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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

of Ohio

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...

Governor
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...
Attorney General
Ohio Attorney General
The Ohio Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Ohio in the United States. The office is filled by general election, held every four years. The Ohio Attorney General is Mike DeWine.-History:...
Secretary of State
Ohio Secretary of State
The Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing elections in the State of Ohio. The Secretary of State also is responsible for registering business entities and granting them the authority to do business within the state, registering secured transactions, and granting access to public...
State Treasurer
Ohio State Treasurer
-List of Ohio State Treasurers:...
State Auditor
Ohio State Auditor
The Ohio State Auditor is responsible for auditing all the public offices of the state of Ohio. The auditor is elected to a four-year term. The current Auditor is Dave Yost....

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

State Senate
State House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives
The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Ohio
The Supreme Court of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members, a chief justice and six associate justices, each serving six-year terms...
State delegation to the U.S. Senate
State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. Also indicated is the party that controlled the Ohio Apportionment Board

Ohio Apportionment Board

The Ohio Apportionment Board is an administrative body which draws the single-member legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly every ten years following the census...

, which draws legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly

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...

in the years following the United States Census

United States Census

The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats , electoral votes, and government program funding. The United States Census Bureau The United States Census...

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The parties are as follows: (D), (DR), (F), no party (N), (NR), (R), (W), and .

Year	\|Executive offices	\|State Legislature	\|Supreme Court Supreme Court of Ohio The Supreme Court of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members, a chief justice and six associate justices, each serving six-year terms...	\|United States Congress United States congressional delegations from Ohio These are complete tables of congressional delegations from Ohio to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:-1803–1813: One seat:...	Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
Year	Governor	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...	Attorney General Ohio Attorney General The Ohio Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Ohio in the United States. The office is filled by general election, held every four years. The Ohio Attorney General is Mike DeWine.-History:...	Secretary of State Ohio Secretary of State The Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing elections in the State of Ohio. The Secretary of State also is responsible for registering business entities and granting them the authority to do business within the state, registering secured transactions, and granting access to public...	Treasurer Ohio State Treasurer -List of Ohio State Treasurers:...	Auditor Ohio State Auditor The Ohio State Auditor is responsible for auditing all the public offices of the state of Ohio. The auditor is elected to a four-year term. The current Auditor is Dave Yost....	State Senate Ohio Senate The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...	State House Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	Apportionment Board Ohio Apportionment Board The Ohio Apportionment Board is an administrative body which draws the single-member legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly every ten years following the census...
1778	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... (N)
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1803	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... (DR)									John Smith John Smith (Ohio Senator) John Smith was one of the first two U.S. Senators from the state of Ohio. He reluctantly resigned from the Senate under charges of alleged complicity in the Burr conspiracy.... (DR)	Thomas Worthington (DR)
1804													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... and George Clinton George Clinton (vice president) George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C... (DR)
1805
1806
1807	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,... (DR)										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... (DR)
1808	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... (DR)									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:... (DR)			James Madison James Madison James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United... and George Clinton (DR)
1809											Stanley Griswold Stanley Griswold Stanley Griswold was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Torrington, Connecticut, Griswold served in the militia during the Revolutionary War. After graduating from Yale College in 1786, he taught for a time in Norwich, and began studying Theology in... (DR)
1810	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:... (DR)										Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell (American politician) Alexander Campbell was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Frederick County, Virginia, Campbell moved to eastern Tennessee and then to Kentucky with his parents. After studying medicine at Transylvania University, Campbell moved to Ohio in... (NR)
1811										Thomas Worthington (DR)
1812													James Madison and Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...
1813
1814	Othniel Looker (DR)										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.... (DR)
1814	Thomas Worthington (DR)
1815										Joseph Kerr Joseph Kerr Joseph Kerr was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Kerrtown, Pennsylvania , Kerr moved to Ohio in 1792. He served in a number of positions as clerk, judge and justice of the peace in the Northwest Territory... (DR)
1816										Benjamin Ruggles Benjamin Ruggles Benjamin Ruggles was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Abington, Windham County, Connecticut, Ruggles moved to Marietta, Ohio to practice law in 1807. He moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio in 1810. He married in Connecticut in 1812. His first... (NR)			James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation... and Daniel D. Tompkins Daniel D. Tompkins Daniel D. Tompkins was an entrepreneur, jurist, Congressman, the fourth Governor of New York , and the sixth Vice President of the United States .-Name:...
1817
1818	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... (DR)
1819											William A. Trimble William A. Trimble William Allen Trimble was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Woodford, Kentucky the son of James and Jane Allen Trimble, Trimble attended Transylvania College. He briefly practiced law in Highland County, Ohio in 1811-1812... (NR)
1820
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1822	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.... (F)										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... (DR)
1822	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.... (DR)
1823
1824													Henry Clay Henry Clay Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives... and Nathan Sanford Nathan Sanford Nathan Sanford was an American politician.- Life :He was the son of Thomas Sanford and Phebe Sanford, née Baker...
1825											William Henry Harrison (W)
1826	Allen Trimble (F)
1827
1828											Jacob Burnet Jacob Burnet Jacob Burnet was an American jurist and statesman from Ohio.He was born in Newark, New Jersey on February 22, 1770, the son of Dr. William Burnet. He studied law, moved to the Northwest Territory and settled in Cincinnati in 1796. His half-brother David G... (DR)		Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans... and John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...
1829
1830	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.... (NR)
1831
1832	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:... (D)										Thomas Ewing Thomas Ewing Thomas Ewing, Sr. was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as serving as the Secretary of the Treasury and the first Secretary of the Interior.-Biography:... (NR)		Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....
1833										Thomas Morris Thomas Morris Thomas Morris may refer to:Thomas Morris , U.S. Representative from New YorkThomas Morris , Senator from Ohio* Thomas John Morris , U.S. federal judge... (D)
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1836	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... (W)												William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the... and Francis Granger Francis Granger Francis Granger was a Representative from New York. He was the son of Gideon Granger, another Postmaster General, and the first cousin of Amos P. Granger.-Biography:...
1837											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.... (D)
1838	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... (D)
1839
1840	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... (W)								Benjamin Tappan Benjamin Tappan Benjamin Tappan was an Ohio judge and Democratic politician who served in the Ohio State Senate and the United States Senate... (D)			William Henry Harrison and John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...
1841
1842	Wilson Shannon (D)
1843	Wilson Shannon (D)
1844	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... (D)											Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen Theodore Frelinghuysen Theodore Frelinghuysen was an American politician, serving as New Jersey Attorney General, United States Senator, and Mayor of Newark, New Jersey before running as a candidate for Vice President with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket in the election of 1844...
1844	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... (W)
1845
1846	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.... (W)								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... (DR)
1847
1848												Lewis Taylor Lewis Taylor Andrew Lewis Taylor is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, born in London, UK, in the late 1960s. He started in the music business touring with the progrock band Edgar Broughton Band. In 1986 he began performing as Sheriff Jack, releasing two albums of psychedelia music, Laugh Yourself Awake ... and William O. Butler
1849	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.... (W)
1850	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... (D)								Thomas Ewing (W)	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... (FS)
1851									Benjamin Wade Benjamin Wade Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade was a U.S. lawyer and United States Senator. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republicans of that time.-Early life:... (R)
1852		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... (D)											Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army... and William R. King William R. King William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...
1853	William Medill (D)	James Myers (D)
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1856	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... (R)	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.... (W)									George E. Pugh George E. Pugh George Ellis Pugh was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Pugh attended Miami University. He began practicing law in 1843, later serving as a Captain in the 4th Ohio Regiment in the Mexican-American War... (D)		John C. Fremont John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont , was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder... and William L. Dayton William L. Dayton William Lewis Dayton was an American politician.A distant relation of U.S. House Speaker and U.S. Constitution signatory Jonathan Dayton, he was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey to farmer Joel Dayton and his wife...
1857
1858		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... (W)
1859
1860	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... (R)	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,... (R)									Salmon P. Chase (R)		Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... and Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin was the 15th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War...
1861											John Sherman John Sherman (politician) John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act... (R)
1862	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.... (R)	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... (R)
1862
1864	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.... (R)	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:... (R)											Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American...
1865	Charles Anderson (R)	vacant
1866	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.... (R)	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.... (R)
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1868	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... (R)	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... (R)											Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America... and Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States Representative from Indiana , Speaker of the House of Representatives , and the 17th Vice President of the United States . To date, he is one of only two Americans to have served as both House speaker and vice president.President Ulysses S...
1869										Allen G. Thurman Allen G. Thurman Allen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:... (D)
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1872	Edward F. Noyes Edward F. Noyes Edward Follansbee Noyes was a Republican politician from Ohio. Noyes served as the 30th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... (R)	Jacob Mueller Jacob Mueller Jacob Mueller was an American politician who served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1872 to 1874.... (R)											Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson Henry Wilson Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...
1873
1874	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.... (D)	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.... (R)
1875
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	Thomas L. Young Thomas L. Young Thomas Lowry Young was a Republican politician from Ohio. Young served as the 33rd Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... (R)											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... and William Almon Wheeler
1877	Thomas L. Young (R)	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 :... (R)									Thomas S. Matthews (D)
1878	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:... (D)	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:... (D)									Thomas S. Matthews (D)
1879											George H. Pendleton George H. Pendleton George Hunt Pendleton was a Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Nicknamed "Gentleman George" for his demeanor, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States during the Civil War in 1864, running as a peace Democrat with war Democrat George B. McClellan; they lost to... (D)
1880	Charles Foster (R)	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:... (R)											James Garfield James Garfield James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive... and Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing...
1881										John Sherman (R)
1882		Reese G. Richards Reese G. Richards Rees G. Richards was an American Republican politician who served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1882 to 1884.-Early life:... (R)
1883
1884	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... (D)	John George Warwick (D)											James G. Blaine James G. Blaine James Gillespie Blaine was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time Secretary of State... and John A. Logan John A. Logan John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President...
1885		John George Warwick (D)									Henry B. Payne Henry B. Payne Henry B. Payne was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in both houses of the United States Congress.... (D)
1886	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:... (R)	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:... (R)
1887		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.... (R)
1888		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.... (R)											Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there... and Levi P. Morton Levi P. Morton Levi Parsons Morton was a Representative from New York and the 22nd Vice President of the United States . He also later served as the 31st Governor of New York.-Biography:...
1889
1890	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... (D)	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... (R)					17D, 16R
1890		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.... (D)					17D, 16R
1891											Calvin S. Brice Calvin S. Brice Calvin Stewart Brice was a Democratic politician from Ohio. Born in Denmark, Morrow County, Ohio, Brice dropped out of Miami University in 1861 to join the Union Army. After a short stint in the army he returned to Miami and earned his undergraduate degree in 1863... (D)
1892	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... (R)	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... (R)						R majority					Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid Whitelaw Reid Whitelaw Reid was a U.S. politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of a popular history of Ohio in the Civil War.-Early life:... (R)
1893
1894							R majority
1895
1896	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... (R)	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.... (R)											William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart (R)
1897										Mark Hanna Mark Hanna Marcus Alonzo "Mark" Hanna was a United States Senator from Ohio and the friend and political manager of President William McKinley... (R)
1898							D majority				Joseph B. Foraker (R)
1899							D majority
1900	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:... (R)	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....					R majority						William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... (R)
1901
1902		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.... (R)
1902		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:... (R)
1903
1904	Myron T. Herrick Myron T. Herrick Myron Timothy Herrick was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 42nd Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... (R)	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... (R)								Charles W. F. Dick Charles W. F. Dick Charles William Frederick Dick was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.-Biography:... (R)			Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... and Charles W. Fairbanks Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks was a Senator from Indiana and the 26th Vice President of the United States .... (R)
1905
1906	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:... (D)	Andrew L. Harris (R)					D majority
1906	Andrew L. Harris (R)	vacant
1907
1908													William Howard Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States... and James S. Sherman James S. Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States . He was a member of the Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families.-Early life:... (R)
1909	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.... (D)	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:... (R)			David S. Creamer David S. Creamer right\|thumb\|250px\|circa 1912David S. Creamer was an Ohio politician. He was State Treasurer from 1909–1913, State Fire Marshall and Columbus City Treasurer among other positions.... (D)		R majority				Theodore E. Burton Theodore E. Burton Theodore Elijah Burton was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.... (R)
1910							R majority
1911		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:... (D)					D majority	D majority		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:... (D)
1912		Hugh L. Nichols (D)											Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913... and Thomas R. Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson... (D)
1913	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.... (D)	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:... (D)				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... (D)
1914
1915	Frank B. Willis Frank B. Willis Frank Bartlett Willis was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... (R)	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:... (R)		Charles Q. Hildebrant Charles Q. Hildebrant Charles Quinn Hildebrant was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Hildebrant attended the public schools and Ohio State University at Columbus.... (R)			R majority	R majority			Warren G. Harding (R)
1916							R majority	R majority
1917	James M. Cox (D)	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.... (D)					D majority	D majority
1918							D majority	D majority
1919		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:... (R)					R majority	R majority
1920													Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state... (R)
1921	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.... (R)										Frank B. Willis Frank B. Willis Frank Bartlett Willis was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:... (R)
1922
1923	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... (D)	Earl D. Bloom (D)								Simeon D. Fess Simeon D. Fess Simeon Davison Fess was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.-Early life:... (R)
1924		Earl D. Bloom (D)											Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state... and Charles G. Dawes Charles G. Dawes Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S... (R)
1925		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:... (R)
1926
1927		Earl D. Bloom (D)		Clarence J. Brown, Sr. (R)
1928		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..... (D)									Cyrus Locher Cyrus Locher Cyrus Locher was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Locher studied at Ohio Wesleyan University and Western Reserve University Law School... (D)
1928		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.... (R)									Theodore E. Burton (R)		Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business... and Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States... (R)
1929	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... (R)	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.... (R)	Gilbert Bettman Gilbert Bettman Gilbert Bettman was an American politician of the Ohio Republican party.In 1932, Bettman ran for the office of U.S. senator from Ohio. He lost to the incumbent Democrat, Robert J. Bulkley.... (R)								Roscoe C. McCulloch Roscoe C. McCulloch Roscoe Conkling McCulloch was a Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.... (R)
1930											Robert J. Bulkley Robert J. Bulkley Robert Johns Bulkley was a United States Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1930 until 1939.... (D)
1931	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.... (D)	William G. Pickrel (D)
1932		William G. Pickrel (D)											Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... and John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :... (D)
1933		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.... (D)	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:... (R)				D majority	D majority
1934
1935	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... (D)	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... (D)								A. Victor Donahey (D)
1936
1937		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.... (D)
1938
1939	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:... (R)	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.... (R)	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... (R)				R majority	R majority			Robert A. Taft (R)
1940													Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... and Henry A. Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A... (D)
1941									5R, 2D	Harold Burton Harold Hitz Burton Harold Hitz Burton was an American politician and lawyer.He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was known as a dispassionate jurist who prized equal justice under the law.-Biography:He... (R)
1942
1943
1944													Thomas E. Dewey and 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:... (R)
1945	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... (D)	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... (D)								James W. Huffman James W. Huffman James Wylie Huffman was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1946.... (D)
1946										Kingsley Taft (R)
1947	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... (R)	Paul M. Herbert (R)							4R, 3D	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:... (R)
1948		Paul M. Herbert (R)							4R, 3D				Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his... and Alben W. Barkley Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman.... (D)
1949	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... (D)	George D. Nye (D)					D majority	D majority	5R, 2D
1950							D majority	D majority
1951			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... (R)	Ted W. Brown Ted W. Brown Ted W. Brown was an American politician of the Ohio Republican party and long-time Ohio Secretary of State.First elected in 1950, he was re-elected eight times. In 1970, Brown defeated Ohio Democrat John F. Kennedy. In 1974, Brown won re-election by defeating Democrat Tony P. Hall. In 1978, Brown... (R)			R majority	R majority
1952													Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... (R)
1953		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.... (R)				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... (R)					Thomas A. Burke Thomas A. Burke Thomas Aloysius Burke was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and in the United States Senate from November 10, 1953 until December 2, 1954. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is named after him.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burke served in the U.S... (D)
1954									4R, 3D		George H. Bender George H. Bender George Harrison Bender was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1947 and 1951 to 1954, and also in the U.S. Senate from 1954 to 1957.-Early life:... (D)
1955
1956
1957	John William Brown (R)	vacant	William B. Saxbe William B. Saxbe William Bart "Bill" Saxbe was an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, and as United States Ambassador to India.At the time of his death, Saxbe was the... (R)								Frank Lausche (D)
1957	C. William O'Neill (R)	Paul M. Herbert (R)
1958	C. William O'Neill (R)	Paul M. Herbert (R)
1959	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:... (D)	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.... (D)					D majority	D majority		Stephen M. Young Stephen M. Young Stephen Marvin Young was an American politician of the Democratic Party from Ohio. He was a United States Senator from Ohio from 1958 until 1971.... (D)
1960							D majority	D majority					Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)
1961							R majority	R majority
1962
1963	Jim Rhodes (R)	John William Brown (R)	William B. Saxbe (R)		John D. Herbert John D. Herbert John David Herbert is an American lawyer who served two terms as Ohio State Treasurer from 1963 to 1971.A Republican, he was the son of Thomas J... (R)				6R, 1D
1964													Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States... and Hubert Humphrey Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and... (D)
1965						Roger Cloud Roger Cloud Roger Cloud , was an American politician of the Republican party.Cloud attended high school in his native DeGraff, graduating in 1926 as his class's valedictorian.... (R)
1966
1967						Roger Cloud (R)
1968													Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... and Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland... (R)
1969											William B. Saxbe (R)
1970									7R
1971	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... (D)		William J. Brown William J. Brown William J. Brown was an American lawyer, and was elected Ohio Attorney General in 1970 and served until leaving office in January 1983.Brown was from Mahoning County, Ohio. He remained active in Ohio politics through the 1990s. Brown's tenure in office is one of the longest on record for the Ohio... (D)		Gertrude W. Donahey (D)				7R	Robert Taft Jr. (R)
1972									6R, 1D
1973								D majority	5R, 2D
1974
1974											Howard Metzenbaum Howard Metzenbaum Howard Morton Metzenbaum was an American politician who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio . He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate from 1943 to 1951.-Early life:Metzenbaum was born in Cleveland, to a poor Jewish family, the son... (D)
1975	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... (R)	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:... (D)					D majority				John Glenn John Glenn John Herschel Glenn, Jr. is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American in space. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before joining NASA's Mercury program as a member of NASA's original... (D)
1976										Howard Metzenbaum Howard Metzenbaum Howard Morton Metzenbaum was an American politician who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio . He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate from 1943 to 1951.-Early life:Metzenbaum was born in Cleveland, to a poor Jewish family, the son... (D)			Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... and Walter Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota... (D)
1977									4D, 3R
1978
1979		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... (R)		Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. Anthony Joseph "Tony" Celebrezze Jr. was an American politician of the Democratic party, who served as Ohio Attorney General, Ohio Secretary of State and an Ohio State Senator. He was the son of Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr.... (D)
1980		vacant											Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... and George H.W. Bush (R)
1981							R majority		5D, 2R
1982							R majority		5D, 2R
1983	Dick Celeste (D)	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... (D)	Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (D)	Sherrod Brown (D)	Mary Ellen Withrow Mary Ellen Withrow Mary Ellen Hinamon Withrow was the 40th Treasurer of the United States from March 1, 1994 to January 20, 2001 under President Bill Clinton.... (D)		D majority		6D, 1R
1984							D majority		6D, 1R
1985		vacant					R majority		4D, 3R
1986		vacant							4D, 3R
1987		Paul Leonard (D)							4R, 3D
1988													George H.W.Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana.... (R)
1989
1990
1991	George Voinovich (R)	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... (R)	Lee Fisher (D)	Bob Taft (R)
1992													Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... and Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.... (D)
1993
1994					Kenneth Blackwell (R)
1995		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... (R)	Betty Montgomery (R)			Jim Petro Jim Petro James M. “Jim” Petro is an American politician from the Republican Party, and a former Ohio Attorney General. Previously, Petro also served as Ohio State Auditor. Petro was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio during the 2006 Ohio Primaries, but lost to Ken Blackwell... (R)		R majority	5R, 2D	Mike DeWine (R)
1996
1997
1998	Nancy Hollister (R)	vacant
1999	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... (R)	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... (R)		Ken Blackwell Ken Blackwell John Kenneth Blackwell is an American politician and activist who served as the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 1979 to 1980 and Ohio Secretary of State from 1999 to 2007. A Republican, he was the first African-American to be the candidate for governor of a major party in Ohio. In 2006, Blackwell... (R)	Joe Deters Joe Deters Joseph T. "Joe" Deters is an American politician of the Republican party who currently serves as Prosecuting Attorney for Hamilton County, Ohio. He is a 1975 graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati.-Career:... (R)						George Voinovich (R)
2000													George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush.... (R)
2001
2002
2003		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... (R)	Jim Petro Jim Petro James M. “Jim” Petro is an American politician from the Republican Party, and a former Ohio Attorney General. Previously, Petro also served as Ohio State Auditor. Petro was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio during the 2006 Ohio Primaries, but lost to Ken Blackwell... (R)			Betty Montgomery Betty Montgomery Betty Montgomery is an American politician from the state of Ohio. A Republican, she formerly served as Ohio State Auditor.-Prosecutor:... (R)	22R, 11D					12R, 6D
2004								62R, 37D
2005								R majority	6R, 1D
2005		Bruce Johnson (R)			Jennette Bradley (R)
2006		Bruce Johnson (R)			Jennette Bradley (R)
2007	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 .... (D)	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... (D)	Marc Dann Marc Dann Marc Dann Marc Dann Marc Dann (born March 12, 1962, in Evanston, Illinois, is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1984 from the University of Michigan and a law degree in 1987 from Case Western Reserve University, and practiced law in Youngstown,... (D)	Jennifer Brunner Jennifer Brunner Jennifer Lee Brunner is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the Ohio Secretary of State. Brunner was the first woman to serve in this capacity. She took office after sixteen years of Republican control, which included two four-year terms by her predecessor J. Kenneth... (D)	Richard Cordray Richard Cordray Richard Cordray is an American politician of the Democratic Party who last served as the Attorney General of Ohio. He has been chosen to run the enforcement division of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which officially began operating in July 2011... (D)	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... (R)	21R, 12D	53R, 46D	7R	Sherrod Brown Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell Brown is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007... (D)		11R, 7D
2008													Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... and Joe Biden Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama... (D)
			Tom Winters (D)
			Nancy H. Rogers Nancy H. Rogers Nancy Hardin Rogers is a former Attorney General of Ohio, a former Dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and the current holder of the Michael E. Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Moritz College of Law.... (D)
2009			Richard Cordray (D)		Kevin Boyce Kevin Boyce Kevin L. Boyce is an American politician of the Democratic Party, from 2009-2010 the 47th Ohio State Treasurer.-Career:Prior to holding political office, Boyce was the executive director of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes college access for high school students... (D)			53D, 46R				10D, 8R
2010			Richard Cordray (D)					53D, 46R	6R, 1D			10D, 8R
2011	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... (R)	Mary Taylor (R)	Mike DeWine (R)	Jon Husted Jon Husted Jon A. Husted is an American politician of the Republican Party who currently serves as Ohio Secretary of State. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th district . He also previously served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009 and Speaker... (R)	Josh Mandel Josh Mandel (politician) Josh Mandel is the current Ohio State Treasurer. Mandel previously served as a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He has set up a U.S... (R)	Dave Yost Dave Yost Dave Yost is the auditor for the state of Ohio, winning the election in November 2010. He was the prosecuting attorney for Delaware County. He also served as the county's auditor from 1999 to 2003.-Early career:... (R)	23R, 10D	59R, 40D	6R, 1D		Rob Portman Rob Portman Robert Jones "Rob" Portman is the junior United States Senator from Ohio. He is a member of the Republican Party. He succeeded retiring Senator George Voinovich.... (R)	13R, 5D
Year	Governor	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...	Attorney General Ohio Attorney General The Ohio Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Ohio in the United States. The office is filled by general election, held every four years. The Ohio Attorney General is Mike DeWine.-History:...	Secretary of State Ohio Secretary of State The Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing elections in the State of Ohio. The Secretary of State also is responsible for registering business entities and granting them the authority to do business within the state, registering secured transactions, and granting access to public...	Treasurer Ohio State Treasurer -List of Ohio State Treasurers:...	Auditor Ohio State Auditor The Ohio State Auditor is responsible for auditing all the public offices of the state of Ohio. The auditor is elected to a four-year term. The current Auditor is Dave Yost....	State Senate Ohio Senate The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...	State House Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....	\|Supreme Court Supreme Court of Ohio The Supreme Court of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members, a chief justice and six associate justices, each serving six-year terms...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	Apportionment Board Ohio Apportionment Board The Ohio Apportionment Board is an administrative body which draws the single-member legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly every ten years following the census...
Year	Executive offices						\|State Legislature	\|United States Congress United States congressional delegations from Ohio These are complete tables of congressional delegations from Ohio to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:-1803–1813: One seat:...	Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

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