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 County results Scofield : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Sawyer : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898.
IncumbentRepublicanGovernorEdward Scofield defeatedDemocratic nomineeHiram Wilson Sawyer with 52.55% of the vote.
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| 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[b] | 2.45% | +0.62% | |
| Social Democratic | Howard Tuttle | 2,544 | 0.77% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Henry Riese | 1,473 | 0.45% | +0.15% | |
| Scattering | 150[c] | 0.05% | |||
| Blank | 177 | 0.05% | |||
| Majority | 37,784 | 11.47% | |||
| Total votes | 329,430 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | -10.08% | |||
Scofield was the first Republican to ever winMarathon County. After this election,Lincoln County andWood County would not vote Democratic again until1932 and those counties would also not vote for the losing candidate again until1940.
| County[2][3] | 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[d] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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[e] | 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[f] |
| 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[g] | 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 |
