1857 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

1857 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
January 23, 1857
 
Nominee James R. Doolittle Charles Dunn
Party Republican Democratic
Legislative vote 79 34
Percentage 67.52% 30.77%
U.S. senator before election

Henry Dodge
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

James R. Doolittle
Republican

The 1857 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 10th Wisconsin Legislature on January 23, 1857. Incumbent Democratic U.S. senator Henry Dodge did not run for re-election. Former Wisconsin circuit court judge James R. Doolittle was elected United States senator on the first ballot.

At the start of the 1857 term, Republicans held large majorities in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, so had more than enough votes to elect a Republican United States senator. The main drama of the election was in the Republican legislative caucuses as they parsed through Republican candidates and selected the former judge, James R. Doolittle, as their nominee.

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