The 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886.

Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Gilbert M. Woodward,People's nominee John Cochrane, and Prohibition nominee John Myers Olin with 46.53% of the vote.

General election Candidates Major party candidates Gilbert M. Woodward, Democratic, attorney, former member of the United States House of Representatives Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Republican, incumbent Governor

Other candidates John Myers Olin, Prohibition, lecturer in law at the University of Wisconsin, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district in 1884 John Cochrane, People's

Results

Results by county Marquette County voted Republican for the first time since 1857. Woodward was the first Democrat since 1859 to win Bayfield County and La Crosse County; the former would not vote Democratic again until 1918. Additionally, Sawyer County would not vote Democratic again until 1932. County Jeremiah M. RuskRepublican Gilbert M. WoodwardDemocratic John CochranePeople's John M. OlinProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Adams96673.07%33825.57%20.15%161.21%62847.50%1,322Ashland1,24046.18%1,35550.47%491.82%411.53%-115-4.28%2.685Barron1,13450.92%64629.01%00.00%44720.07%48821.91%2,227Bayfield53947.74%57550.93%00.00%151.33%-36-3.19%1,129Brown2,18339.23%2,85051.22%3836.88%1472.64%-667-11.99%5,564Buffalo1,55260.67%95737.41%00.00%481.88%59523.26%2,558Burnett46175.08%497.98%00.00%10316.78%35848.30%614Calumet87931.77%1,72062.16%1435.17%250.90%-841-30.39%2,767Chippewa1,88841.00%2,40652.25%20.04%3096.71%-518-11.25%4,605Clark1,42949.76%95933.39%2578.95%2277.90%47016.36%2,872Columbia2,82051.31%2,06737.61%60.11%60310.97%75313.70%5,496Crawford1,54752.18%1,35645.73%00.00%622.09%1916.44%2,965Dane5,95647.63%5,21941.73%70.06%1,32210.57%7375.89%12,506Dodge3,28937.06%5,09657.42%1872.11%3033.41%-1,807-20.36%8,875Door1,55764.63%77632.21%20.08%743.07%78132.42%2,409Douglas32649.77%32549.62%00.00%30.46%10.15%655Dunn1,74957.42%74424.43%1966.43%35711.72%1,00532.99%3,046Eau Claire2,10245.88%1,80339.35%370.81%64013.97%2996.53%4,582Florence33681.95%7418.05%00.00%00.00%26263.90%410Fond du Lac3,40341.39%3,97248.32%4435.39%4024.89%-569-6.92%8,221Forest15342.15%20957.58%00.00%10.28%-56-15.43%363Grant3,64251.70%2,68438.10%370.53%6759.58%95813.60%7,045Green2,11446.92%1,71638.08%40.09%67214.91%3988.83%4,506Green Lake1,60154.90%1,15539.61%20.07%1585.42%44615.29%2,916Iowa2,19846.84%1,96141.79%10.02%53311.36%2375.05%4,693Jackson1,74461.06%82728.96%501.75%2358.23%91732.11%2,856Jefferson2,63541.48%3,41353.73%430.68%2614.11%-778-12.25%6,352Juneau1,88250.71%1,58542.71%40.11%2406.47%2978.00%3,711Kenosha1,45149.25%1,39847.45%00.00%953.22%531.80%2,946Kewaunee68926.65%1,89673.35%00.00%00.00%-1,207-46.69%2,585La Crosse2,41839.11%2,82445.68%67610.93%2644.27%-406-6.57%6,182Lafayette2,26450.21%1,87341.54%220.49%3497.74%3918.67%4,509Langlade71344.40%82551.37%00.00%674.17%-112-6.97%1,606Lincoln99447.83%93945.19%231.11%1225.87%552.65%2,078Manitowoc2,33338.28%3,70060.71%530.87%90.15%-1,367-22.43%6,095Marathon1,92339.08%2,60853.00%3677.46%230.47%-685-13.92%4,921Marinette1,11739.95%59421.24%99135.44%943.36%1284.51%2,796Marquette1,08852.79%88642.99%40.19%834.03%2029.80%2,061Milwaukee10,93634.71%7,47223.71%12,91440.99%1850.59%-1,978-6.28%31,508Monroe2,30451.08%1,84440.88%50.11%3587.94%46010.20%4,511Oconto1,13454.94%85141.23%512.47%281.36%28313.71%2,064Outagamie2,22935.44%3,45454.91%4727.50%1352.15%-1,225-19.48%6,290Ozaukee66024.39%1,82167.29%2137.87%60.22%-1,161-42.90%2,706Pepin85054.63%41726.80%00.00%28918.57%43327.83%1,556Pierce2,03463.88%81725.66%00.00%33210.43%1,21738.22%3,184Polk1,47868.11%34115.71%00.00%35116.18%1,12751.93%2,170Portage1,85848.47%1,75445.76%10.03%2195.71%1042.71%3,833Price68863.59%37634.75%90.83%90.83%31228.84%1,082Racine2,68241.22%1,78827.48%1,52523.44%5117.85%89413.74%6,507Richland2,29254.94%1,52736.60%10.02%3528.44%76518.34%4,172Rock4,90158.52%2,68632.07%20.02%7869.39%2,21526.45%8,375Sauk2,74051.92%1,98237.56%110.21%54410.31%75814.36%5,277Sawyer22830.65%50467.74%00.00%121.61%-276-37.10%744Shawano1,29949.75%1,26348.37%100.38%391.49%361.38%2,611Sheboygan2,77942.96%2,98546.14%5808.97%1251.93%-206-3.18%6,469St. Croix2,22946.15%1,79437.14%2184.51%58912.19%4359.01%4,830Taylor80256.96%58541.55%130.92%60.43%21715.41%1,408Trempealeau1,78456.28%97530.76%10.03%40912.90%80925.52%3,170Vernon2,90762.73%1,36429.43%200.43%3437.40%1,54333.30%4,634Walworth3,12958.88%1,20522.68%2234.20%75714.25%1,92436.21%5,314Washburn30945.64%22232.79%00.00%14621.57%8712.85%677Washington1,64038.82%2,51659.55%350.83%340.80%-876-20.73%4,225Waukesha3,15249.03%2,86244.52%20.03%4136.42%2904.51%6,429Waupaca2,91164.52%1,34429.79%350.78%2224.92%1,56734.73%4,512Waushara1,92674.74%43817.00%00.00%2138.27%1,48857.74%2,577Winnebago3,78343.01%3,28837.38%1,11612.69%6076.90%4955.63%8,796Wood1,26842.15%1,67455.65%190.63%441.46%-406-13.50%3,008Total133,24746.53%114,52939.99%21,4677.50%17,0895.97%18,7186.54%286,368

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Crawford Marquette Waukesha

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Ashland Bayfield Chippewa La Crosse Sawyer

Counties that flipped from Republican to People's Milwaukee

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