1888 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 related races 1888 United States gubernatorial elections 1888 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 Presidential no 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1886 1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1890 November 6, 1888 x150px William D. Hoard Republican Party (United States) 175,696 49.53% x120px James Morgan Democratic Party (United States) 155,423 43.82% 1888 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsHoard : #ffb2b2ff 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Morgan : #a5b0ffff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Jeremiah McLain Rusk Republican Party (United States) William D. Hoard Republican Party (United States) The 1888 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1888. Republican nominee William D. Hoard defeated Democratic nominee James Morgan and two other candidates with 49.53% of the vote. General election Candidates Major party candidates James Morgan, Democratic, businessman For Governor of Wisconsin https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86086852/1888-09-28/ed-1/seq-2 Iowa County democrat Mineral Point, Wis. September 28, 1888 2 9 July 2021 William D. Hoard, Republican, dairy farmer and newspaper editorhttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2246&keyword=hoard Hoard, William Dempster 1836–1918 Dictionary of Wisconsin History Wisconsin Historical Society https://web.archive.org/web/20110611114329/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2246&keyword=hoard 2011-06-11 dead 2020-01-19 Other candidates E. G. Durant, Prohibition David Frank Powell, Union Labor, former mayor of La CrosseBenjamin F. Bryant (ed.). Memoirs of La Crosse County from Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Association, 1907, pp. 200-201. Dr. D. F. Powell https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071854/1888-08-04/ed-1/seq-4/ The Daily times Richmond, Va. August 4, 1888 4 9 July 2021 Results 1888 Wisconsin gubernatorial electionWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the votes cast for Governor at a General Election held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November, being the 6th day of November, 1888Timme Ernst G. 1889 The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Vote for President and State Officers, 1888, By Counties 251 The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AWYIRTD3R3S44D8E/full/AFTM2B2FQTLPGB8C Republican Party (United States) William D. Hoard 175,696 49.53% +3.00% Democratic Party (United States) James Morgan 155,423 43.82% +3.82% Prohibition Party E. G. Durant 14,373 4.05% -1.92% Union Labor Party D. Frank Powell 9,196 2.59% -4.90% Scattering 26 0.01% 20,273 5.71% 354,714 100.00% Republican Party (United States) -0.82% Results by county County William D. HoardRepublican James MorganDemocratic E. G. DurantProhibition D. Frank PowellUnion Labor Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Adams1,10070.92%43027.72%150.97%60.39%67043.20%1,551Ashland2,85655.87%2,20143.06%531.04%10.02%65512.81%5,112"one" Includes 1 Scattering voteBarron1,79460.28%88129.60%2959.91%60.20%91330.68%2,976Bayfield1,20462.13%70736.48%271.39%00.00%49725.64%1,938Brown2,66341.42%3,54055.05%1151.79%1121.74%-877-13.64%6,430Buffalo1,76755.65%1,31641.45%862.71%60.19%45114.20%3,175Burnett49162.31%698.76%22828.93%00.00%263Hoard's margin over Durant33.38%788Calumet95430.53%1,98263.42%441.41%1454.64%-1,02832.90%3,125Chippewa2,67849.02%2,50345.82%2825.16%00.00%1753.20%5,463Clark2,26360.75%1,28634.52%1443.87%320.86%97726.23%3,725Columbia3,50653.43%2,65240.41%3895.93%140.21%85413.01%6,562"one"Crawford1,80652.18%1,56245.13%591.70%340.98%2447.05%3,461Dane6,84447.73%6,41044.70%1,0797.52%70.05%4343.03%14,340Dodge3,14433.16%6,07864.11%2182.30%390.41%-2,934-30.95%9,480"one"Door1,68860.68%1,03937.35%521.87%20.07%64923.33%2,782"one"Douglas1,18159.80%557639.29%150.76%30.15%40520.51%1,975Dunn2,52660.06%1,30230.96%2856.78%922.19%1,22429.10%4,206"one"Eau Claire3,21551.28%2,39638.22%4927.85%1642.62%81913.06%6,269"two" Includes 2 Scattering votesFlorence31355.60%23641.92%30.53%111.95%7713.68%563Fond du Lac4,49645.77%4,93450.23%2973.02%950.97%-438-4.46%9,822Forest23350.65%21847.39%91.96%00.00%153.26%460Grant4,26451.99%3,40741.54%4345.29%961.17%85710.45%8,201Green2,62548.51%2,12239.22%4508.32%2143.95%5039.30%5,411Green Lake1,69952.34%1,41743.65%1263.88%40.12%2828.69%3,246Iowa2,49147.81%2,25643.30%4638.89%00.00%2354.51%5,210Jackson2,09362.66%1,00029.94%2477.40%00.00%1,09332.72%3,340Jefferson3,02540.50%4,23856.73%1912.56%150.20%-1,213-16.24%7,470"one"Juneau2,07752.88%1,65842.21%1814.61%110.28%41910.67%3,928"one"Kenosha1,69148.68%1,67448.19%1083.11%10.03%170.49%3,474Kewaunee87830.02%2,04669.95%10.03%00.00%-1,168-39.93%2,925La Crosse3,93546.03%3,69943.27%3984.66%5166.04%2362.76%8,549"one"Lafayette2,56350.13%2,28444.67%2635.14%10.02%2795.46%5,113"two"Langlade77737.68%1,19257.81%934.51%00.00%-415-20.13%2,062Lincoln1,11446.75%1,05044.06%1064.45%1134.74%642.69%2,383Manitowoc2,68137.98%4,23760.02%160.23%1251.77%-1,556-22.04%7,059Marathon2,11436.22%3,35657.50%420.72%3175.43%-1,242-21.28%5,837Includes 8 Scattering votesMarinette1,77745.67%1,75645.13%2245.76%1343.44%210.54%3,891Marquette1,13152.31%99946.21%271.25%40.19%1326.11%2,162"one"Milwaukee20,88747.94%17,70340.63%3330.76%4,64710.67%3,1847.31%43,570Monroe2,71052.88%2,13541.66%2514.90%290.57%57511.22%5,125Oconto1,31352.35%1,15446.01%351.40%60.24%1596.34%2,508Oneida76746.63%87152.95%60.36%10.06%-104-6.32%1,645Outagamie2,77939.32%4,00556.66%1852.62%991.40%-1,226-17.35%7,068Ozaukee75526.30%2,02570.53%40.14%863.00%-1,270-44.24%2,871"one"Pepin92659.28%46129.51%17511.20%00.00%46529.77%1,562Pierce2,48358.76%1,15827.40%53712.71%471.11%1,32531.35%4,226"one"Polk1,72864.77%60622.71%33412.52%00.00%1,12242.05%2,668Portage2,57550.65%2,32245.67%1653.25%220.43%2534.98%5,084Price91255.81%62037.94%1016.18%00.00%29217.87%1,634"one"Racine3,92349.09%3,29341.20%4625.78%3143.93%6307.88%7,992Richland2,45754.47%1,73438.44%2946.52%250.55%72316.03%4,511"one"Rock6,19360.61%3,50934.34%5084.97%70.07%2,68426.27%10,217Sauk3,40051.31%2,65740.10%5358.07%340.51%74311.21%6,626Sawyer54251.52%50848.29%10.10%00.00%343.23%1,052"one"Shawano1,78451.46%1,63547.16%250.72%230.66%1494.30%3,467Sheboygan3,68342.98%4,38651.18%650.76%4365.09%-703-8.20%8,570St. Croix2,75350.33%2,13539.03%5309.69%520.95%61811.30%5,470Taylor78851.60%72347.35%150.98%10.07%654.26%1,527Trempealeau2,27655.88%1,56738.47%2295.62%10.02%70917.41%4,073Vernon3,32164.20%1,54029.77%2635.08%490.95%1,78134.43%5,173Walworth4,44762.10%2,03628.43%5848.16%941.31%2,41133.67%7,161Washburn51452.18%36336.85%10710.86%10.10%15115.33%985Washington1,85338.96%2,89260.81%110.23%00.00%-1,039-21.85%4,756Waukesha3,84850.51%3,44545.22%3023.96%240.32%4035.29%7,619Waupaca3,38362.92%1,77833.07%1633.03%530.99%1,60529.85%5,377Waushara2,25872.70%65821.18%1575.05%331.06%1,60051.51%3,106Winnebago4,88546.05%4,60943.45%4013.78%7136.72%2762.60%10,608Wood1,89647.41%1,98649.66%380.95%791.98%-90-2.25%3,999Total175,69649.53%155,42343.82%14,3734.05%9,1962.59%20,2735.72%354,714 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Ashland Bayfield Chippewa Forest La Crosse Sawyer Counties that flipped from Union Labor to Republican Milwaukee Notes References Bibliography Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Timme Ernst G. 1889 The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1889 The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. Wisconsin Blue Book 1889 1888 Wisconsin Gubernatorial