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Domestic News November 24, 1851

Portage Sentinel

Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio

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Official Ohio state election results reported in the Statesman on the 17th show Democratic candidates winning majorities in races for governor (Wood over Vinton by 26,008), lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, supreme judges, and board of public works, despite Free Soil and Whig opposition.

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The Statesman of the 17th, contains the official vote of the State, and gives the following footings:

GOVERNOR.

Gov. Wood's vote is 145,604

Vinton's 119,596

Wood's majority, 26,008

This differs a few votes it will be seen from the columns published a few days since. We are informed this occurs from an error discovered in the returns from Lorain county.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

Medary's vote is 146,052

Eckly 119,977

Medary's majority 26,075

SECRETARY OF STATE,

Trevitt's vote 145,634

Bill 120,251

Trevitt's majority 25,383

AUDITOR OF STATE.

Morgan's vote 145,617

Woods 123,560

Morgan's majority 22,057

Some three thousand free soilers, deserted their candidate, Mr. Heaton, and voted for the re-election of Auditor Wood.

TREASURER OF STATE.

Breslin 146,301

Bliss 124,554

Breslin's majority 21,747

On Mr. Breslin the great effort was made. The most powerful effort was made to unite all the free soil vote on Mr. Bliss. by the public withdrawal of Mr. Plants, the Free Soil nominee, and by urging every bolting faction to vote against Breslin. The result is his election by nearly twenty one thousand majority! Never was there a sublimer rebuke given to the puny efforts of bolterism.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Pugh 147,057

Stanberry 119,423

Pugh's majority 27,634

This is a grand triumph for Mr. Pugh and a severe defeat to the whigs, for Mr. Stanberry was their great Lawyer light of the State, and uniformly decided all the acts of the whig party to be constitutional.

SUPREME JUDGES.

Caldwell, the highest candidate on the democratic ticket has 161,150

Way, the lowest of the whig ticket, has 119,000

Caldwell's majority 42,150

Ranney, the next highest over Way has 41,954 majority! These two democrats were run on the free soil ticket, with Andrews and Storer, whigs, and the vote shows the immense minority the whigs of Ohio are really in. Their location up Salt River must be at the very source-a little higher than any other set of men ever got.

Corwin, who is a few votes the lowest on the democratic ticket, has 145,099

Storer, the highest on the whig ticket, has 135,916

Corwin's majority 9,183

The Whigs were confident of electing Andrews and Storer, but this result shows how far they were out of their reckoning, and how little they knew about the politics of the State. But we presume they went on the principle that "ignorance is bliss" and hence they did not try to become "wise By this time we presume, like Adam in the Garden of Eden, they have got their "eyes opened," and "know good from evil."

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

For three years, Miller has 145,431

Segur 120,106

Miller's majority 25,325

For two years, Manypenny has 145,437

Conway 120,819

Manypenny's majority 24,618

For one year, Steedman has 144,387

Lyman 121,533

Steedman's majority 22,854

The free soil vote as our tables show run from 13, to 16,000, thus leaving the Democrats a large majority over all opposition.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

Ohio Election Democratic Victory Vote Counts Governor Wood Whig Defeat Free Soil Vote

What entities or persons were involved?

Wood Vinton Medary Eckly Trevitt Bill Morgan Woods Heaton Breslin Bliss Plants Pugh Stanberry Caldwell Way Ranney Andrews Storer Corwin Miller Segur Manypenny Conway Steedman Lyman

Where did it happen?

Ohio

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Primary Location

Ohio

Event Date

As Reported In The Statesman Of The 17th

Key Persons

Wood Vinton Medary Eckly Trevitt Bill Morgan Woods Heaton Breslin Bliss Plants Pugh Stanberry Caldwell Way Ranney Andrews Storer Corwin Miller Segur Manypenny Conway Steedman Lyman

Outcome

democratic candidates won majorities in all reported races: governor wood 26,008; lt. gov. medary 26,075; sec. state trevitt 25,383; auditor morgan 22,057; treasurer breslin 21,747; atty. gen. pugh 27,634; supreme judges caldwell 42,150, ranney 41,954, corwin 9,183; board of public works miller 25,325, manypenny 24,618, steedman 22,854. free soil vote 13,000-16,000.

Event Details

Official state election vote counts show Democratic victories over Whig and Free Soil opponents in various offices, with adjustments for errors in Lorain county returns and notes on voter shifts and political efforts.

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