1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

The 1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890.

Incumbent Republican Governor William D. Hoard was defeated by Democratic nominee George Wilbur Peck.

Peck became the first Democratic Governor of Wisconsin since William Robert Taylor in 1876.

Candidates
Major party candidates
 * George Wilbur Peck, Democratic, incumbent Mayor of Milwaukee
 * William D. Hoard, Republican, incumbent Governor

Other candidates
 * Charles Alexander, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 8th congressional district in 1888
 * Reuben May, Union Labor, Greenback nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1879