1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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County results Washburn : 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Doolittle : 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1871.
James Rood Doolittle.[1] Incumbent Governor Lucius Fairchild
did not seek re-election.
Both major party candidates in this election had served as delegates to the Peace Conference of 1861 which attempted to avert the American Civil War.
Democratic Party
United States Senator before becoming the Democratic Party's nominee for Governor in the 1871 election. Prior to his service in the U.S. Senate, Doolittle had been a Wisconsin Circuit Court
Judge.
Republican Party
Cadwallader C. Washburn had just left office as Congressman for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, having served a total of ten years in the United States House of Representatives. Between his years in Congress, Washburn had served as a Union Army general in the Civil War under Ulysses S. Grant.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 7, 1871[2] | |||||
Republican
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Cadwallader C. Washburn | 78,301 | 53.17% | +0.01% | |
Democratic
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James Rood Doolittle
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68,910 | 46.79% | -0.05% | |
Scattering | 63 | 0.04% | |||
Total votes | '147,274' | '100.0%' | +12.65% | ||
Republican hold |
References
- ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6.
- ^ Theobald, H. Rupert, ed. (1966). "Statistical information on Wisconsin". The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1966 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 607. Retrieved June 15, 2019.