1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1871 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1875 November 4, 1873 x150px William Robert Taylor Democratic Party (United States) Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin) 81,599 55.19% x150px Cadwallader C. Washburn Republican Party (United States) — 66,224 44.79% 1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsTaylor : #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5ff 80–90%Washburn : #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18ff 80–90% #a80000ff >90% Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn Republican Party (United States) William Robert Taylor Democratic Party (United States) The 1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1873. Democratic Party candidate William Robert Taylor was elected with 55% of the vote, defeating incumbent Republican governor Cadwallader C. Washburn.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 Taylor was the first Democrat elected Governor of Wisconsin since William A. Barstow in 1853. He was nominated as the consensus candidate of the "Reform Party,"—a coalition of Democrats, Liberal Republicans, and Grangers, on a platform of political and economy reform. Nominations Republican party Cadwallader C. Washburn was the incumbent governor of Wisconsin, having been elected in the 1871 election. Prior to becoming governor, he had served ten years in the United States House of Representatives and had served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War under Ulysses S. Grant. Democratic (Reform) party William Robert Taylor, at the time of the 1873 election, was a Trustee for the State Hospital of the Insane. Previously, he had served as president of the state agriculture society, had been chairman of the Cottage Grove town board, and the Dane County board of supervisors, and had been a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly. Results 1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial electionWisconsin Historical Society, Vote for State Officers 1873Wisconsin Secretary of State The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin The Vote for State Officers, 1873 1874 354 Atwood & Culver, Printers & Stereotypers Madison, Wisconsin https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AQGNJJMPXQ5JNX8R/full/AD5O4FZTVGFRGG8W Democratic Party (US) William R. Taylor 81,599 55.19% +8.39% Republican Party (US) C. C. Washburn (incumbent) 66,224 44.79% -8.37% Scattering 33 0.02% 15,375 10.40% 147,856 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) +16.77% Results by county Taylor was the first Democrat to ever win Eau Claire County and Kenosha County. Jackson County and Pierce County voted Democratic for the first time since 1853 and Clark County and Racine County for the first time since 1855. Clark County, Jackson County, and Lafayette County would not vote Democratic again until 1932 while Pierce County would not back a Democrat again until 1960. Adams County and Monroe County failed to back the winner for the first time ever while Columbia County, Portage County, and Sauk County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1851. County William R. TaylorDemocratic C. C. WashburnRepublican ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Adams12516.28%64283.59%10.13%-517-67.32%768Ashland26581.29%6118.71%00.00%20462.58%326Barron16932.19%35667.81%00.00%-187-35.62%525Bayfield1210.53%10289.47%00.00%-90-78.95%114Brown2,03061.03%1,29638.97%00.00%73422.07%3,326Buffalo1,10563.36%63936.64%00.00%-466-26.72%1,744Burnett124.63%24795.37%00.00%-235-90.73%259Calumet1,35772.68%50827.21%20.11%84945.47%1,867Chippewa87959.96%58740.04%00.00%29219.92%1,466Clark42954.24%36245.76%00.00%678.47%791Columbia1,50942.99%2,00157.01%00.00%-492-14.02%3,510Crawford1,11262.02%68137.98%00.00%43124.04%1,793Dane4,29553.29%3,76046.65%50.06%5356.64%8,060Dodge4,56271.38%1,82828.60%10.02%2,73442.78%6,391Door21328.36%53871.64%00.00%-325-43.28%751Douglas7078.65%1921.35%00.00%5157.30%89Dunn62247.52%68752.48%00.00%-65-4.97%1,309Eau Claire1,12258.04%81041.90%10.05%31216.14%1,933Fond du Lac3,92657.23%2,93242.74%20.03%99414.49%6,860Grant2,10446.65%2,40553.33%10.02%-301-6.67%4,510Green1,36649.35%1,40250.65%00.00%-36-1.30%2,768Green Lake60240.19%89659.81%00.00%-294-19.63%1,498Iowa1,54953.73%1,33446.27%00.00%2157.46%2,883Jackson51551.24%48948.66%10.10%262.59%1,005Jefferson2,95064.40%1,63035.58%10.02%1,32028.81%4,581Juneau90945.02%1,11054.98%00.00%-201-9.96%2,019Kenosha94252.22%86247.78%00.00%804.43%1,804Kewaunee80781.68%18118.32%00.00%62663.36%988La Crosse1,45840.44%2,14759.56%00.00%-689-19.11%3,605Lafayette1,43052.50%1,29447.50%00.00%1364.99%2,724Manitowoc2,71576.57%83123.43%00.00%1,88453.13%3,546Marathon77971.08%31728.92%00.00%46242.15%1,096Marquette73968.17%34531.83%00.00%39436.35%1,084Milwaukee10,43578.61%2,83721.37%30.02%7,59857.24%13,275Monroe1,13447.23%1,26752.77%00.00%-133-5.54%2,401Oconto79052.67%71047.33%00.00%805.33%1,500Outagamie2,09266.99%1,03133.01%00.00%1,06133.97%3,123Ozaukee1,83988.63%23511.33%10.05%1,60477.30%2,075Pepin30341.28%43158.72%00.00%-128-17.44%734Pierce74151.82%68748.04%20.14%543.78%1,430Polk22329.77%52469.96%20.27%-301-40.19%749Portage54934.46%1,04465.54%00.00%-495-31.07%1,593Racine2,13853.10%1,88846.90%00.00%2506.21%4,026Richland1,06648.15%1,14851.85%00.00%-82-3.70%2,214Rock1,27927.61%3,34772.24%70.15%-2,068-44.64%4,633Sauk1,11541.82%1,55058.14%10.04%-435-16.32%2,666Shawano41567.59%19832.25%10.16%21735.34%614Sheboygan2,48063.12%1,44936.88%00.00%1,03126.24%3,929St. Croix1,15152.94%1,02347.06%00.00%1285.89%2,174Trempealeau33926.86%92373.14%00.00%-584-46.28%1,262Vernon54724.28%1,70675.72%00.00%-1,159-51.44%2,253Walworth1,07530.22%2,48269.78%00.00%-1,407-39.56%3,557Washington2,33483.45%46316.55%00.00%1,87166.89%2,797Waukesha2,64155.87%2,08644.13%00.00%55511.74%4,727Waupaca90236.91%1,54263.09%00.00%-640-26.19%2,444Waushara41324.54%1,27075.46%00.00%-857-50.92%1,683Winnebago2,59147.54%2,85852.44%10.02%-267-4.90%5,450Wood32859.21%22640.79%00.00%10218.41%554Total81,59955.19%66,22444.79%330.02%15,37510.40%147,856 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Ashland Buffalo Clark Dane Eau Claire Jackson Kenosha Lafayette Oconto Pierce Racine St. Croix Wood References 1873 Wisconsin Category:1873 Wisconsin elections