1853 Ohio gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1853 Ohio gubernatorial election Ohio Presidential no 1851 Ohio gubernatorial election 1851 1855 Ohio gubernatorial election 1855 October 11, 1853 x150px William Medill Democratic Party (United States) 147,663 52.01% x120px Nelson Barrere Whig Party (United States) 85,857 30.24% Samuel_Lewis%3B_first_superintendent_of_common_schools_for_the_state_of_Ohio_(cropped).jpg Samuel Lewis Free Soil Party 50,346 17.73% 1853 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 210px County resultsMedill: #bcd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674dd 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3a33e5 80–90%Barrere: #d7c477 40–50% #bda42e 50–60%Lewis: #c5eec6 30–40% #b5d9ad 40–50% #8bc88c 50–60% Governor William Medill (acting) Democratic Party (United States) William Medill Democratic Party (United States) The 1853 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 11, 1853. 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 electionDubin Michael J. 2010 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC&pg=PA10 209–211 Jefferson, NC McFarland & Co. 978-0-7864-4722-0 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 244–245 0-930466-17-9 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=PA303 Columbus Nevins & Myers, State Printers 303 1854 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 Journal of the Senate II https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.78242670&view=1up&seq=48&skin=2021 Columbus John W. Kees, Statesman Steam Press 38 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.Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 73 1-56802-396-0 Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 464 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 Democratic Party (United States) William Medill (incumbent) 147,663 52.01% Whig Party (United States) Nelson Barrere 85,857 30.24% Free Soil Party Samuel Lewis 50,346 17.73% 61,806 21.77% 283,887 Democratic Party (United States) Notes References 1853 Ohio Gubernatorial Category:October 1853