1896 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1896 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 Presidential no 1894 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1894 1898 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1898 November 3, 1896 125px Emil Baensch Republican Party (United States) 265,704 60.01% 125px Horatio H. Hoard Democratic Party (United States) 167,640 37.86% Lieutenant Governor Emil Baensch Republican Party (United States) Emil Baensch Republican Party (United States) The 1896 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Emil Baensch defeated Democratic nominee Horatio H. Hoard, Prohibition nominee Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton and Socialist Labor nominee Henry Reese. General election On election day, November 3, 1896, incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Emil Baensch won re-election by a margin of 98,064 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Horatio H. Hoard, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. Baensch was sworn in for his second term on January 4, 1897.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=55&year=1896&f=0&off=6&elect=0 1896 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin uselectionatlas.org May 30, 2024 2025-11-09 Results Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1896 Republican Party (United States) Emil Baensch (incumbent) 265,704 60.01 Democratic Party (United States) Horatio H. Hoard 167,640 37.86 Prohibition Party Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton 8,123 1.83 Socialist Labor Party of America Henry Reese 1,299 0.29 Scattering 4 0.01 442,770 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:1896 Wisconsin elections Category:1896 in Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:November 1896 in the United States Category:1896 elections Category:1896 elections in North America Category:1896 elections in the United States Category:1890s Wisconsin elections Category:1890s in Wisconsin Category:1896 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:1890s elections Category:1890s elections in North America Category:1890s 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