1804 United States presidential election in Ohio

A presidential election was held in Ohio on November 4, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election.^[1]The Democratic-Republican Party's ticket of incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and former New York governor George Clinton defeated the Federalist Party's ticket.^[2]

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1804 United States presidential election in Ohio

November 4, 1804 1808 â†’

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Nominee Thomas Jefferson Unpledged electors Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Home state Virginia N/A Running mate George Clinton N/A Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 2,593 364 Percentage 87.7% 12.3%

County results Jefferson   80–90%   90–100% No data

President before election Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Elected President Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican

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The Democratic-Republicans were eager to avoid a factional conflict following legislative elections in 1803, which saw a coalition of Federalists and dissident Democratic-Republicans win control of the Ohio House of Representatives. The Federalists proposed dividing the state into three single-member districts in order to improve their chances of winning any of the state's electoral votes, but the legislators ultimately rejected this plan in favor of choosing all three electors on a general ticket.^[3]

The Democratic-Republican members of the Ohio General Assembly held a caucus at Chillicothe, Ohio, in February and nominated three electors pledged to Jefferson. The Federalist Party nominated its ticket in a public meeting in Cincinnati; in an attempt to win support from the dissident Democratic-Republican faction, the meeting named a ticket that included both Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.^[4] Although a gathering of Federalist members of Congress had nominated Charles Cotesworth Pinckney for president in February, the Federalist electors remained formally unpledged.^[5] In contrast to the previous year, Ohio Democratic-Republicans displayed remarkable unity at the polls, and Jefferson carried the state by a nearly 7:1 margin.^[6]