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1202. Ohio 1822 Auditor, Ross County
1203. Ohio 1822 Auditor, Shelby County
1204. Ohio 1822 Auditor, Trumbull County
1205. Ohio 1822 Auditor, Warren County
1206. Ohio 1822 Auditor, Washington County
1207. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Ashtabula County
1208. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Butler County
1209. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Columbiana County
1210. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Cuyahoga County
1211. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Delaware County
1212. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Fairfield County
1213. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Franklin County
1214. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Geauga County
1215. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Hamilton County
1216. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Harrison County
1217. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Highland County
1218. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Huron County
1219. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Licking County
1220. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Montgomery County
1221. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Morgan County
1222. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Muskingum County
1223. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Perry County
1224. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Ross County
1225. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Shelby County
1226. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Trumbull County
1227. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Warren County
1228. Ohio 1822 Commissioner, Washington County
1229. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Ashtabula County
1230. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Delaware County
1231. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Fairfield County
1232. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Geauga County
1233. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Hamilton County
1234. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Licking County
1235. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Muskingum County
1236. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Perry County
1237. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Ross County
1238. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Trumbull County
1239. Ohio 1822 Coroner, Washington County
1240. Ohio 1822 Governor
1241. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Ashtabula County
1242. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Butler County
1243. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Clermont County
1244. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Columbiana County
1245. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Cuyahoga County
1246. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Darke and Shelby Counties
1247. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Delaware County
1248. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Fairfield County
1249. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Franklin County
1250. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Geauga County
1251. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Hamilton County
1252. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Harrison County
1253. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Highland County
1254. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Huron, Sandusky and Seneca Counties
1255. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Licking County
1256. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Montgomery County
1257. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Morgan and Washington Counties
1258. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Muskingum County
1259. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Muskingum County, Special
1260. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Perry County
1261. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Ross County
1262. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Stark County
1263. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Trumbull County
1264. Ohio 1822 House of Representatives, Warren County
1265. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Butler Township
1266. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, German Township
1267. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Jackson Township
1268. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Jefferson Township
1269. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Washington Township
1270. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Washington Township
1271. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Wayne Township
1272. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Shelby County, Cynthian Township
1273. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Shelby County, Orange Township
1274. Ohio 1822 Justice of the Peace, Shelby County, Turtle Creek Township
1275. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Ashtabula County
1276. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Cuyahoga County
1277. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Delaware County
1278. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Fairfield County
1279. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Geauga County
1280. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Hamilton County
1281. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Licking County
1282. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Montgomery County
1283. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Perry County
1284. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Ross County
1285. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Stark County
1286. Ohio 1822 Sheriff, Washington County
1287. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Butler County
1288. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Darke, Miami, Preble and Shelby Counties
1289. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Darke, Miami, Preble and Shelby Counties, Special
1290. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Delaware, Franklin, Madison and Union Counties
1291. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Fairfield County
1292. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Hamilton County
1293. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Harrison County
1294. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Licking and Perry Counties
1295. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Medina and Portage Counties
1296. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Stark County
1297. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Trumbull County
1298. Ohio 1822 State Senate, Warren County
1299. Ohio 1822 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
1300. Ohio 1822 U.S. House of Representatives, District 10
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In these years, Ohio changed from a virtually unpeopled frontier area within the Northwest Territory to the fourth most powerful state in federal elections. Its first significant elections were for the lower house of the Territorial Assembly in December 1798. Suffrage was restricted to adult males who owned fifty acres freehold (the most limited franchise in the nation), although Governor Arthur St. Clair extended the vote to those who owned town lots of comparable value. Voting took place viva voce at the county seat, under the supervision of men appointed by the governor, who also determined apportionment and could veto legislation and prorogue (postpone) and dissolve the Assembly. The upper house, the Council, was appointed by the president from a list of names drawn up by the house; Congress appointed the governor on the president's nomination. This authoritarian system was overthrown when Congress passed the Enabling Act of 1802, authorizing the calling of a convention elected virtually on the basis of manhood suffrage.
Ohio became a state in March 1803, operating under the constitution drafted in November 1802. That instrument gave little power or patronage, and no veto, to the governor, who was elected biennially. The all-powerful General Assembly was divided into two chambers: The House was elected annually by county constituencies, and the Senate was elected biennially, half the members each year, in districts made up of one or more counties. There were no property qualifications for membership in the Assembly. Every four years the state took a census of adult males and redistributed legislative seats, and congressional districts were reapportioned each decade immediately after Congress had reapportioned the federal House and electoral college. Beginning with the first presidential election in 1804, the electors were chosen by statewide popular vote. The right to vote was limited to white adult males who had been resident for one year and had paid a tax. However, because the state constitution defined compulsory work on the roads as a tax and all adult males between the ages of 18 and 55 were obliged to work on the roads (or buy a substitute), this amounted to a nearly all-inclusive franchise for white males. From the start, voting was by secret ballot, with ballots deposited in special locked boxes, and whereas under the territory, voters had had to travel to the few county seats to vote, people now voted at a central place in each of the rapidly multiplying townships.
This democratic electoral system produced elections that saw a surprising degree of partisan action and comparatively high—but fluctuating—voter involvement, especially after 1807 when the key elections began to coincide in even years. The Federalist predominance of the territorial period was overthrown in 1802—1803, and the then overwhelmingly dominant Democratic-Republican party soon divided along factional lines, notably over the role of the judiciary. In some parts of the state, the Federalist Party revived after 1807 but suffered a severe decline after 1816. As a consequence, nonpartisan elections became even more common, although old-party considerations operated in some local elections into the 1820s. In 1824 Ohio's first competitive election for the presidency saw turnout surge as voters began giving their allegiance to entirely new political formations.
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