The 1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898.
Incumbent Republican Governor Edward Scofield defeated Democratic nominee Hiram Wilson Sawyer with 52.55% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- Hiram Wilson Sawyer, Democratic, lawyer
- Edward Scofield, Republican, incumbent Governor
Other candidates
- Albinus A. Worsley, People's, farmer
- Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in 1882
- Howard Tuttle, Social Democrat, scenic artist
- Henry Riese, Socialist Labor, farmer
Results by county
Scofield was the first Republican to ever win Marathon County. After this election, Lincoln County and Wood County would not vote Democratic again until 1932 and those counties would also not vote for the losing candidate again until 1940.
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Dane
- Dodge
- Jefferson
- Kewaunee
- Langlade
- Manitowoc
- Taylor
- Washington
- Wood