1818 Ohio gubernatorial election
October 13, 1818
 
Nominee Ethan Allen Brown James Dunlap
Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 30,194 8,075
Percentage 78.90% 21.10%
Governor before election

Thomas Worthington
Democratic-Republican

 Elected Governor

Ethan Allen Brown
Democratic-Republican

The 1818 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 13, 1818.

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Thomas Worthington did not run for re-election.[1]

Chief Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court Ethan Allen Brown defeated former member of the Ohio Legislature[2] James Dunlap.

General election

Results

1818 Ohio gubernatorial election[3][4][5][6][7][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican Ethan Allen Brown 30,194 78.90%
Democratic-Republican James Dunlap 8,075 21.10%
Majority 22,119 57.80%
Turnout 38,269
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Glashan gives the result as Brown 31,787, Dunlap 8,807.[8] The result given here is that declared in the Ohio General Assembly.
  2. ↑ Some sources record that there were 24 scattering votes.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Sears, Alfred Byron (1958). Thomas Worthington: Father of Ohio Statehood (PDF). Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. p. 206. ISBN 0-8142-0745-6.
  2. ↑ Bennett, Henry Holcomb, ed. (1902). The County of Ross. Madison, Wis.: Selwyn A. Brant. p. 279.
  3. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 72. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  4. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 462. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Taylor, William Alexander. Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County. North Charleston, SC: Createspace. p. 179. ISBN 9783849673543.
  7. ↑ Cole, Frank Theodore (January 1903). "Thomas Worthington". The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly. Columbus, Ohio. VI: 12. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  8. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 244–245. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  9. ↑ "OH Governor, 1818". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  10. ↑ Curtin, Michael F.; Bell, Julia Barry (2006). The Ohio Politics Almanac (2nd ed.). Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-87338-889-5.


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