Ohio 1810 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Ohio 1810 Governor
Date:
1810
State:
Ohio
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
Return J. Meigs Jr., Thomas Worthington, Henry Bowser, Calvin Pease, William Dodson, Thomas Kerker, James MacConell, Thomas Thompson
Candidates: Return J. Meigs Jr.[1]Thomas WorthingtonHenry BowserCalvin PeaseWilliam DodsonThomas KerkerJames MacConellThomas Thompson
Affiliation:RepublicanRepublican
Final Result: [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]102158273311111
Adams County157487--1111
Byrd1019---1--
Eagle1822------
Green-45------
Huntington8111----1-
Jefferson359------
Miegs621------
Sprigg6025--1---
Tiffin12618-----1
Wayne327------
Athens County2076------
Belmont County[9]487495------
Butler County[10]140604------
Champaign County[11]454122------
Clermont County391304------
Clinton County6109------
Columbiana County[12]373352------
Butler332------
Centre7152------
Elk Run729------
Fairfield244------
Green237------
Hanover2231------
Knox317------
Madison25-------
Middleton1616------
Saint Clair1168------
Salem7112------
Springfield1118------
Unity2529------
Wayne207------
Yellow Creek26-------
Cuyahoga County8029------
Delaware County38152------
Fairfield County[13]335738------
Fayette County33132------
Franklin County249239------
Gallia County130185------
Geauga County30822------
Greene County209218------
Guernsey County20431------
Hamilton County[14]912596------
Anderson9732------
Cincinnati200127------
Colerain2823------
Columbia14545------
Crosby7812------
Green5125------
Miami[15]3134------
Millcreek7129------
Springfield8094------
Sycamore47155------
Whitewater8420------
Highland County150341------
Jefferson County858131------
Knox County[16]9990------
Licking County[17]220179------
Madison County71110------
Miami County9481------
Montgomery County5701431----
Dayton2002------
German65-------
Jefferson60-3-----
Madison39-------
Randolph95-------
Washington[18]848-1----
Wayne274------
Muskingum County70826------
Falls633------
Jefferson731------
Licking57-------
Madison58-------
Newtown519------
Salt Creek33-------
Springfield982------
Union43-------
Zanesville23211------
Pickaway County[19]122280------
Portage County25028------
Preble County11825------
Ross County[20][21][22]2241132------
Buckskin368------
Colerain-81------
Concord-117------
Deerfield689------
Franklin-25------
Green3365------
Jefferson2939------
Lick34-------
Mifflin227------
Paxton2237------
Pee Dee1717------
Scioto53238------
Springfield853------
Twin[23]277------
Union15199------
Scioto County[24]173184------
Stark County[25][26]21151------
Trumbull County811118------
Tuscarawas County[27]76-------
Newcastle13-------
Tuscarawas63-------
Warren County224538------
Deerfield2798------
Eaton[28]--------
Franklin50109------
Hamilton866------
Turtle Creek131144------
Wayne-111------
Washington County65324------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"Thomas Worthington was early announced as the candidate of the liberal Republicans. Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., of Marietta, at the time a U.S. senator, was prevailed upon to become a candidate in opposition." "Saint Tammany in Ohio: A Study in Frontier Politics." 328.
[3]"It was again demonstrated that when the Republicans were divided the Federalists could choose the governor." "Saint Tammny in Ohio: A Study in Frontier Politics." 330.
[4]"Admittedly, Meigs was no Federalist and his views on policy were not clear, but . . . Federalist support was probably decisive in 1810, as two years earlier, in electing the more conservative, less partisan of the Republican candidates." Party Spirit in a Frontier Republic. Donald J. Ratcliffe. 155.
[5]Return J. Meigs, Jr. was a Republican, but at least one paper (The Ohio Gazette, and Virginia Herald (Marietta, OH)) listed him on the Republican Ticket, the Quid Ticket No. 2 and the Federal Ticket.
[6]After losing the election for Governor to Return J. Meigs, Jr., Thomas Worthington was then elected to fill the remainder of Meigs' U.S. Senate seat which he resigned to take office as Governor.
[7]The official certified vote was Return J. Meigs with 9596 votes and Thomas Worthington with 7702 votes.
[8]"But if all the votes had been received which were intended for both candidates, Meigs would have had a majority of 2493." Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). December 19, 1810.
[9]The Western Spectator (Marietta, OH) and The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 499 votes.
[10]The Western Spectator (Marietta, OH) lists Return J. Meigs with 141 votes.
[11]The Western Spectator (Marietta, OH), The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH) and the Muskingum Messenger (Zanesville, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 465 votes.
[12]The Western Spectator (Marietta, OH) lists Return J. Meigs with 508 votes and Thomas Worthington with 394 votes.
[13]The Western Spectator (Marietta, OH), The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH) and the Muskingum Messenger (Zanesville, OH) list Return J. Meigs with 287 votes and Thomas Worthington with 699 votes.
[14]Includes Miami Township, which was rejected.
[15]The returns from Miami township were rejected because the poll books were not returned to the clerk's office.
[16]A History of Knox County lists Return J. Meigs with 97 votes and a statewide majority of 2193 votes.
[17]The Western Spectator (Marietta, OH) lists Return J. Meigs with 227 votes.
[18]One vote for Return J. Meigs was listed as Johnathan Meigs.
[19]The votes from Pickaway County were not included in the certified total.
[20]"The following is the official result of the election for the county of Ross, and that part of the counties of Pickaway and Fayette which vote with Ross County.
[21]Several sources list the vote in Ross County as 200 for Return J. Meigs and 1055 for Thomas Worthington.
[22]Without the rejected votes from Twin Township, the certified votes are 222 for Return J. Meigs and 1055 for Thomas Worthington.
[23]The votes from Twin Township were rejected.
[24]The Western Spectator (Marietta, OH) reversed the results of Return J. Meigs and Thomas Worthington.
[25]The votes from Stark County were not included in the certified total.
[26]Columbiana County Records lists Return J. Meigs with 135 votes and Thomas Worthington with 42 votes.
[27]The votes from Tuscarawas County were included in the certified total with Muskingum County.
[28]"...except the township of Eaton, which has not yet been returned.

References:

Columbiana County Records. Mss. 1134. 36.
Abstract of Votes, Columbiana County. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland.
Abstract of Votes, Montgomery County.
Journal of the Ohio State Senate, 1810. 24-25.
The Independent Republican (Chillicothe, OH). October 13, 1810.
Muskingum Messenger (Zanesville, OH). October 13, 1810.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). October 13, 1810.
The Western Star (Lebanon, OH). October 13, 1810.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). October 17, 1810.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). October 20, 1810.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). October 24, 1810.
The Independent Republican (Chillicothe, OH). October 25, 1810.
Muskingum Messenger (Zanesville, OH). October 27, 1810.
The Supporter (Chillicothe, OH). October 27, 1810.
The Reporter (Washington, PA). October 29, 1810.
Western Spectator (Marietta, OH). October 30, 1810.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). October 31, 1810.
The Independent Republican (Chillicothe, OH). November 1, 1810.
Muskingum Messenger (Zanesville, OH). November 3, 1810.
The Western Spy (Cincinnati, OH). November 3, 1810.
Western Spectator (Marietta, OH). November 6, 1810.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). November 7, 1810.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). November 14, 1810.
Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, OH). December 19, 1810.
Norton, A. Banning. A History of Knox County, Ohio, From 1779 to 1862 Inclusive. Columbus, OH: R. Nevins, 1862. 102.
Ratcliffe, Donald J. Party Spirit in a Frontier Republic: Democratic Politics in Ohio, 1793-1821. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1998. 155.
"Saint Tammany in Ohio: A Study in Frontier Politics." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 15, No. 3 (Dec., 1928). 328-330.

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