1897 Wisconsin Supreme Court electionThe 1897 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 6, 1897, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Roujet D. Marshall, who was unopposed.BackgroundMarshall had held his seat since 1895, when Governor William Upham appointed him to fill a vacancy on the court. He was thereafter elected in a special election held in 1896. He faced no opposition in either of those elections.