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 County results Rusk : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90% Fratt : 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884.
Republican nomineeJeremiah McLain Rusk defeatedDemocratic nomineeNicholas D. Fratt and two other nominees with 51.00% of the vote.
This was the first Wisconsin gubernatorial election held in an even-numbered year. In 1882, a constitutional amendment was carried moving gubernatorial elections from odd-numbered to even-numbered years.[citation needed]
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeremiah M. Rusk (incumbent) | 163,214 | 51.00% | +3.43% | |
| Democratic | Nicholas D. Fratt | 143,945 | 44.98% | +4.37% | |
| Prohibition | Samuel D. Hastings | 8,545 | 2.67% | −5.03% | |
| Greenback | William L. Utley | 4,274 | 1.34% | −2.74% | |
| Scattering | 19 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 19,269 | 6.02% | |||
| Total votes | 319,997 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | -0.94% | |||
| County[1][2] | Jeremiah M. Rusk Republican | Nicholas D. Fratt Democratic | Samuel D. Hastings Prohibition | William L. Utley Greenback | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,017 | 68.81% | 445 | 30.11% | 9 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.14% | 572 | 38.70% | 1,478 |
| Ashland | 1,107 | 62.23% | 654 | 36.76% | 17 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.06% | 453 | 25.46% | 1,779 |
| Barron | 1,714 | 66.64% | 780 | 30.33% | 66 | 2.57% | 11 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.04% | 934 | 36.31% | 2,572 |
| Bayfield | 438 | 64.89% | 236 | 34.96% | 1 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 202 | 29.93% | 675 |
| Brown | 2,950 | 43.99% | 3,638 | 54.25% | 86 | 1.28% | 32 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -688 | -10.26% | 6,706 |
| Buffalo | 1,709 | 60.93% | 1,072 | 38.22% | 2 | 0.07% | 22 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 637 | 22.71% | 2,805 |
| Burnett | 601 | 94.65% | 27 | 4.25% | 1 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 574 | 90.39% | 635 |
| Calumet | 1,042 | 31.74% | 2,057 | 62.66% | 50 | 1.52% | 134 | 4.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,015 | -30.92% | 3,283 |
| Chippewa | 2,550 | 49.54% | 2,503 | 48.63% | 41 | 0.80% | 53 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 0.91% | 5,147 |
| Clark | 2,000 | 59.52% | 1,208 | 35.95% | 56 | 1.67% | 96 | 2.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 792 | 23.57% | 3,360 |
| Columbia | 3,479 | 54.61% | 2,623 | 41.17% | 265 | 4.16% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 856 | 13.44% | 6,371 |
| Crawford | 1,556 | 48.22% | 1,594 | 49.40% | 40 | 1.24% | 37 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -38 | -1.18% | 3,227 |
| Dane | 6,390 | 48.20% | 6,229 | 46.99% | 617 | 4.65% | 21 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 161 | 1.21% | 13,257 |
| Dodge | 3,160 | 33.26% | 6,121 | 64.43% | 101 | 1.06% | 118 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,961 | -31.17% | 9,500 |
| Door | 1,830 | 59.86% | 1,111 | 36.34% | 61 | 2.00% | 55 | 1.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 719 | 23.52% | 3,057 |
| Douglas | 279 | 53.14% | 245 | 46.67% | 1 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 6.48% | 525 |
| Dunn | 2,539 | 65.62% | 1,199 | 30.99% | 60 | 1.55% | 71 | 1.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,340 | 34.63% | 3,869 |
| Eau Claire | 3,644 | 53.73% | 2,917 | 43.01% | 161 | 2.37% | 59 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.01% | 727 | 10.72% | 6,782 |
| Florence | 361 | 70.92% | 142 | 27.90% | 6 | 1.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 219 | 43.03% | 509 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,281 | 44.35% | 4,857 | 50.32% | 241 | 2.50% | 274 | 2.84% | 0 | 0.00% | -576 | -5.97% | 9,653 |
| Grant | 4,149 | 52.87% | 3,210 | 40.91% | 387 | 4.93% | 101 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 939 | 11.97% | 7,847 |
| Green | 2,568 | 50.51% | 1,865 | 36.68% | 384 | 7.55% | 265 | 5.21% | 2 | 0.04% | 703 | 13.83% | 5,084 |
| Green Lake | 1,522 | 51.06% | 1,295 | 43.44% | 158 | 5.30% | 6 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 227 | 7.61% | 2,981 |
| Iowa | 2,460 | 47.76% | 2,292 | 44.50% | 396 | 7.69% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 168 | 3.26% | 5,151 |
| Jackson | 2,058 | 65.21% | 961 | 30.45% | 66 | 2.09% | 70 | 2.22% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,097 | 34.76% | 3,156 |
| Jefferson | 2,919 | 39.63% | 4,210 | 57.16% | 231 | 3.14% | 5 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,291 | -17.53% | 7,365 |
| Juneau | 2,011 | 51.91% | 1,709 | 44.11% | 134 | 3.46% | 19 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.03% | 302 | 7.80% | 3,874 |
| Kenosha | 1,715 | 52.03% | 1,545 | 46.88% | 36 | 1.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 170 | 5.16% | 3,296 |
| Kewaunee | 749 | 27.12% | 2,003 | 72.52% | 10 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,254 | -45.40% | 2,762 |
| La Crosse | 3,787 | 51.41% | 3,430 | 46.57% | 136 | 1.85% | 13 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 357 | 4.85% | 7,366 |
| Lafayette | 2,480 | 49.92% | 2,208 | 44.44% | 242 | 4.87% | 38 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 272 | 5.48% | 4,968 |
| Langlade | 557 | 44.96% | 628 | 50.69% | 27 | 2.18% | 27 | 2.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -5.73% | 1,239 |
| Lincoln | 1,081 | 51.26% | 994 | 47.13% | 13 | 0.62% | 21 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 4.13% | 2,109 |
| Manitowoc | 2,615 | 38.58% | 4,126 | 60.86% | 37 | 0.55% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,511 | -22.29% | 6,779 |
| Marathon | 2,170 | 38.83% | 3,330 | 59.58% | 26 | 0.47% | 63 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,160 | -20.76% | 5,589 |
| Marinette | 2,043 | 66.87% | 909 | 29.75% | 103 | 3.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,134 | 37.12% | 3,055 |
| Marquette | 943 | 45.64% | 1,079 | 52.23% | 37 | 1.79% | 7 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | -136 | -6.58% | 2,066 |
| Milwaukee | 17,876 | 52.16% | 15,235 | 44.46% | 274 | 0.80% | 883 | 2.58% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,641 | 7.71% | 34,270 |
| Monroe | 2,649 | 52.62% | 2,177 | 43.25% | 143 | 2.84% | 64 | 1.27% | 1 | 0.02% | 472 | 9.38% | 5,034 |
| Oconto | 1,496 | 57.85% | 1,031 | 39.87% | 57 | 2.20% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 465 | 17.98% | 2,586 |
| Outagamie | 2,630 | 37.16% | 4,182 | 59.08% | 85 | 1.20% | 181 | 2.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,552 | -21.93% | 7,078 |
| Ozaukee | 784 | 26.92% | 2,103 | 72.22% | 5 | 0.17% | 20 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,319 | -45.30% | 2,912 |
| Pepin | 985 | 70.36% | 378 | 27.00% | 28 | 2.00% | 9 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 607 | 43.36% | 1,400 |
| Pierce | 2,479 | 65.22% | 1,117 | 29.39% | 174 | 4.58% | 31 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,362 | 35.83% | 3,801 |
| Polk | 1,757 | 72.01% | 591 | 24.22% | 91 | 3.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,166 | 47.79% | 2,440 |
| Portage | 2,328 | 49.50% | 2,248 | 47.80% | 83 | 1.76% | 44 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 1.70% | 4,703 |
| Price | 796 | 70.69% | 328 | 29.13% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 468 | 41.56% | 1,126 |
| Racine | 4,001 | 51.03% | 3,496 | 44.59% | 317 | 4.04% | 26 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 505 | 6.44% | 7,840 |
| Richland | 2,464 | 54.71% | 1,787 | 39.68% | 216 | 4.80% | 37 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 677 | 15.03% | 4,504 |
| Rock | 6,262 | 61.57% | 3,381 | 33.24% | 474 | 4.66% | 53 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,881 | 28.33% | 10,170 |
| Sauk | 3,531 | 56.48% | 2,325 | 37.19% | 327 | 5.23% | 68 | 1.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,206 | 19.29% | 6,252 |
| Sawyer | 286 | 69.59% | 121 | 29.44% | 4 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 165 | 40.15% | 411 |
| Shawano | 1,405 | 47.98% | 1,402 | 47.88% | 42 | 1.43% | 79 | 2.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.10% | 2,928 |
| Sheboygan | 3,528 | 45.17% | 3,975 | 50.90% | 77 | 0.99% | 230 | 2.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -447 | -5.72% | 7,810 |
| St. Croix | 2,508 | 51.60% | 2,239 | 46.07% | 110 | 2.26% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 269 | 5.53% | 4,860 |
| Taylor | 796 | 56.94% | 601 | 42.99% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 13.95% | 1,398 |
| Trempealeau | 2,289 | 62.42% | 1,183 | 32.26% | 98 | 2.67% | 97 | 2.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,106 | 30.16% | 3,667 |
| Vernon | 3,019 | 62.39% | 1,445 | 29.86% | 211 | 4.36% | 161 | 3.33% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,574 | 32.53% | 4,839 |
| Walworth | 4,233 | 62.19% | 2,071 | 30.42% | 484 | 7.11% | 19 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,162 | 31.76% | 6,807 |
| Washburn | 281 | 60.43% | 137 | 29.46% | 47 | 10.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 30.97% | 465 |
| Washington | 1,661 | 36.01% | 2,911 | 63.10% | 19 | 0.41% | 22 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,250 | -27.10% | 4,613 |
| Waukesha | 3,188 | 46.87% | 3,263 | 47.97% | 287 | 4.22% | 64 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -75 | -1.10% | 6,802 |
| Waupaca | 3,014 | 59.59% | 1,760 | 34.80% | 124 | 2.45% | 160 | 3.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,254 | 24.79% | 5,058 |
| Waushara | 2,141 | 74.57% | 605 | 21.07% | 92 | 3.20% | 33 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,536 | 53.50% | 2,871 |
| Winnebago | 4,885 | 47.83% | 4,678 | 45.80% | 361 | 3.53% | 289 | 2.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 207 | 2.03% | 10,213 |
| Wood | 1,468 | 45.00% | 1,723 | 52.82% | 7 | 0.21% | 64 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -255 | -7.82% | 3,262 |
| Total | 163,214 | 51.00% | 143,945 | 44.98% | 8,545 | 2.67% | 4,274 | 1.34% | 19 | 0.01% | 19,269 | 6.02% | 319,997 |
