1873 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

none related races 1872–73 United States Senate elections March 2026 January 2025 1873 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Wisconsin presidential no 1867 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1867 1879 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1879 January 22, 1873 Legislative x150px Timothy O. Howe - Brady-Handy.jpg Timothy O. Howe Republican Party (United States) 83 64.84% Henry L. Palmer.jpg Henry L. Palmer Democratic Party (United States) 44 34.38% others 1 0.78% U.S. Senator Timothy O. Howe Republican Party (United States) Timothy O. Howe Republican Party (United States) The 1873 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 26th Wisconsin Legislature on January 22, 1873. Incumbent Republican U.S. senator Timothy O. Howe was re-elected on the first ballot, becoming the first three-term U.S. senator from Wisconsin. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89080524093 Journal of the Assembly of Wisconsin 1873 Wisconsin Legislature 74-75 January 22, 1873 March 8, 2025 HathiTrust At the start of the 1873 term, Republicans held majorities in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, and were easily able to re-elect their incumbent U.S. senator. His re-election was considered a foregone conclusion in newspapers, and there does not appear to have been any other candidates for the Republican nomination. https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-us-senate-howe/167520524/ Senator Howe Wisconsin State Journal January 16, 1873 2 March 8, 2025 Newspapers.com Major candidates Democratic Henry L. Palmer, incumbent state representative, former speaker and former state senator from Milwaukee. Republican Timothy O. Howe, incumbent U.S. senator, former Wisconsin circuit court judge from Green Bay. Results The 26th Wisconsin Legislature met in joint session on January 22, 1873, to elect a U.S. senator. The voting was almost entirely along party lines, with five Democrats absent. Of the 128 in attendance, Timothy O. Howe received the votes of all but one of the Republican legislators, winning the election. 1st Vote of the 26th Wisconsin Legislature, January 22, 1873 Republican Party (United States) Timothy O. Howe (incumbent) 83Howe received the votes of all Republican members except for representative Casper Sanger (who voted for Palmer); he also received cross-over votes from Liberal Republican senator Romanzo E. Davis and Democratic representative Isaac W. Van Schaick. 64.84% Democratic Party (United States) Henry L. Palmer 44Palmer received the votes of all Democrats and Liberal Republicans except senator Romanzo E. Davis and representative Isaac W. Van Schaick (who voted for Howe), and senators Orlando Brown and Joseph Wagner and representatives John W. Davis, Truman M. Fay, and Thomas Tobin (who were absent), and Palmer himself (who cast his vote for Eldredge); he received one cross-over vote from Republican representative Casper Sanger. 34.38% Democratic Party (United States) Charles A. Eldredge 1Democratic representative Henry L. Palmer voted for Charles A. Eldredge. 0.78% Absent 5 65 50.78% 128 96.24% Republican Party (United States) Notes References 1873 Wisconsin United States Senate