HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. 
 
or form or convenience of description. The 
highest peak, in the southwestern part of the 
State, is the West Blue Mound, 1,151 feet above 
Lake Michigan; in the eastern part, Lapham's 
Peak, 824 feet; in the central part, Rib Hill, 
1,263 feet; while the crest of the Penokee Range, 
in the northern part, rises upward of 1,000 feet. 
The drainage systems correspond, in general, to. 
the topographical features before described. 
The face of the State is the growth of geologic 
ages furrowed by the teardrops of the skies. 
The constitution-of Wisconsin provided for 
the election of a governor, lieutenant governor, 
secretary of State, treasurer and attorney gen- 
eral, as the officers of State. The first State 
election was held May 8, 1848, when, not only 
State officers were chosen, but members of the 
Legislature and members of Congress. 'The fol- 
lowing are the names of the governors elected 
and the terms they have served, since Wisconsin 
became a State: Nelson Dewey, June 7, 1848 
to Jan. 5, "1852; Leonard J. Farwell, Jan. 5, 
1852, to Jan. 5, 1854; William A. Barstow, Jan. 
2, 1854, to March 21, 1856; Arthur McArthur, t 
March 21, to March 25, 1856; Coles Bashford, 
March 25, 1856, to Jan. 4, 1858; Alexander W. 
Randall, Jan. 4, 1858, to Jan. 6, 1869,; Louis P. 
Harvey, Jan. 6, 1862, to April 19, 1862; Edward 
Solomon, f April 19, 1862, to Jan. 4, 1864; 
James T. Lewis, Jan. 4, 1864, to Jan. 1, 1866; 
Lucius Farchild, Jan. 1, 1866, to Jan. 1, 1872: 
C. C. Washburn, Jan. 1, 1872, to Jan. 5, 1874; 
William R. Taylor, Jan. 5, 1874, to Jan. 3,] 876; 
Harrison Ludington, Jan. 3, 1876, to Jan. 7, 1878; 
William E. Smith, Jan. 7, 1878 to Jan. 2, 1882, 
Jeremiah M. Rusk, Jan. 2, 1882, and still in 
office. 
The gubernatorial vote of Wisconsin since its 
admission into the Union was as follows: 
1848. 
Dewey, democrat ........................... 19, 538 
rweedy, whig ............................14, 449 
Dewey's majority..................... 5,089 
 
1849. 
Dewey, democrat....     ..................16,649 
Collins, whig........  .....................11,317 
 
Dewey's majority..................... 
1851. 
Farwell, whig ....... ......................... 
Upham, democrat ........................ 
Faiwell's majority.................... 
1853. 
 
5,332 
22,319 
21,812 
507 
 
Barstow, deniocrat ............................ 30,405 
Holton, republican ...........  ...........21,886 
Baird,  whig ............... ....................  3,334 
Barstow's plurality8......................8,59 
1855. 
Barstow, democrat........................36, 355 
Bashford, republican ......................... 36, 198 
Barstow's majority ........................ *157 
1857. 
Rndall, republican..................        44, 693 
Cross, democrat...........................44, 239 
Randall's  majority ........................  454 
1859. 
Randall, republican  .......................... 59, 999 
Hobart, democrat .........................52, 539 
Randall's majority .........................7.460 
1861. 
Harvey, republican  ........................... 53,777 
Ferguson, democrat....................... 45,456 
Harvey's majority ......................... 8, 321 
1863. 
Lewis, republican............72, 717 
Palmer,  democrat ............................. 49, 053 
Lewis' majority ........................... 23, 664 
1865. 
Fairchild, republican ......................... 58, 332 
Hobart, democrat .............................. 48, 330 
Fairchild's majority ....................... 10, 002 
1867. 
Fairchild, republican ......................... 73, 637 
Tallmadge, democrat.......................68,873 
Fairchild's majority.....................4, 764 
*This certificate was set aside by the supreme court. 
 
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