644.27%-406-6.57%6,182Lafayette2,26450.21%1,87341.54%220.49%3497.74%3918.67%4,509"blank" Includes 1 Blank voteLanglade71344.40%82551.37%00.00%674.17%-112-6.97%1,606"one"Lincoln99447.83%93945.19%231.11%1225.87%552.65%2,078Manitowoc2,33338.28%3,70060.71%530.87%90.15%-1,367-22.43%6,095Marathon1,92339.08%2,60853.00%3677.46%230.47%-685-13.92%4,921Marinette1,11739.95%59421.24%99135.44%943.36%128Rusk's margin over Cochrane4.51%2,796Marquette1,08852.79%88642.99%40.19%834.03%2029.80%2,061Milwaukee10,93634.71%7,47223.71%12,91440.99%1850.59%-1,978Cochrane's margin over Rusk-6.28%31,508"one"Monroe2,30451.08%1,84440.88%50.11%3587.94%46010.20%4,511Oconto1,13454.94%85141.23%512.47%281.36%28313.71%2,064Outagamie2,22935.44%3,45454.91%4727.50%1352.15%-1,225-19.48%6,290Ozaukee66024.39%1,82167.29%2137.87%60.22%-1,161-42.90%2,706Includes 6 Scattering votesPepin85054.63%41726.80%00.00%28918.57%43327.83%1,556Pierce2,03463.88%81725.66%00.00%33210.43%1,21738.22%3,184"one"Polk1,47868.11%34115.71%00.00%35116.18%1,127"RuskOlin"51.93%2,170Portage1,85848.47%1,75445.76%10.03%2195.71%1042.71%3,833"blank"Price68863.59%37634.75%90.83%90.83%31228.84%1,082Racine2,68241.22%1,78827.48%1,52523.44%5117.85%89413.74%6,507"one"Richland2,29254.94%1,52736.60%10.02%3528.44%76518.34%4,172Rock4,90158.52%2,68632.07%20.02%7869.39%2,21526.45%8,375Sauk2,74051.92%1,98237.56%110.21%54410.31%75814.36%5,277Sawyer22830.65%50467.74%00.00%121.61%-276-37.10%744Shawano1,29949.75%1,26348.37%100.38%391.49%361.38%2,611Sheboygan2,77942.96%2,98546.14%5808.97%1251.93%-206-3.18%6,469St. Croix2,22946.15%1,79437.14%2184.51%58912.19%4359.01%4,830Taylor80256.96%58541.55%130.92%60.43%21715.41%1,408"two"Trempealeau1,78456.28%97530.76%10.03%40912.90%80925.52%3,170"one"Vernon2,90762.73%1,36429.43%200.43%3437.40%1,54333.30%4,634Walworth3,12958.88%1,20522.68%2234.20%75714.25%1,92436.21%5,314Washburn30945.64%22232.79%00.00%14621.57%8712.85%677Washington1,64038.82%2,51659.55%350.83%340.80%-876-20.73%4,225Waukesha3,15249.03%2,86244.52%20.03%4136.42%2904.51%6,429Waupaca2,91164.52%1,34429.79%350.78%2224.92%1,56734.73%4,512Waushara1,92674.74%43817.00%00.00%2138.27%1,48857.74%2,577Winnebago3,78343.01%3,28837.38%1,11612.69%6076.90%4955.63%8,796"two"Wood1,26842.15%1,67455.65%190.63%441.46%-406-13.50%3,008Includes 3 Scattering votesTotal133,24746.53%114,52939.99%21,4677.50%17,0895.97%18,7186.54%286,368 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Crawford Marquette Waukesha Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Ashland Bayfield Chippewa La Crosse Sawyer Counties that flipped from Republican to People's Milwaukee Notes References Bibliography Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Timme Ernst G. 1887 The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1887 The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. Wisconsin Blue Book 1887 1886 Wisconsin Gubernatorial