1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1869 1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1873 November 7, 1871 x150px Cadwallader C. Washburn Republican Party (United States) 78,301 53.17% x150px James Rood Doolittle Democratic Party (United States) 68,910 46.79% 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsWashburn : #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18ff 80–90% #a80000ff >90%Doolittle : #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5ff 80–90% Governor Lucius Fairchild Republican Party (United States) Cadwallader C. Washburn Republican Party (United States) The 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1871. Republican Cadwallader C. Washburn was elected with 53% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate James Rood Doolittle.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 Incumbent Governor Lucius Fairchild did not seek re-election. Both major party candidates in this election had served as delegates to the Peace Conference of 1861 which attempted to avert the American Civil War. Nominations Republican party Cadwallader C. Washburn had just left office as Congressman for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, having served a total of ten years in the United States House of Representatives. Between his years in Congress, Washburn had served as a Union Army general in the Civil War under Ulysses S. Grant. Democratic party James Rood Doolittle had served twelve years as a Republican United States Senator before becoming the Democratic Party's nominee for Governor in the 1871 election. Prior to his service in the U.S. Senate, Doolittle had been a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge. Results 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial electionWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, State Prison Commissioner and State Commissioner of Immigration 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 seventh day of November, 1871Wisconsin Secretary of State Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30th, 1872 Appendix "L" 1872 175–177 Atwood & Culver, Printers & Stereotypers Madison, Wisconsin https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu09242317&seq=183 Republican Party (US) Cadwallader C. Washburn 78,301 53.17% +0.02% Democratic Party (US) James Rood Doolittle 68,910 46.79% -0.04% Scattering 63 0.04% 9,391 6.38% 147,274 100.00% Republican Party (United States) +0.06% Results by county County C. C. WashburnRepublican James R. DoolittleDemocratic ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Adams71972.19%27727.81%00.00%44244.38%996Ashland4071.43%1628.57%00.00%2442.86%56Barron16982.84%3517.16%00.00%13465.69%204Bayfield7566.37%3833.63%00.00%3732.74%113Brown1,33543.43%1,73956.57%00.00%-404-13.14%3,074Buffalo1,15669.51%50730.49%00.00%64939.03%1,663Burnett19890.00%2210.00%00.00%17680.00%220Calumet63635.83%1,13964.17%00.00%-503-28.34%1,775Chippewa69644.99%85155.01%00.00%-155-10.02%1,547Clark37770.86%15428.95%10.19%22341.92%532Columbia2,24858.69%1,57941.23%30.08%66917.47%3,830Crawford81447.00%91652.89%20.12%-102-5.89%1,732Dane4,17151.88%3,86548.08%30.04%3063.81%8,039Dodge2,53835.68%4,57564.32%00.00%-2,037-28.64%7,113Door57877.17%16622.16%50.67%41255.01%749Douglas5845.67%6954.33%00.00%-11-8.66%127Dunn1,13368.42%52331.58%00.00%61036.84%1,656Eau Claire1,40961.26%89038.70%10.04%51922.57%2,300Fond du Lac3,59648.13%3,87551.86%10.01%-279-3.73%7,472Grant3,15461.54%1,97138.46%00.00%1,18323.08%5,125Green1,75765.29%93434.71%00.00%82330.58%2,691Green Lake1,29968.05%61031.95%00.00%68936.09%1,909Iowa1,45747.15%1,63252.82%10.03%-175-5.66%3,090Jackson66864.98%35634.63%40.39%31230.35%1,028Jefferson2,22543.66%2,86756.26%40.08%-642-12.60%5,096Juneau1,08056.54%82943.40%10.05%25113.14%1,910Kenosha1,05153.84%90146.16%00.00%1507.68%1,952Kewaunee36135.05%66964.95%00.00%-308-29.90%1,030La Crosse1,79856.67%1,37443.30%10.03%42413.36%3,173Lafayette1,61650.06%1,61249.94%00.00%40.12%3,228Manitowoc1,45244.09%1,83355.66%80.24%-381-11.57%3,293Marathon21821.80%78078.00%20.20%-562-56.20%1,000Marquette53235.40%97164.60%00.00%-439-29.21%1,503Milwaukee3,69039.58%5,63160.41%10.01%-1,941-20.82%9,322Monroe1,20956.95%91443.05%00.00%29513.90%2,123Oconto66268.11%31031.89%00.00%35236.21%972Outagamie1,21941.11%1,74658.89%00.00%-527-17.77%2,965Ozaukee29515.75%1,57484.04%40.21%-1,279-68.29%1,873Pepin57770.88%23729.12%00.00%34041.77%814Pierce1,22869.61%53430.27%20.11%69439.34%1,764Polk56175.50%18224.50%00.00%37951.01%743Portage89962.69%53537.31%00.00%36425.38%1,434Racine2,07355.55%1,65944.45%00.00%41411.09%3,732Richland1,40158.11%1,00941.85%10.04%39216.26%2,411Rock3,66170.88%1,50429.12%00.00%2,15741.76%5,165Sauk1,83267.28%89132.72%00.00%94134.56%2,723Shawano19142.35%25957.43%10.22%-68-15.08%451Sheboygan1,92749.75%1,94350.17%30.08%-16-0.41%3,873St. Croix1,18153.76%1,01546.20%10.05%1667.56%2,197Trempealeau98877.01%29422.92%10.08%69454.09%1,283Vernon1,68680.21%41619.79%00.00%1,27060.42%2,102Walworth2,90869.59%1,27030.39%10.02%1,63839.20%4,179Washington66621.90%2,37177.97%40.13%-1,705-56.07%3,041Waukesha2,41348.82%2,52951.16%10.02%-116-2.35%4,943Waupaca1,57565.46%83134.54%00.00%74430.92%2,406Waushara1,50081.34%34418.66%00.00%1,15662.69%1,844Winnebago3,00559.74%2,01940.14%60.12%98619.60%5,030Wood34050.90%32849.10%00.00%121.80%668Total78,30153.17%68,910The county figures add up to 68,92046.79%630.04%9,3916.38%147,274 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Ashland Lafayette Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Iowa Shawano Sheboygan Notes References 1871 Wisconsin Category:1871 Wisconsin elections