List of Governors of Ohio

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Transcribed by Barb Zigenmeyer

Governors 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.

 

 

Name

Took office

Left office

Party

Lt. Governor

Terms
Edward Tiffin March 3, 1803 March 4, 1807 Democratic-Republican None 1½
Thomas Kirker March 4, 1807 December 12, 1808 Democratic-Republican None ½
Samuel H. Huntington December 12, 1808 December 8, 1810 Democratic-Republican None 1
Return J. Meigs, Jr. December 8, 1810 March 24, 1814 Democratic-Republican None 1½
Othniel Looker March 24, 1814 December 8, 1814 Democratic-Republican None ½
Thomas Worthington December 8, 1814 December 14, 1818 Democratic-Republican None 2
Ethan Allen Brown December 14, 1818 January 4, 1822 Democratic-Republican None 1½
Allen Trimble January 4, 1822 December 28, 1822 Federalist None ½
Jeremiah Morrow December 28, 1822 December 19, 1826 Democratic-Republican None 2
Allen Trimble December 19, 1826 December 18, 1830 Federalist None 2
Duncan McArthur December 18, 1830 December 7, 1832 National Republican None 1
Robert Lucas December 7, 1832 December 12, 1836 Democratic None 2
Joseph Vance December 12, 1836 December 13, 1838 Whig None 1
Wilson Shannon December 13, 1838 December 16, 1840 Democratic None 1
Thomas Corwin December 16, 1840 December 14, 1842 Whig None 1
Wilson Shannon December 14, 1842 April 15, 1844 Democratic None ½
Thomas W. Bartley April 15, 1844 December 3, 1844 Democratic None ½
Mordecai Bartley December 3, 1844 December 12, 1846 Whig None 1
William Bebb December 12, 1846 January 22, 1849 Whig None 1
Seabury Ford January 22, 1849 December 12, 1850 Whig None 1
Reuben Wood December 12, 1850 July 13, 1853 Democratic None 1½
William Medill
William Medill July 13, 1853 January 14, 1856 Democratic James Myers 1½
Salmon P. Chase January 14, 1856 January 9, 1860 Republican Thomas H. Ford 2
Martin Welker
William Dennison January 9, 1860 January 13, 1862 Republican Robert C. Kirk 1
David Tod January 4, 1862 January 11, 1864 Republican Benjamin Stanton 1
John Brough January 11, 1864 August 29, 1865 Republican Charles Anderson ½
Charles Anderson August 29, 1865 January 8, 1866 Republican vacant ½
Jacob Dolson Cox January 8, 1866 January 13, 1868 Republican Andrew McBurney 1
Rutherford B. Hayes January 13, 1868 January 8, 1872 Republican John C. Lee 2
Edward F. Noyes January 8, 1872 January 12, 1874 Republican Jacob Mueller 1
William Allen January 12, 1874 January 10, 1876 Democratic Alphonso Hart 1
Rutherford B. Hayes January 10, 1876 March 2, 1877 Republican Thomas L. Young ½
Thomas L. Young March 2, 1877 January 14, 1878 Republican H. W. Curtiss (acting) ½
Richard M. Bishop January 14, 1878 January 12, 1880 Democratic Jabez W. Fitch 1
Charles Foster January 12, 1880 January 14, 1884 Republican Andrew Hickenlooper 2
Reese G. Richards
George Hoadly January 14, 1884 January 11, 1886 Democratic John George Warwick 1
Joseph B. Foraker January 11, 1886 January 13, 1890 Republican Robert P. Kennedy 2
Silas A. Conrad
William C. Lyon
James E. Campbell January 13, 1890 January 11, 1892 Democratic Elbert L. Lampson 1
William V. Marquis
William McKinley January 11, 1892 January 13, 1896 Republican Andrew L. Harris 2
Asa S. Bushnell January 13, 1896 January 8, 1900 Republican Asa W. Jones 2
George K. Nash January 8, 1900 January 11, 1904 Republican John A. Caldwell 2
Carl L. Nippert
Harry L. Gordon
Myron T. Herrick January 11, 1904 January 8, 1906 Republican Warren G. Harding 1
John M. Pattison January 8, 1906 June 18, 1906 Democratic Andrew L. Harris ½
Andrew L. Harris June 18, 1906 January 11, 1909 Republican vacant ½
Judson Harmon January 11, 1909 January 13, 1913 Democratic Francis W. Treadway 2
Atlee Pomerene
Hugh L. Nichols
James M. Cox January 13, 1913 January 11, 1915 Democratic W. A. Greenlund 1
Frank B. Willis January 11, 1915 January 8, 1917 Republican John H. Arnold 1
James M. Cox January 8, 1917 January 10, 1921 Democratic Earl D. Bloom 2
Clarence J. Brown
Harry L. Davis January 10, 1921 January 8, 1923 Republican Clarence J. Brown 1
A. Victor Donahey January 8, 1923 January 14, 1929 Democratic Earl D. Bloom 3
Charles H. Lewis
Earl D. Bloom
William G. Pickrel
George C. Braden
Myers Y. Cooper January 14, 1929 January 12, 1931 Republican John T. Brown 1
George White January 12, 1931 January 14, 1935 Democratic William G. Pickrel 2
Charles W. Sawyer
Martin L. Davey January 14, 1935 January 9, 1939 Democratic Harold G. Mosier 2
Paul P. Yoder
John W. Bricker January 9, 1939 January 8, 1945 Republican Paul M. Herbert 3
Frank J. Lausche January 8, 1945 January 13, 1947 Democratic George D. Nye 1
Thomas J. Herbert January 13, 1947 January 10, 1949 Republican Paul M. Herbert 1
Frank J. Lausche January 10, 1949 January 3, 1957 Democratic George D. Nye 3½
John William Brown
John William Brown January 3, 1957 January 14, 1957 Republican vacant ½
C. William O'Neill January 14, 1957 January 12, 1959 Republican Paul M. Herbert 1
Michael DiSalle January 12, 1959 January 14, 1963 Democratic John W. Donahey 1
Jim Rhodes January 14, 1963 January 11, 1971 Republican John William Brown 2
John J. Gilligan January 11, 1971 January 13, 1975 Democratic John William Brown 1
Jim Rhodes January 13, 1975 January 10, 1983 Republican Dick Celeste 2
George Voinovich
vacant
Dick Celeste January 10, 1983 January 14, 1991 Democratic Myrl Shoemaker 2
vacant
Paul Leonard
George Voinovich January 14, 1991 December 31, 1998 Republican Mike DeWine 1½
vacant
Nancy Hollister
Nancy Hollister December 31, 1998 January 11, 1999 Republican vacant ½
Bob Taft January 11, 1999 January 8, 2007 Republican Maureen O'Connor 2
Jennette Bradley
Bruce Edward Johnson
vacant
Ted Strickland January 8, 2007 incumbent Democratic Lee Fisher 1