1853 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1853 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
November 8, 1853
 
Nominee William A. Barstow Edward D. Holton Henry S. Baird
Party Democratic Independent Whig
Popular vote 30,405 21,886 3,304
Percentage 54.60% 39.30% 5.93%
County results
Barstow:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Holton:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Baird:      40–50%      50–60%
Governor before election

Leonard J. Farwell
Whig

 Elected Governor

William A. Barstow
Democratic

The 1853 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1853. Democratic candidate William A. Barstow won the election with 55% of the vote, winning his first term as Governor of Wisconsin. Barstow defeated Free Soil Party candidate Edward D. Holton and Whig candidate Henry S. Baird. This would be the last Wisconsin gubernatorial election in which there was a Whig candidate on the ballot.

This was the last election until 1932 in which Adams County and Bad Ax (Vernon) County voted for a Democrat. Additionally, Columbia County would not vote Democratic again until 1924, nor would Green County, Portage County, and Sauk County until 1890.

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