On election day, 13 October 1807, Democratic-Republican candidate Return J. Meigs Jr. won the election by a margin of 692 votes against his foremost opponent fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Nathaniel Massie, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. Meigs was however disqualified by the Ohio State Legislature to serve as Governor and Massie refused the position after the Legislature offered it to him. Therefor incumbent Democratic-Republican Acting Governor Thomas Kirker was sworn in for this term on 13 December 1807.[2]