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The 1896 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896.
Incumbent Republican Governor William H. Upham retired. [1]
Republican nominee Edward Scofield defeated Democratic nominee Willis C. Silverthorn with 59.67% of the vote. Scofield's popular vote share was the highest in the state's history for a gubernatorial candidate to that point, reflecting the state's transition from a Republican-leaning but competitive state to one dominated by the Republicans.
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Edward Scofield | 264,981 | 59.67% | +7.42% | |
Democratic | Willis C. Silverthorn | 169,257 | 38.11% | +0.22% | |
Prohibition | Joshua H. Berkey | 8,144 [lower-alpha 2] | 1.83% | −1.16% | |
Socialist Labor | Christ Tuttrop | 1,306 | 0.29% | ||
National | Robert Henderson | 407 | 0.09% | ||
Scattering | 15 [lower-alpha 3] | 0.00% | |||
Majority | 95,724 | 21.55% | |||
Total votes | 444,110 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | +7.20% |
Scofield was the first Republican to ever win Dodge County, Manitowoc County, and Washington County; Dodge County would not vote Republican again until 1916. Scofield was also the first Republican since 1855 to carry Outagamie County, the first since 1857 to carry Jefferson County, and the first since 1861 to carry Kewaunee County.
County [2] [3] | Edward Scofield Republican | Willis C. Silverthorn Democratic | Joshua H. Berkey Prohibition | Christ Tuttrop Socialist Labor | Robert Henderson National | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,427 | 77.09% | 397 | 21.45% | 27 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,030 | 55.65% | 1,851 |
Ashland | 2,700 | 59.18% | 1,784 | 39.11% | 59 | 1.29% | 15 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.09% | 916 | 20.08% | 4,562 |
Barron | 2,765 | 64.88% | 1,328 | 31.16% | 165 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,437 | 33.72% | 4,262 |
Bayfield | 2,224 | 72.87% | 776 | 25.43% | 46 | 1.51% | 5 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,448 | 47.44% | 3,052 |
Brown | 5,324 | 57.13% | 3,870 | 41.53% | 88 | 0.94% | 5 | 0.05% | 32 | 0.34% | 1,454 | 15.60% | 9,319 |
Buffalo | 2,303 | 62.73% | 1,302 | 35.47% | 61 | 1.66% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,001 | 27.27% | 3,671 |
Burnett | 807 | 67.59% | 355 | 29.73% | 28 | 2.35% | 3 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.08% | 452 | 37.86% | 1,194 |
Calumet | 1,539 | 44.43% | 1,897 | 54.76% | 27 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -358 | -10.33% | 3,464 |
Chippewa | 3,587 | 53.95% | 2,965 | 44.59% | 89 | 1.34% | 6 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.03% | 622 | 9.35% | 6,649 |
Clark | 3,299 | 69.38% | 1,341 | 28.20% | 100 | 2.10% | 12 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,958 | 41.18% | 4,755 [lower-alpha 4] |
Columbia | 4,746 | 63.04% | 2,457 | 32.64% | 308 | 4.09% | 5 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.16% | 2,289 | 30.41% | 7,528 |
Crawford | 2,307 | 59.49% | 1,526 | 39.35% | 41 | 1.06% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 781 | 20.14% | 3,878 |
Dane | 8,747 | 54.34% | 6,804 | 42.27% | 518 | 3.22% | 8 | 0.05% | 15 | 0.09% | 1,943 | 12.07% | 16,098 [lower-alpha 5] |
Dodge | 5,573 | 52.02% | 5,019 | 46.85% | 108 | 1.01% | 4 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.08% | 554 | 5.17% | 10,713 |
Door | 2,402 | 71.74% | 897 | 26.79% | 48 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,505 | 44.95% | 3,348 |
Douglas | 4,113 | 61.29% | 2,498 | 37.22% | 87 | 1.30% | 8 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,615 | 24.06% | 6,711 |
Dunn | 3,340 | 67.89% | 1,430 | 29.07% | 143 | 2.91% | 5 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,910 | 38.82% | 4,920 |
Eau Claire | 4,447 | 62.92% | 2,397 | 33.91% | 220 | 3.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,050 | 29.00% | 7,068 |
Florence | 491 | 79.32% | 122 | 19.71% | 5 | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 369 | 59.61% | 619 [lower-alpha 6] |
Fond du Lac | 6,089 | 53.87% | 5,033 | 44.53% | 170 | 1.50% | 7 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,056 | 9.34% | 11,303 |
Forest | 408 | 68.69% | 169 | 28.45% | 15 | 2.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.34% | 239 | 40.24% | 594 |
Grant | 5,281 | 57.53% | 3,685 | 40.14% | 205 | 2.23% | 3 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.07% | 1,596 | 17.39% | 9,180 |
Green | 3,054 | 54.60% | 2,331 | 41.68% | 193 | 3.45% | 11 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.07% | 723 | 12.93% | 5,593 |
Green Lake | 2,091 | 55.94% | 1,581 | 42.30% | 62 | 1.66% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 510 | 13.64% | 3,738 |
Iowa | 3,080 | 56.68% | 2,145 | 39.47% | 196 | 3.61% | 2 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.17% | 935 | 17.21% | 5,434 [lower-alpha 4] |
Iron | 1,290 | 71.67% | 478 | 26.56% | 30 | 1.67% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 812 | 45.11% | 1,800 |
Jackson | 2,707 | 74.88% | 792 | 21.91% | 108 | 2.99% | 2 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,915 | 52.97% | 3,615 |
Jefferson | 4,275 | 52.76% | 3,672 | 45.32% | 150 | 1.85% | 3 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.04% | 603 | 7.44% | 8,103 |
Juneau | 2,805 | 61.00% | 1,714 | 37.28% | 64 | 1.39% | 8 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.15% | 1,091 | 23.73% | 4,598 |
Kenosha | 2,806 | 60.80% | 1,750 | 37.92% | 53 | 1.15% | 5 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,056 | 22.88% | 4,615 [lower-alpha 6] |
Kewaunee | 1,812 | 51.36% | 1,702 | 48.24% | 14 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 110 | 3.12% | 3,528 |
La Crosse | 6,201 | 64.36% | 3,215 | 33.37% | 204 | 2.12% | 8 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,986 | 30.99% | 9,635 |
Lafayette | 2,910 | 54.92% | 2,265 | 42.74% | 119 | 2.25% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.08% | 645 | 12.17% | 5,299 |
Langlade | 1,394 | 57.25% | 1,018 | 41.81% | 22 | 0.90% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 376 | 15.44% | 2,435 |
Lincoln | 1,675 | 46.92% | 1,849 | 51.79% | 43 | 1.20% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -174 | -4.87% | 3,570 |
Manitowoc | 4,401 | 51.87% | 3,995 | 47.09% | 65 | 0.77% | 12 | 0.14% | 11 | 0.13% | 406 | 4.79% | 8,484 |
Marathon | 3,668 | 46.05% | 4,198 | 52.70% | 73 | 0.92% | 25 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.03% | -530 | -6.65% | 7,966 |
Marinette | 4,358 | 69.69% | 1,808 | 28.91% | 76 | 1.22% | 9 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,550 | 40.78% | 6,253 |
Marquette | 1,475 | 63.06% | 840 | 35.91% | 23 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 635 | 27.15% | 2,339 |
Milwaukee | 35,463 | 55.16% | 27,464 | 42.72% | 643 | 1.00% | 679 | 1.06% | 40 | 0.06% | 7,999 | 12.44% | 64,289 |
Monroe | 3,669 | 59.52% | 2,374 | 38.51% | 108 | 1.75% | 1 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.19% | 1,295 | 21.01% | 6,164 |
Oconto | 2,911 | 68.88% | 1,253 | 29.65% | 54 | 1.28% | 5 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,658 | 39.23% | 4,226 |
Oneida | 1,405 | 68.91% | 604 | 29.62% | 30 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 801 | 39.28% | 2,039 |
Outagamie | 5,379 | 55.12% | 4,196 | 43.00% | 150 | 1.54% | 8 | 0.08% | 26 | 0.27% | 1,183 | 12.12% | 9,759 |
Ozaukee | 1,546 | 43.26% | 1,988 | 55.62% | 29 | 0.81% | 10 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.03% | -442 | -12.37% | 3,574 |
Pepin | 1,295 | 72.71% | 442 | 24.82% | 42 | 2.36% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 853 | 47.89% | 1,781 |
Pierce | 3,697 | 69.75% | 1,415 | 26.70% | 182 | 3.43% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,282 | 43.06% | 5,300 [lower-alpha 6] |
Polk | 2,848 | 74.89% | 886 | 23.30% | 65 | 1.71% | 3 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,962 | 51.59% | 3,803 |
Portage | 3,476 | 53.28% | 2,955 | 45.29% | 85 | 1.30% | 2 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.09% | 521 | 7.99% | 6,524 |
Price | 1,444 | 70.71% | 553 | 27.08% | 38 | 1.86% | 6 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.05% | 891 | 43.63% | 2,042 |
Racine | 5,733 | 56.77% | 4,101 | 40.61% | 241 | 2.39% | 5 | 0.05% | 19 | 0.19% | 1,632 | 16.16% | 10,099 |
Richland | 2,635 | 54.16% | 2,088 | 42.92% | 139 | 2.86% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 547 | 11.24% | 4,865 |
Rock | 8,224 | 67.48% | 3,657 | 30.01% | 292 | 2.40% | 10 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.03% | 4,567 | 37.47% | 12,187 |
Sauk | 4,594 | 61.16% | 2,637 | 35.11% | 263 | 3.50% | 9 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,957 | 26.06% | 7,511 |
Sawyer | 506 | 55.97% | 371 | 41.04% | 27 | 2.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 135 | 14.93% | 904 |
Shawano | 3,019 | 64.34% | 1,604 | 34.19% | 55 | 1.17% | 11 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,415 | 30.16% | 4,692 |
Sheboygan | 6,543 | 62.99% | 3,426 | 32.98% | 88 | 0.85% | 313 | 3.01% | 18 | 0.17% | 3,117 | 30.01% | 10,388 |
St. Croix | 3,424 | 56.13% | 2,479 | 40.64% | 187 | 3.07% | 6 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.07% | 945 | 15.49% | 6,100 |
Taylor | 1,355 | 63.32% | 759 | 35.47% | 20 | 0.93% | 2 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.19% | 596 | 27.85% | 2,140 |
Trempealeau | 3,300 | 67.87% | 1,390 | 28.59% | 161 | 3.31% | 5 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.12% | 1,910 | 39.28% | 4,862 |
Vernon | 4,378 | 71.50% | 1,638 | 26.75% | 98 | 1.60% | 3 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,740 | 44.75% | 6,123 [lower-alpha 4] |
Vilas | 731 | 61.02% | 459 | 38.31% | 8 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 272 | 22.70% | 1,198 |
Walworth | 5,292 | 70.14% | 1,889 | 25.04% | 348 | 4.61% | 3 | 0.04% | 13 | 0.17% | 3,403 | 45.10% | 7,545 |
Washburn | 765 | 73.42% | 253 | 24.28% | 22 | 2.11% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 512 | 49.14% | 1,042 |
Washington | 2,833 | 53.08% | 2,461 | 46.11% | 30 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.13% | 372 | 6.97% | 5,337 |
Waukesha | 5,331 | 60.61% | 3,282 | 37.32% | 177 | 2.01% | 2 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,049 | 23.30% | 8,795 |
Waupaca | 5,456 | 75.54% | 1,593 | 22.05% | 139 | 1.92% | 3 | 0.04% | 32 | 0.44% | 3,863 | 53.48% | 7,223 |
Waushara | 3,207 | 84.71% | 470 | 12.41% | 105 | 2.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.11% | 2,737 | 72.29% | 3,786 |
Winnebago | 7,835 | 58.97% | 5,213 | 39.24% | 213 | 1.60% | 14 | 0.11% | 11 | 0.08% | 2,622 | 19.74% | 13,286 |
Wood | 2,766 | 57.84% | 1,952 | 40.82% | 52 | 1.09% | 6 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.13% | 814 | 17.02% | 4,782 |
Total | 264,981 | 59.67% | 169,257 | 38.11% | 8,144 | 1.83% | 1,306 | 0.29% | 407 | 0.09% | 95,724 | 21.55% | 444,110 |
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