1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1877 1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1881 November 4, 1879 x150px William E. Smith Republican Party (United States) 100,535 53.19% x150px James Graham Jenkins Democratic Party (United States) 75,030 39.70% x150px Reuben May Greenback Party 26,216 6.88% 1879 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% #c21b18ff 80–90% #a80000ff >90%Jenkins : #a5b0ffff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor William E. Smith Republican Party (United States) William E. Smith Republican Party (United States) The 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1879. Incumbent Republican Governor William E. Smith ran for re-election to a second term. The Democratic convention initially nominated Alexander Mitchell for Governor, but Mitchell declined the nomination; in his place, Milwaukee attorney James Graham Jenkins received the nomination.Nesbit 1985 577 Smith and Jenkins also faced a Greenback candidate and a nominee from the nascent Prohibition Party in the general election.September 25, 1879 Capital Notes Mineral Point Weekly Tribune Mineral Point, Wis. 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79960931/mineral-point-weekly-tribune/ June 21, 2021 Smith ultimately won re-election in a landslide, winning 53% of the vote to Jenkins's 40%. Reuben May, the Greenback nominee, received only 7% of the vote, a significant erosion from the Party's 15% in 1877. Results 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial electionTabular Statement of the votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General and State Superintendent, for the term commencing on the first Monday of January A.D. 1880, at the general election held in the several towns, wards, villages and election districts in the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday, being the fourth day of November, A.D. 1879Wisconsin Secretary of State Annual Reports of the Secretary of State and Commissioners of Public Printing of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1880 Appendix "P" 1880 132–133 David Atwood, State Printer Madison, Wisconsin https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89092833904&seq=138Wisconsin Secretary of State The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Table of Votes 1880 270–271 Madison, Wisconsin https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A4E2ER3SWCWDLA8J/pages/A4HGRE2V6YJEXE8A Republican Party (United States) William E. Smith (inc.) 100,535 53.19% +8.98% Democratic Party (United States) James G. Jenkins 75,030 39.70% +0.13% Greenback Party Reuben May 12,996 6.88% -7.84% Prohibition Party (United States) W. R. Bloomfield 387 0.20% -0.02% Scattering 57 0.03% 25,505 13.49% 189,005 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) +8.85% Results by county Smith was the first Republican to ever carry Milwaukee County. Participating in its first election, Marinette County voted for Smith and would continue to vote for the statewide winner in every election until 1932. After voting for Jenkins in this election, Shawano County would not back the losing candidate again until 1942. County William E. SmithRepublican James G. JenkinsDemocratic Reuben MayGreenback W. R. BloomfieldProhibition ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Adams68871.97%20121.03%677.01%00.00%00.00%48750.94%956Ashland17761.03%11338.97%00.00%00.00%00.00%6422.07%290Barron70971.47%28028.23%20.20%00.00%10.10%42943.25%992Bayfield8373.45%3026.55%00.00%00.00%00.00%5346.90%113Brown2,03046.15%2,25051.15%1172.66%00.00%20.05%-220-5.00%4,399Buffalo1,32461.58%81537.91%110.51%00.00%00.00%50923.67%2,150Burnett38794.62%225.38%00.00%00.00%00.00%36589.24%409Calumet77730.75%1,51960.11%2158.51%150.59%10.04%-742-29.36%2,527Chippewa81646.00%78544.25%1729.70%00.00%10.06%311.75%1,774Clark1,00566.87%34723.09%15110.05%00.00%00.00%65843.78%1,503Columbia2,76260.49%1,67336.64%1262.76%50.11%00.00%1,08923.85%4,566Crawford93846.74%75537.62%31415.65%00.00%00.00%1839.12%2,007Dane4,62350.21%4,07244.22%5015.44%60.07%60.07%5515.98%9,208Dodge2,67037.44%4,13958.03%3094.33%130.18%10.01%-1,469-20.60%7,132Door61359.86%949.18%31530.76%00.00%20.20%298"SmithMay" Smith's margin over May29.10%1,024Douglas3961.90%2438.10%00.00%00.00%00.00%1523.81%63Dunn1,35668.48%62131.36%30.15%00.00%00.00%73537.12%1,980Eau Claire1,48858.15%1,03140.29%391.52%00.00%10.04%45717.86%2,559Fond du Lac3,58444.65%3,83447.76%5837.26%240.30%20.02%-250-3.11%8,027Grant3,11157.18%1,70331.30%62511.49%00.00%20.04%1,40825.88%5,441Green2,00057.69%1,10431.84%36110.41%00.00%20.06%89625.84%3,467Green Lake1,09252.98%63730.91%33216.11%00.00%00.00%45522.08%2,061Iowa1,77550.31%1,44741.01%3058.65%00.00%10.03%3289.30%3,528Jackson1,83675.84%38715.99%1927.93%60.25%00.00%1,44959.85%2,421Jefferson2,30143.62%2,76052.32%2103.98%00.00%40.08%-459-8.70%5,275Juneau1,22751.79%92639.09%2169.12%00.00%00.00%30112.71%2,369Kenosha1,18054.60%96644.70%150.69%00.00%00.00%2149.90%2,161Kewaunee25422.18%88877.55%30.26%00.00%00.00%-634-55.37%1,145La Crosse2,23456.16%91022.88%79920.09%350.88%00.00%1,32433.28%3,978Lafayette1,67348.98%1,61947.39%1153.37%90.26%00.00%541.58%3,416Lincoln17263.70%4918.15%4918.15%00.00%00.00%12345.56%270Manitowoc1,89840.98%2,72858.91%50.11%00.00%00.00%-830-17.92%4,631Marathon66128.94%1,33458.41%28912.65%00.00%00.00%-673-29.47%2,284Marinette97879.64%24820.20%00.00%20.16%00.00%73059.45%1,228Marquette61443.55%74752.98%412.91%70.50%10.07%-133-9.43%1,410Milwaukee8,68257.19%6,41042.22%890.59%00.00%00.00%2,27214.97%15,181Monroe1,86257.31%99230.53%39512.16%00.00%00.00%87026.78%3,249Oconto86756.26%67343.67%10.06%00.00%00.00%19412.59%1,541Outagamie1,29830.88%2,50059.48%4059.64%00.00%00.00%-1,202-28.60%4,203Ozaukee51923.33%1,48566.74%2209.89%00.00%10.04%-966-43.42%2,225Pepin62977.85%17721.91%20.25%00.00%00.00%45255.94%808Pierce1,51469.71%33515.42%31814.64%00.00%50.23%1,17954.28%2,172Polk1,19679.79%30320.21%00.00%00.00%00.00%89359.57%1,499Portage1,42051.64%1,21844.29%983.56%130.47%10.04%2027.35%2,750Price3931.97%8166.39%21.64%00.00%00.00%-42-34.43%122Racine2,54756.57%1,76639.23%1643.64%250.56%00.00%78117.35%4,502Richland1,71362.91%58021.30%42815.72%00.00%20.07%1,13341.61%2,723Rock4,16968.80%1,60026.40%2183.60%691.14%40.07%2,56942.39%6,060Sauk2,38764.65%91724.84%38410.40%40.11%00.00%1,47039.82%3,692Shawano51541.97%69956.97%131.06%00.00%00.00%-184-15.00%1,227Sheboygan2,11342.61%2,13042.95%71414.40%00.00%20.04%-17-0.34%4,959St. Croix1,84655.94%1,38341.91%120.36%591.79%00.00%46314.03%3,300Taylor29653.53%25646.29%10.18%00.00%00.00%407.23%553Trempealeau1,69770.77%30112.55%37115.47%281.17%10.04%1,326"SmithMay"55.30%2,398Vernon2,09265.83%37711.86%70722.25%00.00%20.06%1,385"SmithMay"43.58%3,178Walworth3,28673.78%1,09524.58%551.23%170.38%10.02%2,19149.19%4,454Washington1,27735.88%2,19061.53%862.42%60.17%00.00%-913-25.65%3,559Waukesha2,57449.20%2,46847.17%1903.63%00.00%00.00%1062.03%5,232Waupaca1,83057.31%1,05332.98%2999.36%110.34%00.00%77724.33%3,193Waushara1,48783.73%1699.52%1126.31%00.00%80.45%1,31874.21%1,776Winnebago3,08648.32%2,43938.19%82712.95%330.52%20.03%64710.13%6,387Wood51939.98%37528.89%40331.05%00.00%10.08%116"SmithMay"9.93%1,298Total100,53553.19%75,03039.70%12,9966.88%3870.20%570.03%25,50513.49%189,005 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Ashland Chippewa Crawford Dane Douglas Green Lake Milwaukee Taylor Winnebago Counties that flipped from Greenback to Republican Clark 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. 1879 Wisconsin Category:1879 Wisconsin elections