1881 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

1881 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 8, 1881
 
Nominee Sam Fifield Wendell Abraham Anderson Harvey Clapp
Party Republican Democratic Prohibition
Popular vote 83,502 69,304 12,247
Percentage 48.59% 40.33% 7.13%
Lieutenant Governor before election

James M. Bingham
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Sam Fifield
Republican

The 1881 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1881, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Republican nominee and former Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly Sam Fifield defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Wendell Abraham Anderson, Prohibition nominee and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Harvey Clapp and Greenback nominee and former member of the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory David Giddings.

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