1887 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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The 1887 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 38th Wisconsin Legislature on January 26, 1887. Incumbent Republican U.S. senator Philetus Sawyer was re-elected on the first ballot.[1]
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January 26, 1887
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At the start of the 1887 term, Republicans held substantial majorities in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, so had more than enough votes to elect a Republican United States senator.
Major candidates
Democratic
- John Winans, former U.S. representative of Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, incumbent state representative and incumbent mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin.
Republican
- Philetus Sawyer, incumbent U.S. senator, former U.S representative, and former mayor of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Labor
- John M. Cochrane, founder and former master of the Wisconsin Grange.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Philetus Sawyer (incumbent) | 82[a] | 65.60% | ||
| Democratic | John Winans | 37[b] | 29.60% | ||
| Labor | John Cochrane | 6[c] | 4.80% | ||
| Absent or not voting | 8 | ||||
| Majority | 63 | 50.40% | |||
| Total votes | 125 | 93.98% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
Notes
- Sawyer received the votes of all Republican members except for representatives James L. Murphy and Andrew J. Stewart (who were absent); he also received one cross-over vote from independent democratic representative John F. Huebner.
- Winans received the votes of all Democratic members except for representatives Patrick Finnerty, Reinhardt Rahr, Andrew Schmidlkofer, and George E. Tate (who were absent); Winans abstained from the voting himself; he also received the votes of independent representatives Richard Dewhurst, James B. McLeran, and John Williams Tobey.
- Sawyer received the votes of all Labor members and received the vote of independent representative Benjamin Charles Garside.