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The 1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898.
Incumbent Republican Governor Edward Scofield defeated Democratic nominee Hiram Wilson Sawyer with 52.55% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- Hiram Wilson Sawyer, Democratic, lawyer
- Edward Scofield, Republican, incumbent Governor
Other candidates
- Albinus A. Worsley, People's, farmer
- Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in 1882
- Howard Tuttle, Social Democrat, scenic artist
- Henry Riese, Socialist Labor, farmer
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Edward Scofield (incumbent) | 173,137 | 52.56% | −7.11% | |
| Democratic | Hiram Wilson Sawyer | 135,353 | 41.09% | +2.98% | |
| Populist | Albinus A. Worsley | 8,518 | 2.59% | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 8,078 | 2.45% | +0.62% | |
| Social Democratic | Howard Tuttle | 2,544 | 0.77% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Henry Riese | 1,473 | 0.45% | +0.15% | |
| Scattering | 150 | 0.05% | |||
| Blank | 177 | 0.05% | |||
| Majority | 37,784 | 11.47% | |||
| Total votes | 329,430 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -10.08% | |||
Results by county
Scofield was the first Republican to ever win Marathon County. After this election, Lincoln County and Wood County would not vote Democratic again until 1932 and those counties would also not vote for the losing candidate again until 1940.
| County | Edward Scofield Republican |
Hiram Wilson Sawyer Democratic |
Albinus A. Worsley Populist |
Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition |
Howard Tuttle Social Democratic |
Henry Riese Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,055 | 68.82% | 420 | 27.40% | 17 | 1.11% | 27 | 1.76% | 7 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.13% | 635 | 41.42% | 1,533 |
| Ashland | 1,703 | 54.78% | 1,252 | 40.27% | 46 | 1.48% | 75 | 2.41% | 8 | 0.26% | 25 | 0.80% | 451 | 14.51% | 3,109 |
| Barron | 1,660 | 64.57% | 675 | 26.25% | 118 | 4.59% | 106 | 4.12% | 3 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.23% | 985 | 38.31% | 2.571 |
| Bayfield | 1,235 | 60.36% | 697 | 34.07% | 28 | 1.37% | 68 | 3.32% | 6 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.49% | 538 | 26.30% | 2,046 |
| Brown | 3,476 | 52.48% | 2,929 | 44.22% | 65 | 0.98% | 121 | 1.83% | 13 | 0.20% | 19 | 0.29% | 547 | 8.26% | 6,623 |
| Buffalo | 1,640 | 59.44% | 1,011 | 36.64% | 47 | 1.70% | 51 | 1.85% | 6 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.14% | 629 | 22.80% | 2,759 |
| Burnett | 703 | 72.77% | 54 | 5.59% | 136 | 14.08% | 56 | 5.80% | 3 | 0.31% | 12 | 1.24% | 567 | 58.69% | 966 |
| Calumet | 1,370 | 47.24% | 1.411 | 48.66% | 65 | 2.24% | 30 | 1.03% | 10 | 0.34% | 8 | 0.28% | -41 | -1.41% | 2,900 |
| Chippewa | 2,273 | 49.35% | 2,150 | 46.68% | 55 | 1.19% | 120 | 2.61% | 3 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.09% | 123 | 2.67% | 4,606 |
| Clark | 2,048 | 65.31% | 948 | 30.23% | 36 | 1.15% | 95 | 3.03% | 4 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,100 | 35.08% | 3,136 |
| Columbia | 3,526 | 59.29% | 2,143 | 36.03% | 51 | 0.86% | 208 | 3.50% | 12 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,383 | 23.26% | 5,947 |
| Crawford | 1,720 | 55.00% | 1,305 | 41.73% | 44 | 1.41% | 52 | 1.66% | 3 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.06% | 415 | 13.27% | 3,127 |
| Dane | 5,461 | 44.08% | 6,276 | 50.65% | 76 | 0.61% | 496 | 4.00% | 31 | 0.25% | 14 | 0.11% | -815 | -6.58% | 12,390 |
| Dodge | 3,534 | 38.78% | 5,384 | 59.08% | 53 | 0.58% | 122 | 1.34% | 12 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.04% | -1,850 | -20.30% | 9,113 |
| Door | 1,571 | 68.13% | 648 | 28.10% | 32 | 1.39% | 43 | 1.86% | 5 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.17% | 923 | 40.03% | 2,306 |
| Douglas | 2,862 | 60.38% | 1,578 | 33.29% | 70 | 1.48% | 182 | 3.84% | 17 | 0.36% | 31 | 0.65% | 1,284 | 27.09% | 4,740 |
| Dunn | 1,527 | 53.62% | 1,022 | 35.88% | 152 | 5.34% | 127 | 4.46% | 7 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.25% | 505 | 17.73% | 2,848 |
| Eau Claire | 2,648 | 56.32% | 1,850 | 39.34% | 42 | 0.89% | 133 | 2.83% | 22 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.15% | 798 | 16.97% | 4,702 |
| Florence | 297 | 68.12% | 120 | 27.52% | 10 | 2.29% | 6 | 1.38% | 2 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.23% | 177 | 40.60% | 436 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,201 | 47.91% | 4,194 | 47.83% | 114 | 1.30% | 235 | 2.68% | 17 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.08% | 8,768 |
| Forest | 185 | 56.40% | 132 | 40.24% | 3 | 0.91% | 7 | 2.13% | 1 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 53 | 16.16% | 328 |
| Grant | 4,094 | 56.06% | 2,947 | 40.35% | 49 | 0.67% | 188 | 2.57% | 15 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,147 | 15.71% | 7,303 |
| Green | 2,042 | 53.58% | 1,448 | 38.00% | 168 | 4.41% | 129 | 3.38% | 15 | 0.39% | 5 | 0.13% | 594 | 15.59% | 3,811 |
| Green Lake | 1,914 | 51.31% | 1,682 | 45.09% | 51 | 1.37% | 65 | 1.74% | 6 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.32% | 232 | 6.22% | 3,730 |
| Iowa | 2,285 | 51.65% | 1,848 | 41.77% | 33 | 0.75% | 243 | 5.49% | 7 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.11% | 437 | 9.88% | 4,424 |
| Iron | 696 | 58.10% | 473 | 39.48% | 7 | 0.58% | 16 | 1.34% | 5 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.08% | 223 | 18.61% | 1,198 |
| Jackson | 1,575 | 67.95% | 639 | 27.57% | 19 | 0.82% | 78 | 3.36% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 936 | 40.38% | 2,318 |
| Jefferson | 2,750 | 41.88% | 3,606 | 54.91% | 46 | 0.70% | 146 | 2.22% | 11 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.12% | -856 | -13.03% | 6,567 |
| Juneau | 2,203 | 55.28% | 1,661 | 41.68% | 43 | 1.08% | 69 | 1.73% | 5 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.08% | 542 | 13.60% | 3,985 |
| Kenosha | 2,027 | 49.78% | 1,674 | 41.11% | 128 | 3.14% | 56 | 1.38% | 3 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.15% | 353 | 8.67% | 4,072 |
| Kewaunee | 1,239 | 41.66% | 1,682 | 56.56% | 23 | 0.77% | 22 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.20% | -443 | -14.90% | 2,974 |
| La Crosse | 3,864 | 59.57% | 2,358 | 36.35% | 74 | 1.14% | 173 | 2.67% | 10 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,506 | 23.22% | 6,487 |
| Lafayette | 2,228 | 51.19% | 1,982 | 45.54% | 27 | 0.62% | 109 | 2.50% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 246 | 5.65% | 4,352 |
| Langlade | 868 | 42.84% | 1,102 | 54.39% | 20 | 0.99% | 25 | 1.23% | 3 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.39% | -234 | -11.55% | 2,026 |
| Lincoln | 1,132 | 42.91% | 1,327 | 50.30% | 108 | 4.09% | 57 | 2.16% | 10 | 0.38% | 4 | 0.15% | -195 | -7.39% | 2,638 |
| Manitowoc | 3,265 | 45.52% | 3,707 | 51.68% | 58 | 0.81% | 58 | 0.81% | 68 | 0.95% | 17 | 0.24% | -442 | -6.16% | 7,173 |
| Marathon | 3,068 | 49.62% | 2,765 | 44.72% | 269 | 4.35% | 57 | 0.92% | 10 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.23% | 303 | 4.90% | 6,183 |
| Marinette | 3,062 | 66.21% | 1,397 | 30.21% | 41 | 0.89% | 105 | 2.27% | 13 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.15% | 1,665 | 36.00% | 4,625 |
| Marquette | 1,210 | 57.89% | 840 | 40.19% | 10 | 0.48% | 24 | 1.15% | 3 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.14% | 370 | 17.70% | 2,090 |
| Milwaukee | 20,233 | 44.64% | 19,484 | 42.99% | 2,651 | 5.85% | 539 | 1.19% | 1,633 | 3.60% | 779 | 1.72% | 749 | 1.65% | 45,323 |
| Monroe | 2,691 | 56.76% | 1,848 | 38.98% | 44 | 0.93% | 151 | 3.18% | 5 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | 843 | 17.78% | 4,741 |
| Oconto | 1,945 | 60.31% | 1,157 | 35.88% | 50 | 1.55% | 53 | 1.64% | 10 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.31% | 788 | 24.43% | 3,225 |
| Oneida | 1,095 | 58.49% | 708 | 37.82% | 19 | 1.01% | 38 | 2.03% | 7 | 0.37% | 5 | 0.27% | 387 | 20.67% | 1,872 |
| Outagamie | 3,784 | 53.31% | 3,074 | 43.31% | 54 | 0.76% | 159 | 2.24% | 6 | 0.08% | 21 | 0.30% | 710 | 10.00% | 7,098 |
| Ozaukee | 857 | 35.31% | 1,504 | 61.97% | 48 | 1.98% | 6 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.21% | -647 | -26.66% | 2,427 |
| Pepin | 865 | 64.84% | 433 | 32.46% | 6 | 0.45% | 29 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.07% | 432 | 32.38% | 1,334 |
| Pierce | 1,771 | 67.72% | 621 | 23.75% | 93 | 3.56% | 122 | 4.67% | 1 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,150 | 43.98% | 2,615 |
| Polk | 1,822 | 74.55% | 384 | 15.71% | 135 | 5.52% | 66 | 2.70% | 12 | 0.49% | 22 | 0.90% | 1,438 | 58.84% | 2,444 |
| Portage | 2,219 | 49.25% | 2,137 | 47.43% | 35 | 0.78% | 96 | 2.13% | 7 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.22% | 82 | 1.82% | 4,506 |
| Price | 951 | 58.63% | 515 | 31.75% | 13 | 0.80% | 98 | 6.04% | 12 | 0.74% | 33 | 2.03% | 436 | 26.88% | 1,622 |
| Racine | 3,846 | 48.97% | 2,850 | 36.29% | 926 | 11.79% | 197 | 2.51% | 16 | 0.20% | 19 | 0.24% | 996 | 12.68% | 7,854 |
| Richland | 1,852 | 51.56% | 1,430 | 39.81% | 121 | 3.37% | 178 | 4.96% | 1 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.19% | 422 | 11.75% | 3,592 |
| Rock | 5,427 | 63.65% | 2,676 | 31.39% | 101 | 1.18% | 293 | 3.44% | 11 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.13% | 2,751 | 32.27% | 8,526 |
| Sauk | 2,671 | 54.01% | 1,999 | 40.42% | 32 | 0.65% | 230 | 4.65% | 5 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.14% | 672 | 13.59% | 4,945 |
| Sawyer | 547 | 57.52% | 355 | 37.33% | 11 | 1.16% | 31 | 3.26% | 5 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.21% | 192 | 20.19% | 951 |
| Shawano | 1,863 | 54.36% | 1,451 | 42.34% | 62 | 1.81% | 36 | 1.05% | 3 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.32% | 412 | 12.02% | 3,427 |
| Sheboygan | 4,137 | 51.65% | 3,203 | 39.99% | 210 | 2.62% | 66 | 0.82% | 293 | 3.66% | 89 | 1.11% | 934 | 11.66% | 8,010 |
| St. Croix | 2,111 | 54.21% | 1,481 | 38.03% | 119 | 3.06% | 168 | 4.31% | 5 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.18% | 630 | 16.18% | 3,894 |
| Taylor | 869 | 46.52% | 921 | 49.30% | 34 | 1.82% | 30 | 1.61% | 7 | 0.37% | 7 | 0.37% | -52 | -2.78% | 1,868 |
| Trempealeau | 1,994 | 66.29% | 827 | 27.49% | 32 | 1.06% | 135 | 4.49% | 10 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,167 | 38.80% | 3,008 |
| Vernon | 2,440 | 64.88% | 1,111 | 29.54% | 76 | 2.02% | 112 | 2.98% | 7 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,329 | 35.34% | 3,761 |
| Vilas | 695 | 52.53% | 587 | 44.37% | 14 | 1.06% | 13 | 0.98% | 9 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.38% | 108 | 8.16% | 1,323 |
| Walworth | 3,352 | 66.96% | 1,313 | 26.23% | 46 | 0.92% | 283 | 5.65% | 9 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,039 | 40.73% | 5,006 |
| Washburn | 598 | 67.19% | 244 | 27.42% | 23 | 2.58% | 21 | 2.36% | 1 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.34% | 354 | 39.78% | 890 |
| Washington | 2,094 | 44.22% | 2,583 | 54.55% | 24 | 0.51% | 26 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.11% | -489 | -10.33% | 4,735 |
| Waukesha | 3,669 | 50.61% | 3,221 | 44.43% | 50 | 0.69% | 288 | 3.97% | 13 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.12% | 448 | 6.18% | 7,250 |
| Waupaca | 3,274 | 69.73% | 1,189 | 25.32% | 41 | 0.87% | 175 | 3.73% | 7 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.15% | 2,085 | 44.41% | 4,695 |
| Waushara | 2,340 | 79.62% | 389 | 13.24% | 88 | 2.99% | 98 | 3.33% | 6 | 0.20% | 18 | 0.61% | 1,951 | 66.38% | 2,939 |
| Winnebago | 5,293 | 47.96% | 4,471 | 40.51% | 875 | 7.93% | 301 | 2.73% | 40 | 0.36% | 56 | 0.51% | 822 | 7.45% | 11,036 |
| Wood | 1,615 | 44.82% | 1,850 | 51.35% | 51 | 1.42% | 60 | 1.67% | 12 | 0.33% | 15 | 0.42% | -235 | -6.52% | 3,603 |
| Total | 173,137 | 52.56% | 135,353 | 41.09% | 8,518 | 2.59% | 8,078 | 2.45% | 2,544 | 0.77% | 1,473 | 0.45% | 37,784 | 11.47% | 329,430 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Notes
- One must exercise caution using the Blue Book as a source for Wisconsin election data for the period of 1890-1920 as it was unreliable during this period.
- The 1899 Blue Book mistakenly gives this total as 8,088
- 112 of these votes were for Robert M. La Follette
- These totals include any Scattering votes in each county
- Scofield's margin over Worsley
- Also includes all 177 of the Blank votes
- The Blue Book mistakenly gives this figure as 122
References
- ^ "List of Nominations". Eagle River review. Eagle River, Wis. October 27, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Historical Society, Official Canvass of Votes given for State Officers at an Election held Nov. 8th, 1898
- ^ Froehlich, William H., ed. (1899). "Comparative Vote For Governor, 1896-1898, By Counties, With Population". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Henry Gugler Company. pp. 316–317.
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.
- Froehlich, Wm. H., ed. (1899). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee: Northwestern Litho. Co.
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