1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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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]
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
[edit]Republican (Union) party
[edit]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 years—in the Assembly for the 1852 session, and in the Senate for the 1853 session.
Democratic party
[edit]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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Union | James T. Lewis | 72,717 | 59.59% | +5.41% | |
| Democratic | Henry L. Palmer | 49,053 | 40.20% | −5.60% | |
| Independent | Edward Salomon (write-in) | 227 | 0.19% | ||
| Scattering | 32 | 0.03% | |||
| Majority | 23,664 | 19.39% | |||
| Total votes | 122,029 | 100.00% | |||
| National Union hold | Swing | +11.01% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[2][3] | James T. Lewis National Union |
Henry L. Palmer Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 692 | 75.79% | 221 | 24.21% | 471 | 51.59% | 913 |
| Ashland | 32 | 51.61% | 30 | 48.39% | 2 | 3.23% | 62 |
| Brown | 543 | 33.81% | 1,062 | 66.13% | -519 | -32.32% | 1,606[a] |
| Buffalo | 548 | 68.16% | 255 | 31.72% | 293 | 36.44% | 804[a] |
| Calumet | 557 | 44.07% | 707 | 55.93% | -150 | -11.87% | 1,264 |
| Chippewa | 226 | 45.38% | 272 | 54.62% | -46 | -9.24% | 498 |
| Clark | 106 | 70.20% | 45 | 29.80% | 61 | 40.40% | 151 |
| Columbia | 2,896 | 69.65% | 1,262 | 30.35% | 1,634 | 39.30% | 4,158 |
| Crawford | 712 | 51.67% | 666 | 48.33% | 46 | 3.34% | 1,378 |
| Dane | 4,152 | 53.52% | 3,598 | 46.38% | 554 | 7.14% | 7,758[b] |
| Dodge[c] | 3,677 | 46.88% | 4,166 | 53.12% | -489 | -6.23% | 7,843 |
| Door | 230 | 82.44% | 49 | 17.56% | 181 | 64.87% | 279 |
| Douglas | 48 | 40.34% | 71 | 59.66% | -23 | -19.33% | 119 |
| Dunn | 507 | 65.00% | 273 | 35.00% | 234 | 30.00% | 780 |
| Eau Claire | 501 | 62.70% | 298 | 37.30% | 203 | 25.41% | 799 |
| Fond du Lac | 3,579 | 57.30% | 2,667 | 42.70% | 912 | 14.60% | 6,246 |
| Grant | 3,404 | 72.16% | 1,313 | 27.84% | 2,091 | 44.33% | 4,717 |
| Green | 2,046 | 70.99% | 836 | 29.01% | 1,210 | 41.98% | 2,882 |
| Green Lake | 1,499 | 77.59% | 433 | 22.41% | 1,066 | 55.18% | 1,932 |
| Iowa | 1,351 | 51.82% | 1,256 | 48.18% | 95 | 3.64% | 2,607 |
| Jackson | 559 | 73.26% | 204 | 26.74% | 355 | 46.53% | 763 |
| Jefferson | 2,299 | 48.53% | 2,438 | 51.47% | -139 | -2.93% | 4,737 |
| Juneau | 893 | 57.10% | 671 | 42.90% | 222 | 14.19% | 1,564 |
| Kenosha | 1,328 | 67.76% | 632 | 32.24% | 696 | 35.51% | 1,960 |
| Kewaunee | 143 | 23.87% | 456 | 76.13% | -313 | -52.25% | 599 |
| La Crosse | 1,299 | 64.28% | 717 | 35.48% | 582 | 28.80% | 2,021[d] |
| La Pointe | 43 | 78.18% | 12 | 21.82% | 31 | 56.36% | 55 |
| Lafayette | 1,483 | 50.34% | 1,463 | 49.66% | 20 | 0.68% | 2,946 |
| Manitowoc | 1,302 | 40.05% | 1,949 | 59.95% | -647 | -19.90% | 3,251 |
| Marathon | 107 | 21.02% | 402 | 78.98% | -295 | -57.96% | 509 |
| Marquette | 594 | 46.19% | 692 | 53.81% | -98 | -7.62% | 1,286 |
| Milwaukee | 3,170 | 35.24% | 5,815 | 64.64% | -2,645 | -29.40% | 8,996[e] |
| Monroe | 1,113 | 66.53% | 560 | 33.47% | 553 | 33.05% | 1,673 |
| Oconto | 326 | 85.56% | 55 | 14.44% | 271 | 71.13% | 381 |
| Outagamie | 737 | 42.09% | 1,014 | 57.91% | -277 | -15.82% | 1,751 |
| Ozaukee | 279 | 13.93% | 1,724 | 86.07% | -1,445 | -72.14% | 2,003 |
| Pepin | 295 | 75.45% | 96 | 24.55% | 199 | 50.90% | 391 |
| Pierce | 597 | 66.70% | 298 | 33.30% | 299 | 33.41% | 895 |
| Polk | 198 | 70.21% | 84 | 29.79% | 114 | 40.43% | 282 |
| Portage | 790 | 71.49% | 315 | 28.51% | 475 | 42.99% | 1,105 |
| Racine | 2,156 | 60.54% | 1,405 | 39.46% | 751 | 21.09% | 3,561 |
| Richland | 1,135 | 64.42% | 627 | 35.58% | 508 | 28.83% | 1,762 |
| Rock | 4,053 | 74.68% | 1,368 | 25.21% | 2,685 | 49.47% | 5,427[f] |
| Sauk | 2,061 | 67.33% | 854 | 27.90% | 1,207 | 39.43% | 3,061[g] |
| Shawano | 138 | 56.10% | 108 | 43.90% | 30 | 12.20% | 246 |
| Sheboygan[h] | 2,076 | 53.23% | 1,824 | 46.77% | 252 | 6.46% | 3,900 |
| St. Croix | 594 | 54.65% | 493 | 45.35% | 101 | 9.29% | 1,087 |
| Trempealeau | 517 | 85.88% | 85 | 14.12% | 432 | 71.76% | 602 |
| Vernon | 1,155 | 76.24% | 360 | 23.76% | 795 | 52.48% | 1,515 |
| Walworth | 3,511 | 78.14% | 981 | 21.83% | 2,530 | 56.31% | 4,493[a] |
| Washington | 659 | 21.14% | 2,453 | 78.70% | -1,794 | -57.56% | 3,117[d] |
| Waukesha | 2,386 | 50.99% | 2,293 | 49.01% | 93 | 1.99% | 4,679 |
| Waupaca | 1,222 | 73.57% | 438 | 26.37% | 784 | 47.20% | 1,661[a] |
| Waushara | 1,098 | 79.45% | 284 | 20.55% | 814 | 58.90% | 1,382 |
| Winnebago | 2,796 | 64.72% | 1,524 | 35.28% | 1,272 | 29.44% | 4,320 |
| Wood | 284 | 46.48% | 327 | 53.52% | -43 | -7.04% | 611 |
| Soldiers[i] | 7,768 | 92.65% | 542 | 6.46% | 7,226 | 86.19% | 8,384[j] |
| Total | 72,717 | 59.59% | 49,053 | 40.20% | 23,664 | 19.39% | 122,029 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to National Union
[edit]Counties that flipped from National Union to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d Includes 1 Scattering vote
- ^ Includes 8 Scattering votes
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Includes 5 Scattering votes
- ^ Includes 11 votes for Salomon
- ^ Includes 4 votes for Salomon and 2 Scattering votes
- ^ Includes 146 votes for Salomon
- ^ This county's canvass was declared to be illegal by the Board of Canvassers. These votes are not included in the statewide totals.
- ^ The rejected Soldier vote was 1,464 for Lewis, 156 for Palmer, and 32 Scattering.
- ^ Includes 66 votes for Salomon and 8 Scattering votes
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b 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.