1907 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin

1907 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin
April 17, 1907 – May 17, 1907
 
Nominee Isaac Stephenson George W. Bird Jacob Rummel
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Legislative vote 87 16 4
Percentage 81.31% 14.95% 3.74%
U.S. senator before election

John C. Spooner
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Isaac Stephenson
Republican

The 1907 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin was held in the 48th Wisconsin Legislature between April 17, 1907, and May 17, 1907. The special election was necessary to complete the unexpired term of U.S. Senator John Coit Spooner, who announced his resignation in March 1907 and left office April 30. Republican former U.S. representative Isaac Stephenson was elected on the 22nd ballot after a month of voting and negotiation.

In the 1907 term, Republicans held overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, so had more than enough votes to elect a Republican United States senator. The main contest was in the Republican legislative caucus, where multiple progressive and conservative factions failed to reach consensus for nearly a month. Progressives ultimately coalesced around 77-year-old former U.S. representative Isaac Stephenson—who had made several previous bids for U.S. Senate—and secured his nomination.

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