1803 Ohio gubernatorial election

1803 Ohio gubernatorial election
January 11, 1803
 
Nominee Edward Tiffin
Party Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 5,379
Percentage 89.77%
county results
Tiffin:      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
No Data/Vote:      
Governor before election

Charles Willing Byrd (Territorial)

 Elected Governor

Edward Tiffin
Democratic-Republican

The 1803 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on January 11, 1803, in order to elect the first Governor of Ohio upon Ohio acquiring statehood on March 1, 1803. Democratic-Republican nominee and former Speaker of the Northwest Territory House of Representatives Edward Tiffin defeated Federalist candidates Benjamin I. Gilman, Arthur St. Clair and Bezaleel Wells.

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