title: Electoral history of William Henry Harrison
text: # Electoral history of William Henry Harrison
  
  Electoral history of William Henry Harrison, who served as the 9th president of the United States (1841); United States Minister to Gran Colombia (1828–1829); United States senator from Ohio (1825–1828); United States representative from Ohio (1816–1819) and as the first governor of the Indiana Territory (1801–1812).
  
  ## House races
  
  ### 1816
  
  Ohio U.S. House of Representatives special election District 1, 1816 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 3,370 | 58.64% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas R. Ross | 1,783 | 31.02% |
  | | Federalist | William Cortenus Schenck | 351 | 6.11% |
  | | Federalist | William Corry | 112 | 1.95% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Matthais Ross | 91 | 1.58% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 40 | 0.70% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,747 | 100% |
  
  Ohio U.S. House of Representatives election District 1, 1816 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 3,253 | 57.19% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas R. Ross | 1,365 | 24.00% |
  | | Federalist | William Corry | 593 | 10.43% |
  | | Federalist | William Cortenus Schenck | 344 | 6.05% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Matthais Ross | 88 | 1.55% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 45 | 0.79% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,688 | 100% |
  
  ### 1822
  
  Ohio U.S. House of Representatives election District 1, 1822 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | James W. Gazlay | 3,176 | 52.85% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 2,834 | 47.15% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,010 | 100% |
  
  ## Senate races
  
  ### 1821
  
  Ohio Senate election Ballot One, 1821 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Ruggles | 41 | 43.62% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 37 | 39.36% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John C. Wright | 12 | 12.77% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas Morris | 3 | 3.19% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John MacLean | 1 | 1.06% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 94 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate election Ballot Two, 1821 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Ruggles | 47 | 50.00% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 39 | 41.49% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John C. Wright | 8 | 8.51% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 94 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate election Ballot Three, 1821 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Ruggles | 47 | 46.53% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 41 | 40.59% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Robert Lucas | 6 | 5.94% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John C. Wright | 4 | 3.96% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 101 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate election Ballot Four, 1821 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Ruggles | 52 | 50.98% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William H. Harrison | 43 | 42.16% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John C. Wright | 4 | 3.92% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Robert Lucas | 3 | 2.94% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 102 | 100% |
  
  ### 1822
  
  Ohio Senate special election Ballot One, 1822 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas E. Worthington | 32 | 31.68% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 26 | 25.74% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John Maclean | 22 | 21.78% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 17 | 16.83% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Robert Lucas | 3 | 2.97% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Joseph Halsey Crane | 1 | 0.99% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 101 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate special election Ballot Two, 1822 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas E. Worthington | 32 | 33.00% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 30 | 30.00% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John Maclean | 24 | 24.00% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 13 | 13.00% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 100 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate special election Ballot Three, 1822 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas E. Worthington | 35 | 32.41% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 32 | 29.63% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John Maclean | 24 | 22.22% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 8 | 7.41% |
  | | | Scattering | 9 | 8.33% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 108 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate special election Ballot Four, 1822 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas E. Worthington | 36 | 34.29% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 35 | 33.33% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | John Maclean | 26 | 24.76% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 4 | 3.81% |
  | | | Scattering | 4 | 3.81% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 105 | 100% |
  
  ### 1825
  
  Ohio Senate election Ballot One, 1825 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 38 | 35.85% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Wyllys Stillman | 34 | 32.08% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas Worthington | 19 | 17.92% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 15 | 14.15% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 106 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate election Ballot Two, 1825 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 48 | 45.71% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Wyllys Stillman | 34 | 32.38% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas Worthington | 18 | 17.14% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 5 | 4.76% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 105 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate election Ballot Three, 1825 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 53 | 49.07% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Wyllys Stillman | 42 | 38.89% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas Worthington | 9 | 8.33% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 4 | 3.70% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 108 | 100% |
  
  Ohio Senate election Ballot Four, 1825 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison | 58 | 54.21% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Wyllys Stillman | 44 | 41.12% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Thomas Worthington | 3 | 2.80% |
  | | Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown | 2 | 1.87% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 107 | 100% |
  
  ## Presidential elections
  
  ### 1836
  
  | Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular $vote^{(a)}$ | Popular $vote^{(a)}$ | Electoral vote |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Count | Percentage | Electoral vote |
  | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | New York | 764,176 | 50.83% | 170 |
  | William Henry Harrison | Whig | Ohio | 550,816 | 36.63% | 73 |
  | Hugh Lawson White | Whig | Tennessee | 146,107 | 9.72% | 26 |
  | Daniel Webster | Whig | Massachusetts | 41,201 | 2.74% | 14 |
  | Willie Person Mangum | Whig | North Carolina | $—^{(b)}$ | — | 11 |
  | Other | Other | Other | 1,234 | 0.08% | 0 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 1,503,534 | 100.0% | 294 |
  | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 148 |
  
  ### 1840
  
  United States presidential election, 1840 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Electoral vote |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Running mate | Count | % | Count | % |
  | | Whig | William Henry Harrison of Ohio | John Tyler of Virginia | 1,275,390 | 52.9% | 234 | 100.00% |
  | | Democratic | Martin Van Buren of New York | Richard Mentor Johnson/Littleton W. Tazewell/James K. Polk of Kentucky/Virginia/Tennessee | 1,128,854 | 46.8% | 60 | 0.00% |
  | | Liberty | James G. Birney of New York | Thomas Earle of Pennsylvania | 6,797 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.00% |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2,411,808 | 100.00% | 294 | 100.00% |
  