The 1844 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 8, 1844. Incumbent Democratic

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Thomas W. Bartley Thomas Welles Bartley (also known as Thomas W. Bartley) (February 11, 1812 – June 20, 1885) was an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 17th governor of Ohio. Bartley was succeeded in office by his father ...

did not run for re-election. Bartley's father, Whig nominee

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defeated Democratic nominee

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and

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nominee Leicester King.

General election

Candidates

, Whig, former

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. Bartley replaced

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who declined the nomination. *

, Democratic, former State Senator * Leicester King, Liberty, Liberty nominee for Governor in

1842 Events January–March * January ** Michael Alexander takes office, as the first appointee to the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem. ** American medical student William E. Clarke of Berkshire Medical College becomes the first pe ...

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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

Gubernatorial A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

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