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1844 Ohio gubernatorial election

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1844 Ohio gubernatorial election

← 1842 October 8, 1844 1846 →
 
Nominee Mordecai Bartley David Tod
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 146,333 145,062
Percentage 48.73% 48.31%

County Results

Governor before election

Thomas W. Bartley (acting)
Democratic

Elected Governor

Mordecai Bartley
Whig

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

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

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Candidates

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

Results

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1844 Ohio gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][a]
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

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  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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  1. ^ "Spangler, David (1796-1856)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "OH Governor, 1844". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 72. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  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.