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1844 Ohio gubernatorial election Ohio Presidential no 1842 Ohio gubernatorial election 1842 1846 Ohio gubernatorial election 1846 October 8, 1844 x150px Mordecai Bartley Whig Party (United States) 146,333 48.73% x150px David Tod Democratic Party (United States) 145,062 48.31% 1844 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 230px County results
Bartley
#FEE391 40–50%
#FED463 50–60%
#FE9929 60–70%
Tod
#A5B0FF 40–50%
#7996E2 50–60%
#6674DE 60–70%
#584CDE 70–80% Governor Thomas W. Bartley (acting) Democratic Party (United States) Mordecai Bartley Whig Party (United States)
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
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. Spangler, David (1796-1856) https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000699 2 November 2021 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress United States Congress
Results
1844 Ohio gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93465 OH Governor, 1844 Our Campaigns 2 November 2021Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 72 1-56802-396-0 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 203–204 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 244–245 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 464 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 1876 Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of Ohio, for the year 1875 Election Statistics https://books.google.com/books?id=GbhXD5zfqQcC&pg=PA304 Columbus Nevins & Myers, State Printers 304 1844 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 Ohio House journal XLIII https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435069714525&view=1up&seq=14&skin=2021 Columbus Samuel Medary, Printer of the State 8–10 Taylor William Alexander Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County https://books.google.com/books?id=hXFKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 North Charleston, SC Createspace 180 9783849673543 King's vote is that declared by the General Assembly. The sum of his votes county-by-county is 8,891.
Whig Party (United States) Mordecai Bartley 146,333 48.73%
Democratic Party (United States) David Tod 145,062 48.31%
Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Leicester King 8,898 2.96%
Scattering 11 0.00%
1,271 0.42%
300,304
Whig Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States)
Notes
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