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1897 Wisconsin Supreme Court election Wisconsin presidential no 1896 sp. 1898 sp. April 6, 1897 Roujet DeLisle Marshall.png Roujet D. Marshall c0c0c0 119,397 99.85% Justice Roujet D. Marshall Roujet D. Marshall 1896 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election 1896 sp. 1907 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1907
The 1897 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 6, 1897, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Roujet D. Marshall, who was unopposed.
Background
Marshall had held his seat since 1895, when Governor William Upham appointed him to fill a vacancy on the court.Ranney ¡first=Joseph Justice Roujet D. Marshall: The World of Buoyant Opportunism https://www.wisbar.org/newspublications/wisconsinlawyer/pages/Article.aspx?Volume=76&Issue=7&ArticleID=501 Wisconsin Lawyer State Bar of Wisconsin 76 July 1, 2003 18 April 2025 en He was thereafter elected in a special election held in 1896.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 He faced no opposition in either of those elections.
Result
1897 Wisconsin Supreme Court election https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AHDVCDGNVR7BOT8Z/pages/AZ5WHG3NCYRF4O85 The Wisconsin Blue Book 1899 1899 State of Wisconsin 378 April 18, 2025
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election (April 6, 1897)
Nonpartisan politician
Roujet D. Marshall (incumbent)
119,397
99.85
write-ins
scattering
153
0.13
2,709
–
119572
100
References
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