1873 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

1873 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 4, 1873
 
Nominee Charles D. Parker Robert H. Baker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 80,212 67,208
Percentage 54.40% 45.58%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Vacant

 Elected Lieutenant Governor

Charles D. Parker
Democratic

The 1873 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1873, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Democratic nominee and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Charles D. Parker defeated Republican nominee and former member of the Wisconsin Senate Robert H. Baker. Parker was the first Democrat elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin since Erasmus D. Campbell in 1857.

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