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1881 Insurance Commissioner General Election Results - Wisconsin
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  Insurance Commissioner
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
Philip L. Spooner Jr.Republican 85,349 49.68%
Louis KemperDemocratic 67,574 39.34%
Thomas BrackenProhibition 11,580 6.74%
Lorenzo MerrillGreenback 6,693 3.90%
YOther (+) - 589 0.34%
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  1881 Wisconsin County Map of General Election Results for Insurance Commissioner  
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Election Notes:
  • The Office of Commissioner of Insurance was created in 1870 but did not become an elected office until 1881.
  • Candidates' party affiliations obtained from the 11/4/1881 Iowa County Democrat. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86086852/1881-11-04/ed-1/seq-1/
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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Wisconsin Board of State Canvassers, "Commissioner of Insurance," Tabular Statement of the votes...at the General Election (Madison, 1881)
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