1849 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

1849 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

←  1848 November 6, 1849 1851  →

Nominee Samuel Beall Timothy O. Howe John Bannister Party Democratic Whig Free Soil Popular vote 16,446 10,983 3,976 Percentage 52.33% 34.95% 12.65%

Lieutenant Governor before election John Edwin Holmes Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Samuel Beall Democratic

The 1849 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1849, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Democratic nominee Samuel Beall defeated Whig nominee and former nominee for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district in the 1848 election Timothy O. Howe and Free soil nominee and incumbent judge of Fond du Lac County John Bannister. ^[1]

General election

On election day, November 6, 1849, Democratic nominee Samuel Beall won the election by a margin of 5,463 votes against his foremost opponent Whig nominee Timothy O. Howe, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Beall was sworn in as the 2nd lieutenant governor of Wisconsin on January 7, 1850. ^[2]

Results

Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1849

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Beall	16,446	52.33
	Whig	Timothy O. Howe	10,983	34.95
	Free Soil	John Bannister	3,976	12.65
		Scattering	21	0.07
Total votes			31,426	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

1. "Official Canvass". Wisconsin Democrat. December 15, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-11-05– via Newspapers.com.
2. "1849 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin". uselectionatlas.org. June 1, 2024. Retrieved 2025-11-05.