1816 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio

Ohio elected its members October 8, 1816.

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Ohio 1 John McLean Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent resigned in April 1816 become Associate Judge of Ohio Supreme Court.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner also elected, the same day, to finish the current next term.
William Henry Harrison (Democratic-Republican) 57.2%
Thomas R. Ross (Democratic-Republican) 24.0%
William Corry (Federalist) 10.4%
William C. Schenck (Federalist) 6.0%
Matthias Ross (Democratic-Republican) 1.5%
Ohio 2 John Alexander Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent lost-relection.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
John W. Campbell (Democratic-Republican) 55.9%
Isaiah Morris (Democratic-Republican) 23.0%
Thomas Morris (Democratic-Republican) 17.4%
John Alexander (Democratic-Republican) 1.8%
Thomas Foote (Democratic-Republican) 1.2%
Ohio 3 William Creighton Jr. Democratic-Republican 1813 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Levi Barber (Democratic-Republican) 40.7%
Henry Brush (Democratic-Republican) 31.5%
Joseph Kerr (Democratic-Republican) 12.8%
Samuel Monett (Democratic-Republican) 10.8%
John A. Fulton (Democratic-Republican) 4.1%
Ohio 4 James Caldwell Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Election was later unsuccessfully contested.[1]
Samuel Herrick (Democratic-Republican) 57.7%
John C. Wright (Democratic-Republican) 41.9%
Ohio 5 James Kilbourne Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Philemon Beecher (Federalist) 19.6%
Joseph Vance (Democratic-Republican) 18.6%
Joseph Foos (Democratic-Republican) 13.9%
Daniel C. Cooper (Federalist) 13.6%
William Ludlow (Democratic-Republican) 9.1%
Daniel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 8.7%
Fielding Lowry (Democratic-Republican) 8.2%
Robert F. Slaughter (Democratic-Republican) 4.7%
Chester Griswold (Democratic-Republican) 3.6%
Ohio 6 David Clendenin Democratic-Republican 1814 Incumbent lost-relection.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Peter Hitchcock (Democratic-Republican) 57.5%
Joseph Richardson (Democratic-Republican) 28.0%
John G. Young (Democratic-Republican) 8.5%
David Clendenin (Democratic-Republican) 5.9%

See also

Notes

  1. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.

References

  1. "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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