Ohio 1812 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Ohio 1812 Governor
Date:
1812
State:
Ohio
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
Return J. Meigs, Thomas Scott, Lewis Cass, Thomas Worthington, B. Wells, Jeremiah Morrow, Benjamin I. Gilman, Silas Cook, William Oliver, Ephraim Ryan, Gustus Stone, Duncan MacArthur, Abraham Troxal, Benjamin Whiteman, James Findlay, David Duncan, Return Scott
Candidates: Return J. Meigs[1]Thomas ScottLewis CassThomas WorthingtonB. WellsJeremiah MorrowBenjamin I. GilmanSilas CookWilliam OliverEphraim RyanGustus StoneDuncan MacArthurAbraham TroxalBenjamin WhitemanJames FindlayDavid DuncanReturn Scott
Affiliation:RepublicanClintonianFederalist
Final Result: [2][3]11859790368108244521111267-----
Adams County7580---------------
Ashtabula County195----------------
Athens County22193---------------
Belmont County139373---------------
Butler County343342---------------
Champaign County338246---------------
Clermont County402491---------------
Clinton County50162---------------
Columbiana County5894-5-41-----2-----
Beaver11----2-----------
Butler22----------------
Centre1233---4-----------
Elk Run36----------------
Fairfield36----------------
Green6----19-----------
Hanover34----9-----------
Knox40----------------
Madison31----------------
Middleton25----------------
Saint Clair48----------------
Salem58----------------
Springfield17--5-------------
Unity30----7-----2-----
Wayne37----------------
Yellow Creek351---------------
Coshocton County[4]6521---------46-----
Linton7----------7-----
Newcastle77---------20-----
Oxford1----------19-----
Tuscarawas453---------------
Washington511---------------
Cuyahoga County2142---------------
Delaware County-----------------
Fairfield County[5]2411213---------------
Fayette County[6]21174---------------
Franklin County[7][8]427193---------------
Berkshire418---------------
Delaware425---------------
Franklin11935---------------
Mifflin88---------------
Plain424---------------
Sharon9815---------------
Gallia County15862---------------
Geauga County135----------------
Greene County158268---------------
Guernsey County183143---------------
Hamilton County[9][10]787219---------219-----
Anderson7511---------3-----
Cincinnati22633---------------
Colerain1935---------16-----
Columbia14623---------13-----
Crosby615---------------
Green4238---------2-----
Miami45----------------
Millcreek6515---------------
Springfield2916---------74-----
Sycamore2013---------111-----
Whitewater5928---------------
Highland County[11]17419---------------
Jefferson County[12][13]1048421---------------
Knox County113----------------
Licking County206433---------------
Madison County10140---------------
Miami County[14]8876---------------
Montgomery County264194---------733211
Dayton16311-------------11
German-71---------------
Jefferson348----------3----
Madison17----------------
Randolph161---------------
Washington5258-----------3---
Wayne135---------7--2--
Muskingum County[15][16]654208---------------
Clayton[17]-----------------
Falls9012---------------
Hopewell37----------------
Jefferson57----------------
Licking59----------------
Madison2725---------------
Newton1090---------------
Salt Creek[18]-----------------
Springfield8216---------------
Union13----------------
Zanesville2502---------------
Pickaway County23922468--------------
Portage County295----------------
Preble County6664---------------
Ross County[19]617799---------------
Scioto County5798---------------
Stark County183----------------
Trumbull County[20]7901-103-------------
Canfield62----------------
Tuscarawas County8139---------------
Warren County472268--24------------
Deerfield8618---------------
Franklin6646--24------------
Hamilton3685---------------
Turtle Creek23641---------------
Wayne4878---------------
Washington County609333---421111------
Adams2421---------------
Belpre1166---------------
Deerfield11----4--1--------
Fearing4523---------------
Grand View5719---------------
Marietta14546-----1-11------
Newport3816---------------
Roxbury567---------------
Salem2318---------------
Union4230---------------
Warren2810---------------
Waterford7039----2----------
Wesley324---------------
Wooster2734---------------
Wayne County30----------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT) lists Return J. Meigs with 11,856 votes, but correctly lists his majority as 3956.
[3]"Our accounts from Ohio put that state beyond a doubt - Meigs has lost his election and a Clintonian Governor has succeeded." The Vermont Mirror (Middlebury, VT). November 11, 1812.
[4]The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH), The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH), The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH), Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH), The Fredonian (Chillicothe, OH), and The Western Star (Lebanon, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 66 votes and Thomas Scott with 22 votes.
[5]The Fredonian (Chillicothe, OH), The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH), The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH), Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH), The Western Star (Lebanon, OH) and The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 436 votes and Thomas Scott with 1074 votes.
[6]The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH), Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH), The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH), The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH), and The Western Star (Lebanon, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 12 votes.
[7]The Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH) lists Return J. Meigs with 420 votes.
[8]The Western Star (Lebanon, OH) lists Return J. Meigs with 420 votes and Thomas Scott with 112 votes.
[9]The Fredonian (Chillicothe, OH), The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH), The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH), Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH), The Western Star (Lebanon, OH) and The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH) list Thomas Scott with 217 votes.
[10]The Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH) lists Meigs with 797 votes.
[11]The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH) lists Thomas Scott with 119 votes.
[12]The Fredonian (Chillicothe, OH) and The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 1046 votes and list no votes for Thomas Scott.
[13]The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH) lists Meigs with 1046 votes and Scott with 411 votes.
[14]Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH) and The Western Star (Lebanon, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 68 votes.
[15]The Fredonian (Chillicothe, OH) and The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 684 votes and Thomas Scott with 154 votes.
[16]The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH), The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH), The Western Star (Lebanon, OH), and Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 625 votes and Thomas Scott with 145 votes. These are the totals without Salt Creek and Clayton townships.
[17]"Returns not yet ascertained... Clayton will give (the republican ticket) a handsome majority." Muskingum Messenger (Zanesville, OH). October 14, 1812.
[18]"Returns not yet ascertained, but Salt Creek we learn voted the republican ticket almost unanimously." Muskingum Messenger (Zanesville, OH). October 14, 1812.
[19]The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH), The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH), The Western Star (Lebanon, OH), and Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 677 votes. The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH) lists him with 577.
[20]The Western Star (Lebanon, OH) lists Return J. Meigs with 660 votes.

References:

Original Coshocton County Election Returns.
Abstract of Votes, Columbiana County. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland.
Abstract of Votes, Montgomery County.
Original Linton Township, Coshocton County Election Returns. Ebay Item #418139138, Auction Ended, September 2, 2000.
Original Tuscarawas Township, Coshocton County Election Returns. Ebay Item #406359528, Auction Ended, August 20, 2000.
Original Washington Township, Coshocton County Election Returns. Ebay Item #284890997, Auction Ended, March 25, 2000.
Journal of the Ohio State Senate, 1812-1813. 55-56.
Campus Martius Papers. Ohio Historical Society, Columbus.
Muskingum Messenger (Zanesville, OH). October 14, 1812.
The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH). October 14, 1812.
Western Intelligencer (Worthington, OH). October 14, 1812.
The Western Spy (Cincinnati, OH). October 17, 1812.
Freeman's Chronicle (Franklinton, OH). October 19, 1812.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). October 20, 1812.
The Fredonian (Chillicothe, OH). October 21, 1812.
The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH). October 21, 1812.
Trump of Fame (Warren, OH). October 21, 1812.
Western Intelligencer (Worthington, OH). October 21, 1812.
The Western Star (Lebanon, OH). October 22, 1812.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). October 24, 1812.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). October 27, 1812.
The Fredonian (Chillicothe, OH). October 28, 1812.
The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH). October 28, 1812.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). October 28, 1812.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). October 31, 1812.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). November 3, 1812.
The Ohio Centinel (Dayton, OH). November 4, 1812.
The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH). November 5, 1812.
The Western Star (Lebanon, OH). November 5, 1812.
The Vermont Mirror (Middlebury, VT). November 11, 1812.
The Western Herald (Steubenville, OH). November 12, 1812.
The Western Star (Lebanon, OH). November 12, 1812.
Republican Star or Eastern Shore General Advertiser (Easton, MD). January 5, 1813.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). January 6, 1813.
Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). January 8, 1813.
Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). January 22, 1813.

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