Candidates For Ohio Supreme Court Judge (5)
Five-year term beginning February: 1853, 1858, 1863, 1868, 1873, 1878, 1883, 1888, 1893
Elections scheduled: 1852, 1857, 1862, 1867, 1872, 1877, 1882, 1887, 1892 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1852 | William B. Caldwell : 147,976 | Milton Sutliff (Freesoil) : 22,518 |
Daniel A. Haynes (Whig) : 130,507 |
| 1855 s | Robert B. Warden : 132,039 | Charles Cleveland Convers : 169,555 | |
| 1856 s | Carrington W. Seal : 156,604 | Ozias Bowen : 175,892 | Samuel Brush (American) : 23,329 |
| 1857 | Henry C. Whitman : 159,103 | Milton Sutliff : 160,342 | |
| 1862 | Rufus P. Ranney : 185,078 | Franklin T. Backus : 178,115 | |
| 1865 s | Thomas M. Key : 193,422 | John Welch : 225,182 | |
| 1867 | Thomas M. Key : 240,941 | John Welch : 243,480 | |
| 1872 | John L. Green : 252,036 | John Welch : 263,223 | |
| 1877 | John W. Okey : 271,393 | William Wartenbee Johnson : 251,758 | |
| 1882 | John W. Okey : 315,753 | John H. Doyle : 299,389 | |
| 1885 s | Gibson Atherton : 335,383 | William T. Spear : 363,770 | |
| 1887 | Lyman R. Critchfield : 327,887 | William T. Spear : 357,137 | |
| 1892 | John B. Driggs : 400,953 | William T. Spear : 402,932 | |
| 1898 | Hugh L. Nichols : 345,883 | William T. Spear : 408,879 | Mahlon Rouch (Prohibition) : 7,597 Daniel L. Wallace (Soc Lab) : 5,787 Arthur A. Brown (Union Reform) : 10,550 |
| 1904 | Phillip J. Renner : 357,331 | William T. Spear : 587,448 | George L. Case (Pro) : 19,239 Harry Lavin (Socialist) : 33,507 Edward Polster (Soc Lab) : 2,502 Osmon S. Ferris (Peoples) : 1,080 |
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