Electoral history of William Henry Harrison, who served as the 9th president of the United States (1841); United States Minister to Gran Colombia (1828–1829); United States senator from Ohio (1825–1828); United States representative from Ohio (1816–1819) and as the first governor of the Indiana Territory (1801–1812).
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House races
edit1816
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 3,370 | 58.64% | |
Democratic-Republican | Thomas R. Ross | 1,783 | 31.02% | |
Federalist | William Cortenus Schenck | 351 | 6.11% | |
Federalist | William Corry | 112 | 1.95% | |
Democratic-Republican | Matthais Ross | 91 | 1.58% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 40 | 0.70% | |
Total votes | 5,747 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 3,253 | 57.19% | |
Democratic-Republican | Thomas R. Ross | 1,365 | 24.00% | |
Federalist | William Corry | 593 | 10.43% | |
Federalist | William Cortenus Schenck | 344 | 6.05% | |
Democratic-Republican | Matthais Ross | 88 | 1.55% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 45 | 0.79% | |
Total votes | 5,688 | 100% |
1822
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | James W. Gazlay | 3,176 | 52.85% | |
Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 2,834 | 47.15% | |
Total votes | 6,010 | 100% |
Senate races
edit1821
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Ruggles | 41 | 43.62% | |
Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 37 | 39.36% | |
Democratic-Republican | John C. Wright | 12 | 12.77% | |
Democratic-Republican | Thomas Morris | 3 | 3.19% | |
Democratic-Republican | John MacLean | 1 | 1.06% | |
Total votes | 94 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Ruggles | 47 | 50.00% | |
Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 39 | 41.49% | |
Democratic-Republican | John C. Wright | 8 | 8.51% | |
Total votes | 94 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Ruggles | 47 | 46.53% | |
Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 41 | 40.59% | |
Democratic-Republican | Robert Lucas | 6 | 5.94% | |
Democratic-Republican | John C. Wright | 4 | 3.96% | |
Total votes | 101 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Ruggles | 52 | 50.98% | |
Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 43 | 42.16% | |
Democratic-Republican | John C. Wright | 4 | 3.92% | |
Democratic-Republican | Robert Lucas | 3 | 2.94% | |
Total votes | 102 | 100% |
1822
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | Thomas E. Worthington | 32 | 31.68% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 26 | 25.74% | |
Democratic-Republican | John Maclean | 22 | 21.78% | |
Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 17 | 16.83% | |
Democratic-Republican | Robert Lucas | 3 | 2.97% | |
Democratic-Republican | Joseph Halsey Crane | 1 | 0.99% | |
Total votes | 101 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | Thomas E. Worthington | 32 | 33.00% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 30 | 30.00% | |
Democratic-Republican | John Maclean | 24 | 24.00% | |
Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 13 | 13.00% | |
Total votes | 100 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | Thomas E. Worthington | 35 | 32.41% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 32 | 29.63% | |
Democratic-Republican | John Maclean | 24 | 22.22% | |
Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 8 | 7.41% | |
Scattering | 9 | 8.33% | ||
Total votes | 108 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | Thomas E. Worthington | 36 | 34.29% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 35 | 33.33% | |
Democratic-Republican | John Maclean | 26 | 24.76% | |
Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 4 | 3.81% | |
Scattering | 4 | 3.81% | ||
Total votes | 105 | 100% |
1825
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 38 | 35.85% | |
Democratic-Republican | Wyllys Stillman | 34 | 32.08% | |
Democratic-Republican | Thomas Worthington | 19 | 17.92% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 15 | 14.15% | |
Total votes | 106 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 48 | 45.71% | |
Democratic-Republican | Wyllys Stillman | 34 | 32.38% | |
Democratic-Republican | Thomas Worthington | 18 | 17.14% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 5 | 4.76% | |
Total votes | 105 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 53 | 49.07% | |
Democratic-Republican | Wyllys Stillman | 42 | 38.89% | |
Democratic-Republican | Thomas Worthington | 9 | 8.33% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 4 | 3.70% | |
Total votes | 108 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 58 | 54.21% | |
Democratic-Republican | Wyllys Stillman | 44 | 41.12% | |
Democratic-Republican | Thomas Worthington | 3 | 2.80% | |
Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 2 | 1.87% | |
Total votes | 107 | 100% |
Presidential elections
edit1836
editPresidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote(a) | Electoral vote | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | Percentage | ||||
Martin Van Buren | Democratic | New York | 764,176 | 50.83% | 170 |
William Henry Harrison | Whig | Ohio | 550,816 | 36.63% | 73 |
Hugh Lawson White | Whig | Tennessee | 146,107 | 9.72% | 26 |
Daniel Webster | Whig | Massachusetts | 41,201 | 2.74% | 14 |
Willie Person Mangum | Whig | North Carolina | —(b) | — | 11 |
Other | 1,234 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
Total | 1,503,534 | 100.0% | 294 | ||
Needed to win | 148 |
1840
editUnited States presidential election, 1840 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Whig | William Henry Harrison of Ohio | John Tyler of Virginia | 1,275,390 | 52.9% | 234 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | Martin Van Buren of New York | Richard Mentor Johnson/Littleton W. Tazewell/James K. Polk of Kentucky/Virginia/Tennessee | 1,128,854 | 46.8% | 60 | 0.00% | ||
Liberty | James G. Birney of New York | Thomas Earle of Pennsylvania | 6,797 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 2,411,808 | 100.00% | 294 | 100.00% |
References
edit- ^ "Ohio U.S. House of Representatives special election, 1816".
- ^ "Ohio U.S. House of Representatives election, 1816".
- ^ "Ohio U.S. House of Representatives election, 1822".
- ^ "Ohio Senate election Ballot One, 1821".
- ^ "Ohio Senate election Ballot Two, 1821".
- ^ "Ohio Senate election Ballot Three, 1821".
- ^ "Ohio Senate election Ballot Four, 1821".
- ^ "Ohio Senate special election Ballot One, 1822".
- ^ "Ohio Senate special election Ballot Two, 1822".
- ^ "Ohio Senate special election Ballot Three, 1822".
- ^ "Ohio Senate special election Ballot Four, 1822".
- ^ "Ohio Senate election Ballot One, 1825".
- ^ "Ohio Senate election Ballot Two, 1825".
- ^ "Ohio Senate election Ballot Three, 1825".
- ^ "Ohio Senate election Ballot Four, 1825".