Electoral history of John Sherman

Electoral history of John Sherman, Representative, United States Senator, and cabinet member.

United States House of Representatives

Ohio's 13th congressional district, 1854:^[1]

• John Sherman (AN: 8,617 (59.80%)
• William D. Lindsley (D): 5,794 (40.21%)

Ohio's 13th congressional district, 1856:^[2]

• John Sherman (R): 9,926 (58.42%)
• Herman J. Brumback (D): 7,065 (41.58%)

Ohio's 13th congressional district, 1858:^[3]

• John Sherman (R): 9,426 (57.06%)
• Shepard J. Patrick (D): 7,095 (42.95%)

Ohio's 13th congressional district, 1860:^[4]

• John Sherman (R): 11,428 (57.16%)
• Barnabas Burns (D): 8,564 (42.84%)

United States Senate

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1861 (elected by state legislature):^[5]

• John Sherman (R): 76 (58.91%)
• William Kennon, Sr. (D): 53 (41.09%)

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1866 (elected by state legislature):^[6]

• John Sherman (R): 91 (68.93%)
• Allen G. Thurman (D): 41 (31.07%)

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1872 (elected by state legislature):^[7]

• John Sherman (R): 73 (52.14%)
• George W. Morgan (D): 64 (45.71%)
• Jacob Dolson Cox (R): 1 (0.71%)
• Robert C. Schenck (R): 1 (0.71%)
• Aaron F. Perry (R) : 1 (0.71%)

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1881 (elected by state legislature):^[8]

• John Sherman (R): 84 (61.76%)
• Allen G. Thurman (D): 52 (38.24%)

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1886 (elected by state legislature):^[9]

• John Sherman (R): 84 (57.53%)
• Allen G. Thurman (D): 62 (42.47%)

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1892 (elected by state legislature):^[10]

• John Sherman (R): 111 (75%)
• James E. Neal (D): 37 (25%)

Sources

• Sherman, John (1895). Recollections of Forty years in the House, Senate and Cabinet. Chicago, Illinois: The Werner Company. 
• Smith, Joseph Patterson (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. 1. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co. 

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