| Election Name: | 1803 Ohio gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 1805 Ohio gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1805 |
| Election Date: | 11 January 1803 |
| Nominee1: | Edward Tiffin |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,379 |
| Percentage1: | 89.77% |
| Nominee2: | Benjamin I. Gilman |
| Party2: | Federalist |
| Popular Vote2: | 246 |
| Percentage2: | 4.11% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Charles Willing Byrd (Territorial) |
| After Election: | Edward Tiffin |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1803 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on 11 January 1803, in order to elect the first Governor of Ohio upon Ohio acquiring statehood on 1 March 1803. Democratic-Republican nominee and former Speaker of the Northwest Territory House of Representatives Edward Tiffin defeated Federalist candidates Benjamin I. Gilman, Arthur St. Clair and Bezaleel Wells.[1]
On election day, 11 January 1803, Democratic-Republican nominee Edward Tiffin won the election by a margin of 5,133 votes against his foremost opponent Federalist candidate Benjamin I. Gilman, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the new office of Governor. Tiffin was sworn in as the first Governor of the new state of Ohio on 3 March 1803.[2]