1819 Indiana gubernatorial election

none January 2025 January 2025 1819 Indiana gubernatorial election Indiana File:Flag of the United States (1819–1820).svg Presidential no 1816 Indiana gubernatorial election 1816 1822 Indiana gubernatorial election 1822 August 2, 1819 150x150px File:Jonathan Jennings.jpg Jonathan Jennings 4ab390 9,287 75.11% File:Christopher Harrison.jpg Christopher Harrison a88600 2,997 24.24% 1819 Indiana gubernatorial election.svg 175px County resultsJennings: #4ab390 60–70% #0fa070 70–80% #0c7e58 80–90% #085d41 >90%Harrison: #a88600 60–70% #907300 70–80% #735c00 80–90%#cccccc No data #808080 Non-voting area Governor Jonathan Jennings Jonathan Jennings The 1819 Indiana gubernatorial election took place August 2, 1819. The incumbent governor Jonathan Jennings defeated the former lieutenant governor Christopher Harrison.Riker Thornbrough 1960 138 Jennings announced his candidacy in May, following weeks of speculation. For some time the identity of his opponent remained uncertain. Harrison entered the race on July 3 and quickly emerged as the main challenger to the incumbent. Other possible candidates, including the judge of the Indiana Supreme Court Jesse Lynch Holman, declined consideration.Carmony 1998 28 Jennings's role in negotiating the Treaty of St. Mary's was a major issue in the campaign.Carmony 1998 28 In 1818, Jennings was appointed one of three federal commissioners to negotiate the cession of principally Miami and Potawatomi land in Northern and Central Indiana.Riker 1932 234 Nichols 2021 70 Critics claimed Jennings's acceptance of the commission violated the state constitution, which prohibited the governor from simultaneously holding federal office. Acting on this interpretation, Harrison announced that Jennings had abandoned the governorship and briefly took possession of the state seal. The Indiana General Assembly conducted an investigation but declined to remove Jennings from office, whereupon Harrison resigned as lieutenant governor.Carmony 1998 25–27 The Democratic-Republican Party was dominant nationally, and the politics of the state were conducted on a nonpartisan basis.Riker Thornbrough 1960 xvi Jennings's opponents framed the election as a referendum on the legality of the governor's actions during the treaty negotiations; his defenders responded that the importance of the territory opened to settlement by the "New Purchase" outweighed the constitutional question. Jennings was accused of being a Federalist and an alcoholic and charged with corruption in his management of the Bank of Indiana. Harrison, in contrast, was praised for his integrity, Republicanism, aversion to banks and speculation, and strict observance of the laws and the constitution.Carmony 1998 28–29 The election result was a personal vindication of Jennings, who defeated Harrison by a large majority.Riker 1932 234 Voters rewarded Jennings for his role in the acquisition of new territory, while the governor's enduring popularity from his long service as the U.S. delegate representing the Indiana Territory's at-large congressional district was reflected by his strong showing in the western part of the state.Carmony 1998 29 General election Results The original manuscript returns appear to be lost. Dorothy Riker and Gayle Thornbrough cite records kept by the Indiana House of Representatives as well as unofficial results from 21 of 31 counties in their comprehensive study of early Indiana election returns. Notably, the sum of all votes for Harrison in the unofficial county results exceeds his statewide total quoted in the Indiana House Journal by nearly 900 votes.Riker Thornbrough 1960 137–38 Michael J. Dubin recapitulates the county data from Riker and Thornbrough, while noting the discrepancy with the legislative records.Dubin 2003 56 Phil Lampi's A New Nation Votes project recovers additional newspaper evidence with varying totals for Jennings and Harrison.Lampi 2012 The following tables defer to Lampi, who locates an additional 249 votes for Jennings and 97 votes for Harrison in Sullivan County compared with Riker and Thornbrough. 1819 Indiana gubernatorial electionLampi 2012Lampi incorrectly tabulates the statewide figures for Jennings and Harrison based on the county data; the corrected figures appear below. Nonpartisan candidate Jonathan Jennings (incumbent) 9,287 75.11 +18.13 Nonpartisan candidate Christopher Harrison 2,997 24.24 Nonpartisan candidate Samuel Carr 80 0.65 Nonpartisan candidate Peter Buell Allen 1 0.01 12,365 100.00% Results by county The returns from Crawford and Lawrence counties were rejected by the General Assembly. The Indiana House Journal shows 80 votes for Samuel Carr and 1 vote for Peter Buell Allen, but incomplete county data recovered by Lampi accounts for only 59 votes for Carr and no votes for Allen; this table quotes the statewide figures for both men while calculating Jennings's and Harrison's totals based on the county data.Lampi 2012 County Jonathan Jennings Christopher Harrison Samuel Carr Peter Buell Allen Total Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Clark 618 63.84 311 32.13 39 4.03 — 968 Crawfordrejected Rejected. ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Daviess ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Dearborn 1,015 86.31 161 13.69 — — 1,176 Dubois ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Fayette 631 96.93 20 3.07 — — 651 Floyd 311 98.11 6 1.89 — — 317 Franklin 1,087 97.31 30 2.69 — — 1,117 Gibson 85 19.54 350 80.46 — — 435 Harrison 847 95.71 38 4.29 — — 885 Jackson ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Jefferson 447 61.49 260 35.76 20 2.75 — 727 Jennings 189 96.92 6 3.08 — — 195 Knox 144 27.53 379 72.47 — — 523 Lawrencerejected ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Monroe ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Orange 401 70.23 170 29.77 — — 571 Owen ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Perry ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Pike 99 72.79 37 27.20 — — 136 Posey 410 81.51 93 18.49 — — 503 Randolph 1,101 78.20 307 21.80 — — 1,408 Wayne Ripley 159 98.76 2 1.24 — — 161 Spencer 169 96.02 7 3.98 — — 176 Sullivan 249 71.97 97 28.03 — — 346 Switzerland 516 98.85 6 1.15 — — 522 Vanderburg ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Vigo 349 92.82 27 7.18 — — 376 Warrick 125 67.93 59 32.07 — — 184 Washington 335 34.68 631 65.32 — — 966 Subtotal 9,287 75.24 2,997 24.28 59 0.48 0 0.00 12,343 TOTALIncluding an additional 21 votes for Carr and one vote for Allen included in the Indiana House Journal, but missing from incomplete county data recovered by Lampi.Lampi 2012 9,287 75.11 2,997 24.24 80 0.65 1 0.01 12,365 Notes References Bibliography Carmony Donald Francis Indiana 1816-1850: the Pioneer Era 1998 Indiana Historical Society Indianapolis 0-87195-125-8 https://books.google.com/books?id=BkYhDQAAQBAJ Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776–1860: The Official Results by State and County 2003 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi Nichols David A. Potawatomi Resistance, Renewal, and Removal Indiana Magazine of History June 2021 117 2 65–81 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/indimagahist.117.2.01 Riker Dorothy Thornbrough Gayle Indiana Election Returns: 1816-1851 1960 Indiana Historical Bureau Riker Dorothy Jonathan Jennings Indiana Magazine of History December 1932 28 4 223–239 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27786567 Lampi Philip Indiana 1819 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/kk91fm454 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2012 June 21, 2021 1816 Gubernatorial Indiana Category:August 1819