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 (1828–1829); United States Senator from Ohio (1825–1828); Ohioan Representative (1816–1819) and Governor of the Indiana Territory (1801–1812).

President William Henry Harrison

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
  1. "Ohio U.S. House of Representatives special election, 1816".
  2. "Ohio U.S. House of Representatives election, 1816".
  3. "Ohio U.S. House of Representatives election, 1822".
  4. "Ohio Senate election Ballot One, 1821".
  5. "Ohio Senate election Ballot Two, 1821".
  6. "Ohio Senate election Ballot Three, 1821".
  7. "Ohio Senate election Ballot Four, 1821".
  8. "Ohio Senate special election Ballot One, 1822".
  9. "Ohio Senate special election Ballot Two, 1822".
  10. "Ohio Senate special election Ballot Three, 1822".
  11. "Ohio Senate special election Ballot Four, 1822".
  12. "Ohio Senate election Ballot One, 1825".
  13. "Ohio Senate election Ballot Two, 1825".
  14. "Ohio Senate election Ballot Three, 1825".
  15. "Ohio Senate election Ballot Four, 1825".
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