1842 Ohio gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1842 Ohio gubernatorial election Ohio Presidential no 1840 Ohio gubernatorial election 1840 1844 Ohio gubernatorial election 1844 October 11, 1842 x150px Wilson Shannon Democratic Party (United States) 119,774 49.32% x150px Thomas Corwin Whig Party (United States) 117,902 48.55% 1842 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 230px County results Shannon #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% Corwin #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% Governor Thomas Corwin Whig Party (United States) Wilson Shannon Democratic Party (United States) The 1842 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 11, 1842. Incumbent Whig Governor Thomas Corwin was defeated by Democratic nominee and former Governor Wilson Shannon. General election Candidates Thomas Corwin, incumbent governor (Whig) Leicester King, former state senator from Warren (Liberty) Wilson Shannon, former governor and Belmont County prosecutor (Democratic) Results 1842 Ohio gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93476 OH Governor, 1842 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 201–203 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 1842 Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio; being the First Session of the Forty First General Assembly, held in the City of Columbus, commencing on Monday, December 5, 1842 Ohio House journal https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044100154178&view=1up&seq=51&skin=2021 Columbus Samuel Medary, State Printer 47–49 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 Democratic Party (United States) Wilson Shannon 119,774 49.32% Whig Party (United States) Thomas Corwin (incumbent) 117,902 48.55% Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Leicester King 5,134 2.11% Scattering 40 0.02% 1,872 0.77% 242,850 Democratic Party (United States) Whig Party (United States) References 1842 Ohio Gubernatorial Category:October 1842