1849 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1849 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
← 1848 November 6, 1849 1851 →
 
Nominee Nelson Dewey Alexander L. Collins Warren Chase
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Popular vote 16,649 11,317 3,761
Percentage 52.42% 35.63% 11.84%

County results
Dewey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Collins:      40–50%      50–60%
Chase:      30–40%

Governor before election

Nelson Dewey
Democratic

Elected Governor

Nelson Dewey
Democratic

The 1849 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1849. Democrat Nelson Dewey won the election with 52% of the vote, winning his second term as Governor of Wisconsin. Dewey defeated Whig Party candidate Alexander L. Collins and Free Soil Party candidate Warren Chase.[1]

This was the second Wisconsin gubernatorial election, and the first election for a full two-year gubernatorial term.

  1. ^ Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature (2015). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015–2016. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Administration. pp. 699–701. ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6.