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1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1879 November 8, 1881 1884 →
 
Nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk Nicholas D. Fratt Theodore D. Kanouse
Party Republican Democratic Prohibition
Popular vote 81,754 69,797 13,225
Percentage 47.57% 40.61% 7.70%

County results
Rusk :      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Fratt :      30–40%      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

William E. Smith
Republican

Elected Governor

Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Republican

The 1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1881.

Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Nicholas D. Fratt and two other nominees with 47.57% of the vote.

This was the last Wisconsin gubernatorial election held in an odd-numbered year. In 1882, a constitutional amendment was carried moving gubernatorial elections to even-numbered years.

General election

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Candidates

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Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

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1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeremiah M. Rusk 81,754 47.57% −5.62%
Democratic Nicholas D. Fratt 69,797 40.61% +0.92%
Prohibition Theodore D. Kanouse 13,225 7.70% +7.49%
Greenback Edward P. Allis 7,002 4.07% −2.80%
Scattering 78 0.05%
Majority 11,957 6.96%
Total votes 171,856 100.00%
Republican hold Swing -6.54%

Results by county

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Douglas County would note vote for a Democrat again until 1944 nor would St. Croix County until 1932. This was the last election until 1916 in which Iowa County would not back the winning candidate.

County[3][4][5] Jeremiah M. Rusk
Republican
Nicholas D. Fratt
Democratic
Theodore D. Kanouse
Prohibition
Edward P. Allis
Greenback
Scattering
Write-in
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 599 74.60% 156 19.43% 43 5.35% 5 0.62% 0 0.00% 443 55.17% 803
Ashland 228 58.76% 154 39.69% 2 0.52% 4 1.03% 0 0.00% 74 19.07% 388
Barron 698 61.82% 298 26.40% 77 6.82% 49 4.34% 7 0.62% 400 35.43% 1,129
Bayfield 128 99.22% 1 0.78% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 127 98.45% 129
Brown 1,620 40.83% 2,084 52.52% 183 4.61% 79 1.99% 2 0.05% -464 -11.69% 3,968
Buffalo 1,233 62.75% 624 31.76% 97 4.94% 11 0.56% 0 0.00% 609 30.99% 1,965
Burnett 556 92.36% 36 5.98% 4 0.66% 4 0.66% 2 0.33% 520 86.38% 602
Calumet 641 32.96% 1,051 54.04% 111 5.71% 141 7.25% 1 0.05% -410 -21.08% 1,945
Chippewa 514 28.34% 889 49.01% 215 11.85% 196 10.80% 0 0.00% -375 -20.67% 1,814
Clark 869 53.21% 447 27.37% 288 17.64% 29 1.78% 0 0.00% 422 25.84% 1,633
Columbia 1,656 47.64% 1,164 33.49% 634 18.24% 21 0.60% 1 0.03% 492 14.15% 3,476
Crawford 746 41.56% 636 35.43% 113 6.30% 299 16.66% 1 0.03% 110 6.13 1,795
Dane 3,210 41.17% 3,491 44.78% 968 12.42% 118 1.51% 9 0.12% -281 -3.60% 7,796
Dodge 1,796 31.83% 3,319 58.82% 347 6.15% 178 3.15% 3 0.05% -1,523 -26.99% 5,643
Door 866 68.35% 308 24.31% 9 0.71% 83 6.55% 1 0.08% 558 44.04% 1,267
Douglas 33 33.33% 62 62.63% 4 4.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -29 -29.29% 99
Dunn 1,126 54.77% 669 32.54% 239 11.62% 22 1.07% 0 0.00% 457 22.23% 2,056
Eau Claire 1,012 33.10% 1,325 43.34% 655 21.43% 64 2.09% 1 0.03% -313 -10.24% 3,057
Fond du Lac 2,518 42.11% 2699 45.14% 200 3.35% 561 9.38% 1 0.02% -181 -3.03% 5,979
Grant 2,512 57.56% 1,323 30.32% 405 9.28% 123 2.82% 1 0.02% 1,189 27.25% 4,364
Green 1,643 60.21% 674 24.70% 159 5.83% 253 9.27% 0 0.00% 969 35.51% 2,729
Green Lake 983 52.57% 624 33.37% 151 8.07% 112 5.99% 0 0.00% 359 19.20% 1,870
Iowa 1,377 42.02% 1,382 42.17% 504 15.38% 14 0.43% 0 0.00% -5 -0.15% 3,277
Jackson 1,190 58.36% 522 25.60% 246 12.06% 80 3.92% 1 0.05% 668 32.76% 2,039
Jefferson 1,636 35.63% 2,360 51.39% 487 10.61% 109 2.37% 0 0.00% -724 -15.77% 4,592
Juneau 986 41.52% 985 41.47% 354 14.91% 50 2.11% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 2,375
Kenosha 1,172 54.08% 949 43.79% 45 2.08% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 223 10.29% 2,167
Kewaunee 306 21.92% 1,087 77.87% 3 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -781 -55.95% 1,396
La Crosse 2,143 51.65% 1,598 38.52% 281 6.77% 123 2.96% 4 0.10% 545 13.14% 4,149
Lafayette 1,476 46.58% 1,425 44.97% 217 6.85% 50 1.58% 1 0.03% 51 1.61% 3,169
Langlade 131 61.50% 66 30.99% 0 0.00% 16 7.51% 0 0.00% 65 30.52% 213
Lincoln 254 57.73% 111 25.23% 0 0.00% 75 17.05% 0 0.00% 143 32.50% 440
Manitowoc 1,672 40.78% 2,411 58.80% 17 0.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -739 -18.02% 4,100
Marathon 696 29.90% 1,307 56.14% 80 3.44% 245 10.52% 0 0.00% -611 -26.25% 2,328
Marinette 1,138 69.60% 448 27.40% 46 2.81% 1 0.06% 2 0.12% 690 42.20% 1,635
Marquette 495 36.18% 773 56.51% 100 7.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -278 -20.32% 1,368
Milwaukee 7,398 48.49% 6,989 45.81% 410 2.69% 460 3.01% 1 0.01% 409 2.68% 15,258
Monroe 1,520 50.96% 1,018 34.13% 257 8.62% 188 6.30% 0 0.00% 502 16.83% 2,983
Oconto 734 48.97% 556 37.09% 200 13.34% 9 0.60% 0 0.00% 178 11.87% 1,499
Outagamie 955 29.29% 1,753 53.76% 250 7.67% 303 9.29% 0 0.00% -798 -24.47% 3,261
Ozaukee 413 24.63% 1,198 71.44% 7 0.42% 59 3.52% 0 0.00% -785 -46.81% 1,677
Pepin 807 60.77% 316 23.80% 205 15.44% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 491 36.97% 1,328
Pierce 865 48.46% 408 22.86% 479 26.83% 18 1.01% 15 0.84% 457 25.60% 1,785
Polk 1,105 73.57% 223 14.85% 161 10.72% 3 0.20% 10 0.67% 882 58.72% 1,502
Portage 1,080 48.56% 927 41.68% 189 8.50% 28 1.26% 0 0.00% 153 6.88% 2,224
Price 171 57.38% 125 41.95% 0 0.00% 2 0.67% 0 0.00% 46 15.44% 298
Racine 2,026 46.13% 2,023 46.06% 259 5.90% 84 1.91% 0 0.00% 3 0.07% 4,392
Richland 1,383 55.72% 686 27.64% 185 7.45% 226 9.11% 2 0.08% 697 28.08% 2,482
Rock 2,783 57.79% 1,276 26.50% 630 13.08% 127 2.64% 0 0.00% 1,507 31.29% 4,816
Sauk 1,694 49.16% 1,084 31.46% 551 15.99% 117 3.40% 0 0.00% 610 17.70% 3,446
Shawano 500 49.75% 462 45.97% 34 3.38% 5 0.50% 4 0.40% 38 3.78% 1,005
Sheboygan 1,999 44.55% 2,055 45.80% 67 1.49% 366 8.16% 0 0.00% -56 -1.25% 4,487
St. Croix 1,183 40.44% 1,357 46.39% 381 13.03% 4 0.14% 0 0.00% -174 -5.95% 2,925
Taylor 354 53.15% 292 43.84% 15 2.25% 5 0.75% 0 0.00% 62 9.31% 666
Trempealeau 1,219 69.62% 249 14.22% 82 4.68% 201 11.48% 0 0.00% 970 55.40% 1,751
Vernon 2,022 70.60% 358 12.50% 153 5.34% 326 11.38% 5 0.17% 1,664 58.10% 2,864
Walworth 2,325 64.39% 876 24.26% 311 8.61% 99 2.74% 0 0.00% 1,449 40.13% 3,611
Washington 1,217 39.22% 1,732 55.82% 66 2.13% 88 2.84% 0 0.00% -515 -16.60% 3,103
Waukesha 1,841 39.34% 2,233 47.71% 476 10.17% 128 2.74% 2 0.04% -392 -8.38% 4,680
Waupaca 1,779 58.08% 885 28.89% 119 3.89% 280 9.14% 0 0.00% 894 29.19% 3,063
Waushara 1,571 79.79% 267 13.56% 71 3.61% 60 3.05% 0 0.00% 1,304 66.23% 1,969
Winnebago 2,499 43.89% 2,494 43.80% 326 5.73% 374 6.57% 1 0.02% 5 0.09% 5,694
Wood 452 33.93% 497 37.31% 57 4.28% 326 24.47% 0 0.00% -45 -3.38% 1,332
Total 81,754 47.57% 69,797 40.61% 13,225 7.70% 7,002 4.07% 78 0.05% 11,957 6.96% 171,856

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ Seaman, Adam. "Theodore D. Kanouse". prohibitionists.org. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Former S.D. Gubernatorial Candidate Dies On Cast". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. June 4, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular 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. 1882, for Railroad Commissioner for the term commencing on the fifteenth day of February, A.D. 1882, for Commissioner of Insurance for the term commencing on the first Monday of April A.D. 1882, and on the question for the proposed amendment of the constitution, 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 in November A.D. 1881, being the eighth day of said month
  4. ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State (1882). "Appendix "O"". Annual Reports of the Secretary of State and Commissioners of Public Printing of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1882. Madison, Wisconsin: David Atwood, State Printer. pp. 192–193.
  5. ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State (1882). "Vote for State Officers, 1881". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin. pp. 308–309.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Bibliography

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  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  • Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.