1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

The 1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898.
Incumbent Republican Governor Edward Scofield defeated Democratic nominee Hiram Wilson Sawyer with 52.55% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Hiram Wilson Sawyer, Democratic, lawyer
Edward Scofield, Republican, incumbent Governor

Other candidates

Albinus A. Worsley, People's, farmer
Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in 1882
Howard Tuttle, Social Democrat, scenic artist
Henry Riese, Socialist Labor, farmer

Results by county

Scofield was the first Republican to ever win Marathon County. After this election, Lincoln County and Wood County would not vote Democratic again until 1932 and those counties would also not vote for the losing candidate again until 1940.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Marathon

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic