Ohio History Journal

  • 1
  •  
  • 2
  •  
  • 3
  •  
  • 4
  •  
  • 5
  •  
  • 6
  •  
  • 7
  •  
  • 8
  •  
  • 9
  •  
  • 10
  •  
  • 11
  •  
  • 12
  •  
  • 13
  •  
  • 14
  •  
  • 15
  •  
  • 16
  •  
  • 17
  •  
  • 18
  •  
  • 19
  •  
  • 20
  •  
  • 21
  •  
  • 22
  •  
  • 23
  •  
  • 24
  •  
  • 25
  •  
  • 26
  •  
  • 27
  •  
  • 28
  •  
  • 29
  •  
  • 30
  •  
  • 31
  •  
  • 32
  •  
  • 33
  •  
  • 34
  •  
  • 35
  •  
  • 36
  •  
  • 37
  •  
  • 38
  •  
  • 39
  •  
  • 40
  •  
  • 41
  •  
  • 42
  •  
  • 43
  •  
  • 44
  •  
  • 45
  •  
  • 46
  •  
  • 47
  •  
  • 48
  •  
  • 49
  •  
  • 50
  •  
  • 51
  •  
  • 52
  •  
  • 53
  •  
  • 54
  •  
  • 55
  •  
  • 56
  •  
  • 57
  •  
  • 58
  •  
  • 59
  •  
  • 60
  •  

THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1875 IN OHIO*

THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1875 IN OHIO*

 

BY FORREST WILLIAM CLONTS, M. A.

 

SIGNIFICANCE OF CAMPAIGN.

As a purely state contest, the political campaign of

1875 in Ohio was of more than ordinary significance. It

was unusually long, intensely conducted, bitterly fought

and the conclusion might be interpreted to have decided

at least one very important question for the people of

the entire country. Widespread attention served to

arouse the citizens of Ohio to the meaning of the prin-

cipal issue involved. Outside of Ohio certain sections of

the country participated to such an extent that the re-

sult of the election was partly attributed to this external

influence. It is not often that single state elections at-

tract such extensive notice as was given this one. It

was in this campaign of 1875 that one question became

very positively decided for the two major parties of the

country. It was also in this campaign that a man was

placed in a position for receiving the presidential nomi-

nation of his party. Although all the officers to be

elected were to fill state positions there was only one

question injected into the contest involving the welfare

of Ohio alone.

Sometime before the actual canvass of the state was

begun and even before any issues were definitely decided

upon, attention was directed to Ohio because of the

bearing it was conceded the result would have on the

 

*A thesis presented for the degree of Master of Arts in the Ohio

State University.

(38)