Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1855

November 6, 1855



Nominee	Coles Bashford	William A. Barstow
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	36,198	36,355
Percentage	49.89%	50.11%

Governor before election

William A. Barstow
Democratic

Elected Governor

Coles Bashford
Republican

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The 1855 gubernatorial election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1855. Democratic candidate William A. Barstow won the election with 50% of the vote, defeating Republican Party candidate Coles Bashford.^[1]

However, Bashford and the Wisconsin Attorney General, George Baldwin Smith, filed suit in the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the case Atty. Gen. ex rel. Bashford v. Barstow.^[2]^[3] They alleged that Barstow created fraudulent election returns in several fake precincts in Wisconsin's northern counties. The court found that Bashford had won the election, and was entitled to the governorship.^[2] Before the court could formally remove him from office, Barstow resigned, leaving his Lieutenant Governor Arthur MacArthur, Sr. as acting Governor, until Bashford was sworn in four days later.^[2]

Results

Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1855^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Coles Bashford	36,198	49.89%
	Democrat	William A. Barstow	36,355	50.11%
Total votes			72,553	100

References

1 2 Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature (2015). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015-2016. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Administration. p. 699-701. ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6.
1 2 3 "Attorney General ex rel. Bashford v. Barstow" (PDF). Wisconsin Court System. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
↑ "The Legislature's Relationship with the Courts: The Role of Judicial Review in Legislating Wisconsin" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. May 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.

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