1896 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1896 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Emil Baensch defeated Democratic nominee Horatio H. Hoard, Prohibition nominee Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton and Socialist Labor nominee Henry Reese.

On election day, November 3, 1896, incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Emil Baensch won re-election by a margin of 98,064 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Horatio H. Hoard, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. Baensch was sworn in for his second term on January 4, 1897.^[1]