List of Governors of Ohio
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The Governor of the State of Ohio is the head of the executive branch of Ohio
's government and the commander-in-chief
of the state's
military
forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; the power to either approve or veto
bills
passed by the Ohio Legislature
; the power to convene the legislature; and the power to grant pardon
s, except in cases of treason
and impeachment
.
There have been 63 governors of Ohio, serving 69 distinct terms. The longest term was held by Jim Rhodes
, who was elected four times and served just under sixteen years in two non-consecutive periods of two terms each (1963–1971 and 1975–1983). The shortest terms were held by John William Brown
and Nancy Hollister
, who each served for only 11 days after the governors preceding them resigned in order to begin the terms to which they had been elected in the United States Senate
; the shortest-serving elected governor was John M. Pattison
, who died in office five months into his term. The current governor is John Kasich
, who took office on January 10, 2011.
, parts of the area now known as Ohio were claimed by New York
, Virginia
, and Connecticut
; however, New York ceded its claim in 1782, Virginia in 1784, and Connecticut in 1786, though it maintained its Western Reserve in the area until 1800. On July 13, 1787, the Northwest Territory
was formed. As territories were split from it, it eventually came to represent just present-day Ohio.
. He was removed from office by President Thomas Jefferson
November 22, 1802, and no successor was named, with Charles Willing Byrd
, Secretary of the Territory, becoming Acting Governor, serving until Tiffin was inaugurated March 3, 1803. There was no Ohio Territory; Ohio is considered the successor state to the Northwest Territory.
The first constitution of 1802 allowed governors to serve for two years, limited to six of any eight years, commencing on the first Monday in the December following an election. The current constitution of 1851 removed the term limit
, and shifted the start of the term to the second Monday in January following an election. In 1908, Ohio switched from holding elections in odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, with the preceding governor (from the 1905 election) serving an extra year. A 1957 amendment lengthened the term to four years and allowed governors to only succeed themselves once, having to wait four years after their second term in a row before being allowed to run again. An Ohio Supreme Court ruling in 1973 clarified this to mean governors could theoretically serve unlimited terms, as long as they waited four years after every second term.
Should the office of governor become vacant due to death, resignation, or conviction of impeachment, the lieutenant governor
assumes the title of governor. Should the office of lieutenant governor also become vacant, the president of the senate
becomes the acting governor
. If the vacancy of both offices took place during the first twenty months of the term, a special election
is to be held on the next even-numbered year to elect new officers to serve out the current term. Prior to 1851, the speaker of the senate
acted as governor for the term. Since 1974, the governor and lieutenant governor have been elected on the same ticket
; prior to then, they could be (and often were) members of different parties.
(1971–1975, born 1921). The most recent governor to die was Jim Rhodes
(1963–1971 and 1975–1983), on March 4, 2001.
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
's government and the commander-in-chief
Commander-in-Chief
A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
of the state's
U.S. state
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military
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; the power to either approve or veto
Veto
A veto, Latin for "I forbid", is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation...
bills
Bill (proposed law)
A bill is a proposed law under consideration by a legislature. A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act or a statute....
passed by the Ohio Legislature
Ohio General Assembly
The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate...
; the power to convene the legislature; and the power to grant pardon
Pardon
Clemency means the forgiveness of a crime or the cancellation of the penalty associated with it. It is a general concept that encompasses several related procedures: pardoning, commutation, remission and reprieves...
s, except in cases of treason
Treason
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...
and impeachment
Impeachment
Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as other punishment....
.
There have been 63 governors of Ohio, serving 69 distinct terms. The longest term was held by Jim Rhodes
Jim Rhodes
James Allen Rhodes was an American Republican politician from Ohio, and one of only five US state governors to serve four four-year terms in office. As governor in 1970, he decided to send National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus, resulting in the shooting of students on May 4...
, who was elected four times and served just under sixteen years in two non-consecutive periods of two terms each (1963–1971 and 1975–1983). The shortest terms were held by John William Brown
John William Brown
John William Brown was a Republican politician from Ohio. He briefly served as the 58th Governor of Ohio from January 3, 1957 to January 14, 1957 and served as the 51st and 54th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio....
and Nancy Hollister
Nancy Hollister
Nancy Putnam Hollister is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first, and to this date only, female Governor of Ohio. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife...
, who each served for only 11 days after the governors preceding them resigned in order to begin the terms to which they had been elected in the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
; the shortest-serving elected governor was John M. Pattison
John M. Pattison
John M. Pattison was a Democratic politician from Ohio. Pattison was the 43rd Governor of Ohio, serving for a shorter period than any other person elected to the office before his untimely death.-Biography:...
, who died in office five months into his term. The current governor is John Kasich
John Kasich
John Richard Kasich is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1983 to 2001...
, who took office on January 10, 2011.
Governors
Initially after the American RevolutionAmerican Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
, parts of the area now known as Ohio were claimed by New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, and Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
; however, New York ceded its claim in 1782, Virginia in 1784, and Connecticut in 1786, though it maintained its Western Reserve in the area until 1800. On July 13, 1787, the Northwest Territory
Northwest Territory
The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, more commonly known as the Northwest Territory, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 13, 1787, until March 1, 1803, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Ohio...
was formed. As territories were split from it, it eventually came to represent just present-day Ohio.
Governors of Northwest Territory
Throughout its 15-year history, Northwest Territory had only one governor, Arthur St. ClairArthur St. Clair
Arthur St. Clair was an American soldier and politician. Born in Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office...
. He was removed from office by President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
November 22, 1802, and no successor was named, with Charles Willing Byrd
Charles Willing Byrd
Charles Willing Byrd was an early Ohio political leader and jurist. He was the son of Colonel William Byrd III and Mary Willing Byrd...
, Secretary of the Territory, becoming Acting Governor, serving until Tiffin was inaugurated March 3, 1803. There was no Ohio Territory; Ohio is considered the successor state to the Northwest Territory.
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Arthur St. Clair Arthur St. Clair Arthur St. Clair was an American soldier and politician. Born in Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office... |
October 5, 1787 | November 22, 1802 | Federalist | Continental Congress Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.... |
| 2 | Charles Willing Byrd Charles Willing Byrd Charles Willing Byrd was an early Ohio political leader and jurist. He was the son of Colonel William Byrd III and Mary Willing Byrd... |
November 22, 1802 | March 3, 1803 | Democratic-Republican | not appointed, assumed acting governor Acting governor An acting governor is a constitutional position created in some U.S. states when the governor dies in office or resigns. In some states, the governor may also be declared to be incapacitated and unable to function for various reasons, including illness and absence from the state for more than a... when St. Clair removed |
Governors of the State of Ohio
Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803. Since then, it has had 62 governors, six of whom served non-consecutive terms.The first constitution of 1802 allowed governors to serve for two years, limited to six of any eight years, commencing on the first Monday in the December following an election. The current constitution of 1851 removed the term limit
Term limit
A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method to curb the potential for monopoly, where a leader effectively becomes "president for...
, and shifted the start of the term to the second Monday in January following an election. In 1908, Ohio switched from holding elections in odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, with the preceding governor (from the 1905 election) serving an extra year. A 1957 amendment lengthened the term to four years and allowed governors to only succeed themselves once, having to wait four years after their second term in a row before being allowed to run again. An Ohio Supreme Court ruling in 1973 clarified this to mean governors could theoretically serve unlimited terms, as long as they waited four years after every second term.
Should the office of governor become vacant due to death, resignation, or conviction of impeachment, the lieutenant governor
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852. The lieutenant governor becomes governor if the governor resigns, dies in office or is removed by impeachment. Before 1852, the president of the Ohio State Senate would serve as acting governor if a vacancy in the governorship...
assumes the title of governor. Should the office of lieutenant governor also become vacant, the president of the senate
President of the Senate
The President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for example, the President of the Senate of Nigeria is second in line...
becomes the acting governor
Acting governor
An acting governor is a constitutional position created in some U.S. states when the governor dies in office or resigns. In some states, the governor may also be declared to be incapacitated and unable to function for various reasons, including illness and absence from the state for more than a...
. If the vacancy of both offices took place during the first twenty months of the term, a special election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
is to be held on the next even-numbered year to elect new officers to serve out the current term. Prior to 1851, the speaker of the senate
Speaker of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate is a title given to the presiding officer of the Senate in a small number of jurisdictions and mainly amongst English-speaking countries.*The Speaker of the Canadian Senate presides over the Senate of Canada....
acted as governor for the term. Since 1974, the governor and lieutenant governor have been elected on the same ticket
Ticket (election)
A ticket refers to a single election choice which fills more than one political office or seat. For example, in the U.S., the candidates for President and Vice President run on the same "ticket", because they are elected together on a single ballot question rather than separately.A ticket can also...
; prior to then, they could be (and often were) members of different parties.
| # | picture | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Ohio The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852. The lieutenant governor becomes governor if the governor resigns, dies in office or is removed by impeachment. Before 1852, the president of the Ohio State Senate would serve as acting governor if a vacancy in the governorship... The office of lieutenant governor was not created until the 1851 Constitution, first being filled in 1852. |
Terms The fractional terms of some governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like. |
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Edward Tiffin Edward Tiffin Edward Tiffin was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio, and first Governor of the state.-Biography:Sources indicate that he was born in Carlisle; however he may have been born in or near Workington — also in the then county of Cumberland, England... |
March 3, 1803 | March 4, 1807 | Democratic- Republican |
None | Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each... . |
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| 2 | Thomas Kirker Thomas Kirker Thomas Kirker was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the second Governor of Ohio.Kirker was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He moved with his father to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1779. He moved with his new wife to Kentucky in 1790 and then Liberty Township, Adams County,... |
March 4, 1807 | December 12, 1808 | Democratic- Republican |
As speaker of the senate, acted as governor for unexpired term. |
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| 3 | 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... |
December 12, 1808 | December 8, 1810 | Democratic- Republican |
1 The 1808 election was actually won by Return J. 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:... , but he was declared ineligible for office for failing the residency requirements. |
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| 4 | Return J. 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:... |
December 8, 1810 | March 24, 1814 | Democratic- Republican |
Resigned to be U.S. Postmaster General United States Postmaster General The United States Postmaster General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence... . |
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| 5 | Othniel Looker | March 24, 1814 | December 8, 1814 | Democratic- Republican |
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| 6 | Thomas Worthington | December 8, 1814 | December 14, 1818 | Democratic- Republican |
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| 7 | Ethan Allen Brown Ethan Allen Brown Ethan Allen Brown was a Democratic-Republican politician. He served as the seventh Governor of Ohio.Brown was born in Darien, Connecticut to a Revolutionary War veteran. He moved near Cincinnati, Ohio in 1803. He was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1810 and was re-elected in 1817... |
December 14, 1818 | January 4, 1822 | Democratic- Republican |
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| 8 | Allen Trimble Allen Trimble right|350px|From a Freeman Thorpe painting in StatehouseAllen Trimble was a Federalist politician from Ohio. He served as the eighth and tenth Governor of Ohio.... |
January 4, 1822 | December 28, 1822 | Federalist Federalist Party (United States) The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801... |
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| 9 | Jeremiah Morrow Jeremiah Morrow Jeremiah Morrow was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth Governor of Ohio, and the last Democratic-Republican to do so.... |
December 28, 1822 | December 19, 1826 | Democratic- Republican |
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| 10 | Allen Trimble Allen Trimble right|350px|From a Freeman Thorpe painting in StatehouseAllen Trimble was a Federalist politician from Ohio. He served as the eighth and tenth Governor of Ohio.... |
December 19, 1826 | December 18, 1830 | Federalist | 2 | ||||
| 11 | Duncan McArthur Duncan McArthur right|thumb|350pxDuncan McArthur was a Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th Governor of Ohio.... |
December 18, 1830 | December 7, 1832 | National Republican |
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Robert Lucas Robert Lucas (governor) Robert Lucas was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio, serving from 1832 to 1836. He served as the first Governor of Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841.-Early life:... |
December 7, 1832 | December 12, 1836 | 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... |
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Joseph Vance Joseph Vance Joseph Vance was a Whig politician from Ohio. He was the 13th Governor of Ohio and the first Whig to hold the position.Vance was born in Catfish , Pennsylvania... |
December 12, 1836 | December 13, 1838 | Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
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Wilson Shannon Wilson Shannon Wilson Shannon was a Democratic politician from Ohio and Kansas. He served as the 14th and 16th Governor of Ohio, and was the first governor of Ohio born in the state... |
December 13, 1838 | December 16, 1840 | Democratic | 1 | |||
| 15 | Thomas Corwin Thomas Corwin Thomas Corwin , also known as Tom Corwin and The Wagon Boy, was a politician from the state of Ohio who served as a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Senate, and as the 15th Governor of Ohio 20th... |
December 16, 1840 | December 14, 1842 | Whig | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Wilson Shannon Wilson Shannon Wilson Shannon was a Democratic politician from Ohio and Kansas. He served as the 14th and 16th Governor of Ohio, and was the first governor of Ohio born in the state... |
December 14, 1842 | April 15, 1844 | Democratic | Resigned to be Minister to Mexico United States Ambassador to Mexico The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett became the first U.S. envoy to Mexico in 1825. The rank... . |
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| 17 | Thomas W. Bartley Thomas W. Bartley Thomas Welles Bartley was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 17th Governor of Ohio... |
April 15, 1844 | December 3, 1844 | Democratic | |||||
| 18 | Mordecai Bartley Mordecai Bartley Mordecai Bartley was a Whig politician from Ohio. He served as the 18th Governor of Ohio. Bartley succeeded his son, Thomas W. Bartley as governor, one of only a few instances of this happening in the United States in high offices.Bartley was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania... |
December 3, 1844 | December 12, 1846 | Whig | 1 | ||||
| 19 | William Bebb William Bebb William Bebb was a Whig politician from Ohio. He served as the 19th Governor of Ohio, he was the third native Ohioan to be elected to the office.... |
December 12, 1846 | January 22, 1849 | Whig | 1 William Bebb's term officially ended in December 1848. However, due to the large number of close elections that year, the general assembly was delayed in qualifying governor-elect Seabury Ford, and William Bebb remained in office for an extra few weeks. |
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| 20 | Seabury Ford Seabury Ford Seabury Ford was a Whig politician from Ohio. He served as the 20th Governor of Ohio and the last Whig to do so.... |
January 22, 1849 | December 12, 1850 | Whig | 1 |
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| 21 | Reuben Wood Reuben Wood Reuben Wood was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 21st Governor of Ohio.Wood was born near Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont. While living with an uncle in Canada, he was conscripted into the Canadian Army at the outset of the War of 1812, but escaped across... |
December 12, 1850 | July 13, 1853 | Democratic | None | Wood's first term was truncated to one year, due to the 1851 constitution moving elections one year back to odd-numbered years. Resigned to be consul Consul (representative) The political title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the peoples of the two countries... in Valparaíso Valparaíso Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... . |
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| William Medill William Medill William Medill was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 22nd Governor of Ohio.Born in New Castle County, Delaware, Medill was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served from 1835–1838, serving as Speaker of the House from 1836-1837... |
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| 22 | William Medill William Medill William Medill was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 22nd Governor of Ohio.Born in New Castle County, Delaware, Medill was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served from 1835–1838, serving as Speaker of the House from 1836-1837... |
July 13, 1853 | January 14, 1856 | Democratic | vacant | As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, with no lieutenant, and was subsequently elected in his own right. |
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| 23 | Salmon P. Chase Salmon P. Chase Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and the 23rd Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.Chase was one of the most prominent members... |
January 14, 1856 | January 9, 1860 | 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... |
Thomas H. Ford Thomas H. Ford Thomas H. Ford was an American Republican politician who served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1856 to 1858.... |
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| Martin Welker Martin Welker Martin Welker was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Knox County, Ohio, Welker attended the common schools.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1840, commencing practice at Millersburg, Ohio... |
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William Dennison William Dennison (Ohio governor) William Dennison, Jr. was a Whig and Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 24th Governor of Ohio and as U.S... |
January 9, 1860 | January 13, 1862 | Republican | Robert C. Kirk Robert C. Kirk Robert C. Kirk was an American politician who served as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1860 to 1862.-Biography:Robert C. Kirk was born February 26, 1821 in Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio. He attended primary schools in Mount Pleasant and entered Franklin College in New Athens,... |
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| 25 | David Tod David Tod David Tod was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Ohio. As the 25th Governor of Ohio, Tod gained recognition for his forceful and energetic leadership during the American Civil War.... |
January 13, 1862 | January 11, 1864 | Republican | Benjamin Stanton Benjamin Stanton Benjamin Stanton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Stanton pursued academic studies, and thereafter learned the tailor's trade. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He served as member of the Ohio Senate in... |
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John Brough John Brough John Brough was a War Democrat politician from Ohio. He served as the 26th Governor of Ohio during the final years of the American Civil War, dying in office of gangrene shortly after the war concluded.... |
January 11, 1864 | August 29, 1865 | Republican | Charles Anderson Charles Anderson (Governor of Ohio) Charles Anderson was first a Whig and later a Republican politician from Ohio. He served briefly as the 27th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
Died in office. |
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Charles Anderson Charles Anderson (Governor of Ohio) Charles Anderson was first a Whig and later a Republican politician from Ohio. He served briefly as the 27th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
August 29, 1865 | January 8, 1866 | Republican | vacant | As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term. |
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| 28 | Jacob Dolson Cox Jacob Dolson Cox Jacob Dolson Cox, was a lawyer, a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and later a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 28th Governor of Ohio and as United States Secretary of the Interior.... |
January 8, 1866 | January 13, 1868 | Republican | Andrew McBurney Andrew McBurney Andrew Graham McBurney was an American Republican politician who served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868.... |
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| 29 | Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution... |
January 13, 1868 | January 8, 1872 | Republican | John C. Lee John C. Lee John C. Lee was an American Republican politician who served as the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1868 to 1872.-Early life:Lee was born January 7, 1828 at Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio... |
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| 30 | Edward F. Noyes Edward F. Noyes Edward Follansbee Noyes was a Republican politician from Ohio. Noyes served as the 30th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
January 8, 1872 | January 12, 1874 | Republican | Jacob Mueller Jacob Mueller Jacob Mueller was an American politician who served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1872 to 1874.... |
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| 31 | William Allen William Allen (governor) William Allen was an Democratic Representative, Senator and 31st Governor of Ohio. He moved to the U.S. state of Ohio after his parents died, residing in Chillicothe, Ohio.... |
January 12, 1874 | January 10, 1876 | Democratic | Alphonso Hart Alphonso Hart Alphonso Hart was a Republican politician from the U.S. State of Ohio who was a U.S. Representative, in the Ohio State Senate, and Ohio Lieutenant Governor.... |
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| 32 | Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution... |
January 10, 1876 | March 2, 1877 | Republican | Thomas L. Young Thomas L. Young Thomas Lowry Young was a Republican politician from Ohio. Young served as the 33rd Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
Resigned to be President of the United States President of the United States The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.... . |
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Thomas L. Young Thomas L. Young Thomas Lowry Young was a Republican politician from Ohio. Young served as the 33rd Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
March 2, 1877 | January 14, 1878 | Republican | H. W. Curtiss H. W. Curtiss Harvey Willard Curtiss was an American politician who served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1877 to 1878. He was a Republican and represented Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland.- References :... (acting) |
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| 34 | Richard M. Bishop Richard M. Bishop Richard Bishop , also known as Richard M. Bishop and Papa Richard, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Bishop served as the 34th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
January 14, 1878 | January 12, 1880 | Democratic | Jabez W. Fitch Jabez W. Fitch Jabez Warner Fitch was an American politician who served as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1878 to 1880. He was a Democrat from Cuyahoga County.-Biography:... |
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Charles Foster | January 12, 1880 | January 14, 1884 | Republican | Andrew Hickenlooper Andrew Hickenlooper Andrew Hickenlooper was an Ohio civil engineer, politician, industrialist, and most famously, an officer who served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and Civil War career:... |
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| 36 | George Hoadly George Hoadly George Hoadly was a Democratic politician. He served as the 36th Governor of Ohio.Hoadly was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 31, 1826... |
January 14, 1884 | January 11, 1886 | Democratic | John George Warwick | 1 | |||
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Joseph B. Foraker Joseph B. Foraker Joseph Benson Foraker was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 37th Governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890.-Early life:... |
January 11, 1886 | January 13, 1890 | Republican | Robert P. Kennedy Robert P. Kennedy Robert Patterson Kennedy was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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| Silas A. Conrad Silas A. Conrad Silas A. Conrad was an American politician who served as the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1887 to 1888.... |
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| William C. Lyon William C. Lyon William Cotter Lyon was an American Republican politician who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1888 to 1890.... |
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| 38 | James E. Campbell James E. Campbell James Edwin Campbell was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 38th Governor of Ohio.Campbell was born in Middletown, Ohio where he attended the public schools and then Miami University. He served in the Union Army as a member of the Mississippi River Squadron during the Civil War... |
January 13, 1890 | January 11, 1892 | Democratic | Elbert L. Lampson Elbert L. Lampson thumb|right|250px|circa 1913Elbert L. Lampson was an interesting figure and striking personality in Ohio politics and public affairs during the second half of the nineteenth century. Hailing from Jefferson, Lampson was the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and former State Senator... |
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| William V. Marquis William V. Marquis William Vance Marquis was an American politician who served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1890 to 1892.... |
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| 39 | William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... |
January 11, 1892 | January 13, 1896 | Republican | Andrew L. Harris Andrew L. Harris Andrew Lintner Harris was one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg and the last Civil War general to serve as a governor in the U.S., serving as the 44th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:Harris was born in Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio, and was educated in the local schools... |
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| 40 | Asa S. Bushnell Asa S. Bushnell (Ohio) right|thumb|350pxAsa Smith Bushnell I was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 40th Governor of Ohio. Bushnell was president of Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company, which later became International Harvester, now known as Navistar Corporation... |
January 13, 1896 | January 8, 1900 | Republican | Asa W. Jones Asa W. Jones Asahel Wellington Jones was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1896 to 1900.... |
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| 41 | George K. Nash George K. Nash thumb|right|300pxGeorge Kilborn Nash was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 41st Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
January 8, 1900 | January 11, 1904 | Republican | John A. Caldwell John A. Caldwell John Alexander Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Fairhaven, Ohio, Caldwell was educated in the common schools of his native county and also by private teachers.He taught school for several years.... |
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| Carl L. Nippert Carl L. Nippert 250px|right|thumbCarl Louis Nippert was a German engineer and politician, who served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1902.... |
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| Harry L. Gordon Harry L. Gordon Harry Lincoln Gordon was an American politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1902 to 1904.-Biography:... |
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| 42 | Myron T. Herrick Myron T. Herrick Myron Timothy Herrick was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 42nd Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
January 11, 1904 | January 8, 1906 | Republican | Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator... |
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| 43 | John M. Pattison John M. Pattison John M. Pattison was a Democratic politician from Ohio. Pattison was the 43rd Governor of Ohio, serving for a shorter period than any other person elected to the office before his untimely death.-Biography:... |
January 8, 1906 | June 18, 1906 | Democratic | Andrew L. Harris Andrew L. Harris Andrew Lintner Harris was one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg and the last Civil War general to serve as a governor in the U.S., serving as the 44th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:Harris was born in Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio, and was educated in the local schools... |
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| 44 | Andrew L. Harris Andrew L. Harris Andrew Lintner Harris was one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg and the last Civil War general to serve as a governor in the U.S., serving as the 44th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:Harris was born in Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio, and was educated in the local schools... |
June 18, 1906 | January 11, 1909 | Republican | vacant | ||||
| 45 | Judson Harmon Judson Harmon Judson Harmon was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as United States Attorney General under President Grover Cleveland and later served as the 45th Governor of Ohio.... |
January 11, 1909 | January 13, 1913 | Democratic | Francis W. Treadway Francis W. Treadway Francis Wilcox Treadway was an American politician who served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1909 to 1911.-Biography:... |
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| Atlee Pomerene Atlee Pomerene Atlee Pomerene was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1923.-Early life and career:... |
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| 46 | James M. Cox James M. Cox James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920.... |
January 13, 1913 | January 11, 1915 | Democratic | W. A. Greenlund W. A. Greenlund William A. Greenlund was an American politician who served as the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1913 to 1915.-Biography:... |
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Frank B. Willis Frank B. Willis Frank Bartlett Willis was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
January 11, 1915 | January 8, 1917 | Republican | John H. Arnold John H. Arnold John Holmes Arnold was an American politician who served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1915 to 1917.thumb|right|a 1917 photoA 1917 publication of the Ohio General Assembly had this to say about Arnold:... |
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| 48 | James M. Cox James M. Cox James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920.... |
January 8, 1917 | January 10, 1921 | Democratic | Earl D. Bloom Earl D. Bloom Earl D. Bloom was an American politician who served as the 35th, 37th and 39th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1917 to 1919, 1923 to 1925, and 1927 to 1928.... |
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| Clarence J. Brown Clarence J. Brown Clarence J. Brown, Sr. was an American newspaper publisher who represented Ohio as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1965.-Life and career:... |
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| 49 | Harry L. Davis Harry L. Davis Harry Lyman Davis was an American politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 38th and 44th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and as the 49th Governor of Ohio.... |
January 10, 1921 | January 8, 1923 | Republican | Clarence J. Brown Clarence J. Brown Clarence J. Brown, Sr. was an American newspaper publisher who represented Ohio as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1965.-Life and career:... |
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A. Victor Donahey A. Victor Donahey Alvin Victor Donahey was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. Donahey was the 50th Governor of Ohio and a United States Senator from Ohio.Donahey was born in Cadwallader, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. His parents were John C... |
January 8, 1923 | January 14, 1929 | Democratic | Earl D. Bloom Earl D. Bloom Earl D. Bloom was an American politician who served as the 35th, 37th and 39th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1917 to 1919, 1923 to 1925, and 1927 to 1928.... |
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| Charles H. Lewis Charles H. Lewis Charles H. Lewis was an American politician who served as the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1925 to 1927.-Biography:... |
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| Earl D. Bloom Earl D. Bloom Earl D. Bloom was an American politician who served as the 35th, 37th and 39th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1917 to 1919, 1923 to 1925, and 1927 to 1928.... |
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| William G. Pickrel William G. Pickrel William G. Pickrel was an American attorney and politician who served as the 40th and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1928 and 1931-1933..... |
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| George C. Braden George C. Braden George C. Braden was an American politician who served as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1928 to 1929.... |
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| 51 | Myers Y. Cooper Myers Y. Cooper Myers Young Cooper was a Republican politician from Ohio. Cooper was the 51st Governor of Ohio.Born In St. Louisville, Ohio, the youngest of eleven children, Cooper had a public school education, and attended the National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio for three years... |
January 14, 1929 | January 12, 1931 | Republican | John T. Brown John T. Brown John T. Brown was an American politician who served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1929 to 1931.Brown was born in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio. He was a Republican and a Methodist.... |
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| 52 | George White George White (Ohio politician) George White was the 52nd Governor of Ohio.Born in Elmira, New York, White attended Princeton College. After mining in the Klondike, White settled in Marietta, Ohio to drill for oil.... |
January 12, 1931 | January 14, 1935 | Democratic | William G. Pickrel William G. Pickrel William G. Pickrel was an American attorney and politician who served as the 40th and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1928 and 1931-1933..... |
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| Charles W. Sawyer Charles W. Sawyer Charles W. Sawyer was United States Secretary of Commerce from May 6, 1948 to January 20, 1953 in the administration of Harry Truman.... |
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| 53 | Martin L. Davey Martin L. Davey Martin Luther Davey was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He was the 53rd Governor of Ohio.-Childhood:Davey was born in Kent, Ohio in 1884. His father was John Davey, better known as the tree doctor and founder of the Davey Tree Expert Company. His mother was Bertha Reeves, the daughter of a... |
January 14, 1935 | January 9, 1939 | Democratic | Harold G. Mosier Harold G. Mosier Harold Gerard Mosier was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mosier attended the public and high schools of his native city. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1912 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1915. He was admitted to... |
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| Paul P. Yoder Paul P. Yoder Paul P. Yoder was an American politician who served as the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1937 to 1939.... |
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John W. Bricker John W. Bricker John William Bricker was a United States Senator and the 54th Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican nominee for Vice President in 1944.-Early life:... |
January 9, 1939 | January 8, 1945 | Republican | Paul M. Herbert Paul M. Herbert Paul M. Herbert was an American politician of the Republican party who served three separate tenures as the 47th, 49th and 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.... |
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Frank J. Lausche Frank J. Lausche Frank John Lausche was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms .-Biography:His family originates from Slovenia. After serving in the U.S... |
January 8, 1945 | January 13, 1947 | Democratic | George D. Nye George D. Nye George D. Nye , born and died in Waverly, Ohio, was an American politician of the Democratic party.During the World War I, Nye served in the United States Navy. In 1928, Nye ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, losing to incumbent Republican Charles C. Kearns... |
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| 56 | Thomas J. Herbert Thomas J. Herbert Thomas James Herbert was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was the 56th Governor of Ohio.Herbert was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After serving in the Army Air Service during World War I, Herbert returned to Ohio, where he graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1919, and... |
January 13, 1947 | January 10, 1949 | Republican | Paul M. Herbert Paul M. Herbert Paul M. Herbert was an American politician of the Republican party who served three separate tenures as the 47th, 49th and 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.... |
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Frank J. Lausche Frank J. Lausche Frank John Lausche was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms .-Biography:His family originates from Slovenia. After serving in the U.S... |
January 10, 1949 | January 3, 1957 | Democratic | George D. Nye George D. Nye George D. Nye , born and died in Waverly, Ohio, was an American politician of the Democratic party.During the World War I, Nye served in the United States Navy. In 1928, Nye ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, losing to incumbent Republican Charles C. Kearns... |
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| John William Brown John William Brown John William Brown was a Republican politician from Ohio. He briefly served as the 58th Governor of Ohio from January 3, 1957 to January 14, 1957 and served as the 51st and 54th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.... |
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| 58 | John William Brown John William Brown John William Brown was a Republican politician from Ohio. He briefly served as the 58th Governor of Ohio from January 3, 1957 to January 14, 1957 and served as the 51st and 54th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.... |
January 3, 1957 | January 14, 1957 | Republican | vacant | ||||
| 59 | 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... |
January 14, 1957 | January 12, 1959 | Republican | Paul M. Herbert Paul M. Herbert Paul M. Herbert was an American politician of the Republican party who served three separate tenures as the 47th, 49th and 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.... |
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| 60 | Michael DiSalle Michael DiSalle Michael Vincent DiSalle was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the Mayor of Toledo, Ohio and the 60th Governor of Ohio.-Early life and career:... |
January 12, 1959 | January 14, 1963 | Democratic | John W. Donahey John W. Donahey John William Donahey was an American politician of the Democratic party, who served as the 53rd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1959 to 1963.... |
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| 61 | Jim Rhodes Jim Rhodes James Allen Rhodes was an American Republican politician from Ohio, and one of only five US state governors to serve four four-year terms in office. As governor in 1970, he decided to send National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus, resulting in the shooting of students on May 4... |
January 14, 1963 | January 11, 1971 | Republican | John William Brown John William Brown John William Brown was a Republican politician from Ohio. He briefly served as the 58th Governor of Ohio from January 3, 1957 to January 14, 1957 and served as the 51st and 54th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.... |
2 Was prevented from running for a third term due to a limit on consecutive terms; ran successfully for a third term against the governor who followed his first terms, John Gilligan. |
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| 62 | John J. Gilligan John J. Gilligan John Joyce Gilligan is a American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and the 62nd Governor of Ohio. He is the father of Kathleen Sebelius... |
January 11, 1971 | January 13, 1975 | Democratic | John William Brown John William Brown John William Brown was a Republican politician from Ohio. He briefly served as the 58th Governor of Ohio from January 3, 1957 to January 14, 1957 and served as the 51st and 54th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.... |
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| 63 | Jim Rhodes Jim Rhodes James Allen Rhodes was an American Republican politician from Ohio, and one of only five US state governors to serve four four-year terms in office. As governor in 1970, he decided to send National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus, resulting in the shooting of students on May 4... |
January 13, 1975 | January 10, 1983 | Republican | Dick Celeste Dick Celeste Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste is an American politician from Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 64th Governor of Ohio from 1983-1991.-Early life and career:... |
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| George Voinovich George Voinovich George Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was... |
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| 64 | Dick Celeste Dick Celeste Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste is an American politician from Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 64th Governor of Ohio from 1983-1991.-Early life and career:... |
January 10, 1983 | January 14, 1991 | Democratic | Myrl Shoemaker Myrl Shoemaker Myrl Howard Shoemaker was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as the 57th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.Shoemaker served for 24 years in the Ohio House of Representatives... |
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| 65 | George Voinovich George Voinovich George Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was... |
January 14, 1991 | December 31, 1998 | Republican | Mike DeWine Mike DeWine Richard Michael "Mike" DeWine is the Attorney General for the state of Ohio. He has held numerous offices on the state and federal level, including Ohio State Senator, four terms as a U.S. Congressman, Ohio Lt. Governor, and was a two-term U.S. Senator, serving from 1995 to 2007.- Biography :Born... |
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| Nancy Hollister Nancy Hollister Nancy Putnam Hollister is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first, and to this date only, female Governor of Ohio. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife... |
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| 66 | Nancy Hollister Nancy Hollister Nancy Putnam Hollister is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first, and to this date only, female Governor of Ohio. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife... |
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| 67 | Bob Taft Bob Taft Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft II is an Ohio Republican Party politician. He was elected to two terms of office as the 67th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio between 1999-2007. After leaving office, Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15, 2007.-Personal background:Taft... |
January 11, 1999 | January 8, 2007 | Republican | 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... |
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| Jennette Bradley Jennette Bradley -Personal life:Jennette Bradley , her family would settle in a neighborhood on Columbus' east side, after her father retired from the United States Army. Bradley graduated from East High School in 1970... |
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| 68 | Ted Strickland Ted Strickland Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing .... |
January 8, 2007 | January 9, 2011 | Democratic | Lee Fisher Lee Fisher Lee Fisher was the 64th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, who served with Governor Ted Strickland from 2007 until 2011.He is a member of the Democratic Party.In addition to serving as Lt... |
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| 69 | John Kasich John Kasich John Richard Kasich is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1983 to 2001... |
January 10, 2011 | Incumbent | Republican | Mary Taylor Mary Taylor (Ohio politician) Mary Taylor is the 65th and current Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.-Early life and business career:Taylor was born in 1961. She attended the Springfield Township school system. She attended the University of Akron, obtaining a Bachelor degree in Accounting and Master's degree in Taxation... |
1 John Kasich was elected Ohio gubernatorial election, 2010 The 2010 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Governor Ted Strickland, a Democrat, was defeated by former Republican House Budget Chairman John Kasich.-Background:... on November 2, 2010; he took office on January 10, 2011, for a term expiring on January 12, 2015. |
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Other high offices held
This is a table of other governorships, congressional and other federal offices, and ranking diplomatic positions in foreign countries held by Ohio governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Ohio.| Name | Gubernatorial term | U.S. Congress United States Congress The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.... |
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Senate United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each... |
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| Arthur St. Clair Arthur St. Clair Arthur St. Clair was an American soldier and politician. Born in Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office... |
1789–1802 | President of the United States in Congress Assembled President of the Continental Congress The President of the Continental Congress was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates that emerged as the first national government of the United States during the American Revolution... |
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| Edward Tiffin Edward Tiffin Edward Tiffin was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio, and first Governor of the state.-Biography:Sources indicate that he was born in Carlisle; however he may have been born in or near Workington — also in the then county of Cumberland, England... |
1803–1807 | S* | Commissioner of the General Land Office, Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory The Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory was a United States government official responsible for surveying land in the Northwest Territory in the United States late in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The position was created in the Land Act of 1796 to survey lands ceded by... |
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| Return J. 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:... |
1810–1814 | S† | District Judge United States federal judge In the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution.... for Michigan Territory, U.S. Postmaster General United States Postmaster General The United States Postmaster General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence... |
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| Ethan Allen Brown Ethan Allen Brown Ethan Allen Brown was a Democratic-Republican politician. He served as the seventh Governor of Ohio.Brown was born in Darien, Connecticut to a Revolutionary War veteran. He moved near Cincinnati, Ohio in 1803. He was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1810 and was re-elected in 1817... |
1818–1822 | S* | Commissioner of the General Land Office, Minister to Brazil United States Ambassador to Brazil The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Brazil. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.-See also:... |
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| Jeremiah Morrow Jeremiah Morrow Jeremiah Morrow was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth Governor of Ohio, and the last Democratic-Republican to do so.... |
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| Duncan McArthur Duncan McArthur right|thumb|350pxDuncan McArthur was a Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th Governor of Ohio.... |
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| Robert Lucas Robert Lucas (governor) Robert Lucas was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio, serving from 1832 to 1836. He served as the first Governor of Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841.-Early life:... |
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| Joseph Vance Joseph Vance Joseph Vance was a Whig politician from Ohio. He was the 13th Governor of Ohio and the first Whig to hold the position.Vance was born in Catfish , Pennsylvania... |
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| Wilson Shannon Wilson Shannon Wilson Shannon was a Democratic politician from Ohio and Kansas. He served as the 14th and 16th Governor of Ohio, and was the first governor of Ohio born in the state... |
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H | Minister to Mexico United States Ambassador to Mexico The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett became the first U.S. envoy to Mexico in 1825. The rank... *, Governor of Kansas Territory |
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| Thomas Corwin Thomas Corwin Thomas Corwin , also known as Tom Corwin and The Wagon Boy, was a politician from the state of Ohio who served as a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Senate, and as the 15th Governor of Ohio 20th... |
1840–1842 | H | S | Minister to Mexico, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury United States Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is concerned with financial and monetary matters, and, until 2003, also with some issues of national security and defense. This position in the Federal Government of the United... |
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| Mordecai Bartley Mordecai Bartley Mordecai Bartley was a Whig politician from Ohio. He served as the 18th Governor of Ohio. Bartley succeeded his son, Thomas W. Bartley as governor, one of only a few instances of this happening in the United States in high offices.Bartley was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania... |
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| William Medill William Medill William Medill was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 22nd Governor of Ohio.Born in New Castle County, Delaware, Medill was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served from 1835–1838, serving as Speaker of the House from 1836-1837... |
1853–1856 | H | First Comptroller of the United States Treasury Comptroller of the Treasury The Comptroller of the Treasury was an official of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1789 to 1817. According to section III of the Act of Congress establishing the Treasury Department, it is the comptroller's duty to... , Commissioner of Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior. It is responsible for the administration and management of of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American... |
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| Salmon P. Chase Salmon P. Chase Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and the 23rd Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.Chase was one of the most prominent members... |
1856–1860 | S | U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Justice of the United States Chief Justice of the United States The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States... |
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| William Dennison William Dennison (Ohio governor) William Dennison, Jr. was a Whig and Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 24th Governor of Ohio and as U.S... |
1860–1862 | U.S. Postmaster General United States Postmaster General The United States Postmaster General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence... , President of the D. C. Board of Commissioners |
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| David Tod David Tod David Tod was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Ohio. As the 25th Governor of Ohio, Tod gained recognition for his forceful and energetic leadership during the American Civil War.... |
1862–1864 | Minister to Brazil United States Ambassador to Brazil The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Brazil. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.-See also:... |
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| Jacob Dolson Cox Jacob Dolson Cox Jacob Dolson Cox, was a lawyer, a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and later a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 28th Governor of Ohio and as United States Secretary of the Interior.... |
1866–1868 | H | U.S. Secretary of the Interior United States Secretary of the Interior The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries... |
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| Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution... |
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H | President of the United States President of the United States The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.... * |
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| Edward F. Noyes Edward F. Noyes Edward Follansbee Noyes was a Republican politician from Ohio. Noyes served as the 30th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
1872–1874 | Minister to France United States Ambassador to France This article is about the United States Ambassador to France. There has been a United States Ambassador to France since the American Revolution. The United States sent its first envoys to France in 1776, towards the end of the four-centuries-old Bourbon dynasty... |
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| William Allen William Allen (governor) William Allen was an Democratic Representative, Senator and 31st Governor of Ohio. He moved to the U.S. state of Ohio after his parents died, residing in Chillicothe, Ohio.... |
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| Thomas L. Young Thomas L. Young Thomas Lowry Young was a Republican politician from Ohio. Young served as the 33rd Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
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| Charles Foster | 1880–1884 | H | U.S. Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Joseph B. Foraker Joseph B. Foraker Joseph Benson Foraker was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 37th Governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890.-Early life:... |
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| James E. Campbell James E. Campbell James Edwin Campbell was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 38th Governor of Ohio.Campbell was born in Middletown, Ohio where he attended the public schools and then Miami University. He served in the Union Army as a member of the Mississippi River Squadron during the Civil War... |
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| William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... |
1892–1896 | H | President of the United States | ||
| Myron T. Herrick Myron T. Herrick Myron Timothy Herrick was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 42nd Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
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| John M. Pattison John M. Pattison John M. Pattison was a Democratic politician from Ohio. Pattison was the 43rd Governor of Ohio, serving for a shorter period than any other person elected to the office before his untimely death.-Biography:... |
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| Judson Harmon Judson Harmon Judson Harmon was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as United States Attorney General under President Grover Cleveland and later served as the 45th Governor of Ohio.... |
1909–1913 | U.S. Attorney General United States Attorney General The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government... |
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| James M. Cox James M. Cox James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920.... |
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| Frank B. Willis Frank B. Willis Frank Bartlett Willis was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... |
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| A. Victor Donahey A. Victor Donahey Alvin Victor Donahey was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. Donahey was the 50th Governor of Ohio and a United States Senator from Ohio.Donahey was born in Cadwallader, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. His parents were John C... |
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| George White George White (Ohio politician) George White was the 52nd Governor of Ohio.Born in Elmira, New York, White attended Princeton College. After mining in the Klondike, White settled in Marietta, Ohio to drill for oil.... |
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| Martin L. Davey Martin L. Davey Martin Luther Davey was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He was the 53rd Governor of Ohio.-Childhood:Davey was born in Kent, Ohio in 1884. His father was John Davey, better known as the tree doctor and founder of the Davey Tree Expert Company. His mother was Bertha Reeves, the daughter of a... |
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| John W. Bricker John W. Bricker John William Bricker was a United States Senator and the 54th Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican nominee for Vice President in 1944.-Early life:... |
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| Frank J. Lausche Frank J. Lausche Frank John Lausche was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms .-Biography:His family originates from Slovenia. After serving in the U.S... |
1945–1947 1949–1957 |
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| John J. Gilligan John J. Gilligan John Joyce Gilligan is a American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and the 62nd Governor of Ohio. He is the father of Kathleen Sebelius... |
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| Dick Celeste Dick Celeste Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste is an American politician from Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 64th Governor of Ohio from 1983-1991.-Early life and career:... |
1983–1991 | Ambassador to India United States Ambassador to India American Embassy New Delhi was established Nov 1, 1946, with George R. Merrell as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.-Chiefs of Mission to India:-See also:*Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.*India – United States relations*Foreign relations of India... |
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| George Voinovich George Voinovich George Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was... |
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| Ted Strickland Ted Strickland Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing .... |
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| John Kasich John Kasich John Richard Kasich is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1983 to 2001... |
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Living former governors
, six former governors are alive, the oldest being John J. GilliganJohn J. Gilligan
John Joyce Gilligan is a American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and the 62nd Governor of Ohio. He is the father of Kathleen Sebelius...
(1971–1975, born 1921). The most recent governor to die was Jim Rhodes
Jim Rhodes
James Allen Rhodes was an American Republican politician from Ohio, and one of only five US state governors to serve four four-year terms in office. As governor in 1970, he decided to send National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus, resulting in the shooting of students on May 4...
(1963–1971 and 1975–1983), on March 4, 2001.
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| John J. Gilligan John J. Gilligan John Joyce Gilligan is a American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and the 62nd Governor of Ohio. He is the father of Kathleen Sebelius... |
1971–1975 | March 22, 1921 (age 90) |
| Dick Celeste Dick Celeste Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste is an American politician from Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 64th Governor of Ohio from 1983-1991.-Early life and career:... |
1983–1991 | November 11, 1937 (age 74) |
| George Voinovich George Voinovich George Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was... |
1991–1998 | July 15, 1936 (age 75) |
| Nancy Hollister Nancy Hollister Nancy Putnam Hollister is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first, and to this date only, female Governor of Ohio. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife... |
1998–1999 | May 22, 1949 (age 62) |
| Bob Taft Bob Taft Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft II is an Ohio Republican Party politician. He was elected to two terms of office as the 67th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio between 1999-2007. After leaving office, Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15, 2007.-Personal background:Taft... |
1999–2007 | January 08, 1942 (age 70) |
| Ted Strickland Ted Strickland Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing .... |
2007–2011 | August 04, 1941 (age 70) |