1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Country:	Wisconsin
Flag Year:	1866
Type:	Presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1881
Next Election:	1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1886
Election Date:	November 4, 1884
Nominee1:	Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	163,214
Percentage1:	51.00%
Nominee2:	Nicholas D. Fratt
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	143,945
Percentage2:	44.98%
Map Size:	250px
Governor
Before Election:	Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Jeremiah McLain Rusk
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884.

Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Nicholas 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.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

• Nicholas D. Fratt, Democratic, President of the Racine County Bank, Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1881
• Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Republican, incumbent Governor

Other candidates

• Samuel D. Hastings, Prohibition, former State Treasurer, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district in 1882
• William L. Utley, Greenback, former State Senator

Results by county

County	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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Chippewa
• Dane
• Douglas
• Eau Claire
• Iowa
• St. Croix

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Crawford
• Langlade

Bibliography

• Book: Glashan, Roy R. . American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . Meckler Books . 1979 . 0-930466-17-9 .
• Book: Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 . Washington, D.C. . Congressional Quarterly Inc. . 1998 . 1-56802-396-0 . .