1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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.

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