1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

April 7, 1959
 
Candidate E. Harold Hallows Stewart G. Honeck
Popular vote 326,510 310,168
Percentage 51.28% 48.72%

Justice before election

E. Harold Hallows

Elected Justice

E. Harold Hallows

The 1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1959, to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The general election was preceded by a nonpartisan primary held on March, from which E. Harold Hallows (the incumbent justice, who had been appointed in 1958 to fill a vacancy) and Stewart G. Honeck (former state attorney general) advanced from a field of eight candidates. Hallows was re-elected, defeating Honeck in the general election.