1894 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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November 6, 1894


Nominee	William H. Upham	George Wilbur Peck	David Frank Powell
Party	Republican	Democratic	Populist
Popular vote	196,150	142,250	25,604
Percentage	52.24%	37.89%	6.82%

Governor before election

William H. Upham
Democratic

Elected Governor

George Wilbur Peck
Republican

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The 1894 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894.

Incumbent Democratic Governor George Wilbur Peck was defeated by Republican nominee William H. Upham.

General election[]

Candidates[]

Major party candidates

George Wilbur Peck, Democratic, incumbent Governor
William H. Upham, Republican, former mayor of Marshfield^[1]

Other candidates

Capt. John F. Cleghorn, Prohibition
David Frank Powell, Labor, mayor of La Crosse,^[2]^[3] Union Labor nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1888

Results[]

1894 Wisconsin gubernatorial election^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William H. Upham (incumbent)	196,150	52.24%
	Democratic	George Wilbur Peck	142,250	37.89%
	Populist	David Frank Powell	25,604	6.82%
	Prohibition	John F. Cleghorn	11,240	2.99%
	Scattering		205	0.06%
Majority			53,900	14.35%
Turnout			375,449	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References[]

^ Edwards, C. B., ed. (1907). Codification of the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Marshfield, Wisconsin. The Times. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ Benjamin F. Bryant (ed.). Memoirs of La Crosse County from Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Association, 1907, pp. 200-201.
^ "The Campaign Opened". Watertown Republican. Watertown, Wis. August 29, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 87.
^ "WI Governor, 1894". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1895, pp. 342–343.
^ Glashan 1979, pp. 340–341.

Bibliography[]

Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
Casson, Henry, ed. (1895). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co.

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