1865 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin
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  Gubernatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
Lucius FairchildUnion 58,332 54.68%
Harrison C. HobartDemocratic 48,330 45.31%
Scattering- 12 0.01%
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  1865 Wisconsin County Map of General Election Results for Governor  
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Election Notes:
  • In addition to the regular county vote, the Soldier vote was 277 for Hobart and 1,200 for Fairchild.
  • Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 1866 Tribune Almanac. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t34177x96&seq=137
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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Wisconsin Board of State Canvassers, "For Governor," Tabular State of votes polled in the several counties of the State of Wisconsin at an election held on the seventh day of November 1865 (Madison, 1865)
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