1844 Ohio gubernatorial election
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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1844 Ohio gubernatorial election
| country = Ohio
| flag_year =
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1842 Ohio gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1842
| next_election = 1846 Ohio gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1846
| election_date = October 8, 1844
| image1 = x150px
| nominee1 = Mordecai Bartley
| party1 = Whig Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 146,333
| percentage1 = 48.73%
| image2 = x150px
| nominee2 = David Tod
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 145,062
| percentage2 = 48.31%
| map_image = 1844 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 230px
| map_caption = County Results
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Bartley
{{legend|#FEE391|40–50%}}
{{legend|#FED463|50-60%}}
{{legend|#FE9929|60-70%}}
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Tod
{{legend|#A5B0FF|40–50%}}
{{legend|#7996E2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#6674DE|60-70%}}
{{legend|#584CDE|70-80%}}
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| title = Governor
| before_election = Thomas W. Bartley (acting)
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Mordecai Bartley
| after_party = Whig Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsOH}}
The 1844 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 8, 1844.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Thomas W. Bartley did not run for re-election.
Bartley's father, Whig nominee Mordecai Bartley defeated Democratic nominee David Tod and Liberty nominee Leicester King.
General election
=Candidates=
- Mordecai Bartley, former U.S. Representative from Mansfield (Whig)
- Leicester King, former State Senator from Warren and nominee for Governor in 1842 (Liberty)
- David Tod, former State Senator from Warren (Democratic)
Bartley replaced David Spangler who declined the nomination.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Spangler, David (1796-1856) |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000699 |access-date=2 November 2021 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=United States Congress}}
=Results=
{{Election box begin | title=1844 Ohio gubernatorial election{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93465 |title=OH Governor, 1844 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2 November 2021}}{{cite book |title=Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Congressional Quarterly Inc. |date=1998 |page=72 |isbn=1-56802-396-0 }}{{cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |pages=203–204 |publisher=McFarland |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina }}{{cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |publisher=Meckler Books |location=Westport, CT |year=1979 |pages=244–245 |isbn=0-930466-17-9}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Kallenbach |editor1-first=Joseph E. |editor2-last=Kallenbach |editor2-first=Jessamine S. |date=1977 |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |volume=I |page=464 |location=Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. |publisher=Oceana Publications, Inc. |isbn=0-379-00665-0}}{{cite book |author= |date=1876 |title=Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of Ohio, for the year 1875 |chapter=Election Statistics |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbhXD5zfqQcC&pg=PA304 |location=Columbus |publisher=Nevins & Myers, State Printers |page=304 }}{{cite book |author= |date=1844 |title=Journal of the House of Representatives, of the State of Ohio; being the First Session of the Forty Third General Assembly, held in the City of Columbus, commencing on Monday, December 2, 1844 |volume=XLIII |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435069714525&view=1up&seq=14&skin=2021 |location=Columbus |publisher=Samuel Medary, Printer of the State |pages=8–10 }}{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=William Alexander |title=Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXFKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 |location=North Charleston, SC |publisher=Createspace |page=180 |isbn=9783849673543 }}{{efn|King's vote is that declared by the General Assembly. The sum of his votes county-by-county is 8,891.}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Whig Party (United States)
| candidate = Mordecai Bartley
| votes = 146,333
| percentage = 48.73%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = David Tod
| votes = 145,062
| percentage = 48.31%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Liberty Party (United States, 1840)
| candidate = Leicester King
| votes = 8,898
| percentage = 2.96%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate|
| party = Scattering
| candidate =
| votes = 11
| percentage = 0.00%
| change =
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{{Election box majority|
| votes = 1,271
| percentage = 0.42%
| change =
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{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 300,304
| percentage =
| change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
| winner = Whig Party (United States)
| loser = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Notes
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