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Elections in Wisconsin |
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The 1848 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on May 8, 1848. This was the election for the first Governor of Wisconsin, which became a U.S. state that year, as it was held concurrent with a public referendum to ratify the Constitution of Wisconsin.
Democrat Nelson Dewey, of Grant County, won the election with nearly 56% of the vote. Dewey defeated Whig Party candidate John Hubbard Tweedy, of Milwaukee. [1]
Nelson Dewey was a prominent lawyer and real-estate investor in Grant County, Wisconsin. He did extensive business with the lead-mining industry, which was a major component of the economy of the Wisconsin Territory. He had been a member of nearly every session of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, first as a member of the Territorial Assembly, from 1838 to 1842, then as a member of the Territorial Council from 1842 to 1846. He served as Speaker of the Territorial Assembly in 1840, and President of the Territorial Council in 1846. [2]
Dewey was chosen as a compromise candidate at the Democratic Party Convention after delegates became deadlocked between the lead-mining region's preferred candidate, Hiram Barber, and the eastern region's preferred candidate, Morgan Lewis Martin. [3]
John Hubbard Tweedy was, at the time of the 1848 election, the non-voting representative of the Wisconsin Territory to the United States House of Representatives for the 30th Congress. He had been a delegate to Wisconsin's first constitutional convention, and had served in the Wisconsin Territorial Assembly during the second session of the third legislature (Winter of 1841-1842). [2]
Charles Durkee was a merchant, and one of the founders of Southport (now Kenosha, Wisconsin). He was a member of the Wisconsin Territorial Assembly for the first legislature (1836 to 1838). [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, May 8, 1848 | |||||
Democratic | Nelson Dewey | 19,875 | 55.69% | ||
Whig | John Hubbard Tweedy | 14,621 | 40.97% | ||
Independent | Charles Durkee [note 1] | 1,134 | 3.18% | ||
Scattering | 56 | 0.16% | |||
Total votes | 35,686 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
County | Nelson Dewey | John H. Tweedy | Charles Durkee | Total votes | |||
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Brown | 311 | 69.4% | 137 | 30.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 448 |
Calumet | 113 | 63.1% | 66 | 36.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 179 |
Chippewa [note 2] | 270 | 71.6% | 107 | 28.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 377 |
Columbus | 328 | 44.4% | 411 | 55.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 739 |
Dane | 1,098 | 59.0% | 751 | 40.3% | 13 | 0.7% | 1,862 |
Dodge | 1,116 | 59.6% | 706 | 37.7% | 52 | 2.8% | 1,874 |
Fond du Lac | 622 | 49.1% | 510 | 40.2% | 136 | 10.7% | 1,268 |
Grant | 1,199 | 44.9% | 1,467 | 55.0% | 3 | 0.1% | 2,669 |
Green | 481 | 53.4% | 406 | 45.1% | 13 | 1.4% | 900 |
Iowa & Richland [note 3] | 847 | 53.2% | 745 | 46.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,592 |
Jefferson | 1,157 | 54.8% | 893 | 42.3% | 61 | 2.9% | 2,111 |
La Fayette | 1,232 | 58.8% | 863 | 41.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,095 |
Marquette | 230 | 45.0% | 258 | 50.5% | 23 | 4.5% | 511 |
Milwaukee | 2,021 | 61.2% | 1,194 | 36.1% | 89 | 2.7% | 3,304 |
Portage | 160 | 51.1% | 153 | 48.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 313 |
Racine | 1,765 | 55.0% | 1,209 | 37.6% | 238 | 7.4% | 3,212 |
Rock | 1,394 | 48.0% | 1,475 | 50.8% | 33 | 1.1% | 2,902 |
Sauk | 187 | 53.0% | 157 | 44.5% | 9 | 2.5% | 353 |
Sheboygan | 554 | 57.8% | 384 | 40.0% | 21 | 2.2% | 959 |
Walworth | 1,478 | 49.1% | 1,356 | 45.1% | 175 | 5.8% | 3,009 |
Washington | 1,598 | 85.9% | 263 | 14.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,861 |
Waukesha | 1,197 | 49.8% | 938 | 39.0% | 268 | 11.2% | 2,716 |
Totals | 19,538 | 55.6% | 14,449 | 41.1% | 1,134 | 3.2% | 35,121 |
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Elections in Wisconsin |
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The 1848 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on May 8, 1848. This was the election for the first Governor of Wisconsin, which became a U.S. state that year, as it was held concurrent with a public referendum to ratify the Constitution of Wisconsin.
Democrat Nelson Dewey, of Grant County, won the election with nearly 56% of the vote. Dewey defeated Whig Party candidate John Hubbard Tweedy, of Milwaukee. [1]
Nelson Dewey was a prominent lawyer and real-estate investor in Grant County, Wisconsin. He did extensive business with the lead-mining industry, which was a major component of the economy of the Wisconsin Territory. He had been a member of nearly every session of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, first as a member of the Territorial Assembly, from 1838 to 1842, then as a member of the Territorial Council from 1842 to 1846. He served as Speaker of the Territorial Assembly in 1840, and President of the Territorial Council in 1846. [2]
Dewey was chosen as a compromise candidate at the Democratic Party Convention after delegates became deadlocked between the lead-mining region's preferred candidate, Hiram Barber, and the eastern region's preferred candidate, Morgan Lewis Martin. [3]
John Hubbard Tweedy was, at the time of the 1848 election, the non-voting representative of the Wisconsin Territory to the United States House of Representatives for the 30th Congress. He had been a delegate to Wisconsin's first constitutional convention, and had served in the Wisconsin Territorial Assembly during the second session of the third legislature (Winter of 1841-1842). [2]
Charles Durkee was a merchant, and one of the founders of Southport (now Kenosha, Wisconsin). He was a member of the Wisconsin Territorial Assembly for the first legislature (1836 to 1838). [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, May 8, 1848 | |||||
Democratic | Nelson Dewey | 19,875 | 55.69% | ||
Whig | John Hubbard Tweedy | 14,621 | 40.97% | ||
Independent | Charles Durkee [note 1] | 1,134 | 3.18% | ||
Scattering | 56 | 0.16% | |||
Total votes | 35,686 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
County | Nelson Dewey | John H. Tweedy | Charles Durkee | Total votes | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Brown | 311 | 69.4% | 137 | 30.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 448 |
Calumet | 113 | 63.1% | 66 | 36.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 179 |
Chippewa [note 2] | 270 | 71.6% | 107 | 28.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 377 |
Columbus | 328 | 44.4% | 411 | 55.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 739 |
Dane | 1,098 | 59.0% | 751 | 40.3% | 13 | 0.7% | 1,862 |
Dodge | 1,116 | 59.6% | 706 | 37.7% | 52 | 2.8% | 1,874 |
Fond du Lac | 622 | 49.1% | 510 | 40.2% | 136 | 10.7% | 1,268 |
Grant | 1,199 | 44.9% | 1,467 | 55.0% | 3 | 0.1% | 2,669 |
Green | 481 | 53.4% | 406 | 45.1% | 13 | 1.4% | 900 |
Iowa & Richland [note 3] | 847 | 53.2% | 745 | 46.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,592 |
Jefferson | 1,157 | 54.8% | 893 | 42.3% | 61 | 2.9% | 2,111 |
La Fayette | 1,232 | 58.8% | 863 | 41.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,095 |
Marquette | 230 | 45.0% | 258 | 50.5% | 23 | 4.5% | 511 |
Milwaukee | 2,021 | 61.2% | 1,194 | 36.1% | 89 | 2.7% | 3,304 |
Portage | 160 | 51.1% | 153 | 48.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 313 |
Racine | 1,765 | 55.0% | 1,209 | 37.6% | 238 | 7.4% | 3,212 |
Rock | 1,394 | 48.0% | 1,475 | 50.8% | 33 | 1.1% | 2,902 |
Sauk | 187 | 53.0% | 157 | 44.5% | 9 | 2.5% | 353 |
Sheboygan | 554 | 57.8% | 384 | 40.0% | 21 | 2.2% | 959 |
Walworth | 1,478 | 49.1% | 1,356 | 45.1% | 175 | 5.8% | 3,009 |
Washington | 1,598 | 85.9% | 263 | 14.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,861 |
Waukesha | 1,197 | 49.8% | 938 | 39.0% | 268 | 11.2% | 2,716 |
Totals | 19,538 | 55.6% | 14,449 | 41.1% | 1,134 | 3.2% | 35,121 |