1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1879 November 8, 1881 1884 →
 
Nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk Nicholas D. Fratt Theodore D. Kanouse
Party Republican Democratic Prohibition
Popular vote 81,754 69,797 13,225
Percentage 47.57% 40.61% 7.70%

County results
Rusk :      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Fratt :      30–40%      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

William E. Smith
Republican

Elected Governor

Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Republican

The 1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1881.

Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Nicholas D. Fratt and two other nominees with 47.57% of the vote.

This was the last Wisconsin gubernatorial election held in an odd-numbered year. In 1882, a constitutional amendment was carried moving gubernatorial elections to even-numbered years.


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