1916 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

1916 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
	April 4, 1916
Justice before election; William H. Timlin;	Elected Justice ; Franz C. Eschweiler;

The 1916 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 4, 1916, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Circuit court judge Franz C. Eschweiler prevailed in a five-candidate race, winning a plurality of the vote.

Incumbent first-term justice William H. Timlin did not seek re-election, and would ultimately die soon after the election (shortly before his term would have expired).^[1]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
General Election, April 1916
	Nonpartisan	Franz C. Eschweiler	70,380	23.40
	Nonpartisan	William J. Turner	64,568	21.46
	Nonpartisan	Ellsworth B. Belden	57,670	19.17
	Nonpartisan	Walter D. Corrigan	56,666	18.84
	Nonpartisan	Chester A. Fowler	51,033	16.97
		Scattering	489	0.16
Total votes			300,806	100

References

^ "William H. Timlin (1852-1916)". Courts of Wisconsin. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
^ "Election statistics". The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1917 (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1917. p. 300. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

[1] "William H. Timlin (1852-1916)". Courts of Wisconsin. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

[bb1917-2] "Election statistics". The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1917 (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1917. p. 300. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

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