Electoral history of William Henry Harrison

Electoral history of William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (1841); United States Minister to Gran Colombia (18281829); United States Senator from Ohio (18251828); Ohioan Representative (18161819) and Governor of the Indiana Territory (18011812).

House races

1816

Ohio U.S. House of Representatives special election District 1, 1816[1]
Party 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%
Ohio U.S. House of Representatives election District 1, 1816[2]
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

Ohio U.S. House of Representatives election District 1, 1822[3]
Party 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

1821

Ohio Senate election Ballot One, 1821[4]
Party 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%
Ohio Senate election Ballot Two, 1821[5]
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%
Ohio Senate election Ballot Three, 1821[6]
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%
Ohio Senate election Ballot Four, 1821[7]
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

Ohio Senate special election Ballot One, 1822[8]
Party 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%
Ohio Senate special election Ballot Two, 1822[9]
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%
Ohio Senate special election Ballot Three, 1822[10]
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%
Ohio Senate special election Ballot Four, 1822[11]
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

Ohio Senate election Ballot One, 1825[12]
Party 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%
Ohio Senate election Ballot Two, 1825[13]
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%
Ohio Senate election Ballot Three, 1825[14]
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%
Ohio Senate election Ballot Four, 1825[15]
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

1836

Presidential 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

United States presidential election, 1840
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

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