1842 Ohio Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1842 Ohio Gubernatorial Election?

Wilson Shannon won the 1842 Ohio Gubernatorial Election. Wilson Shannon received 119,774 popular votes (49.32%). The main challenger was Thomas Corwin (48.55%).

See the full head-to-head between Shannon and Corwin

Shannon +0.8 pts · won by 1,872 votes
119,774 votes
Thomas CorwinWhig Party48.55%
117,902 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.1% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.