1908 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election

none April 2025 April 2025 1908 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election Wisconsin presidential no 1907 1909 April 7, 1908 File:Wisconsin Supreme Court justice John Barnes.png John Barnes c0c0c0 134,642 57.42% Robert McKee Bashford.jpg Robert McKee Bashford c0c0c0 84,656 36.10% William Ruger (Wisconsin lawyer), circa 1908.jpg William Ruger c0c0c0 15,168 6.47% Justice Robert McKee Bashford John Barnes 1899 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1899 1909 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1909 The 1908 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election was a special election held on Tuesday, April 7, 1908, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. John Barnes unseated incumbent justice Robert McKee Bashford (who had been appointed to fill a vacancy). This was only the second election in which an incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court justice lost re-election, the first having been in 1855. This has only occurred in six subsequent instances (1917, 1947, 1958, 1967, 2008, 2020).Multiple sources: Ostermeier Eric The Incumbency Advantage in Wisconsin Supreme Court Elections https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2011/04/11/the-incumbency-advantage-in-wi/ Smart Politics 8 April 2025 11 April 2011 Johnson Shawn Jill Karofsky Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, Defeating Conservative Incumbent https://www.wpr.org/health/jill-karofsky-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-defeating-conservative-incumbent WPR 8 April 2025 14 April 2020 Results 1908 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1909 The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1909 Madison, Wisconsin State of Wisconsin Beck J.D. Election Statistics 556 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 7, 1908 Nonpartisan politician John Barnes 134,642 57.42 Nonpartisan politician Robert McKee Bashford (incumbent) 84,656 36.10 Nonpartisan politician William Ruger 15,168 6.47 Scattering 30 0.01 49,986 21.32 234,496 100 References Category:Wisconsin Supreme Court elections supreme court Supreme Court 1908 Wisconsin