13th Congress: Ohio 1812
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Ohio elected one Federalist and five Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress.
The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns at the town or county level.
Following the 1810 Census, Ohio gained five more seats in the House of Representatives.
For the first time, Ohio used a district system for electing members to Congress.
In 1813, a special election was held in which William Creighton was elected to replace Duncan MacArthur, who had resigned.
In 1813, a special election was held in which Reasin Beall was elected to replace John S. Edward, who had died.
In 1814, a special election was held in which David Clendenin was elected to replace Reasin Beall, who had resigned.
| District | Candidate | Party | Vote | Percentage | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McLean | Democratic-Republican | 2,152 | 71.3% | ✓ |
| 1 | Ethan Stone | Federalist | 502 | 16.6% | |
| 1 | John Bigger | Federalist | 323 | 10.7% | |
| 2 | John Alexander | Democratic-Republican | 1,266 | 38.5% | ✓ |
| 2 | John W. Campbell | Democratic-Republican | 1,173 | 35.6% | |
| 2 | Thomas Morris | Democratic-Republican | 852 | 25.9% | |
| 3 | Duncan MacArthur | Democratic-Republican | 4,344 | 99.9% | ✓ |
| 4 | James Caldwell | Democratic-Republican | 2,501 | 51.5% | ✓ |
| 4 | Bazaleel Wells | Federalist | 2,090 | 43.1% | |
| 4 | James Pritchard | Democratic-Republican | 263 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | James Kilbourn | Democratic-Republican | 1,006 | 24.5% | ✓ |
| 5 | Robert J. Slaughter | Democratic-Republican | 956 | 23.3% | |
| 5 | Robert Cloud | Democratic-Republican | 710 | 17.3% | |
| 5 | Joseph Foos | Democratic-Republican | 543 | 13.2% | |
| 5 | William W. Irwin | 511 | 12.5% | ||
| 5 | Joseph H. Crane | 363 | 8.9% | ||
| 6 | John S. Edwards | Federalist | 1,968 | 60% | ✓ |
| 6 | Reasin Beall | Democratic-Republican | 1,258 | 38.4% |
In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.
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“13th Congress: Ohio 1812,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress13.oh.county.html