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Greene</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_S._Greene.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Walter_S._Greene.png/220px-Walter_S._Greene.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Walter_S._Greene.png/330px-Walter_S._Greene.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Walter_S._Greene.png/440px-Walter_S._Greene.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1248" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Portrait from <i>The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin</i> (1879)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">Wisconsin Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_23rd_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin's 23rd State Senate district">23rd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1887 – November 15, 1891</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_W._Reed" title="William W. Reed">William W. Reed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Solliday" title="Albert Solliday">Albert Solliday</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 6, 1873 – January 4, 1875</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_W._Woodman" title="William W. Woodman">William W. Woodman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William W. Reed</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Wisconsin" title="Jefferson County, Wisconsin">Jefferson</a> 2nd district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 6, 1862 – January 5, 1863</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Horace_B._Willard" title="Horace B. Willard">Horace B. Willard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_S._Greene" title="Nathan S. Greene">Nathan S. Greene</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1834-03-23</span>)</span>March 23, 1834<br /><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Herkimer_County,_New_York" title="Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York">Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 15, 1891<span style="display:none">(1891-11-15)</span> (aged 57)<br /><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, Wisconsin, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">Stomach cancer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Evergreen Cemetery, <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Atkinson,_Wisconsin" title="Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin">Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Ella C. Potter</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1861; died 1863)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Jennette Guile</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1866⁠–⁠1891)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Isabella P. Greene</li><li>(b. 1862; died 1917)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_S._Greene" title="Nathan S. Greene">Nathan S. Greene</a> (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Walter S. Greene</b> (May 28, 1834 – November 15, 1891) was an American businessman, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> politician, and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> pioneer. He served six years in the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin State Senate">Wisconsin State Senate</a> and one year in the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">State Assembly</a>, representing <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Wisconsin" title="Jefferson County, Wisconsin">Jefferson County</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_S._Greene&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walter Greene was born in <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Herkimer_County,_New_York" title="Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York">Salisbury</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Herkimer_County,_New_York" title="Herkimer County, New York">Herkimer County, New York</a>, March 23, 1834.<sup id="cite_ref-1891bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1891bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He came west with his family in 1846, settling at the town of <a href="/wiki/Milford,_Wisconsin" title="Milford, Wisconsin">Milford</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Territory" title="Wisconsin Territory">Wisconsin Territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jeff_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jeff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended collegiate courses at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin">University of Wisconsin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beloit_College" title="Beloit College">Beloit College</a> and worked as a merchant for several years at <a href="/wiki/Prairie_du_Chien,_Wisconsin" title="Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin">Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin</a>. He subsequently returned to Milford and worked with his father in a milling and manufacturing firm known as "Greene & Son".<sup id="cite_ref-1891bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1891bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-watertown-obit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watertown-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While residing at Milford, he served on the town board for several years, served as Jefferson County treasurer, and was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a> for the <a href="/wiki/15th_Wisconsin_Legislature" title="15th Wisconsin Legislature">1862 session</a>. He was succeeded in office in 1863 by his father, <a href="/wiki/Nathan_S._Greene" title="Nathan S. Greene">Nathan S. Greene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jeff_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jeff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was subsequently elected to the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin State Senate">Wisconsin State Senate</a> from Jefferson County's Senate district in 1872.<sup id="cite_ref-1873bio_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1873bio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1883, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Atkinson,_Wisconsin" title="Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin">Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin</a>, and was elected to another term in the Wisconsin Senate in 1886. The next year, he was elected mayor of Fort Atkinson.<sup id="cite_ref-1891bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1891bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was re-elected in 1890,<sup id="cite_ref-1891bio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1891bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was stricken with <a href="/wiki/Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">stomach cancer</a> shortly after the start of the new term. He was ill for several months before dying at St. Mary's hospital in <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> in November 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_family">Personal life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_S._Greene&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walter Greene's father <a href="/wiki/Nathan_S._Greene" title="Nathan S. Greene">Nathan S. Greene</a> also served in the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">Wisconsin State Assembly</a>. Walter's younger brother William served as an officer in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jeff_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jeff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Walter Greene married twice. His first wife, Ella Porter, was the daughter of General James Potter, of <a href="/wiki/Mifflin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Mifflin County, Pennsylvania">Mifflin County, Pennsylvania</a>, and was a great granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> major general <a href="/wiki/James_Potter_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="James Potter (Pennsylvania politician)">James Potter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had one daughter together. </p><p>Walter Greene was survived by his second wife, Jennette Guile, and his daughter Isabella "Belle".<sup id="cite_ref-watertown-obit_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watertown-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_S._Greene&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wisconsin_Senate_(1872)"><span id="Wisconsin_Senate_.281872.29"></span>Wisconsin Senate (1872)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_S._Greene&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wisconsin Senate (1872)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Wisconsin Senate, 23rd District Election, 1872<sup id="cite_ref-1873bio_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1873bio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>General Election, November 5, 1872</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Walter S. Greene </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,983 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.76% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.67% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Luther_A._Cole" title="Luther A. Cole">Luther A. Cole</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,572 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.24% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,411 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.53% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.34% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>6,555 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+34.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wisconsin_Senate_(1886,_1890)"><span id="Wisconsin_Senate_.281886.2C_1890.29"></span>Wisconsin Senate (1886, 1890)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_S._Greene&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wisconsin Senate (1886, 1890)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Wisconsin Senate, 23rd District Election, 1886<sup id="cite_ref-1887bio_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1887bio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>General Election, November 2, 1886</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Walter S. Greene </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,601 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.93% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.58% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_W._Ostrander" title="James W. Ostrander">James W. Ostrander</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,464 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.96% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.18% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF00FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prohibition Party (United States)">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn">George W. Jenkins </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">260 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.11% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,137 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.98% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">-0.61% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>6,325 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+19.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Wisconsin Senate, 23rd District Election, 1890<sup id="cite_ref-1891bio_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1891bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>General Election, November 4, 1890</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Walter S. Greene (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,983 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.76% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.83% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jesse Stone </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,572 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.24% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.28% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF00FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prohibition Party (United States)">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn">S. Faville </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">319 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.64% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,411 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.53% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.55% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>6,874 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+8.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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