1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

none March 2025 March 2025 1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court election presidential no 1852 1857 April 3, 1855 Orsamus Cole.png Orsamus Cole c0c0c0 32,881 55.95% Judge Samuel Crawford.jpg Samuel Crawford c0c0c0 25,733 43.79% Justice Samuel Crawford Orsamus Cole 1852 Wisconsin Supreme Court elections 1852 1861 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1861 The 1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 3, 1855, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a full term. Orsamus Cole unseated incumbent justice Samuel Crawford. Crawford likely lost due to his opinion in Booth v. Ableman (later appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in Ableman v. Booth) that the Fugitive Slave Laws were unconstitutional. https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/justices/retired/crawford.htm Samuel Crawford (1820-1860) - Former Justices Wisconsin Court System June 10, 2020 He was the first Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to lose re-election. Since this election, it has only occurred in seven subsequent instances (1908, 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 1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court election https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51940952/supreme-court-election-1855/ Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - Official Daily Free Democrat May 26, 1855 2 June 10, 2020 Newspapers.com | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 3, 1855 Nonpartisan politician Orsamus Cole 32,881 55.95 Nonpartisan politician Samuel Crawford (incumbent) 25,733 43.79 Nonpartisan politician James H. Knowlton (Write-in) 64 0.11 Scattering 90 0.15 7,148 12.16 58,768 100 References Category:Wisconsin Supreme Court elections supreme court Wisconsin Supreme Court election Wisconsin