Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
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The office of Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court was created in 1912 as an elected office with a term of six years. Prior to this, there were Chief Judges. The office is currently held by Maureen O'Connor
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Maureen O'Connor
Maureen O'Connor is an American jurist and the Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Prior to this, O'Connor served as an Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio under Gov. Bob Taft...
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Chief Judges of the Ohio Supreme Court
| Name | Party | Term |
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| Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. Return J. Meigs, Jr. Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the fourth Governor of Ohio, fifth United States Postmaster General, and as a U.S. Senator.-Biography:... |
Democratic-Republican | 1803–1804 |
| Samuel H. Huntington Samuel H. Huntington Samuel H. Huntington was an American jurist who was the third Governor of Ohio from 1808 to 1810.He was the nephew and adopted son of Samuel Huntington, the fourth President of the Continental Congress and First President of the United States in Congress Assembled under the Articles of... |
Democratic-Republican | 1804-1808 |
| William Sprigg William Sprigg William Sprigg was a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, the Superior Court of the Orleans Territory and the highest court of the Illinois Territory.-Early life:... |
Democratic-Republican | 1808-1810 |
| Thomas Scott Thomas Scott Thomas Scott may refer to:Australia:*Thomas Hobbes Scott , Anglican clergyman and first Archdeacon of New South WalesCanada:*Thomas Scott , judge and political figure in Upper Canada... |
Democratic-Republican | 1810-1815 |
| Ethan A. Brown | Democratic-Republican | 1815-1819 |
| Jessup Nash Couch Jessup Nash Couch Jessup Nash Couch was a lawyer in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1816-1821.Jessup Couch was born in Redding, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale University in 1802. He came to Chillicothe, Ohio from Connecticut in 1808... |
Democratic-Republican | 1819-1821 |
| Calvin Pease Calvin Pease Calvin Pease was a lawyer and legislator in the U.S. State of Ohio who was in the Ohio Senate, in the Ohio House of Representatives, and an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1816-1830.-Early life:... |
Democratic-Republican | 1821-1829 |
| Peter Hitchcock Peter Hitchcock Peter Hitchcock was an attorney, teacher, farmer, soldier, legislator, and jurist. His judicial career included 28 years service on the Ohio Supreme Court, 21 years of them as Chief Justice... |
1829-1833 | |
| Joshua Collett Joshua Collett Joshua Collett was a lawyer in the U.S. State of Ohio who was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court 1829–1836.-Biography:... |
1833-1835 | |
| Ebenezer Lane | 1835-1845 |
Chief Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court
| Name | Party | Term |
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| Hugh L. Nichols | 1913–1920 | |
| Carrington T. Marshall | 1921–1932 | |
| Carl V. Weygandt | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
1933–1962 |
| Kingsley A. Taft Kingsley A. Taft Kingsley Arter Taft was an American politician and distant relative of Ohio's more famous Taft family. He served as chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and also served briefly as a United States Senator. Kingsley's father, Frederick Lovett Taft, II was also a noted figure in the Ohio legal... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
1963–1970 |
| C. William O'Neill C. William O'Neill C. William O'Neill was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was born in Marietta, Ohio. He was the 59th Governor of Ohio. He graduated from both Marietta College and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law... |
Republican | 1970–1978 |
| Robert E. Leach | 1978 | |
| Frank D. Celebrezze Sr. Frank Celebrezze Frank D. Celebrezze Jr. was an American politician and jurist of the Ohio Democratic party, having served as Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.... |
Democratic | 1978–1986 |
| Thomas J. Moyer Thomas J. Moyer Thomas Joseph Moyer was an American jurist and the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1987 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, he died suddenly on April 2, 2010, at age 70.-Pre-Supreme Court:... |
Republican | 1987–2010 |
| Eric Brown Eric Brown (judge) Eric Brown is the former Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Ted Strickland on May 3, 2010, following the death of Chief Justice Thomas Moyer on April 2, 2010.Brown was the first Jewish Chief Justice in Ohio history... |
Democratic | 2010 |
| Maureen O'Connor Maureen O'Connor Maureen O'Connor is an American jurist and the Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Prior to this, O'Connor served as an Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio under Gov. Bob Taft... |
Republican | 2011- |