1853 Ohio gubernatorial election

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1853 Ohio gubernatorial election
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Nominee William Medill Nelson Barrere Samuel Lewis
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Popular vote147,66385,85750,346
Percentage52.01%30.24%17.73%
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County results
Medill:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Barrere:     40-50%     50–60%
Lewis:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%
Governor before election

William Medill (acting)
Democratic

Elected Governor

William Medill
Democratic

The 1853 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 11, 1853.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Governor William Medill defeated Whig nominee Nelson Barrere and Free Soil nominee Samuel Lewis.

General election

Candidates

Results

1853 Ohio gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3] [4] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic William Medill (incumbent) 147,663 52.01%
Whig Nelson Barrere 85,85730.24%
Free Soil Samuel Lewis 50,34617.73%
Majority61,80621.77%
Turnout 283,887
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. pp. 209–211. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
  2. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 244–245. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  3. ↑ "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. 303.
  4. ↑ 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. Vol. II. Columbus: John W. Kees, Statesman Steam Press. 1854. p. 38.
  5. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 73. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
  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.


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