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 County results Rusk : 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Woodward : 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Cochrane : 40-50% No Vote: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886.
Republican nomineeJeremiah McLain Rusk defeatedDemocratic nomineeGilbert M. Woodward,Union Labor Party nominee John Cochrane, andProhibition nominee John Myers Olin with 46.53% of the vote.
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeremiah M. Rusk (incumbent) | 133,247 | 46.53% | −4.47% | |
| Democratic | Gilbert M. Woodward | 114,529 | 39.99% | −4.99% | |
| Union Labor | John Cochrane | 21,467 | 7.50% | +6.16% | |
| Prohibition | John M. Olin | 17,089 | 5.97% | +3.30% | |
| Scattering | 34 | 0.01% | |||
| Blank | 2 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 18,718 | 6.54% | |||
| Total votes | 286,368 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | +0.51% | |||
Marquette County voted Republican for the first time since1857. Woodward was the first Democrat since1859 to winBayfield County andLa Crosse County; the former would not vote Democratic again until1918. Additionally,Sawyer County would not vote Democratic again until1932.
| County[2][3] | Jeremiah M. Rusk Republican | Gilbert M. Woodward Democratic | John Cochrane Union Labor | John M. Olin Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 966 | 73.07% | 338 | 25.57% | 2 | 0.15% | 16 | 1.21% | 628 | 47.50% | 1,322 |
| Ashland | 1,240 | 46.18% | 1,355 | 50.47% | 49 | 1.82% | 41 | 1.53% | -115 | -4.28% | 2.685 |
| Barron | 1,134 | 50.92% | 646 | 29.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 447 | 20.07% | 488 | 21.91% | 2,227 |
| Bayfield | 539 | 47.74% | 575 | 50.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 1.33% | -36 | -3.19% | 1,129 |
| Brown | 2,183 | 39.23% | 2,850 | 51.22% | 383 | 6.88% | 147 | 2.64% | -667 | -11.99% | 5,564[a] |
| Buffalo | 1,552 | 60.67% | 957 | 37.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 48 | 1.88% | 595 | 23.26% | 2,558[a] |
| Burnett | 461 | 75.08% | 49 | 7.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 103 | 16.78% | 358[b] | 48.30% | 614[a] |
| Calumet | 879 | 31.77% | 1,720 | 62.16% | 143 | 5.17% | 25 | 0.90% | -841 | -30.39% | 2,767 |
| Chippewa | 1,888 | 41.00% | 2,406 | 52.25% | 2 | 0.04% | 309 | 6.71% | -518 | -11.25% | 4,605 |
| Clark | 1,429 | 49.76% | 959 | 33.39% | 257 | 8.95% | 227 | 7.90% | 470 | 16.36% | 2,872 |
| Columbia | 2,820 | 51.31% | 2,067 | 37.61% | 6 | 0.11% | 603 | 10.97% | 753 | 13.70% | 5,496 |
| Crawford | 1,547 | 52.18% | 1,356 | 45.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 | 2.09% | 191 | 6.44% | 2,965 |
| Dane | 5,956 | 47.63% | 5,219 | 41.73% | 7 | 0.06% | 1,322 | 10.57% | 737 | 5.89% | 12,506[c] |
| Dodge | 3,289 | 37.06% | 5,096 | 57.42% | 187 | 2.11% | 303 | 3.41% | -1,807 | -20.36% | 8,875 |
| Door | 1,557 | 64.63% | 776 | 32.21% | 2 | 0.08% | 74 | 3.07% | 781 | 32.42% | 2,409 |
| Douglas | 326 | 49.77% | 325 | 49.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.15% | 655[a] |
| Dunn | 1,749 | 57.42% | 744 | 24.43% | 196 | 6.43% | 357 | 11.72% | 1,005 | 32.99% | 3,046 |
| Eau Claire | 2,102 | 45.88% | 1,803 | 39.35% | 37 | 0.81% | 640 | 13.97% | 299 | 6.53% | 4,582 |
| Florence | 336 | 81.95% | 74 | 18.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 262 | 63.90% | 410 |
| Fond du Lac | 3,403 | 41.39% | 3,972 | 48.32% | 443 | 5.39% | 402 | 4.89% | -569 | -6.92% | 8,221[a] |
| Forest | 153 | 42.15% | 209 | 57.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.28% | -56 | -15.43% | 363 |
| Grant | 3,642 | 51.70% | 2,684 | 38.10% | 37 | 0.53% | 675 | 9.58% | 958 | 13.60% | 7,045[d] |
| Green | 2,114 | 46.92% | 1,716 | 38.08% | 4 | 0.09% | 672 | 14.91% | 398 | 8.83% | 4,506 |
| Green Lake | 1,601 | 54.90% | 1,155 | 39.61% | 2 | 0.07% | 158 | 5.42% | 446 | 15.29% | 2,916 |
| Iowa | 2,198 | 46.84% | 1,961 | 41.79% | 1 | 0.02% | 533 | 11.36% | 237 | 5.05% | 4,693 |
| Jackson | 1,744 | 61.06% | 827 | 28.96% | 50 | 1.75% | 235 | 8.23% | 917 | 32.11% | 2,856 |
| Jefferson | 2,635 | 41.48% | 3,413 | 53.73% | 43 | 0.68% | 261 | 4.11% | -778 | -12.25% | 6,352 |
| Juneau | 1,882 | 50.71% | 1,585 | 42.71% | 4 | 0.11% | 240 | 6.47% | 297 | 8.00% | 3,711 |
| Kenosha | 1,451 | 49.25% | 1,398 | 47.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 95 | 3.22% | 53 | 1.80% | 2,946[c] |
| Kewaunee | 689 | 26.65% | 1,896 | 73.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,207 | -46.69% | 2,585 |
| La Crosse | 2,418 | 39.11% | 2,824 | 45.68% | 676 | 10.93% | 264 | 4.27% | -406 | -6.57% | 6,182 |
| Lafayette | 2,264 | 50.21% | 1,873 | 41.54% | 22 | 0.49% | 349 | 7.74% | 391 | 8.67% | 4,509[e] |
| Langlade | 713 | 44.40% | 825 | 51.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 67 | 4.17% | -112 | -6.97% | 1,606[a] |
| Lincoln | 994 | 47.83% | 939 | 45.19% | 23 | 1.11% | 122 | 5.87% | 55 | 2.65% | 2,078 |
| Manitowoc | 2,333 | 38.28% | 3,700 | 60.71% | 53 | 0.87% | 9 | 0.15% | -1,367 | -22.43% | 6,095 |
| Marathon | 1,923 | 39.08% | 2,608 | 53.00% | 367 | 7.46% | 23 | 0.47% | -685 | -13.92% | 4,921 |
| Marinette | 1,117 | 39.95% | 594 | 21.24% | 991 | 35.44% | 94 | 3.36% | 128[f] | 4.51% | 2,796 |
| Marquette | 1,088 | 52.79% | 886 | 42.99% | 4 | 0.19% | 83 | 4.03% | 202 | 9.80% | 2,061 |
| Milwaukee | 10,936 | 34.71% | 7,472 | 23.71% | 12,914 | 40.99% | 185 | 0.59% | -1,978[g] | -6.28% | 31,508[a] |
| Monroe | 2,304 | 51.08% | 1,844 | 40.88% | 5 | 0.11% | 358 | 7.94% | 460 | 10.20% | 4,511 |
| Oconto | 1,134 | 54.94% | 851 | 41.23% | 51 | 2.47% | 28 | 1.36% | 283 | 13.71% | 2,064 |
| Outagamie | 2,229 | 35.44% | 3,454 | 54.91% | 472 | 7.50% | 135 | 2.15% | -1,225 | -19.48% | 6,290 |
| Ozaukee | 660 | 24.39% | 1,821 | 67.29% | 213 | 7.87% | 6 | 0.22% | -1,161 | -42.90% | 2,706[h] |
| Pepin | 850 | 54.63% | 417 | 26.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 289 | 18.57% | 433 | 27.83% | 1,556 |
| Pierce | 2,034 | 63.88% | 817 | 25.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 332 | 10.43% | 1,217 | 38.22% | 3,184[a] |
| Polk | 1,478 | 68.11% | 341 | 15.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 351 | 16.18% | 1,127[b] | 51.93% | 2,170 |
| Portage | 1,858 | 48.47% | 1,754 | 45.76% | 1 | 0.03% | 219 | 5.71% | 104 | 2.71% | 3,833[e] |
| Price | 688 | 63.59% | 376 | 34.75% | 9 | 0.83% | 9 | 0.83% | 312 | 28.84% | 1,082 |
| Racine | 2,682 | 41.22% | 1,788 | 27.48% | 1,525 | 23.44% | 511 | 7.85% | 894 | 13.74% | 6,507[a] |
| Richland | 2,292 | 54.94% | 1,527 | 36.60% | 1 | 0.02% | 352 | 8.44% | 765 | 18.34% | 4,172 |
| Rock | 4,901 | 58.52% | 2,686 | 32.07% | 2 | 0.02% | 786 | 9.39% | 2,215 | 26.45% | 8,375 |
| Sauk | 2,740 | 51.92% | 1,982 | 37.56% | 11 | 0.21% | 544 | 10.31% | 758 | 14.36% | 5,277 |
| Sawyer | 228 | 30.65% | 504 | 67.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 1.61% | -276 | -37.10% | 744 |
| Shawano | 1,299 | 49.75% | 1,263 | 48.37% | 10 | 0.38% | 39 | 1.49% | 36 | 1.38% | 2,611 |
| Sheboygan | 2,779 | 42.96% | 2,985 | 46.14% | 580 | 8.97% | 125 | 1.93% | -206 | -3.18% | 6,469 |
| St. Croix | 2,229 | 46.15% | 1,794 | 37.14% | 218 | 4.51% | 589 | 12.19% | 435 | 9.01% | 4,830 |
| Taylor | 802 | 56.96% | 585 | 41.55% | 13 | 0.92% | 6 | 0.43% | 217 | 15.41% | 1,408[c] |
| Trempealeau | 1,784 | 56.28% | 975 | 30.76% | 1 | 0.03% | 409 | 12.90% | 809 | 25.52% | 3,170[a] |
| Vernon | 2,907 | 62.73% | 1,364 | 29.43% | 20 | 0.43% | 343 | 7.40% | 1,543 | 33.30% | 4,634 |
| Walworth | 3,129 | 58.88% | 1,205 | 22.68% | 223 | 4.20% | 757 | 14.25% | 1,924 | 36.21% | 5,314 |
| Washburn | 309 | 45.64% | 222 | 32.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 21.57% | 87 | 12.85% | 677 |
| Washington | 1,640 | 38.82% | 2,516 | 59.55% | 35 | 0.83% | 34 | 0.80% | -876 | -20.73% | 4,225 |
| Waukesha | 3,152 | 49.03% | 2,862 | 44.52% | 2 | 0.03% | 413 | 6.42% | 290 | 4.51% | 6,429 |
| Waupaca | 2,911 | 64.52% | 1,344 | 29.79% | 35 | 0.78% | 222 | 4.92% | 1,567 | 34.73% | 4,512 |
| Waushara | 1,926 | 74.74% | 438 | 17.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 8.27% | 1,488 | 57.74% | 2,577 |
| Winnebago | 3,783 | 43.01% | 3,288 | 37.38% | 1,116 | 12.69% | 607 | 6.90% | 495 | 5.63% | 8,796[c] |
| Wood | 1,268 | 42.15% | 1,674 | 55.65% | 19 | 0.63% | 44 | 1.46% | -406 | -13.50% | 3,008[i] |
| Total | 133,247 | 46.53% | 114,529 | 39.99% | 21,467 | 7.50% | 17,089 | 5.97% | 18,718 | 6.54% | 286,368 |
