1871 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1871 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 Presidential no 1869 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1869 1873 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election 1873 November 7, 1871 125px Milton Pettit Republican Party (United States) 77,751 53.03% 125px John A. Rice Democratic Party (United States) 68,807 46.93% Lieutenant Governor Thaddeus C. Pound Republican Party (United States) Milton Pettit Republican Party (United States) The 1871 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1871, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Wisconsin Senate Milton Pettit defeated Democratic nominee and fellow incumbent member of the Wisconsin Senate John A. Rice.https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A3PZNSAQ7F7WRA85/full/AD2BRWF4FDBWAW87 Official Directory search.library.wisc.edu 2025-11-07 General election On election day, November 7, 1871, Republican nominee Milton Pettit won the election by a margin of 8,944 votes against his opponent Democratic nominee John A. Rice, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. Pettit was sworn in as the 11th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin on January 1, 1872.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=55&year=1871&f=0&off=6&elect=0 1871 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin uselectionatlas.org May 31, 2024 2025-11-07 Results Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1871 Republican Party (United States) Milton Pettit 77,751 53.03 Democratic Party (United States) John A. Rice 68,807 46.93 Scattering 61 0.04 146,619 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:1871 Wisconsin elections Category:1871 in Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:November 1871 in the United States Category:1871 elections Category:1871 elections in North America Category:1871 elections in the United States Category:1870s Wisconsin elections Category:1870s in Wisconsin Category:1870s elections Category:1870s elections in North America Category:1870s elections in the United States Category:Government of Wisconsin Category:19th century in Wisconsin Category:19th-century elections Category:19th-century elections in North America Category:19th-century elections in the United States