1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1873 November 2, 1875 1877 →
 
Nominee Harrison Ludington William Robert Taylor
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Reform
Popular vote 85,155 84,314
Percentage 50.07% 49.58%

County results
Ludington :      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Taylor :      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election

William Robert Taylor
Democratic

Elected Governor

Harrison Ludington
Republican

The 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1875. Republican Party candidate Harrison Ludington was elected with 50% of the vote, narrowly defeating incumbent Democratic governor William Robert Taylor.

Taylor was once again nominated as the consensus candidate of the "Reform Party,"—a coalition of Democrats, Liberal Republicans, and Grangers. He was opposed by Ludington, who disagreed with the regulations placed on railroads and in turn received the support of railroad companies. The reelection defeat of Taylor prompted the dissolution of the Reform coalition, with the Grangers standing their own candidate under the Greenback Party in the following election.