1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1875 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1879 November 6, 1877 x150px William E. Smith Republican Party (United States) 78,759 44.22% x150px James A. Mallory Democratic Party (United States) 70,486 39.57% x150px Edward Phelps Allis Greenback Party 26,216 14.72% 1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsSmith : #ffc8cdff 30–40% #ffb2b2ff 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #a80000ff >90%Taylor : #bdd3ffff 30–40% #a5b0ffff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Allis : #5fd35 50–60% #217821 80–90% Governor Harrison Ludington Republican Party (United States) William E. Smith Republican Party (United States) The 1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1877. Under internal party pressure, incumbent Republican Governor Harrison Ludington, who had barely won the 1875 election, was pressured to not seek a second term.Nesbit 1985 576 Former State Assembly Speaker William E. Smith, a longtime figure in Wisconsin politics, was selected as the Republican nominee,Nesbit 1985 576-77 and Milwaukee County Municipal Judge Thomas A. Mallory won a protracted battle for the nomination at the Democratic convention. Smith and Mallory were joined in the general election by Greenback nominee Edward Phelps Allis. Ultimately, though the Republican vote share shrank relative to 1875, the Democratic vote share shrank more, and Smith won a larger victory than Ludington did, though only with a 44% plurality. Nominations Republican convention The Republican convention was significantly less drawn-out than the Democratic convention, with most of the drama over the nomination occurring in the months before. Significant opposition developed in the Republican Party to the possible nomination of Governor Ludington for re-election,Nesbit 1985 576 and former State Assembly Speaker William E. Smith, Ludington's opponent for the nomination two years earlier, emerging as a leading candidate. Smith's supporters produced a letter written from Ludington to Smith during the 1875 Republican convention, which thanked Smith for withdrawing from the race and promised to step aside for Smith in 1877: I only want to be Governor one term. That's all I ask. Two years from now, I shall not be in your way, or in any one else's, for the nomination. "Don't make it an absolute refusal," one of the members urged with fervor that almost disarmed me, and I think I made no reply. Chippewa HeraldJune 22, 1877 Ought to Live Up to the Agreement Chippewa Herald Chippewa, Wis. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79900344/the-weekly-herald/ June 20, 2021 Ultimately, under significant pressure from the state Republican establishment, Ludington announced that he would not seek a second term.July 6, 1877 Gov. Ludington Declines a Re-Nomination https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79900404/the-representative/ June 20, 2021 Fox Lake Representative Fox Lake, Wis. 1 At the Republican convention in September, Smith took an early lead on the informal ballot of the delegates and then was nominated unanimously.September 11, 1877 Hon. Wm. E. Smith Nominated for Governor https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79900475/wisconsin-state-journal/ June 20, 2021 Wisconsin State Journal Madison, Wis. 1 Democratic convention At the Democratic convention, several candidates entered the contest as apparent frontrunners: former State Senator Nicholas D. Fratt, Lieutenant Governor Charles D. Parker, State Senator Romanzo E. Davis,June 23, 1877 The Candidates for Governor Green Bay Advocate Green Bay, Wis. 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79899325/green-bay-advocate/ June 20, 2021 and State Prison Commissioner H. N. Smith.June 23, 1877 The Governorship Appleton Crescent Appleton, Wis. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79899247/the-appleton-crescent/ June 20, 2021 At the convention, a number of candidates were nominated, though some immediately made it clear that they would decline any nomination:September 27, 1877 A list of Lambs: Who were Prepared for Political Slaughter Wisconsin State Journal Madison, Wis. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79899415/wisconsin-state-journal/ June 20, 2021 James A. Mallory, Milwaukee County Municipal JudgeSeptember 29, 1877 The Democratic Nominations Wisconsin State Register Portage, Wis. 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79898441/the-wisconsin-state-register/ June 20, 2021 Nicholas D. Fratt, former State Senator Charles D. Parker Romanzo E. Davis, State Senator H. N. Smith, State Prison Commissioner John A. Rice, former State Senator Levi Baker Vilas, former State Assemblyman H. H. Gray, former State SenatorSeptember 2, 1875 A Few Questions Answered Wood Count Reporter Grand Rapids, Wis. 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79899571/wood-county-reporter/ June 20, 2021 William Freeman Vilas, law professor (declined nomination) James Rood Doolittle, former U.S. Senator Alexander Mitchell, former U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin's 4th congressional district (declined nominationhttps://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1677 Mitchell, Alexander 1817-1887 Wisconsin Historical Society June 20, 2021) Nelson Dewey, former Governor of Wisconsin James G. Jenkins (declined nomination) The contest took five ballots to decide. On the first ballot, Fratt took an early lead, with Parker and Davis immediately behind him. After the first ballot, Smith withdrew. On the second ballot, Davis rocketed to first place, with Fratt's and Parker's support starting to decline. Mallory slowly began climbing on the second ballot. On the third ballot, Davis continued to climb, Fratt fell, and Mallory rose to third place over Parker. At this point, the Milwaukee contingent at the convention, eager to stop Parker, a Madisonian from earning the nomination, began to solidify around Mallory as a compromise candidate. On the fourth ballot, Mallory more than doubled his support, Davis continued to climb, and Fratt and Parker both plummeted; after this round of balloting had concluded, Fratt's name was withdrawn. Finally, on the fifth ballot, Mallory won the nomination over Davis handily. Results 1877 Democratic convention ballot Ballot1 2 3 4 5J. A. Mallory 25 32 43 108146N. D. Fratt68 6555 18 0C. D. Parker58 41 41 18 0R. E. Davis 49 82 99 95 91H. N. Smith 20 2 0 95 0J. A. Rice 9 5 6 3 0L. B. Vilas 9 10 7 4 0H. H. Gray 9 4 0 0 0W. F. Vilas 6 5 4 1 0J. R. Doolittle 2 0 0 0 0 A. Mitchell 1 1 3 0 0N. Dewey 1 0 0 0 0 Results 1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial electionTabular Statement of the votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent and on the proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, at a general election held in the several towns, wards and election precincts in the several counties in said state, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday, being the sixth day of November, A.D. 1877Wisconsin Secretary of State The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin The Vote for State Officers, 1877 1878 404–405 David Atwood, Printer and Stereotyper Madison, Wisconsin https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A5I72MHGLI4VMO8O/pages/AANKDBYKRULWVA8X Republican Party (United States) William E. Smith 78,759 44.22% -5.85% Democratic Party (United States) James A. Mallory 70,486 39.57% -10.00% Greenback Party Edward P. Allis 26,216 14.72% #DD051D Socialist Collin M. Campbell 2,176 1.22% Prohibition Party J. C. Hall 399 0.22% -0.05% Scattering 86 0.05% 8,273 4.64% 178,122 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) +4.18% Results by county Mallory was the first Democrat to ever carry Winnebago County. This was the first of 40 consecutive gubernatorial elections in which Oconto County backed the winning candidate, a streak that would last until 1958. County William E. SmithRepublican James A. MalloryDemocratic Edward P. AllisGreenback Collin M. CampbellSocialistNovember 8, 1877 The County Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033153/1877-11-08/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=08%2F01%2F1877&index=2&date2=12%2F31%2F1877&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&words=Campbell&proxdistance=5&state=Wisconsin&rows=20&ortext=campbell&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 August 22, 2024 The Manitowoc Tribune Manitowoc, Wisconsin 3 J. C. HallProhibitionAugust 9, 1877 Prohibition Ticket https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033123/1877-08-09/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=08%2F01%2F1877&index=12&date2=12%2F31%2F1877&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&words=Prohibition&proxdistance=5&state=Wisconsin&rows=20&ortext=prohibition&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 August 22, 2024 The Kenosha Telegraph Kenosha, Wisconsin 4 ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Adams58062.43%23325.08%11612.49%00.00%00.00%00.00%34737.35%929Ashland8634.54%16365.46%00.00%00.00%00.00%00.00%-77-30.92%249Barron45964.20%20328.39%537.41%00.00%00.00%00.00%25635.80%715Bayfield4052.63%3444.74%22.63%00.00%00.00%00.00%67.89%76Brown1,38733.38%1,74041.88%1,01524.43%00.00%130.31%00.00%-353-8.50%4,155Buffalo1,07554.82%81041.31%763.88%00.00%00.00%00.00%26513.51%1,961Burnett33693.33%246.67%00.00%00.00%00.00%00.00%31286.67%360Calumet45022.59%1,13056.73%38919.53%201.00%00.00%30.15%-680-34.14%1,992Chippewa67534.49%69335.41%58930.10%00.00%00.00%00.00%-18-0.92%1,957Clark44931.66%15310.79%81657.55%00.00%00.00%00.00%-367"AllisSmith" Allis's margin over Smith-25.89%1,418Columbia2,04854.19%1,59742.26%1183.12%20.05%140.37%00.00%45111.93%3,779Crawford80641.12%1,00851.43%1467.45%00.00%00.00%00.00%-202-10.31%1,960Dane3,61344.24%3,90347.80%6147.52%00.00%00.00%360.44%-290-3.55%8,166Dodge2,33333.14%4,26760.62%3815.41%10.01%570.81%00.00%-1,934-27.48%7,039Door47748.38%12612.78%38338.84%00.00%00.00%00.00%94"SmithAllis" Smith's margin over Allis9.54%986Douglas2142.86%2857.14%00.00%00.00%00.00%00.00%-7-14.29%49Dunn1,17455.64%40719.29%41219.53%1095.17%80.38%00.00%762"SmithAllis"36.11%2,110Eau Claire1,20846.28%80530.84%59722.87%00.00%00.00%00.00%40315.44%2,610Fond du Lac3,08639.14%3,41443.30%1,24915.84%150.19%1191.51%10.01%-328-4.16%7,884Grant2,62046.82%1,93834.63%1,03718.53%00.00%00.00%10.02%68212.19%5,596Green1,82356.02%84926.09%58017.82%10.03%00.00%10.03%97429.93%3,254Green Lake87943.15%89643.99%21510.55%00.00%472.31%00.00%-17-0.83%2,037Iowa1,46139.91%1,17532.10%1,02127.89%00.00%40.11%00.00%2867.81%3,661Jackson80246.74%39122.79%52130.36%00.00%20.12%00.00%281"SmithAllis"16.38%1,716Jefferson1,91741.03%2,41851.76%2966.34%220.47%00.00%190.41%-501-10.72%4,672Juneau1,04543.63%88336.87%46319.33%00.00%30.13%10.04%1626.76%2,395Kenosha93849.47%90747.84%512.69%00.00%00.00%00.00%311.64%1,896Kewaunee24728.00%55863.27%202.27%576.46%00.00%00.00%-311-35.26%882La Crosse1,96852.35%1,11529.66%52413.94%1493.96%00.00%30.08%85322.69%3,759Lafayette1,40947.31%1,30043.65%2699.03%00.00%00.00%00.00%1093.66%2,978Lincoln2712.80%157.11%16980.09%00.00%00.00%00.00%-142"AllisSmith"-67.29%211Manitowoc1,36538.16%1,95154.54%982.74%1554.33%80.22%00.00%-586-16.38%3,577Marathon30116.69%75541.87%74641.38%10.06%00.00%00.00%-9"MalloryAllis" Mallory's margin over Allis-0.50%1,803Marquette44735.56%73058.07%766.05%00.00%40.32%00.00%-283-22.51%1,257Milwaukee5,84339.28%6,38842.94%1,2288.25%1,4079.46%100.07%00.00%-545-3.66%14,876Monroe1,10234.26%1,09634.07%1,01931.68%00.00%00.00%00.00%60.19%3,217Oconto1,05953.43%76438.55%1577.92%00.00%00.00%20.10%29514.88%1,982Outagamie77620.56%2,00553.11%99226.28%00.00%00.00%20.05%-1,013"MalloryAllis"-26.83%3,775Ozaukee43721.08%1,57976.17%170.82%381.83%00.00%20.10%-1,142-55.09%2,073Pepin52163.85%17120.96%12315.07%00.00%00.00%10.12%35042.89%816Pierce1,52361.46%54521.99%40816.46%00.00%00.00%20.08%97839.47%2,478Polk91668.36%36327.09%604.48%00.00%00.00%10.07%55341.27%1,340Portage1,08039.47%91733.52%72826.61%30.11%80.29%00.00%1635.96%2,736Racine2,30453.30%1,90644.09%1122.59%00.00%00.00%10.02%3989.21%4,323Richland1,20145.58%72927.67%70526.76%00.00%00.00%00.00%47217.91%2,635Rock3,37558.39%1,62028.03%78113.51%00.00%40.07%00.00%1,75530.36%5,780Sauk1,82653.85%92227.19%57416.93%682.01%00.00%10.03%90426.66%3,391Shawano26927.28%60561.36%929.33%00.00%202.03%00.00%-336-34.08%986Sheboygan1,59838.66%1,73742.02%75018.14%481.16%00.00%10.02%-139-3.36%4,134St. Croix1,55949.63%1,48947.41%932.96%00.00%00.00%00.00%702.23%3,141Taylor19538.84%25450.60%5310.56%00.00%00.00%00.00%-59-11.75%502Trempealeau2,48372.52%73121.35%1765.14%00.00%340.99%00.00%1,75251.17%3,424Vernon1,67857.04%41614.14%84628.76%00.00%00.00%20.07%832"SmithAllis"28.38%2,942Walworth2,91465.48%1,37430.88%1603.60%00.00%00.00%20.04%1,54034.61%4,450Washington99429.50%2,18764.92%1875.55%10.03%00.00%00.00%-1,193-35.41%3,369Waukesha2,48448.21%2,38846.35%2765.36%20.04%00.00%20.04%961.86%5,152Waupaca1,47345.41%99030.52%77223.80%00.00%80.25%10.03%48314.89%3,244Waushara1,28266.74%25713.38%37719.63%00.00%50.26%00.00%905"SmithAllis"47.11%1,921Winnebago2,06832.82%2,23835.52%1,88729.95%771.22%310.49%00.00%-170-2.70%6,301Wood24723.64%19618.76%60157.51%00.00%00.00%10.10%-354"AllisSmith"-33.87%1,045Total78,75944.22%70,48639.57%26,21614.72%2,1761.22%3990.22%860.05%8,2734.64%178,122 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Buffalo Iowa Kenosha Oconto Racine St. Croix Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Green Lake Winnebago Counties that flipped from Republican to Greenback Clark Counties that flipped from Democratic to Greenback Lincoln Wood Notes References Bibliography Nesbit Robert C. The History of Wisconsin: Urbanization and Industrialization, 1873-1893 Thompson William Fletcher State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1985 3 0-87020-122-0 Madison, Wis. 1877 Wisconsin Category:1877 Wisconsin elections collapsed