{{short description|none}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title alone is adequate; see WP:SDNONE --> {{ElectionsOH}} The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect a governor for a four year term.{{when|date=January 2025}}<!-- how often? is there a repeating date sequence for these elections? --> There is a term limit of two consecutive terms as governor. '''Bold type''' indicates victor. ''Italic type'' indicates incumbent. Starting in 1978, the nominees for governor and lieutenant governor ran on a joint ticket.
==Primaries==
===Democratic Party=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Nominee !! First Runner-Up !! Other Candidates |- | 2022 || '''Nan Whaley''' and Cheryl Stephens : 331,014 || |- | 2018 || '''Richard Cordray''' and Betty Sutton : 423,264 || |- | 2014 || '''Ed FitzGerald''' and Sharen Neuhardt : 366,056 || Larry Ealy and Ken Gray: 74,197 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Upload/elections/2014/primary/Democrat.xlsx |title=Secretary of State results for 2014 Democratic primary |access-date=2016-12-22 |archive-date=2016-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311155300/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Upload/elections/2014/primary/Democrat.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref> || |- | 2010 || '''Ted Strickland''' and Yvette McGee Brown : 630,785<ref>[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20100504gov-D.aspx Secretary of State results for 2010 democratic primary]</ref> || |- | 2006 || '''Ted Strickland''' and Lee Fisher: 634,105 || Bryan Flannery and Frank Stams: 166,251 || Bob Fitrakis (G) and Anita Rios (G): 38,796 |- | 2002 || '''Timothy Hagan''' and Charleta B. Tavares: 467,572 || || |- | 1998 || '''Lee Fisher''' and Michael B. Coleman: 663,832 || || |- | 1994 || '''Robert L. Burch Jr.''' and Peter Lawson Jones: 408,161 || Peter Michael Schuller and Paul Kent Myers: 286,276 || |- | 1990 || '''Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.''' and Eugene Branstool: 683,932 || Michael Hugh Lord and Judy Wynn Parker: 131,564 || Daniel A. Ciofani and Robert M. Galvin: 145<br>Henry King and Sandra King (WI): 46 |- | 1986 || '''''Richard F. Celeste''''' and Paul R. Leonard: 684,206 || Guy Templeton Black and Barbara Arnold Massey (WI): 880 || |- | 1982 || '''Richard F. Celeste''' and Myrl H. Shoemaker: 436,887 || William J. Brown and Charles A. Vanik: 383,007 || Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer and Kenneth M. Keefe: 210,524 |- | 1978 || '''Richard F. Celeste''' and Michael J. Dorrian: 491,524 || Dale R. Reusch and Robert J. Sttrittmatter: 88,134 || |- | 1974 || '''''John J. Gilligan''''': 713,488 || James D. Nolan: 297,244 || Donald E. Dillon (WI): 88<br>Dale E. Reusch (WI): 33 |- | 1970 || '''John J. Gilligan''': 547,675 || Robert E. Sweeney: 216,195 || Mark McElroy: 153,702 |- | 1962 || '''Henry Frazier Reams Jr.''': 326,419 || Harry H. McIlwain: 231,406 || |- | 1966 || '''''Michael V. DiSalle''''': 331,463 || Mark McElroy: 299,207 || Alexander G. Metrakos: 27,740 |- | 1958 || '''Michael V. DiSalle''': 242,830 || Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr.: 140,453 || Albert S. Porter: 108,498<br>Robert N. Gorman: 57,694<br>M. E. Sensenbrenner: 52,350<br>Clingan Jackson: 35,175<br>Vivienne L. Suarez: 6,928 |- | 1956 || '''Michael V. DiSalle''': 279,831 || John E. Sweeney: 106,071 || Robert W. Reider: 41,224<br>Frank X. Kryzan: 37,290<br>Oscar L. Fleckner: 23,081 |- | 1954 || '''''Frank J. Lausche''''': 338,799 || || |- | 1952 || '''''Frank J. Lausche''''': 511,153 || || |- | 1952 || '''''Frank J. Lausche''''': 366,397 || Clarence H. Knisley: 63,165 || Joseph Torok Jr.: 16,651 |- | 1948 || '''Frank J. Lausche''': 332,596 || Ray T. Miller: 138,998 || Robert S. Cox: 17,344<br>Joseph Torok Jr.: 6,337 |- | 1946 || '''''Frank J. Lausche''''': 291,635 || Joseph Torok Jr.: 35,269 || |- | 1944 || '''Frank J. Lausche''': 179,961 || Martin L. Sweeney: 64,227 || James W. Huffman: 38,124<br>Henry Frazier Reams Sr.: 26,074<br>Frank A. Dye: 10,862<br>Walter Baertschi: 8,402 |- | 1942 || '''John McSweeney''': 119,698 || Joseph T. Ferguson: 101,508 || Clarence J. Knisley: 44,178<br>Walter F. Heer: 41,633<br>Frank A. Dye: 11,630 |- | 1940 || '''Martin L. Davey''': 304,509 || George White: 123,729 || William J. Kennedy: 86,530<br>Herbert S. Duffy: 31,401<br>Harold G. Mosier: 19,449<br>James F. Flynn: 14,267<br>Frank A. Dye: 7,359 |}
===Republican Party=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Nominee !! First Runner-Up !! Other Candidates |- | 2022 || '''Mike DeWine''': 519,594 (48.1%) || Jim Renacci: 302,494 (28%)|| |- | 2018 || '''Mike DeWine''': 494,766 (59.8%) || Mary Taylor: 332,273 (40.2%)|| |- | 2014 || '''John Kasich''': 559,671 (Unopposed) || || |- | 2010 || '''John Kasich''': 746,719 (Unopposed) || || |- | 2006 || '''Ken Blackwell''': 460,349 (55.7%) || Jim Petro: 365,618 (44.3%)|| |- | 2002 || '''Bob Taft''': 552,491 (Unopposed) || || |- | 1998 || '''Bob Taft''': 691,946 (Unopposed) || || |- | 1994 || '''George Voinovich''': 750,781 (Unopposed) || || |- | 1990 || '''George Voinovich''': 645,224 (Unopposed) || || |- | 1986 || '''Jim Rhodes''': 352,261 (48.2%) || Paul E. Gillmor: 281,737 (38.5%)|| Paul E. Pfeifer: 96,948 (13.3%) |- | 1982 || '''Clarence "Bud" Brown, Jr.''': 347,176 (51.5%) || Seth Taft: 153,806 (22.8%)|| Tom Van Meter: 136,761 (20.3%)<br>Bob Teater: 35,821 (5.3%) |- | 1978 || '''Jim Rhodes''': 393,632 (67.7%) || Charles F. Kurfess: 187,544 (32.3%) || |- | 1974 || '''Jim Rhodes''': 385,669 (62.8%) || Charles E. Fry: 183,899 (29.9%)|| Bert Dawson, Jr.: 44,938 (7.3%) |- | 1970 || '''Roger Cloud''': 468,369 (50.5%) || Donald "Buz" Lukens: 283,257 (30.5%)|| Paul W. Brown: 164,672 (17.7%)<br>Albert Sealy: 11,825 (1.3%)<br>Morton Smith (WI): 8 (0%) |- | 1966 || '''Jim Rhodes''': 577,827 (88.7%) || William L. White: 73,428 (11.3%)|| |- | 1962 || '''Jim Rhodes''': 520,868 (89.7%) || William L. White: 59,916 (10.3%) || |- | 1958 || '''C. William O'Neill''': 346,660 (63.6%) || Charles P. Taft II: 198,173 (36.4%)|| |- | 1956 || '''C. William O'Neill''': 425,947 (72.5%)|| John W. Brown: 161,826 (27.5%)|| |- | 1954 || '''Jim Rhodes''': 400,294 (Unopposed) || || |- | 1952 || '''Charles P. Taft II''': 413,431 (47.5%) || Thomas J. Herbert: 343,646 (39.5%)|| Roscoe R. Walcutt: 113,898 (13.1%) |- | 1950 || '''Don H. Ebright''': 338,390 (62.7%) || Jim Rhodes: 157,346 (29.1%)|| Edward J. Hummel: 25,447 (4.7%)<br>George V. Woodling: 18,947 (3.5%) |- | 1948 || '''Thomas J. Herbert''': 575,054 (87.1%) || William L. White: 52,763 (8%)|| Albert E. Payne: 32,421 (4.9%) |- | 1946 || '''Thomas J. Herbert''': 296,654 (86.8%) || Albert E. Payne: 45,137 (13.2%)|| |- | 1944 || '''James Garfield Stewart''': 162,802 (34.2%) || Thomas J. Herbert: 160,598 (33.8%) || Paul M. Herbert: 137,359 (28.9%)<br>Albert E. Payne: 14,927 (3.1%) |- | 1942 || '''John W. Bricker''': 350,730 (Unopposed) || || |- | 1940 || '''John W. Bricker''': 612,610 (Unopposed) || || |}
==General elections== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Democratic !! Republican !! Libertarian !! Green !! Others |- | 2022 || Nan Whaley<br>& Cheryl Stephens:1,545,489 || '''Mike DeWine'''<br>& '''Jon Husted''':2,580,424 || None || None|| None |- | 2018 || Richard Cordray<br>& Betty Sutton:2,070,046 || '''Mike DeWine'''<br>& '''Jon Husted''':2,235,825 || Travis Irvine<br>& Todd Grayson: 79,985 || Constance Gadell-Newton<br>& Brett R. Joseph: 49,475 || |- | 2014<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |title=2014 statewide results |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2014Results.aspx}}</ref> | Ed FitzGerald & <br>Sharen Neuhardt: 1,009,359 | '''''John Kasich & <br>Mary Taylor''''': 1,944,848 | None | Anita Rios & <br>Bob Fitrakis: 101,706 | |- | 2010 || Ted Strickland<br>& Yvette McGee Brown:1,812,047 || '''John Kasich'''<br>& '''Mary Taylor''':1,889,180 || Ken Matesz<br>& Ann Leech: 92,116 || Dennis Spisak<br>& M. Anita Rios: 58,475 || David Sargent (Write-in) : 635 |- | 2006 || '''Ted Strickland'''<br>& '''Lee Fisher''': 2,307,420 || J. Kenneth Blackwell<br>& Thomas A. Raga: 1,406,792 || William S. Peirce<br>& Mark Noble: 67,596 || Bob Fitrakis<br>& Anita Rios: 38,987 || |- | 2002 || Timothy Hagan<br>& Charleta Tavares: 1,236,924 || '''''Robert A. Taft II'''''<br>& '''Jennette Bradley''': 1,865,007 || || || John Eastman: 126,686<br>James Whitman: 291<br>Eva Braiman (SWP): 84 |- | 1998 || Lee Fisher<br>& Michael B. Coleman: 1,498,956 || '''Robert A. Taft II'''<br>& '''Maureen O'Connor''': 1,678,721 || || || John R. Mitchel<br>& Lawrence Anderson: 111,468<br>Zanna Feitler<br>& John A. Eastman: 65,068 |- | 1994 || Robert L. Burch Jr.<br>& Peter Lawson Jones: 835,849 || '''''George V. Voinovich'''''<br>& '''Nancy P. Hollister''': 2,401,572 || || || Billy R. Inmon<br>& Norm Myers: 108,745<br>Keith W. Hatton<br>& Luther E. Willis (WI): 48<br>Michael Italie<br>& Kibwe Diarra (WI): 24 |- | 1990 || Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.<br>& Eugene Branstool: 1,539,416 || '''George V. Voinovich'''<br>& '''R. Michael DeWine''': 1,938,103 || || || David Marshall<br>& Margaret Husk: 82<br>James E. Attia<br>& Henry King: 49 |- | 1986 || '''''Richard F. Celeste'''''<br>& '''Paul R. Leonard''': 1,858,372 || James A. Rhodes<br>& Robert A. Taft II: 1,207,264 || || || Thomas V. Brown<br>& Katie S. Smith (WI): 803<br>Guy Templeton Black<br>& Lottie May Sulzer (WI)L 92<br>Roberta L. Scherr<br>& Mark J. Rahn (WI): 80 |- | 1982 || '''Richard F. Celeste'''<br>& '''Myrl H. Shoemaker''': 1,981,882 || Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.<br>& James E. Betts: 1,303,962 || Phyllis Goetz<br>& Lee Paolini: 39,114 || || Erwin J. Reupert<br>& John N. Salierno: 17,484<br>Kurt O. Landefeld<br>& Rachel H. Knapik: 14,279<br>Robert Menefee<br>& Jesse Menefee (WI): 7 |- | 1978 || Richard F. Celeste<br>& Michael J. Dorrian: 1,354,631 || '''''James A. Rhodes'''''<br>& '''George V. Voinovich''': 1,402,167 || || || Patricia H. Wright<br>& John M. Gaige: 35,164<br>John O'Neil<br>& Conrad Gutermuth: 29,413<br>Allan Friedman<br>& Bruce Wood: 21,951<br>Robert Menefee<br>& Johnnie Menefee Jr. (WI): 25 |- | 1974 || ''John J. Gilligan'': 1,482,191 || '''James A. Rhodes''': 1,493,679 || || || Nancy Brown Lazar: 95,625<br>Jack A. Snyder (WI): 359<br>Joseph Pirincin (WI): 113<br>Byron Anderson (WI): 43 |- | 1970 || '''John J. Gilligan''': 1,725,560 || Roger Cloud: 1,382,659 || || || Edwin G. Lawton (AI): 61,300<br>Joseph Pirincin (SL): 14,087<br>John A. Crites (WI): 321<br>Marcia Sweetenham (WI): 106<br>Donald R. Lesiak (WI): 100 |- | 1966 || Henry Frazier Reams Jr.: 1,092,054 || '''''James A. Rhodes''''': 1,795,277 || || || |- | 1962 || ''Michael V. DiSalle'': 1,280,521 || '''James A. Rhodes''': 1,836,432 || || || |- | 1958 || '''Michael V. DiSalle''': 1,869,260 || C. William O'Neill: 1,414,874 || || || |- | 1956 || Michael V. DiSalle: 1,577,103 || '''C. William O'Neill''': 1,984,988 || || || |- | 1954 || '''Frank J. Lausche''': 1,405,262 || James A. Rhodes: 1,192,528 || || || |- | 1952 || '''Frank J. Lausche''': 2,015,110 || Charles P. Taft II: 1,590,058 || || || |- | 1950 || '''Frank J. Lausche''': 1,522,249 || Don H. Ebright: 1,370,570 || || || |- | 1948 || '''Frank J. Lausche''': 1,619,775 || Thomas J. Herbert: 1,398,514 || || || |- | 1946 || Frank J. Lausche: 1,125,997 || '''Thomas J. Herbert''': 1,166,550 || || || Arla A. Albaugh (SL): 11,203 |- | 1944 || '''Frank J. Lausche''': 1,603,808 || James G. Stewart: 1,491,450 || || || |- | 1942 || John McSweeney: 709,599 || '''John W. Bricker''': 1,086,937 || || || |- | 1940 || Martin L. Davey: 1,460,396 || '''John W. Bricker''': 1,824,863 || || || |- | 1938<ref name=cleve>[http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2010/11/ohio_gubernatorial_election_re.html Cleveland.com]</ref> || Charles W. Sawyer : 1,147,323 || '''John W. Bricker''' : 1,265,548 || || || |- | 1936<ref name=cleve/> || '''Martin L. Davey''' : 1,539,461 || John W. Bricker : 1,412,773 || || || |- | 1934<ref name=cleve/> || '''Martin L. Davey''' : 1,118,257|| Clarence J. Brown Sr. : 1,052,851 || || || |- | 1932<ref name=cleve/> || '''George White''' : 1,356,518 || David S. Ingalls : 1,151,933|| || || |- | 1930<ref name=cleve/> || '''George White''' : 1,033,168 || Myers Y. Cooper : 923,538|| || || |- | 1928<ref name=cleve/> || Martin L. Davey : 1,106,739 || '''Myers Y. Cooper''' : 1,355,517|| || || |- | 1926<ref name=cleve/> || '''A. Victor Donahey''' : 702,733 || Myers Y. Cooper : 685,957 || || || |- | 1924<ref name=cleve/> || '''A. Victor Donahey''' : 1,064,981 || Harry L. Davis : 888,139 || || || |- | 1922<ref name=cleve/> || '''A. Victor Donahey''' : 821,948 || Carmi Thompson : 803,300 || || || |- | 1920<ref name=cleve/>{{sfn|Smith 1922|p=17-18}} | A. Victor Donahey : 918,962 | '''Harry L. Davis''' : 1,039,835 | | | Frank B. Hamilton (socialist) : 42,889<br>Earl H. Foote (s.t.) : 1,497
|- | 1918<ref name=cleve/> || '''James M. Cox''' : 486,403|| Frank B. Willis : 474,459 || || || |- | 1916<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio |year=1917 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odJMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA26}}</ref> || '''James M. Cox''' : 568,218 || Frank B. Willis : 561,602 || || || Tom Clifford : 36,908<br>John H. Dickason : 7,347 |- | 1914<ref>{{cite book |title=Ohio general statistics for the period commencing November 16, 1914 and ending June 30, 1915 |first=Charles Q. |last=Hildebrant |author-link=Charles Q. Hildebrant| page=20 |year=1916 |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20}}</ref> || James M. Cox : 493,804 || '''Frank B. Willis''' : 523,074 || || || James R. Garfield (Progressive) : 60,904<br>Scott Wilkins (Socialist) : 51,441 |- | 1912<ref name=cleve/> || '''James M. Cox''' : 439,323 || Robert B. Brown : 272,500 || || || |- | 1910<ref name=cleve/> || '''Judson Harmon''' : 552,569 || Warren G. Harding : 376,700 || || || |- | 1908<ref name=stat>{{cite book |title=Ohio election statistics |year=1905 |last=Ohio Secretary of State |author-link=Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog }} pages 377-378 of pdf file</ref> || '''Judson Harmon''' : 477,077|| Andrew L. Harris : 533,197 || || || Robert Bandlow (Soc): 28,573<br>John B. Martin (Pro): 7,665<br>Andrew F. Otte (Independence) : 392<br>John Kircher (Soc Lab) : 797 |- | 1905<ref name=stat/> || '''John M. Pattison''' : 473,264 || Myron T. Herrick : 430,617 || || || Isaac Cowen (Soc) : 17,795<br>Aaron S. Watkins (Pro) : 13,061<br>John E. Steiger (Soc Lab) : 1,808 |- | 1903<ref name=stat/> || Tom L. Johnson : 361,748 || '''Myron T. Herrick''' : 475,560 || || || Nelson D. Creamer (Pro) : 13,502<br>Isaac Cowen (Soc) : 13,495<br>John D. Goerke (Soc Lab) :2,071 |- | 1901<ref name=stat/> || James Kilbourne : 368,525|| '''George K. Nash''' : 436,092 || || || E. Jay Pinney (Pro) : 9,878<br>John Richardson (Union Reform) : 2,718<br>John H T Juergens (Soc Lab) : 2,994<br>Harry C. Thompson (Socialist) : 7,359 |- | 1899<ref name=stat/> | John R. McLean : 368,176 | '''George K. Nash''' : 417,199 | | |{{plainlist | * Seth H. Ellis : (Union Reform) : 7,799 *George M. Hammell (Pro) : 5,825 *Robert Bandlow (Soc Lab) : 2,439 *''Golden Rule'' Jones (I): 106,721 }}
|- | 1897<ref name=stat/> || Horace L. Chapman : 401,750 || '''''Asa S. Bushnell''''' : 429,915 || || || John C. Holliday (Pro) :7,555<br>Jacob S. Coxey (Peoples) : 6,276<br>Julius Dexter (Nat Dem) : 1,662<br>William Watkins (Soc Lab) : 4,246<br>Samuel J. Lewis (Negro Protect) : 477<br>John Richardson (Liberty) :3,105 |- | 1895{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=665}} || James E. Campbell : 334,519 || '''Asa S. Bushnell''' : 427,141 || || || Jacob S. Coxey (Pop) : 52,675<br>Seth H. Ellis (Pro) : 21,264<br>William Watkins (Soc. Labor) : 1,867 |- | 1893{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=644}} || Lawrence T. Neal : 352,347 || '''William McKinley''' : 433,342 || || || Gideon P. Macklin (Pro) : 22,406<br>Edward J. Brackin (Pop) : 15,563 |- | 1891{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=604}} || James E. Campbell : 365,228 || '''William McKinley''' : 386,739 || || || John Seitz (Peoples) : 23,472<br>John J. Ashenhurst (Pro) : 20,190 |- | 1889{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=578}} || '''James E. Campbell''' : 379,423 || Joseph B. Foraker : 368,551 || || || John B. Helwig (Pro) : 26,504<br>John H. Rhodes (Union-Labor) : 1,048 |- | 1887{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=541}} || Thomas E. Powell : 333,205 || '''Joseph B. Foraker''' : 356,534 || || || Morris Sharp (Pro) : 29,700<br> John Seitz (Union-Labor) : 24,711 |- | 1885{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=511}} || George Hoadly : 341,830 || '''Joseph B. Foraker''' : 359,281 || || || Adna B. Leonard (Pro) : 28,081<br>John W. Northrop (Greenback) : 2,001 |- | 1883{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=473}} || '''George Hoadly''' 359,693 || Joseph B. Foraker : 347,164 || || || Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) : 8,362<br>Charles Jenkins (Greenback) : 2,937 |- | 1881{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=449}} || John W. Bookwalter : 288,426 || '''Charles Foster''' : 312,735 || || || Abraham R. Ludlow (Pro) : 16,597<br>John Seitz (Greenback) : 6,380 |- | 1879{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=406}} || Thomas Ewing, Jr. : 319,132 || '''Charles Foster''' : 336,261 || || || A. Sanders Piatt (Greenback) : 9,072<br>Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,145<br>John Hood (Socialist) : 547 |- | 1877{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=379}} || '''Richard M. Bishop''' : 271,625 || William H. West : 249,105 || || || Stephen Johnson (National) : 16,912<br>Lewis H. Bond (Workingman) : 12,489<br>Henry A. Thompson (Pro) : 4,836 |- | 1875{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=342}}{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}} || William Allen : 292,273 || '''Rutherford B. Hayes''' : 297,817 || || || Jay Odell (Pro) : 2,593 |- | 1873{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=319}} || '''William Allen''' : 214,654 || Edward Follansbee Noyes : 213,837 || || || Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 10,278<br>Isaac C. Collins (Lib. Rep.) : 10,109 |- | 1871{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=286}} || George Wythe McCook : 218,105 || '''Edward Follansbee Noyes''' : 238,273 || || || Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,084 |- | 1869{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=268}} || George H. Pendleton : 227,580 || '''Rutherford B. Hayes''' : 235,081 || || || Samuel Scott (Pro) : 679 |- | 1867{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=238}} || Allen G. Thurman : 240,622 || '''Rutherford B. Hayes''' : 243,605 || || || |- | 1865{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=209}} || George W. Morgan : 193,797 || '''Jacob Dolson Cox''' : 223,642 || || || Alexander Long (Dem) : 360 |- | 1863{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=161}} || Clement Vallandigham : 187,492 || '''John Brough''' : 288,374 || || || |- | 1861{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=140}} || Hugh J. Jewett : 151,794 || '''David Tod''' : 206,997 || || || |- | 1859{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=95}} || Rufus P. Ranney : 171,226 || '''William Dennison, Jr.''' : 184,557 || || || |- | 1857{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=74}} || Henry B. Payne : 159,065 || '''Salmon P. Chase''' : 160,568 || || || Philadelph Van Trump (American) : 10,272 |- | 1855{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=40}} || William Medill : 131,019 || '''Salmon P. Chase''' : 146,770 || || || Allen Trimble (American) : 24,276 |- | 1853{{sfn|Bell|p=305-306}}{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=27}}|| '''William Medill''' : 147,663 || Samuel Lewis<br>(Free Soil) : 50,346 || || || Nelson Barrere (Whig) : 85,857 |- | 1851{{sfn|Smith 1898|p=26}}{{sfn|Bell|p=114}} || '''Reuben Wood''' : 145,654 || Samuel Lewis<br>(Free Soil) : 16,910 || || || Samuel F. Vinton (Whig) : 119,548 |- | 1850{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Reuben Wood''' : 133,093 || Edward Smith<br>(Abolition) : 13747 || || || William Johnston (Whig) : 121,105 |- | 1848{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || John B. Weller : 148,445 || || || || '''Seabury Ford''' (Whig) : 148,756<br>others : 742 |- | 1846{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || David Tod : 117,954 || Samuel Lewis<br>(Abolition) : 7,574 || || || '''William Bebb''' (Whig) : 119,215 |- | 1844{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || David Tod : 145,022 || Leicester King<br>(Abolition) : 8,898 || || || '''Mordecai Bartley''' (Whig) : 146,333 |- | 1842{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Wilson Shannon''' : 119,774 || Leicester King<br> (Abolition) : 5,134 || || || Thomas Corwin (Whig) : 117,902 |- | 1840{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || Wilson Shannon : 129,312 || || || || '''Thomas Corwin''' (Whig) : 145,442 |- | 1838{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Wilson Shannon''' : 107,884 || || || || Joseph Vance (Whig) : 102,146 |- | 1836{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || Eli Baldwin : 86,158 || || || || '''Joseph Vance''' (Whig) : 92,204 |- | 1834{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Robert Lucas''' : 70,338 || || || || James Findlay (Whig) : 67,414 |- | 1832{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Robert Lucas''' : 71,251 || || || || Darius Lyman (Anti-Masonic) : 63,185 |- | 1830{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || Robert Lucas : 49,543 || || || || '''Duncan McArthur''' (National Republican) : 51,231 |- | 1828{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Allen Trimble''' : 53,971 || || || || John Wilson Campbell : 51,951<br>others : 122 |- | 1826{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Allen Trimble''' : 71,475 || || || || John Bigger : 4,114<br>Alexander Campbell : 4,765<br>Benjamin Tappan : 4,192 |- | 1824{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Jeremiah Morrow''' : 39,526 || || || || Allen Trimble (Dem) : 37,108 |- | 1822{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Jeremiah Morrow''' : 26,059 || || || || Allen Trimble (Fed) : 22,899<br>William W. Irvin (Dem) : 11,050 |- | 1820{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Ethan Allen Brown''' : 34,836 || || || || Jeremiah Morrow (Dem) : 9,426<br>William Henry Harrison : 4,348<br>others : 250 |- | 1818{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Ethan Allen Brown''' : 30,194 || || || || James Dunlap (DR) : 8,075 |- | 1816{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Thomas Worthington''' 22,931 || || || || James Dunlap (DR) : 6,295<br>Ethan Allen Brown (Fed) : 1,607 |- | 1814{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Thomas Worthington''' 15,879 || || || || Othniel Looker (DR) : 6,171 |- | 1812{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || Thomas Scott : 7,903 || || || || '''Return J. Meigs, Jr.''' (Fed) : 11,859 |- | 1810{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Return J. Meigs, Jr.''' : 9,924 || || || || Thomas Worthington (DR) : 7,731 |- | 1808{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Samuel Huntington''' : 7,293 || || || || Thomas Worthington (DR) : 5,601<br>Thomas Kirker (DR) : 3,397 |- | 1807{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || Nathaniel Massie (D-R) : 4,757 || || || || '''Return J. Meigs, Jr.''' (Fed) : 6050<ref>in 1807 Meigs was declared ineligible due to residency, Massie refused to serve, Thomas Kirker continued as acting Governor 1807-1808</ref> |- | 1806{{sfn|Bell|p=16}} || '''Edward Tiffin''' : 4,788 || || || || |- | 1803{{sfn|Bell|p=303-304}} || '''Edward Tiffin''' : 4,564 || || || || |}
==Notes== {{Reflist|30em}}
==References== *{{cite book|ref={{sfnRef|Smith 1898}}|title=History of the Republican Party in Ohio |editor-first=Joseph P |editor-last=Smith |year=1898 |volume=1 |publisher=the Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA665}} *{{cite book |title=Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875... |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State | year=1876 |ref={{sfnRef|Bell}}|first=William Jr. |last=Bell |author-link=William Bell Jr. (politician) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbhXD5zfqQcC&pg=PA303}} *{{ cite book |ref={{sfnRef|Smith 1922}}|title=Ohio general statistics for the year July 1, 1920 to June 30, 1921 |volume=7 |year=1922 |first=Harvey C |last=Smith |author-link=Harvey C. Smith | publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA17}}
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