1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
  1861 November 3, 1863 1865  
  James T. Lewis Cropped.jpg Henry L. Palmer.jpg
Nominee James T. Lewis Henry L. Palmer
Party National Union Democratic
Popular vote72,71749,053
Percentage59.59%40.20%

1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Lewis:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Palmer:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Governor before election

Edward Salomon
Republican

Elected Governor

James T. Lewis
Republican

The 1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1863. Republican Party candidate James T. Lewis won the election with nearly 60% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate Henry L. Palmer. [1]

Contents

The incumbent Governor, Edward Salomon, had ascended to office after the accidental drowning of his predecessor, Louis P. Harvey, in April 1862. He was a former Democrat who had been elected Lieutenant Governor on the Republican Party's Union ticket in 1861. He was not re-nominated by the Republican Party.

Nominations

Republican (Union) party

James T. Lewis was the incumbent Wisconsin Secretary of State at the time of the 1863 election, having been elected on the Union ticket in the 1861 election. Lewis was also a former Democrat. As a Democrat, he had previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1854 to 1856, and represented Columbia County in the state legislature for two yearsin the Assembly for the 1852 session, and in the Senate for the 1853 session.

Democratic party

Henry L. Palmer was a former Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and had served three terms in the Assembly and one term in the Wisconsin State Senate prior to the 1863 election.

Results

1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Union James T. Lewis 72,717 59.59% +5.41%
Democratic Henry L. Palmer 49,05340.20%−5.60%
Independent Edward Salomon (write-in)2270.19%
Scattering320.03%
Majority23,66419.39%
Total votes122,029 100.00%
National Union hold Swing +11.01%

Results by county

County [2] [3] James T. Lewis
National Union
Henry L. Palmer
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Adams 69275.79%22124.21%47151.59%913
Ashland 3251.61%3048.39%23.23%62
Brown 54333.81%1,06266.13%-519-32.32%1,606 [lower-alpha 1]
Buffalo 54868.16%25531.72%29336.44%804 [lower-alpha 1]
Calumet 55744.07%70755.93%-150-11.87%1,264
Chippewa 22645.38%27254.62%-46-9.24%498
Clark 10670.20%4529.80%6140.40%151
Columbia 2,89669.65%1,26230.35%1,63439.30%4,158
Crawford 71251.67%66648.33%463.34%1,378
Dane 4,15253.52%3,59846.38%5547.14%7,758 [lower-alpha 2]
Dodge [lower-alpha 3] 3,67746.88%4,16653.12%-489-6.23%7,843
Door 23082.44%4917.56%18164.87%279
Douglas 4840.34%7159.66%-23-19.33%119
Dunn 50765.00%27335.00%23430.00%780
Eau Claire 50162.70%29837.30%20325.41%799
Fond du Lac 3,57957.30%2,66742.70%91214.60%6,246
Grant 3,40472.16%1,31327.84%2,09144.33%4,717
Green 2,04670.99%83629.01%1,21041.98%2,882
Green Lake 1,49977.59%43322.41%1,06655.18%1,932
Iowa 1,35151.82%1,25648.18%953.64%2,607
Jackson 55973.26%20426.74%35546.53%763
Jefferson 2,29948.53%2,43851.47%-139-2.93%4,737
Juneau 89357.10%67142.90%22214.19%1,564
Kenosha 1,32867.76%63232.24%69635.51%1,960
Kewaunee 14323.87%45676.13%-313-52.25%599
La Crosse 1,29964.28%71735.48%58228.80%2,021 [lower-alpha 4]
La Pointe 4378.18%1221.82%3156.36%55
Lafayette 1,48350.34%1,46349.66%200.68%2,946
Manitowoc 1,30240.05%1,94959.95%-647-19.90%3,251
Marathon 10721.02%40278.98%-295-57.96%509
Marquette 59446.19%69253.81%-98-7.62%1,286
Milwaukee 3,17035.24%5,81564.64%-2,645-29.40%8,996 [lower-alpha 5]
Monroe 1,11366.53%56033.47%55333.05%1,673
Oconto 32685.56%5514.44%27171.13%381
Outagamie 73742.09%1,01457.91%-277-15.82%1,751
Ozaukee 27913.93%1,72486.07%-1,445-72.14%2,003
Pepin 29575.45%9624.55%19950.90%391
Pierce 59766.70%29833.30%29933.41%895
Polk 19870.21%8429.79%11440.43%282
Portage 79071.49%31528.51%47542.99%1,105
Racine 2,15660.54%1,40539.46%75121.09%3,561
Richland 1,13564.42%62735.58%50828.83%1,762
Rock 4,05374.68%1,36825.21%2,68549.47%5,427 [lower-alpha 6]
Sauk 2,06167.33%85427.90%1,20739.43%3,061 [lower-alpha 7]
Shawano 13856.10%10843.90%3012.20%246
Sheboygan [lower-alpha 8] 2,07653.23%1,82446.77%2526.46%3,900
St. Croix 59454.65%49345.35%1019.29%1,087
Trempealeau 51785.88%8514.12%43271.76%602
Vernon 1,15576.24%36023.76%79552.48%1,515
Walworth 3,51178.14%98121.83%2,53056.31%4,493 [lower-alpha 1]
Washington 65921.14%2,45378.70%-1,794-57.56%3,117 [lower-alpha 4]
Waukesha 2,38650.99%2,29349.01%931.99%4,679
Waupaca 1,22273.57%43826.37%78447.20%1,661 [lower-alpha 1]
Waushara 1,09879.45%28420.55%81458.90%1,382
Winnebago 2,79664.72%1,52435.28%1,27229.44%4,320
Wood 28446.48%32753.52%-43-7.04%611
Soldiers [lower-alpha 9] 7,76892.65%5426.46%7,22686.19%8,384 [lower-alpha 10]
Total72,71759.59%49,05340.20%23,66419.39%122,029

Counties that flipped from Democratic to National Union

Counties that flipped from National Union to Democratic

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Includes 1 Scattering vote
  2. Includes 8 Scattering votes
  3. This county's return was rejected by the Board of Canvassers due to lacking an official seal. These votes are not included in the statewide totals.
  4. 1 2 Includes 5 Scattering votes
  5. Includes 11 votes for Salomon
  6. Includes 4 votes for Salomon and 2 Scattering votes
  7. Includes 146 votes for Salomon
  8. This county's canvass was declared to be illegal by the Board of Canvassers. These votes are not included in the statewide totals.
  9. The rejected Soldier vote was 1,464 for Lewis, 156 for Palmer, and 32 Scattering.
  10. Includes 66 votes for Salomon and 8 Scattering votes

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References

  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. 1 2 Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled at a General Election held in the several towns, wards and election precincts in the State of Wisconsin and by the electors of the State of Wisconsin in the military service of the United States and of this States on Tuesday the third day of November A.D. 1863
  3. 1 2 Wisconsin Secretary of State (1864). "Appendix "D"". Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30th, 1864. Madison, Wisconsin: William J. Park, State Printer. pp. 70–72.