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1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1869 November 7, 1871 1873 →
 
Nominee Cadwallader C. Washburn James Rood Doolittle
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 78,301 68,910
Percentage 53.17% 46.79%

County results
Washburn :      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Doolittle :      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election

Lucius Fairchild
Republican

Elected Governor

Cadwallader C. Washburn
Republican

The 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1871. Republican Cadwallader C. Washburn was elected with 53% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate 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.

Nominations

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Republican party

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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.

Democratic party

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James Rood Doolittle had served twelve years as a Republican 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.

Results

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1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Cadwallader C. Washburn 78,301 53.17% +0.02%
Democratic James Rood Doolittle 68,910 46.79% −0.04%
Scattering 63 0.04%
Majority 9,391 6.38%
Total votes 147,274 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +0.06%

Results by county

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County[2][3] C. C. Washburn
Republican
James R. Doolittle
Democratic
Scattering
Write-in
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 719 72.19% 277 27.81% 0 0.00% 442 44.38% 996
Ashland 40 71.43% 16 28.57% 0 0.00% 24 42.86% 56
Barron 169 82.84% 35 17.16% 0 0.00% 134 65.69% 204
Bayfield 75 66.37% 38 33.63% 0 0.00% 37 32.74% 113
Brown 1,335 43.43% 1,739 56.57% 0 0.00% -404 -13.14% 3,074
Buffalo 1,156 69.51% 507 30.49% 0 0.00% 649 39.03% 1,663
Burnett 198 90.00% 22 10.00% 0 0.00% 176 80.00% 220
Calumet 636 35.83% 1,139 64.17% 0 0.00% -503 -28.34% 1,775
Chippewa 696 44.99% 851 55.01% 0 0.00% -155 -10.02% 1,547
Clark 377 70.86% 154 28.95% 1 0.19% 223 41.92% 532
Columbia 2,248 58.69% 1,579 41.23% 3 0.08% 669 17.47% 3,830
Crawford 814 47.00% 916 52.89% 2 0.12% -102 -5.89% 1,732
Dane 4,171 51.88% 3,865 48.08% 3 0.04% 306 3.81% 8,039
Dodge 2,538 35.68% 4,575 64.32% 0 0.00% -2,037 -28.64% 7,113
Door 578 77.17% 166 22.16% 5 0.67% 412 55.01% 749
Douglas 58 45.67% 69 54.33% 0 0.00% -11 -8.66% 127
Dunn 1,133 68.42% 523 31.58% 0 0.00% 610 36.84% 1,656
Eau Claire 1,409 61.26% 890 38.70% 1 0.04% 519 22.57% 2,300
Fond du Lac 3,596 48.13% 3,875 51.86% 1 0.01% -279 -3.73% 7,472
Grant 3,154 61.54% 1,971 38.46% 0 0.00% 1,183 23.08% 5,125
Green 1,757 65.29% 934 34.71% 0 0.00% 823 30.58% 2,691
Green Lake 1,299 68.05% 610 31.95% 0 0.00% 689 36.09% 1,909
Iowa 1,457 47.15% 1,632 52.82% 1 0.03% -175 -5.66% 3,090
Jackson 668 64.98% 356 34.63% 4 0.39% 312 30.35% 1,028
Jefferson 2,225 43.66% 2,867 56.26% 4 0.08% -642 -12.60% 5,096
Juneau 1,080 56.54% 829 43.40% 1 0.05% 251 13.14% 1,910
Kenosha 1,051 53.84% 901 46.16% 0 0.00% 150 7.68% 1,952
Kewaunee 361 35.05% 669 64.95% 0 0.00% -308 -29.90% 1,030
La Crosse 1,798 56.67% 1,374 43.30% 1 0.03% 424 13.36% 3,173
Lafayette 1,616 50.06% 1,612 49.94% 0 0.00% 4 0.12% 3,228
Manitowoc 1,452 44.09% 1,833 55.66% 8 0.24% -381 -11.57% 3,293
Marathon 218 21.80% 780 78.00% 2 0.20% -562 -56.20% 1,000
Marquette 532 35.40% 971 64.60% 0 0.00% -439 -29.21% 1,503
Milwaukee 3,690 39.58% 5,631 60.41% 1 0.01% -1,941 -20.82% 9,322
Monroe 1,209 56.95% 914 43.05% 0 0.00% 295 13.90% 2,123
Oconto 662 68.11% 310 31.89% 0 0.00% 352 36.21% 972
Outagamie 1,219 41.11% 1,746 58.89% 0 0.00% -527 -17.77% 2,965
Ozaukee 295 15.75% 1,574 84.04% 4 0.21% -1,279 -68.29% 1,873
Pepin 577 70.88% 237 29.12% 0 0.00% 340 41.77% 814
Pierce 1,228 69.61% 534 30.27% 2 0.11% 694 39.34% 1,764
Polk 561 75.50% 182 24.50% 0 0.00% 379 51.01% 743
Portage 899 62.69% 535 37.31% 0 0.00% 364 25.38% 1,434
Racine 2,073 55.55% 1,659 44.45% 0 0.00% 414 11.09% 3,732
Richland 1,401 58.11% 1,009 41.85% 1 0.04% 392 16.26% 2,411
Rock 3,661 70.88% 1,504 29.12% 0 0.00% 2,157 41.76% 5,165
Sauk 1,832 67.28% 891 32.72% 0 0.00% 941 34.56% 2,723
Shawano 191 42.35% 259 57.43% 1 0.22% -68 -15.08% 451
Sheboygan 1,927 49.75% 1,943 50.17% 3 0.08% -16 -0.41% 3,873
St. Croix 1,181 53.76% 1,015 46.20% 1 0.05% 166 7.56% 2,197
Trempealeau 988 77.01% 294 22.92% 1 0.08% 694 54.09% 1,283
Vernon 1,686 80.21% 416 19.79% 0 0.00% 1,270 60.42% 2,102
Walworth 2,908 69.59% 1,270 30.39% 1 0.02% 1,638 39.20% 4,179
Washington 666 21.90% 2,371 77.97% 4 0.13% -1,705 -56.07% 3,041
Waukesha 2,413 48.82% 2,529 51.16% 1 0.02% -116 -2.35% 4,943
Waupaca 1,575 65.46% 831 34.54% 0 0.00% 744 30.92% 2,406
Waushara 1,500 81.34% 344 18.66% 0 0.00% 1,156 62.69% 1,844
Winnebago 3,005 59.74% 2,019 40.14% 6 0.12% 986 19.60% 5,030
Wood 340 50.90% 328 49.10% 0 0.00% 12 1.80% 668
Total 78,301 53.17% 68,910[a] 46.79% 63 0.04% 9,391 6.38% 147,274

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Notes

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  1. ^ The county figures add up to 68,920

References

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  1. ^ Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature (2015). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015–2016. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Administration. pp. 699–701. ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6.
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, State Prison Commissioner and State Commissioner of Immigration and on the question of the proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, at a General Election held in the several Towns, Wards and Election Precincts in the several counties in said State on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday, being the seventh day of November, 1871
  3. ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State (1872). "Appendix "L"". Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30th, 1872. Madison, Wisconsin: Atwood & Culver, Printers & Stereotypers. pp. 175–177.