1844 Ohio gubernatorial election

The 1844 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 8, 1844.

1844 Ohio gubernatorial election

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Nominee Mordecai Bartley David Tod Party Whig Democratic Popular vote 146,333 145,062 Percentage 48.73% 48.31%

County Results Bartley   40–50%   50-60%   60-70% Tod   40–50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

Governor before election Thomas W. Bartley (acting) Democratic Elected Governor Mordecai Bartley Whig

Incumbent Democratic Governor Thomas W. Bartley did not run for re-election.

Bartley's father, Whig nominee Mordecai Bartley defeated Democratic nominee David Tod and Liberty nominee Leicester King.

General election

Candidates

• Mordecai Bartley, former U.S. Representative from Mansfield (Whig)
• Leicester King, former State Senator from Warren and nominee for Governor in 1842 (Liberty)
• David Tod, former State Senator from Warren (Democratic)

Bartley replaced David Spangler who declined the nomination.^[1]

Results

1844 Ohio gubernatorial election^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Mordecai Bartley	146,333	48.73%
	Democratic	David Tod	145,062	48.31%
	Liberty	Leicester King	8,898	2.96%
	Scattering		11	0.00%
Majority			1,271	0.42%
Turnout			300,304
	Whig gain from Democratic		Swing

Notes

1. King's vote is that declared by the General Assembly. The sum of his votes county-by-county is 8,891.

References

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4. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
5. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 244–245. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
6. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 464. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
7. "Election Statistics". Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of Ohio, for the year 1875. Columbus: Nevins & Myers, State Printers. 1876. p. 304.
8. Journal of the House of Representatives, of the State of Ohio; being the First Session of the Forty Third General Assembly, held in the City of Columbus, commencing on Monday, December 2, 1844. Vol. XLIII. Columbus: Samuel Medary, Printer of the State. 1844. pp. 8–10.
9. Taylor, William Alexander. Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County. North Charleston, SC: Createspace. p. 180. ISBN 9783849673543.