The 1936 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1936, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Edward T. Fairchild (who had been appointed in 1930) defeated challenger Glenn P. Turner by a large margin.
Background In 1930, Fairchild was appointed to the court by Governor Walter J. Kohler Sr. to fill a vacancy. No special election was held in the intervening years before the next regularly scheduled election.
Candidates Edward T. Fairchild: incumbent justice (appointed in 1930) Glenn P. Turner: lawyer and former Socialist member of the state legislature
Campaign Governor Robert M. La Follette did not give an endorsement in the election.
Turner had launched his campaign with a pledge that as a justice he would never call into question the constitutionality of any legislative acts.
Result
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election (April 7, 1936)
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