1851 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

1851 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 4, 1851
 
Nominee Timothy Burns James Hughes Benjamin Spaulding
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Popular vote 24,605 16,793 2,918
Percentage 55.44% 37.84% 6.57%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Samuel Beall
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Timothy Burns
Democratic

The 1851 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1851, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Democratic nominee and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Timothy Burns defeated Whig nominee James Hughes and Free soil nominee and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Benjamin Spaulding.

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