1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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Nominee George Wilbur Peck William D. Hoard
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 160,388 132,068
Percentage 51.86% 42.71%
County results
Peck :      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80-90%
Hoard :      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

William D. Hoard
Republican

Elected Governor

George Wilbur Peck
Democratic

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The 1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890.

Incumbent Republican Governor William D. Hoard was defeated by Democratic nominee George Wilbur Peck.

Peck became the first Democratic Governor of Wisconsin since William Robert Taylor in 1876.

General election

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Results

1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic George W. Peck 160,388 51.86% +8.05%
Republican William D. Hoard (incumbent) 132,068 42.70% −6.83%
Prohibition Charles Alexander 11,246 3.64% −0.42%
Union Labor Reuben May 5,447[a] 1.76% −0.83%
Blank 105 0.03%
Majority 28,320 9.16%
Total votes 309,254 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing +14.87%

Results by county

Peck was the first Democrat to ever win Marinette County, Monroe County and Washburn County. Additionally, Green County, Portage County, and Sauk County voted Democratic for the first time since 1853. After this election, Buffalo County, Green County, Monroe County, Price County, Sauk County, and Washburn County would not vote Democratic again until 1932 while Eau Claire County would not do so again until 1950.

This was the first election in which Jackson County and Pierce County voted for the losing candidate, ending bellwether streaks that had extended back to 1851 and 1853, respectively.

County[1][2] George W. Peck
Democratic 		William D. Hoard
Republican 		Charles Alexander
Prohibition 		Reuben May
Union Labor 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 292 27.42% 713 66.95% 27 2.54% 33 3.10% -421 -39.53% 1,065
Ashland 1,728 47.14% 1,760 48.01% 102 2.78% 76 2.07% -32 -0.87% 3,666
Barron 731 32.39% 1,147 50.82% 172 7.62% 207 9.17% -416 -18.43% 2,257
Bayfield 432 35.47% 600 49.26% 69 5.67% 117 9.61% -168 -13.79% 1,218
Brown 3,083 59.51% 1,938 37.41% 97 1.87% 63 1.22% 1,145 22.10% 5,181
Buffalo 1,408 52.56% 1,154 43.08% 93 3.47% 24 0.90% 254 9.48% 2,679
Burnett 48 9.01% 312 58.54% 149 27.95% 24 4.50% -163[b] -30.59% 533
Calumet 1,720 66.46% 769 29.71% 24 0.93% 75 2.90% 951 36.75% 2,588
Chippewa 2,171 51.40% 1,792 42.42% 221 5.23% 40 0.95% 379 8.97% 4,224
Clark 1,493 45.55% 1,600 48.81% 162 4.94% 23 0.70% -107 -3.26% 3,278
Columbia 2,418 45.26% 2,627 49.17% 243 4.55% 55 1.03% -209 -3.91% 5,343
Crawford 1,503 49.97% 1,356 45.08% 67 2.23% 82 2.73% 147 4.89% 3,008
Dane 6,212 49.13% 5,632 44.54% 742 5.87% 59 0.47% 580 4.59% 12,645
Dodge 6,593 73.11% 2,210 24.51% 186 2.06% 29 0.32% 4,383 48.60% 9,018
Door 978 45.79% 1,061 49.67% 66 3.09% 31 1.45% -83 -3.89% 2,136
Douglas 781 35.09% 997 44.79% 152 6.83% 296 13.30% -216 -9.70% 2,226
Dunn 1,317 40.26% 1,662 50.81% 235 7.18% 57 1.74% -345 -10.55% 3,271
Eau Claire 1,998 42.10% 1,861 39.21% 622 13.11% 265 5.58% 137 2.89% 4,746
Florence 155 38.18% 218 53.69% 21 5.17% 12 2.96% 63 15.52% 406
Fond du Lac 4,984 57.66% 3,399 39.32% 202 2.34% 59 0.68% 1,585 18.34% 8,644
Forest 127 48.11% 113 42.80% 11 4.17% 13 4.92% 14 5.30% 264
Grant 3,347 46.13% 3,513 48.42% 335 4.62% 60 0.83% -166 -2.29% 7,255
Green 2,003 46.06% 1,980 45.53% 283 6.51% 83 1.91% 23 0.53% 4,349
Green Lake 1,691 55.10% 1,301 42.39% 63 2.05% 14 0.46% 390 12.71% 3,069
Iowa 2,107 45.88% 2,094 45.60% 380 8.28% 11 0.24% 13 0.28% 4,592
Jackson 1,007 37.84% 1,371 51.52% 252 9.47% 31 1.16% -364 -13.68% 2,661
Jefferson 4,199 63.49% 2,222 33.60% 176 2.66% 17 0.26% 1,977 29.89% 6,614
Juneau 1,618 45.09% 1,826 50.89% 113 3.15% 31 0.86% -208 -5.80% 3,588
Kenosha 1,657 52.06% 1,371 43.07% 61 1.92% 17 0.53% 286 8.99% 3,183[c]
Kewaunee 1,992 76.70% 545 20.99% 33 1.27% 27 1.04% 1,447 55.72% 2,597
La Crosse 3,819 52.32% 3,101 42.49% 290 3.97% 89 1.22% 718 9.84% 7,299
Lafayette 2,145 46.48% 2,270 49.19% 180 3.90% 20 0.43% -125 -2.71% 4,615
Langlade 1,077 59.40% 661 36.46% 61 3.36% 14 0.77% 416 22.95% 1,813
Lincoln 1,398 58.52% 901 37.71% 55 2.30% 35 1.47% 497 20.80% 2,389
Manitowoc 4,087 67.08% 1,905 31.27% 52 0.85% 49 0.80% 2,182 35.81% 6,093
Marathon 3,500 69.43% 1,391 27.59% 69 1.37% 81 1.61% 2,109 41.84% 5,041
Marinette 1,377 48.59% 1,140 40.23% 135 4.76% 182 6.42% 237 8.36% 2,834
Marquette 1,185 59.70% 743 37.43% 49 2.47% 8 0.40% 442 22.27% 1,985
Milwaukee 24,520 55.48% 18,313 41.44% 153 0.35% 1,208 2.73% 6,207 14.04% 44,194
Monroe 2,136 48.02% 2,060 46.31% 178 4.00% 46 1.03% 76 1.71% 4,448[d]
Oconto 1,149 53.79% 896 41.95% 49 2.29% 42 1.97% 253 11.84% 2,136
Oneida 803 50.38% 697 43.73% 44 2.76% 50 3.14% 106 6.65% 1,594
Outagamie 4,213 64.35% 2,060 31.46% 182 2.78% 92 1.41% 2,153 32.89% 6,547
Ozaukee 2,326 83.52% 411 14.76% 15 0.54% 33 1.18% 1,915 68.76% 2,785
Pepin 433 37.04% 599 51.24% 131 11.21% 6 0.51% -166 -14.20% 1,169
Pierce 867 31.13% 1,568 56.30% 251 9.01% 99 3.55% -701 -25.17% 2,785
Polk 507 26.60% 1,154 60.55% 194 10.18% 51 2.68% -647 -33.95% 1,906
Portage 2,342 55.70% 1,740 41.38% 100 2.38% 23 0.55% 602 14.32% 4,205
Price 652 46.44% 633 45.09% 72 5.13% 47 3.35% 19 1.35% 1,404
Racine 3,424 47.48% 3,274 45.40% 259 3.59% 254 3.52% 150 2.08% 7,211
Richland 1,425 38.79% 1,874 51.01% 258 7.02% 117 3.18% -449 -12.22% 3,674
Rock 3,411 40.22% 4,629 54.59% 402 4.74% 38 0.45% -1,218 -14.36% 8,480
Sauk 2,709 48.42% 2,463 44.02% 378 6.76% 45 0.80% 246 4.40% 5,595
Sawyer 220 36.97% 307 51.60% 38 6.39% 30 5.04% -87 -14.62% 595
Shawano 2,010 62.04% 1,115 34.41% 59 1.82% 56 1.73% 895 27.62% 3,240
Sheboygan 5,013 62.74% 2,815 35.23% 88 1.10% 74 0.93% 2,198 27.51% 7,990
St. Croix 1,701 41.29% 1,955 47.45% 378 9.17% 86 2.09% -254 -6.17% 4,120
Taylor 795 59.77% 480 36.09% 31 2.33% 24 1.80% 315 23.68% 1,330
Trempealeau 1,373 45.97% 1,387 46.43% 198 6.63% 29 0.97% -14 -0.47% 2,987
Vernon 1,404 36.04% 2,216 56.88% 173 4.44% 103 2.64% -812 -20.84% 3,896
Walworth 1,906 34.84% 3,134 57.29% 373 6.82% 57 1.04% -1,228 -22.45% 5,470
Washburn 308 45.97% 304 45.37% 49 7.31% 9 1.34% 4 0.60% 670
Washington 2,990 69.10% 1,276 29.49% 31 0.72% 30 0.69% 1,714 39.61% 4,327
Waukesha 3,220 48.59% 3,145 47.46% 213 3.21% 49 0.74% 75 1.13% 6,627
Waupaca 2,117 43.23% 2,567 52.42% 178 3.63% 35 0.71% -450 -9.19% 4,897
Waushara 830 31.62% 1,651 62.90% 112 4.27% 32 1.22% -821 -31.28% 2,625
Winnebago 5,224 50.44% 4,646 44.86% 364 3.51% 122 1.18% 578 5.58% 10,356
Wood 1,979 56.25% 1,443 41.02% 45 1.28% 51 1.45% 536 15.24% 3,518
Total 160,388 51.86% 132,068 42.71% 11,246 3.64% 5,447[a] 1.76% 28,320 9.16% 309,254

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ^ a b This stated total seems likely to be a mistake. The county figures add up to 5,347
  2. ^ Hoard's margin over Alexander
  3. ^ Includes 77 Blank votes
  4. ^ Includes 28 Blank votes

References

  1. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the votes given for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, Railroad Commissioner and Commissioner of Insurance, at the General Election held in the several counties of the State of Wisconsin on the 4th day of November, A.D. 1890
  2. ^ a b Cunningham, Thomas J., ed. (1891). "Vote for State Officers, 1890". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. pp. 256–257.

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