1844 Ohio gubernatorial election

1844 Ohio gubernatorial election
	October 8, 1844
Bartley 40–50% 50-60% 60-70%	Van Buren 40–50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Governor before election; Thomas W. Bartley (acting); Democratic	Elected Governor ; Mordecai Bartley; Whig

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

Mordecai Bartley, Whig, former U.S. Representative. Bartley replaced David Spangler who declined the nomination.[1]
David Tod, Democratic, former State Senator
Leicester King, Liberty, Liberty nominee for Governor in 1842

1844 Ohio gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][lower-alpha 1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Mordecai Bartley	146,333	48.73%
	Democratic	David Tod	145,062	48.31%
	Liberty	Leicester King	8,898	2.96%
	Scattering		11	0.00%
Majority			1,271	0.42%
Turnout			300,304
	Whig gain from Democratic		Swing

King's vote is that declared by the General Assembly. The sum of his votes county-by-county is 8,891.

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