Ohio 1808 U.S. House of Representatives
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Ohio 1808 U.S. House of Representatives
- Date:
- 1808
- State:
- Ohio
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Jeremiah Morrow, Philemon Beecher, William Fee, Joseph Foos, Thomas Morrow, Jonathan Morrow, Jeremiah Root, J. Kerker
Candidates: | Jeremiah Morrow[1] | Philemon Beecher | William Fee | Joseph Foos | Thomas Morrow | Jonathan Morrow | Jeremiah Root | J. Kerker |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Quid | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | |||
Final Result: [2][3] | 11852 | 4724 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Adams County | 556 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Athens County | 135 | 91 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Belmont County | 771 | 493 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Butler County | 635 | 353 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Champaign County | 539 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Clermont County | 579 | 30 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Columbiana County | 639 | 108 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Delaware County | 93 | 43 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Berkshire | 25 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Delaware | 26 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Liberty | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Marlborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Radnor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunbury | 28 | 14 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Union | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fairfield County | 411 | 755 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Franklin County | 216 | 146 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gallia County | 149 | 85 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Geauga County[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Greene County | 317 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hamilton County | 755 | 376 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson | 85 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cincinnati | 156 | 148 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Colrain | 21 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Columbia | 63 | 112 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Crosby | 63 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Miami | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Springfield | 99 | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sycamore | 122 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whitewater | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Highland County | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jefferson County | 1096 | 295 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Knox County | 61 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wayne | 21 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Miami County | 240 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Montgomery County | 216 | 345 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dayton | 31 | 164 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
German | 114 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jefferson | 15 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randolph | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Washington | 56 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Muskingum County | 535 | 346 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Portage County | 230 | 31 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Aurora | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Deerfield | 63 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Franklin | 35 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hiram | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hudson | 40 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Springfield | 26 | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Preble County | 101 | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ross County[5] | 1249 | 425 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scioto County | 397 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Trumbull County | 587 | 131 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Warren County | 676 | 107 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Washington County[6][7] | 276 | 362 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]The official tally lists Jeremiah Morrow with 10309 votes. and Philemon Beecher with 4485 votes.
[3]"A large proportion of the votes for Mr. Beecher were given, not from political, but ideal considerations." The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 24, 1808.
[4]For Geauga County, no returns have been found.
[5]The returns from Jefferson township, containing sixty-one votes, were thrown away, because they did not contain the date of the month on which the election was held.
[6]The Scioto Gazette lists Philemon Beecher with a majority of 87 votes.
[7]The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC) lists Jeremiah Morrow with 275 votes.
References:
Original Montgomery County Election Returns.
Portage County Tally Sheet. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland.
Original Portage County Poll Books in John Harmon Family Papers. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). October 20, 1808.
The Dayton Repertory (Dayton, OH). October 21, 1808.
Liberty Hall and Cincinnati Mercury (Cincinnati, OH). October 22, 1808.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). October 27, 1808.
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). October 28, 1808.
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). November 2, 1808.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). November 4, 1808.
Liberty Hall and Cincinnati Mercury (Cincinnati, OH). November 5, 1808.
Liberty Hall and Cincinnati Mercury (Cincinnati, OH). November 12, 1808.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). November 14, 1808.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). November 17, 1808.
Liberty Hall and Cincinnati Mercury (Cincinnati, OH). November 19, 1808.
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). November 21, 1808.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 24, 1808.
The Enquirer (Richmond, VA). November 25, 1808.
The Scioto Gazette (Chillicothe, OH). December 12, 1808.
Hill, Jr., N. N. History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present. Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A. A. Graham, 1881. 560.
Mikesell, Shirley Keller, ed. Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Ohio. Vol. III. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1993. 94.
Norton, A. Banning. A History of Knox County, Ohio, From 1779 to 1862 Inclusive. Columbus, OH: R. Nevins, 1862. 39.
History of Clermont County. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1880. 124.
History of Delaware County. Chicago: O. L. Baskin and, 1880. 215.
The Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly. IX. (1906) 101.
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