1851 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1851 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election Presidential no 1849 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1849 1853 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1853 November 4, 1851 125px Timothy Burns Democratic Party (United States) 24,605 55.44% 125px James Hughes Whig Party (United States) 16,793 37.84% 125px Benjamin Spaulding Free Soil Party 2,918 6.57% Lieutenant Governor Samuel Beall Democratic Party (United States) Timothy Burns Democratic Party (United States) The 1851 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1851, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Democratic nominee and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Timothy Burns defeated Whig nominee James Hughes and Free soil nominee and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Benjamin Spaulding. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52113859/wisconsin-general-election-1851/ State Official Canvass Watertown Chronicle December 24, 1851 2 2025-11-05 Newspapers.com General election On election day, November 4, 1851, Democratic nominee Timothy Burns won the election by a margin of 7,812 votes against his foremost opponent Whig nominee James Hughes, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Burns was sworn in as the 3rd lieutenant governor of Wisconsin on January 5, 1852.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=55&year=1851&f=0&off=6&elect=0 1851 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin uselectionatlas.org June 1, 2024 2025-11-05 Results Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1851 Democratic Party (United States) Timothy Burns 24,605 55.44 Whig Party (United States) James Hughes 16,793 37.84 Free Soil Party Benjamin Spaulding 2,918 6.57 Scattering 65 0.15 44,381 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References Category:1851 Wisconsin elections Category:1851 in Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:November 1851 Category:1851 elections Category:1851 elections in North America Category:1851 elections in the United States Category:1850s Wisconsin elections Category:1850s in Wisconsin Category:1850s elections Category:1850s elections in North America Category:1850s elections in the United States Category:Government of Wisconsin Category:19th century in Wisconsin Category:19th-century elections Category:19th-century elections in North America Category:19th-century elections in the United States