1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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  1877 November 4, 1879 1881  
  William E. Smith.jpg Judge James G. Jenkins.png Reuben May.png
Nominee William E. Smith James Graham Jenkins Reuben May
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Popular vote100,53575,03026,216
Percentage53.19%39.70%6.88%

1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Smith :     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Jenkins :     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Governor before election

William E. Smith
Republican

Elected Governor

William E. Smith
Republican

The 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1879. Incumbent Republican Governor William E. Smith ran for re-election to a second term. The Democratic convention initially nominated Alexander Mitchell for Governor, but Mitchell declined the nomination; in his place, Milwaukee attorney James Graham Jenkins received the nomination. [1] Smith and Jenkins also faced a Greenback candidate and a nominee from the nascent Prohibition Party in the general election. [2] Jenkins ultimately won re-election in a landslide, winning 53% of the vote Jenkins's 40%. Reuben May, the Greenback nominee, received only 7% of the vote, a significant erosion from the Party's 15% in 1877.

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General election

1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican William E. Smith (incumbent) 100,535 53.19% +8.98%
Democratic James Graham Jenkins 75,03039.70%+0.13%
Greenback Reuben May 12,9966.88%-7.84%
Prohibition W. R. Bloomfield3870.20%
Write-ins570.03%
Majority25,50513.49%+8.85%
Turnout 189,005100.00%
Republican hold

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References

  1. Nesbit 1985, p. 577.
  2. "Capital Notes". Mineral Point Weekly Tribune. Mineral Point, Wis. September 25, 1879. p. 4. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  3. Truesdell, J. A. (1880). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (PDF). pp. 270–271.

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