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

United States House of Representatives

Ohio's 13th congressional district, 1854:

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

Ohio's 13th congressional district, 1856:

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

Ohio's 13th congressional district, 1858:

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

Ohio's 13th congressional district, 1860:

• John Sherman (R) (inc.): 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):

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

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1866 (elected by state legislature):

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

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1872 (elected by state legislature):

• John Sherman (R) (inc.): 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):

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

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1886 (elected by state legislature):

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

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1892 (elected by state legislature):

• John Sherman (R) (inc.): 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. Vol. 1. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co.

References

1. Smith 1898, p. 29.
2. Smith 1898, p. 66.
3. Smith 1898, p. 85.
4. Smith 1898, p. 129.
5. Smith 1898, p. 188.
6. Smith 1898, p. 228.
7. Sherman 1895, p. 480.
8. Smith 1898, p. 448.
9. Sherman 1895, p. 942.
10. Smith 1898, p. 611.

• Electoral history of politicians from Ohio