1917 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

1917 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
April 3, 1917
 
Candidate Walter C. Owen Roujet D. Marshall
Popular vote 148,324 138,620
Percentage 51.66% 48.28%
Justice before election

Roujet D. Marshall

 Elected Justice

Walter C. Owen

The 1917 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 3, 1907, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Walter C. Owen (the attorney general of Wisconsin) defeated incumbent justice Roujet D. Marshall. This was only the third instance in the state's history in which an incumbent Supreme Court justice lost an election. Marshall's defeat was largely attributed to a controversial ruling he authored striking down the state's forestry law.

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