1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

The 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886.

Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Gilbert M. Woodward, People's Party nominee John Cochrane, and Prohibition nominee John Myers Olin with 46.53% of the vote.

Candidates
Major party candidates
 * Gilbert M. Woodward, Democratic, attorney, former member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Republican, incumbent Governor

Other candidates
 * John Myers Olin, Prohibition, lecturer in law at the University of Wisconsin, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district in 1884
 * John Cochrane, People's Party