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 County results Lewis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Palmer: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1863.Union candidateJames T. Lewis won the election with nearly 60% of the vote, defeatingDemocratic candidateHenry L. Palmer.[1]
The incumbent Governor,Edward Salomon, had ascended to office after the accidental drowning of his predecessor,Louis P. Harvey, in April 1862. He was a former Democrat who had been electedLieutenant Governor on theUnion ticket in 1861. He was not re-nominated.
James T. Lewis was the incumbentWisconsin Secretary of State at the time of the 1863 election, having been elected on the Union ticket in the 1861 election. Lewis was also a former Democrat. As a Democrat, he had previously served asLieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1854 to 1856, and representedColumbia County in the state legislature for two years—in the Assembly for the1852 session, and in the Senate for the1853 session.
Henry L. Palmer was a former Speaker of theWisconsin State Assembly, and had served three terms in the Assembly and one term in theWisconsin State Senate prior to the 1863 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Union | James T. Lewis | 72,717 | 59.59% | +5.41% | |
| Democratic | Henry L. Palmer | 49,053 | 40.20% | −5.60% | |
| Independent | Edward Salomon (write-in) | 227 | 0.19% | ||
| Scattering | 32 | 0.03% | |||
| Majority | 23,664 | 19.39% | |||
| Total votes | 122,029 | 100.00% | |||
| National Unionhold | Swing | +11.01% | |||
| County[2][3] | James T. Lewis Union | Henry L. Palmer Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 692 | 75.79% | 221 | 24.21% | 471 | 51.59% | 913 |
| Ashland | 32 | 51.61% | 30 | 48.39% | 2 | 3.23% | 62 |
| Brown | 543 | 33.81% | 1,062 | 66.13% | -519 | -32.32% | 1,606[a] |
| Buffalo | 548 | 68.16% | 255 | 31.72% | 293 | 36.44% | 804[a] |
| Calumet | 557 | 44.07% | 707 | 55.93% | -150 | -11.87% | 1,264 |
| Chippewa | 226 | 45.38% | 272 | 54.62% | -46 | -9.24% | 498 |
| Clark | 106 | 70.20% | 45 | 29.80% | 61 | 40.40% | 151 |
| Columbia | 2,896 | 69.65% | 1,262 | 30.35% | 1,634 | 39.30% | 4,158 |
| Crawford | 712 | 51.67% | 666 | 48.33% | 46 | 3.34% | 1,378 |
| Dane | 4,152 | 53.52% | 3,598 | 46.38% | 554 | 7.14% | 7,758[b] |
| Dodge[c] | 3,677 | 46.88% | 4,166 | 53.12% | -489 | -6.23% | 7,843 |
| Door | 230 | 82.44% | 49 | 17.56% | 181 | 64.87% | 279 |
| Douglas | 48 | 40.34% | 71 | 59.66% | -23 | -19.33% | 119 |
| Dunn | 507 | 65.00% | 273 | 35.00% | 234 | 30.00% | 780 |
| Eau Claire | 501 | 62.70% | 298 | 37.30% | 203 | 25.41% | 799 |
| Fond du Lac | 3,579 | 57.30% | 2,667 | 42.70% | 912 | 14.60% | 6,246 |
| Grant | 3,404 | 72.16% | 1,313 | 27.84% | 2,091 | 44.33% | 4,717 |
| Green | 2,046 | 70.99% | 836 | 29.01% | 1,210 | 41.98% | 2,882 |
| Green Lake | 1,499 | 77.59% | 433 | 22.41% | 1,066 | 55.18% | 1,932 |
| Iowa | 1,351 | 51.82% | 1,256 | 48.18% | 95 | 3.64% | 2,607 |
| Jackson | 559 | 73.26% | 204 | 26.74% | 355 | 46.53% | 763 |
| Jefferson | 2,299 | 48.53% | 2,438 | 51.47% | -139 | -2.93% | 4,737 |
| Juneau | 893 | 57.10% | 671 | 42.90% | 222 | 14.19% | 1,564 |
| Kenosha | 1,328 | 67.76% | 632 | 32.24% | 696 | 35.51% | 1,960 |
| Kewaunee | 143 | 23.87% | 456 | 76.13% | -313 | -52.25% | 599 |
| La Crosse | 1,299 | 64.28% | 717 | 35.48% | 582 | 28.80% | 2,021[d] |
| La Pointe | 43 | 78.18% | 12 | 21.82% | 31 | 56.36% | 55 |
| Lafayette | 1,483 | 50.34% | 1,463 | 49.66% | 20 | 0.68% | 2,946 |
| Manitowoc | 1,302 | 40.05% | 1,949 | 59.95% | -647 | -19.90% | 3,251 |
| Marathon | 107 | 21.02% | 402 | 78.98% | -295 | -57.96% | 509 |
| Marquette | 594 | 46.19% | 692 | 53.81% | -98 | -7.62% | 1,286 |
| Milwaukee | 3,170 | 35.24% | 5,815 | 64.64% | -2,645 | -29.40% | 8,996[e] |
| Monroe | 1,113 | 66.53% | 560 | 33.47% | 553 | 33.05% | 1,673 |
| Oconto | 326 | 85.56% | 55 | 14.44% | 271 | 71.13% | 381 |
| Outagamie | 737 | 42.09% | 1,014 | 57.91% | -277 | -15.82% | 1,751 |
| Ozaukee | 279 | 13.93% | 1,724 | 86.07% | -1,445 | -72.14% | 2,003 |
| Pepin | 295 | 75.45% | 96 | 24.55% | 199 | 50.90% | 391 |
| Pierce | 597 | 66.70% | 298 | 33.30% | 299 | 33.41% | 895 |
| Polk | 198 | 70.21% | 84 | 29.79% | 114 | 40.43% | 282 |
| Portage | 790 | 71.49% | 315 | 28.51% | 475 | 42.99% | 1,105 |
| Racine | 2,156 | 60.54% | 1,405 | 39.46% | 751 | 21.09% | 3,561 |
| Richland | 1,135 | 64.42% | 627 | 35.58% | 508 | 28.83% | 1,762 |
| Rock | 4,053 | 74.68% | 1,368 | 25.21% | 2,685 | 49.47% | 5,427[f] |
| Sauk | 2,061 | 67.33% | 854 | 27.90% | 1,207 | 39.43% | 3,061[g] |
| Shawano | 138 | 56.10% | 108 | 43.90% | 30 | 12.20% | 246 |
| Sheboygan[h] | 2,076 | 53.23% | 1,824 | 46.77% | 252 | 6.46% | 3,900 |
| St. Croix | 594 | 54.65% | 493 | 45.35% | 101 | 9.29% | 1,087 |
| Trempealeau | 517 | 85.88% | 85 | 14.12% | 432 | 71.76% | 602 |
| Vernon | 1,155 | 76.24% | 360 | 23.76% | 795 | 52.48% | 1,515 |
| Walworth | 3,511 | 78.14% | 981 | 21.83% | 2,530 | 56.31% | 4,493[a] |
| Washington | 659 | 21.14% | 2,453 | 78.70% | -1,794 | -57.56% | 3,117[d] |
| Waukesha | 2,386 | 50.99% | 2,293 | 49.01% | 93 | 1.99% | 4,679 |
| Waupaca | 1,222 | 73.57% | 438 | 26.37% | 784 | 47.20% | 1,661[a] |
| Waushara | 1,098 | 79.45% | 284 | 20.55% | 814 | 58.90% | 1,382 |
| Winnebago | 2,796 | 64.72% | 1,524 | 35.28% | 1,272 | 29.44% | 4,320 |
| Wood | 284 | 46.48% | 327 | 53.52% | -43 | -7.04% | 611 |
| Soldiers[i] | 7,768 | 92.65% | 542 | 6.46% | 7,226 | 86.19% | 8,384[j] |
| Total | 72,717 | 59.59% | 49,053 | 40.20% | 23,664 | 19.39% | 122,029 |
