Candidates For Ohio Supreme Court Judge (4)
Five-year term beginning February: 1854, 1859, 1864, 1869, 1874, 1879, 1884, 1889, 1894
Elections scheduled: 1853, 1858, 1863, 1868, 1873, 1878, 1883, 1888, 1893 (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.) BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | Thomas Welles Bartley | unknown | |
| 1858 | Thomas Welles Bartley : 162,610 | William Virgil Peck : 182,942 | |
| 1863 | Philadelph Van Trump : 190,992 | Hocking H. Hunter : 287,507 | |
| 1864 s | Philadelph Van Trump | William White | |
| 1868 | William E. Finck | William White | |
| 1873 | Henry C. Whitman : 213,705 | William White : 214,333 | |
| 1878 | Alexander F. Hume : 270,839 | William White : 274,337 | Chilton A. White (NGL) : 38,033 William F. Ross (Pro) : 5,607 |
| 1883 | Selwyn N. Owen : 360,295 | John H. Doyle : 347,091 | |
| 1888 | Lyman R. Critchfield : 396,236 | Joseph Perry Bradbury : 415,842 | |
| 1893 | John W. Sater : 346,823 | Joseph Perry Bradbury : 422,256 | |
| 1899 | De Witt C. Badger | William Z. Davis | |
| 1905 | Hugh T. Mathers : 417,420 | William Z. Davis : 462,115 | Elihu J. Zeigler (Socialist) : 18,233 James Sterling (Pro) : 13,785 Max Eisenberg (Soc Lab) : 1,821 |
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