Candidates For Ohio Supreme Court Judge (3)
Five-year term beginning February: 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895
Elections scheduled: 1854, 1859, 1864, 1869, 1874, 1879, 1884, 1889, 1894 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1854 | Shepherd F. Norris : 109,075 | Joseph Rockwell Swan : 188,498 | |
| 1859 | Henry C. Whitman : 170,895 | William Y. Gholson : 182,888 | |
| 1864 | Philadelph Van Trump | Luther Day | |
| 1869 | William J. Gilmore : 228,523 | Luther Day : 236,300 | |
| 1874 | William J. Gilmore : 237,556 | Luther Day : 221,701 | |
| 1879 | William J. Gilmore : 316,994 | William Wartenbee Johnson : 336,009 | |
| 1884 | Charles D. Martin : 378,965 | William Wartenbee Johnson : 392,918 | |
| 1887 s | Virgil P. Kline : 328,137 | Franklin J. Dickman : 357,039 | |
| 1889 | Martin Dewey Follett : 373,895 | Franklin J. Dickman : 376,649 | |
| 1894 | James D. Ermston : 274,635 | John Allen Shauck : 410,011 | |
| 1900 | Allen Smalley : 474,138 | John Allen Shauck : 543,418 | Lambertis B. Logan : (Union Reform) : 4,561 E. Jay Pinney (Prohibition) : 9,898 Daniel W. Wallace (Soc Lab) : 1,690 Albert Corbin (Soc Dem) : 4,628 |
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