1859 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

none March 2025 March 2025 1859 Wisconsin Supreme Court election presidential no 1857 1860 (special) April 5, 1859 Byron Paine (1).png Byron Paine 40,500 51.36% Republican Party (United States) William Pitt Lynde (Wisconsin Congressman) (3x4a).jpg William Pitt Lynde Democratic Party (United States) 38,355 48.64% Justice Abram D. Smith Democratic Party (United States) Byron Paine Republican Party (United States) 1852 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1852 1865 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1865 The 1859 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 5, 1859, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a full term. Byron Paine was elected to succeed Abram D. Smith. Campaign Incumbent justice Abram D. Smith (elected in 1852 as a Democrat) was not re-nominated. However, Republican nominee Byron Paine –who won election– was ideologically aligned with Smith. Smith's most notable opinion had been the majority opinion in In Re: Booth, which ruled against the constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (but was overturned by the United States Supreme Court in Ableman v. Booth). In that case, Paine had represented the appellant to the state court (Sherman Booth), whom Smith's decision had found in favor of. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS13069 Smith, Abram Daniel 1811 – 1865 Wisconsin Historical Society 8 August 2017 May 22, 2020 Result 1859 Wisconsin Supreme Court election https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30690802/1859-official-canvassthrow-out/ The Official Canvass–Nearly 40,000 Votes Thrown Out–Unparalleled Blunders of the County Canvassers–The Result Unchanged Wisconsin State Journal May 6, 1859 1 August 14, 2022 Newspapers.com | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 5, 1859 Republican Party (United States) Byron Paine 40,500 51.36 Democratic Party (United States) William Pitt Lynde 38,355 48.64 2,145 2.72 78,855 100 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Category:Wisconsin Supreme Court elections supreme court Wisconsin Supreme Court election Wisconsin