1850 Ohio gubernatorial election

1850 Ohio gubernatorial election

← 1848 8 October 1850 1851 →
 
Nominee Reuben Wood William Johnston Edward Smith
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Popular vote 133,093 121,105 13,747
Percentage 49.67% 45.20% 5.13%

Governor before election

Seabury Ford
Whig

Elected Governor

Reuben Wood
Democratic

The 1850 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on 8 October 1850, in order to elect the Governor of Ohio. Democratic nominee and former Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court Reuben Wood defeated Whig nominee and former member of the Ohio House of Representatives William Johnston and Free Soil nominee Edward Smith.[1]

  1. ^ "Reuben Wood". National Governors Association. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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