1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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County results Lewis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Palmer: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1863. Union candidate James T. Lewis won the election with nearly 60% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate Henry L. Palmer.
The incumbent Governor, Edward Salomon, had ascended to office after the accidental drowning of his predecessor, Louis P. Harvey, in April 1862. He was a former Democrat who had been elected Lieutenant Governor on the Union ticket in 1861. He was not re-nominated.