1853 Ohio gubernatorial election

The 1853 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 11, 1853.

1853 Ohio gubernatorial election

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Nominee William Medill Nelson Barrere Samuel Lewis Party Democratic Whig Free Soil Popular vote 147,663 85,857 50,346 Percentage 52.01% 30.24% 17.73%

County results Medill:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Barrere:      40-50%      50–60% Lewis:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%

Governor before election William Medill (acting) Democratic Elected Governor William Medill Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor William Medill defeated Whig nominee Nelson Barrere and Free Soil nominee Samuel Lewis.

General election

Candidates

• Nelson Barrere, former U.S. Representative from Hillsboro (Whig)

• Samuel Lewis, former state superintendent of common schools and candidate for governor in 1846 and 1851 (Free Soil)
• William Medill, incumbent Governor (Democratic)

Results

1853 Ohio gubernatorial election^{[1][2][3][4][lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	William Medill (incumbent)	147,663	52.01%
	Whig	Nelson Barrere	85,857	30.24%
	Free Soil	Samuel Lewis	50,346	17.73%
Majority			61,806	21.77%
Turnout			283,887
	Democratic hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give Barrere's vote as 85,843. Per Dubin, this is the sum of the votes county-by-county, but the total below is that given in the General Assembly.^[5][6]

References

1. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. pp. 209–211. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
2. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 244–245. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
3. "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. 303.
4. The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio. Being the First Session of the Fifty-First General Assembly, held in the City of Columbus, commencing on Monday, January 2, 1854. Vol. II. Columbus: John W. Kees, Statesman Steam Press. 1854. p. 38.
5. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 73. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
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.