1881 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1881 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 Presidential no 1879 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1879 1884 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1884 November 8, 1881 125px Sam Fifield Republican Party (United States) 83,502 48.59% 125px Wendell Abraham Anderson Democratic Party (United States) 69,304 40.33% 125px Harvey Clapp Prohibition Party 12,247 7.13% Lieutenant Governor James M. Bingham Republican Party (United States) Sam Fifield Republican Party (United States) The 1881 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1881, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Republican nominee and former Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly Sam Fifield defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Wendell Abraham Anderson, Prohibition nominee and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Harvey Clapp and Greenback nominee and former member of the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory David Giddings. General election On election day, November 8, 1881, Republican nominee Sam Fifield won the election by a margin of 14,198 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Wendell Abraham Anderson, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. Fifield was sworn in as the 14th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin on January 2, 1882.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=55&year=1881&f=0&off=6&elect=0 1881 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin uselectionatlas.org May 31, 2024 2025-11-07 Results Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1881 Republican Party (United States) Sam Fifield 83,502 48.59 Democratic Party (United States) Wendell Abraham Anderson 69,304 40.33 Prohibition Party Harvey Clapp 12,247 7.13 Greenback Party David Giddings 6,711 3.91 Scattering 74 0.04 171,838 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:1881 Wisconsin elections Category:1881 in Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:November 1881 in the United States Category:1881 elections Category:1881 elections in North America Category:1881 elections in the United States Category:1880s Wisconsin elections Category:1880s in Wisconsin Category:1880s elections Category:1880s elections in North America Category:1880s 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