1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1873 1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1877 November 2, 1875 x150px Harrison Ludington Republican Party (United States) — 85,155 50.07% x150px William Robert Taylor Democratic Party (United States) Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin) 84,314 49.58% 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsLudington : #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18ff 80–90% #a80000ff >90%Taylor : #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5ff 80–90% Governor William Robert Taylor Democratic Party (United States) Harrison Ludington Republican Party (United States) The 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1875. Republican Party candidate Harrison Ludington was elected with 50% of the vote, narrowly defeating incumbent Democratic governor William Robert Taylor. Taylor was once again nominated as the consensus candidate of the "Reform Party,"—a coalition of Democrats, Liberal Republicans, and Grangers. He was opposed by Ludington, who disagreed with the regulations placed on railroads and in turn received the support of railroad companies. The reelection defeat of Taylor prompted the dissolution of the Reform coalition, with the Grangers standing their own candidate under the Greenback Party in the following election. Nominations Democratic (Reform) party William Robert Taylor was the incumbent governor of Wisconsin, having been elected in the 1873 election. Previously, he had served as trustee for the State Hospital of the Insane, the 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. Republican party Harrison Ludington, at the time of the 1875 election, served as Mayor of Milwaukee. Previously he had been elected as a Milwaukee alderman for two terms, having been a businessman working in merchandising, lumber and construction until then. Results 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial electionWisconsin Historical Society, Vote for State Officers 1875Wisconsin Secretary of State Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30th, 1876 Appendix "N" 1876 170–172 E. B. Bolens, State Printer Madison, Wisconsin https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064850175&seq=406 Republican Party (US) Harrison Ludington 85,155 50.07% +5.28% Democratic Party (US) William R. Taylor (incumbent) 84,314 49.58% -5.61% Prohibition Party C. F. Hammond 460 0.27% Scattering 141 0.08% 841 0.49% 170,070 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) +10.89% Results by county Oconto County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1859; this would not occur again until 1958. Kenosha County also voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1853 and would not do so again until 1910. County Harrison LudingtonRepublican William R. TaylorDemocratic C. F. HammondProhibitionThe Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1876 Election Returns 1876 58 The Tribune Association New York, New York https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044014654628&seq=309 ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Adams70566.01%36233.90%00.00%10.09%34332.12%1,068Ashland7744.00%9856.00%00.00%00.00%-21-12.00%175Barron50170.86%20629.14%00.00%00.00%29541.73%707Bayfield7568.18%3531.82%00.00%00.00%4036.36%110Brown1,71641.83%2,38558.14%00.00%10.02%-669-16.31%4,102Buffalo69645.25%84154.68%00.00%10.07%-145-9.43%1,538Burnett31296.89%103.11%00.00%00.00%30293.79%322Calumet44928.29%1,13771.64%00.00%10.06%-688-43.35%1,587Chippewa71440.94%1,03059.06%00.00%00.00%-316-18.12%1,744Clark71757.73%52542.27%00.00%00.00%19215.46%1,242Columbia2,41359.36%1,61839.80%310.76%30.07%79519.56%4,065Crawford84743.37%1,10656.63%00.00%00.00%-259-13.26%1,953Dane4,45747.94%4,82351.88%00.00%170.18%-366-3.94%9,297Dodge2,50334.78%4,68565.10%90.13%00.00%-2,182-30.32%7,197Door45355.31%36644.69%00.00%00.00%8710.62%819Douglas3430.63%7769.37%00.00%00.00%-43-38.74%111Dunn1,15957.18%86742.77%00.00%10.05%29214.41%2,027Eau Claire1,64160.40%1,07639.60%00.00%00.00%-565-20.79%2,717Fond du Lac3,39244.75%3,97352.41%2142.82%10.01%-581-7.66%7,580Grant3,18257.85%2,31842.15%00.00%00.00%86415.71%5,500Green1,96054.92%1,59544.69%00.00%140.39%36510.23%3,569Green Lake1,12757.24%79540.38%472.39%00.00%33216.86%1,969Iowa1,59348.88%1,66551.09%00.00%10.03%-72-2.21%3,259Jackson99265.61%49132.47%291.92%00.00%50133.13%1,512Jefferson2,30043.91%2,93856.09%00.00%00.00%-638-12.18%5,238Juneau1,30657.41%96842.55%10.04%00.00%33814.86%2,275Kenosha1,08648.99%1,13151.01%00.00%00.00%-45-2.03%2,217Kewaunee22618.57%99181.43%00.00%00.00%-765-62.86%1,217La Crosse1,87251.84%1,73948.16%00.00%00.00%1333.68%3,611Lafayette1,67350.45%1,64249.52%00.00%10.03%310.93%3,316Lincoln4941.88%6858.12%00.00%00.00%-19-16.24%117Manitowoc1,40634.92%2,62065.08%00.00%00.00%-1,214-30.15%4,026Marathon36527.20%97772.80%00.00%00.00%-612-45.60%1,342Marquette46339.27%71660.73%00.00%00.00%-253-21.46%1,179Milwaukee6,04244.90%7,41555.10%00.00%00.00%-1,373-10.20%13,457Monroe1,55755.77%1,23544.23%00.00%00.00%32211.53%2,792Oconto87344.38%1,09255.52%00.00%20.10%-219-11.13%1,967Outagamie1,19832.25%2,51767.75%00.00%00.00%-1,319-35.50%3,715Ozaukee46021.75%1,65278.11%00.00%30.14%-1,192-56.36%2,115Pepin45262.52%27037.34%00.00%10.14%18225.17%723Pierce1,06557.35%79142.60%00.00%10.05%27414.75%1,857Polk81773.21%29926.79%00.00%00.00%51846.42%1,116Portage1,26560.73%81839.27%00.00%00.00%44721.46%2,083Racine1,95549.05%2,03150.95%00.00%00.00%-76-1.91%3,986Richland1,52257.33%1,13242.64%00.00%10.04%39014.69%2,655Rock3,73468.25%1,71831.40%180.33%10.02%2,01636.85%5,471Sauk2,24263.08%1,31036.86%00.00%20.06%93226.22%3,554Shawano27137.17%44861.45%00.00%101.37%-177-24.28%729Sheboygan1,72343.75%2,21556.25%00.00%00.00%-492-12.49%3,938St. Croix1,18542.83%1,58257.17%00.00%00.00%-397-14.35%2,767Taylor9049.18%9350.82%00.00%00.00%-3-1.64%183Trempealeau1,07764.49%52031.14%00.00%734.37%55733.35%1,670Vernon1,78471.94%69628.06%00.00%00.00%1,08843.87%2,480Walworth2,82568.89%1,27231.02%30.07%10.02%1,55337.87%4,101Washington72323.85%2,30576.02%00.00%40.13%-1,582-52.18%3,032Waukesha2,53350.72%2,46149.28%00.00%00.00%721.44%4,994Waupaca1,86961.08%1,19138.92%00.00%00.00%67822.16%3,060Waushara1,37981.45%31318.49%10.06%00.00%1,06662.97%1,693Winnebago3,63457.39%2,59140.92%1071.69%00.00%1,04316.47%6,332Wood41946.97%47353.03%00.00%00.00%-54-6.05%892Total85,15550.07%84,31449.58%4600.27%1410.08%8410.49%170,070 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clark Eau Claire Jackson Lafayette Pierce Waukesha References 1875 Wisconsin Category:1875 Wisconsin elections