1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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  1871 November 4, 1873 1875  
  William Robert Taylor.jpg Cadwallader Colden Washburn.jpg
Nominee William Robert Taylor Cadwallader C. Washburn
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Reform
Popular vote81,59966,224
Percentage55.19%44.79%

1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Taylor :     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Washburn :     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

Governor before election

Cadwallader C. Washburn
Republican

Elected Governor

William Robert Taylor
Democratic

The 1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1873. Democratic Party candidate William Robert Taylor was elected with 55% of the vote, defeating incumbent Republican Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn. [1]

Contents

Taylor was the first Democrat elected Governor of Wisconsin since William A. Barstow in 1853. He was nominated as the consensus candidate of the "Reform Party,"a coalition of Democrats, Liberal Republicans, and Grangers, on a platform of political and economy reform.

Democratic (Reform) Party

William Robert Taylor, at the time of the 1873 election, was a Trustee for the State Hospital of the Insane. Previously, he had served as President of the state agriculture society, had been chairman of the Cottage Grove town board, and the Dane County board of supervisors, and had been a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly.

Republican Party

Cadwallader C. Washburn was the incumbent Governor of Wisconsin, having been elected in the 1871 election. Prior to becoming Governor, he had served ten years in the United States House of Representatives and had served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War under Ulysses S. Grant.

Results

1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic William Robert Taylor 81,599 55.19% +8.40%
Republican Cadwallader C. Washburn (incumbent)66,22444.79%-8.38%
Scattering330.02%
Total votes'147,856''100.0%'+0.40%
Democratic gain from Republican

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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. 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.