Political party strength in Ohio
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Ohio:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- Secretary of State
- State Treasurer
- State Auditor
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State Supreme Court
- 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, which draws legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly in the years following the United States Census.
1788–1845
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Ohio Supreme Court | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||
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Governor | Secretary of State | Treasurer | Auditor | Senate | House | Senator (Class I) | Senator (Class III) | House | |||
1788 | Arthur St. Clair (F)[a] | Winthrop Sargent (F) | [b] | ||||||||
1789 | |||||||||||
1790 | |||||||||||
1791 | |||||||||||
1792 | |||||||||||
1793 | |||||||||||
1794 | |||||||||||
1795 | |||||||||||
1796 | John Armstrong (F) | ||||||||||
1797 | |||||||||||
1798 | |||||||||||
1799 | William Henry Harrison (F) | ||||||||||
1800 | Charles Willing Byrd (DR) | ||||||||||
1801 | |||||||||||
1802 | |||||||||||
1803 | Edward Tiffin (DR)[c] | William Creighton Jr. (DR) | William McFarland (DR) | Thomas Gibson (DR) | DR maj. | DR maj. | 3DR | John Smith (DR) | Thomas Worthington (DR) | 1DR | |
1804 | Thomas Jefferson/ George Clinton (DR) ![]() | ||||||||||
1805 | |||||||||||
1806 | |||||||||||
1807 | Thomas Kirker (DR)[d] | Edward Tiffin (DR) | |||||||||
1808 | Samuel Huntington (DR)[e] | Jeremiah McLene (DR) | Benjamin Hough (DR) | 4DR | vacant | James Madison/ George Clinton (DR) ![]() | |||||
1809 | Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR) | Stanley Griswold (DR) | |||||||||
1810 | Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR)[f] | Alexander Campbell (DR) | |||||||||
1811 | 3DR | Thomas Worthington (DR) | |||||||||
1812 | James Madison/ Elbridge Gerry (DR) ![]() | ||||||||||
1813 | 6DR | ||||||||||
1814 | Othniel Looker (DR)[d] | Jeremiah Morrow (DR) | |||||||||
1815 | Thomas Worthington (DR) | Ralph Osborn (DR) | Joseph Kerr (DR) | ||||||||
1816 | Hiram M. Curry (DR) | 4DR | Benjamin Ruggles (DR) | James Monroe/ Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) ![]() | |||||||
1817 | |||||||||||
1818 | Ethan Allen Brown (DR)[c] | ||||||||||
1819 | William A. Trimble (DR) | ||||||||||
1820 | Samuel Sullivan (DR) | ||||||||||
1821 | |||||||||||
1822 | Allen Trimble (F)[d] | Ethan Allen Brown (DR) | |||||||||
Jeremiah Morrow (DR) | |||||||||||
1823 | Henry Brown (DR) | 10NR, 2J, 2DR | |||||||||
1824 | Henry Clay/ Nathan Sanford (DR) ![]() | ||||||||||
1825 | [?] | [?] | 4NR | Benjamin Ruggles (NR) | William Henry Harrison (NR) | 12NR, 2J | |||||
1826 | Allen Trimble (NR)[g] | [?] | [?] | ||||||||
1827 | [?] | [?] | 12NR, 2J | ||||||||
1828 | 22NR, 13J | 44NR, 28J | Jacob Burnet (NR) | Andrew Jackson/ John C. Calhoun (D) ![]() | |||||||
1829 | 19NR, 17J | 38NR, 34J | 8J, 6NR | ||||||||
1830 | Duncan McArthur (NR) | 21J, 15NR | 37J, 32NR, 3? | 2NR, 2J | |||||||
1831 | Moses H. Kirby (NR) | 18D, 18W[h] | 38NR, 29D, 5A-C | 3NR, 1J | 8NR, 6J | ||||||
1832 | Robert Lucas (D) | 20NR, 16D | 42NR, 30D | Thomas Ewing (NR) | Andrew Jackson/ Martin Van Buren (D) ![]() | ||||||
1833 | John A. Bryan (D) | 19D, 17W | 39D, 31W, 2? | 2NR, 2D | Thomas Morris (J) | 11D, 6NR, 2A-M | |||||
1834 | 22D, 14NR | 46D, 26NR | |||||||||
1835 | Benjamin B. Hinkson (D) | Joseph Whitehill (W) | 19D, 17W[i] | 42W, 29D, 1? | 3W, 1D | 9D, 9W, 1A-M | |||||
1836 | Joseph Vance (W) | Carter B. Harlan (D) | 20D, 16W | 46D, 26W | 2D, 2W | William Henry Harrison/ Francis Granger (W) ![]() | |||||
1837 | 20W, 16D[j] | 37D, 35W | Thomas Morris (D) | William Allen (D) | 11W, 8D | ||||||
1838 | Wilson Shannon (D) | 20W, 16D | 40W, 32D | ||||||||
1839 | John Brough (D) | 19D, 17W | 38D, 34W | Benjamin Tappan (D) | 11D, 8W | ||||||
1840 | Thomas Corwin (W) | William Trevitt (D) | 25D, 11W | 48D, 24W | William Henry Harrison/ John Tyler (W) ![]() | ||||||
1841 | John Sloane (W) | 22D, 14W | 51W, 21D | 12W, 7D | |||||||
1842 | Wilson Shannon (D)[k] | 19D, 17W | 37D, 35W | 3D, 1W | |||||||
1843 | 22D, 14W | 39D, 33W | 12D, 9W | ||||||||
1844 | Thomas W. Bartley (D)[d] | Samuel Galloway (W) | 20D, 16W | 38W, 34D | Henry Clay/ Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) ![]() | ||||||
Mordecai Bartley (W) | |||||||||||
1845 | John Woods (W) | 22W, 14D | 41W, 31D | 13D, 8W |
1846–present
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Ohio Supreme Court | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Attorney General | Secretary of State | Treasurer | Auditor | Senate | House | Senator (Class I) | Senator (Class III) | House | |||
1846 | William Bebb (W)[l] | no such office | Henry Stanbery (W) | Samuel Galloway (W) | Joseph Whitehill (W) | John Woods (W) | 21W, 15D | 44W, 28D | 3D, 1W | Thomas Corwin (W) | William Allen (D) | 13D, 8W | |
1847 | Albert A. Bliss (W) | 18D, 18W[m] | 39W, 32D, 1I | 2D, 2W | 11W, 10D | ||||||||
1848 | 19W, 17D | 40W, 32D | Cass/ Butler (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1849 | Seabury Ford (W)[l] | 18W, 18D[n] | 37W, 35D[o] | 11D, 8W, 2FS | |||||||||
1850 | Reuben Wood (D)[p] | Henry W. King (FS) | 16W, 16D, 4FS[q] | 36W, 29D, 7FS[r] | Thomas Ewing (W) | Salmon P. Chase (FS) | |||||||
1851 | Joseph McCormick (D) | 17W, 16D, 3FS[s] | 34W, 32D, 6FS[t] | 3D, 1W | Benjamin Wade (W) | 11D, 9W, 1FS | |||||||
1852 | William Medill (D) | George E. Pugh (D) | William Trevitt (D) | John G. Breslin (D) | William Duane Morgan (D) | 24D, 9W, 1FS[u] | 65D, 28W, 1FS[u] | 5D | Pierce/ King (D) ![]() | ||||
1853 | William Medill (D)[v] | James Myers (D) | 12D, 7W, 2FS | ||||||||||
1854 | George McCook (D) | 26D, 7W | 70D, 17W, 9FS | ||||||||||
1855 | 4D, 1R | 21 A-Neb. | |||||||||||
1856 | Salmon P. Chase (R) | Thomas H. Ford (R)[11] | Francis D. Kimball (R) | James H. Baker (R) | William H. Gibson (R) | Francis M. Wright (R) | 29R, 6D | 78R, 34D | 3R, 2D | Benjamin Wade (R) | George E. Pugh (D) | Frémont/ Dayton (R) ![]() | |
1857 | Christopher Wolcott (R) | 4R, 1D | 13R, 8D | ||||||||||
1858 | Martin Welker (R)[12] | Addison Peale Russell (R) | Alfred P. Stone (R) | 20D, 13R | 62D, 44R, 1I | ||||||||
1859 | 5R | 15R, 6D | |||||||||||
1860 | William Dennison Jr. (R) | Robert C. Kirk (R) | Robert Walker Tayler Sr. (R) | 25R, 10D | 58R, 46D, 1I | Lincoln/ Hamlin (R) ![]() | |||||||
1861 | James Murray (R) | Salmon P. Chase (R) | |||||||||||
John Sherman (R) | 13R, 8D | ||||||||||||
1862 | David Tod (R) | Benjamin Stanton (R) | Benjamin R. Cowen (R) | G. V. Dorsey (R) | 26R, 8D | 74R, 23D | |||||||
1863 | Lyman R. Critchfield (D) | William W. Armstrong (D) | Oviatt Cole (R) | 4R, 1D | 14D, 5R | ||||||||
1864 | John Brough (R)[w] | Charles Anderson (R) | James H. Godman (R) | 30R, 4D | 76R, 21D | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) ![]() | |||||||
1865 | Charles Anderson (R)[x] | vacant | William P. Richardson (R) | William Henry Smith (R) | William Hooper (R) | 5R | 17R, 2D | ||||||
1866 | Jacob Dolson Cox (R) | Andrew McBurney (R) | William H. West (R) | S. S. Warner (R) | 25R, 12D | 71R, 34D | |||||||
1867 | 16R, 3D | ||||||||||||
1868 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | John C. Lee (R) | John Russell (R) | 18D, 17R | 56D, 49R | Grant/ Colfax (R) ![]() | |||||||
1869 | Isaac R. Sherwood (R) | Allen G. Thurman (D) | 13R, 6D | ||||||||||
1870 | Francis Bates Pond (R) | 19R, 18D | 57R, 54D | ||||||||||
1871 | 14R, 5D | ||||||||||||
1872 | Edward F. Noyes (R) | Jacob Mueller (R) | Isaac Welsh (R) | James Williams (R) | 18R, 18D[y] | 57R, 48D | Grant/ Wilson (R) ![]() | ||||||
1873 | Allen T. Wikoff (R) | 14R, 6D | |||||||||||
1874 | William Allen (D) | Alphonso Hart (R) | John Little (R) | 22D, 14R | 58D, 44R, 3I | ||||||||
1875 | William Bell Jr. (D) | 3R, 2D | 13D, 7R | ||||||||||
1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R)[z] | Thomas L. Young (R) | John M. Millikin (R) | 20R, 17D | 65R, 46D | Hayes/ Wheeler (R) ![]() | |||||||
1877 | Thomas L. Young (R)[x] | H. W. Curtiss (R)[aa] | Milton Barnes (R) | 4R, 1D | Stanley Matthews (R) | 12R, 8D | |||||||
1878 | Richard M. Bishop (D) | Jabez W. Fitch (D) | Isaiah Pillars (D) | Anthony Howells (D) | 25D, 10R | 68D, 38R, 3G | 3R, 2D | ||||||
1879 | George H. Pendleton (D) | 11D, 9R | |||||||||||
1880 | Charles Foster (R) | Andrew Hickenlooper (R) | George K. Nash (R) | Joseph Turney (R) | John F. Oglevee (R) | 23R, 14D | 69R, 45D | 4R, 1D | Garfield/ Arthur (R) ![]() | ||||
1881 | Charles Townsend (R) | John Sherman (R) | 15R, 5D | ||||||||||
1882 | Rees G. Richards (R) | 22R, 11D | 70R, 35D | ||||||||||
1883 | James W. Newman (D) | 13D, 8R | |||||||||||
1884 | George Hoadly (D) | John G. Warwick (D) | James Lawrence (D) | Peter Brady (D) | Emil Kiesewetter (D) | 22D, 11R | 60D, 45R | 3D, 2R | Blaine/ Logan (R) ![]() | ||||
1885 | James S. Robinson (R) | Henry B. Payne (D) | 11D, 10R | ||||||||||
1886 | Joseph B. Foraker (R) | Robert P. Kennedy (R)[ab] | Jacob A. Kohler (R) | John C. Brown (R) | 21R, 16D[ac] | 68R, 42D | 3R, 2D | ||||||
1887 | Silas A. Conrad (R) | 4R, 1D | 15R, 6D | ||||||||||
1888 | William C. Lyon (R) | David K. Watson (R) | Ebenezer W. Poe (R) | 25R, 11D | 65R, 45D | Harrison/ Morton (R) ![]() | |||||||
1889 | Daniel J. Ryan (R) | 5R | 16R, 5D | ||||||||||
1890 | James E. Campbell (D) | Elbert L. Lampson (R) | 19D, 17R | 60D, 54R | |||||||||
William V. Marquis (D) | |||||||||||||
1891 | Calvin S. Brice (D) | 14D, 7R | |||||||||||
1892 | William McKinley (R) | Andrew L. Harris (R) | John K. Richards (R) | Christian L. Poorman (R) | William T. Cope (R) | 21R, 10D | 72R, 35D | Harrison/ Reid (R) ![]() | |||||
1893 | Samuel McIntire Taylor (R) | 6R | 11D, 10R | ||||||||||
1894 | 26R, 5D | 85R, 22D | |||||||||||
1895 | 19R, 2D | ||||||||||||
1896 | Asa S. Bushnell (R) | Asa W. Jones (R) | Frank S. Monnett (R) | Samuel B. Campbell (R) | Walter D. Guilbert (R) | 30R, 6D, 1P | 87R, 25D | McKinley/ Hobart (R) ![]() | |||||
1897 | Charles Kinney (R) | Mark Hanna (R) | 15R, 6D | ||||||||||
1898 | 18D, 17R, 1IR[ae] | 62R, 47D | Joseph B. Foraker (R) | ||||||||||
1899 | |||||||||||||
1900 | George K. Nash (R) | John A. Caldwell | John M. Sheets (R) | Isaac B. Cameron (R) | 19R, 11D, 1IR | 62R, 45D, 3IR | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) ![]() | ||||||
1901 | Lewis C. Laylin (R) | 17R, 4D | |||||||||||
1902 | Carl L. Nippert (R) | 21R, 12D | 68R, 42D | ||||||||||
Harry L. Gordon (R) | |||||||||||||
1903 | |||||||||||||
1904 | Myron T. Herrick (R) | Warren G. Harding (R) | Wade H. Ellis (R) | William S. McKinnon (R) | 29R, 4D | 88R, 22D | Charles W. F. Dick (R) | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) ![]() | |||||
1905 | 20R, 1D | ||||||||||||
1906 | John M. Pattison (D)[w][af] | Andrew L. Harris (R) | 18D, 18R, 1I[ag][ah] | 62R, 75D, 2I[ah] | |||||||||
Andrew L. Harris (R)[x][af] | vacant | ||||||||||||
1907 | Carmi Thompson (R) | 16R, 5D | |||||||||||
1908 | Taft/ Sherman (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1909 | Judson Harmon (D) | Francis W. Treadway (R) | Ulysses G. Denman (R) | David S. Creamer (D) | Edward M. Fullington (R) | 20R, 14D | 71R, 45D, 1I | Theodore E. Burton (R) | 13R, 8D | ||||
1910 | |||||||||||||
1911 | Atlee Pomerene (D) | Timothy Hogan (D) | Charles H. Graves (D) | 19D, 15R | 70D, 49R | 4R, 2D | Atlee Pomerene (D) | 16D, 5R | |||||
1912 | Hugh L. Nichols (D) | Wilson/ Marshall (D) ![]() | |||||||||||
1913 | James M. Cox (D) | W. A. Greenlund (D) | John P. Brennan (D) | Vic Donahey (D) | 26D, 7R | 87D, 33R, 3Prog | 5D, 2R | 19D, 3R | |||||
1914 | |||||||||||||
1915 | Frank B. Willis (R) | John H. Arnold (R) | Edward C. Turner (R) | Charles Q. Hildebrant (R) | Rudolph W. Archer (R) | 20R, 13D | 72R, 50D, 1Prog | 4D, 3R | Warren G. Harding (R) | 13R, 9D | |||
1916 | |||||||||||||
1917 | James M. Cox (D) | Earl D. Bloom (D) | Joseph McGhee (D) | William D. Fulton (D) | Chester E. Bryan (D) | 25D, 11R | 72D, 56R | 13D, 9R | |||||
1918 | |||||||||||||
1919 | Clarence J. Brown (R) | John G. Price (R) | Harvey C. Smith (R) | Rudolph W. Archer (R) | 27R, 7D | 100R, 36D | 4R, 3D | 14R, 8D | |||||
1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1921 | Harry L. Davis (R) | Joseph T. Tracy (R) | 36R, 1D | 113R, 12D | 6R, 1D | Frank B. Willis (R) | 22R | ||||||
1922 | |||||||||||||
1923 | Vic Donahey (D) | Earl D. Bloom (D) | Charles C. Crabbe (R) | Thad H. Brown (R) | Harry S. Day (R) | 31R, 4D | 103R, 27D | Simeon D. Fess (R) | 16R, 6D | ||||
1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1925 | Charles H. Lewis (R) | 33R, 2D | 110R, 20D | ||||||||||
1926 | |||||||||||||
1927 | Earl D. Bloom (D) | Edward C. Turner (R) | Clarence J. Brown (R) | Bert B. Buckley (R) | 35R, 2D | 103R, 33D | |||||||
1928 | William G. Pickrel (D) | Cyrus Locher (D) | |||||||||||
George C. Braden (R) | Theodore E. Burton (R) | Hoover/ Curtis (R) ![]() | |||||||||||
1929 | Myers Y. Cooper (R) | John T. Brown (R) | Gilbert Bettman (R) | H. Ross Ake (R) | 31R | 122R, 11D | Roscoe C. McCulloch (R) | 19R, 3D | |||||
1930 | Robert J. Bulkley (D) | ||||||||||||
1931 | George White (D) | William G. Pickrel (D) | Harry S. Day (R) | 18R, 14D | 70R, 58D | 13R, 9D | |||||||
1932 | 5R, 2D | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) ![]() | |||||||||||
1933 | Charles W. Sawyer (D) | John W. Bricker (R) | George S. Myers (D) | 16D, 16R[ai] | 84D, 51R | 4R, 3D | 18D, 6R | ||||||
1934 | 5D, 2R | ||||||||||||
1935 | Martin L. Davey (D) | Harold G. Mosier (D) | 19D, 13R | 68R, 67D[aj] | 4R, 3D | Vic Donahey (D) | |||||||
1936 | |||||||||||||
1937 | Paul P. Yoder (D) | Herbert S. Duffy (D) | William Kennedy (D) | Clarence H. Knisley (D) | Joseph T. Ferguson (D) | 31D, 5R | 105D, 33R | 21D, 3R | |||||
1938 | 4D, 3R | ||||||||||||
1939 | John W. Bricker (R) | Paul M. Herbert (R) | Thomas J. Herbert (R) | Earl Griffith (R) | Don H. Ebright (R) | 27R, 7D | 100R, 36D | 4R, 3D | Robert A. Taft (R) | 15R, 9D | |||
1940 | George M. Neffiner (R) | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) ![]() | |||||||||||
1941 | John E. Sweeney (D) | 19R, 17D | 78R, 60D | 5R, 2D | Harold H. Burton (R) | 12R, 12D | |||||||
1942 | |||||||||||||
1943 | Edward J. Hummel (R) | 28R, 5D | 111R, 25D | 20R, 3D | |||||||||
1944 | Dewey/ Bricker (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1945 | Frank Lausche (D) | George D. Nye (D) | Hugh S. Jenkins (R) | 20R, 13D | 89R, 47D | James W. Huffman (D) | 17R, 6D | ||||||
1946 | Kingsley A. Taft (R) | ||||||||||||
1947 | Thomas J. Herbert (R) | Paul M. Herbert (R) | 32R, 4D | 123R, 16D | 4R, 3D | John W. Bricker (R) | 19R, 4D | ||||||
1948 | Truman/ Barkley (D) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1949 | Frank Lausche (D)[c] | George D. Nye (D) | Herbert S. Duffy (D) | Donald K. Zoller (R) | 19D, 14R | 69D, 66R | 5R, 2D | 12D, 11R | |||||
1950 | |||||||||||||
1951 | C. William O'Neill (R) | Ted W. Brown (R) | Roger W. Tracy (R) | 26R, 7D | 98R, 36D, 1I | 16R, 6D, 1I | |||||||
1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1953 | John W. Brown (R) | Jim Rhodes (R) | 23R, 10D | 102R, 34D | Thomas A. Burke (D) | ||||||||
1954 | 4R, 3D | George H. Bender (D) | |||||||||||
1955 | 21R, 12D | 89R, 47D | 17R, 6D | ||||||||||
1956 | |||||||||||||
1957 | John W. Brown (R)[x] | vacant | William B. Saxbe(R) | 22R, 12D | 97R, 42D | Frank Lausche (D) | |||||||
C. William O'Neill (R) | Paul M. Herbert (R) | ||||||||||||
1958 | |||||||||||||
1959 | Michael DiSalle (D) | John W. Donahey (D) | Mark McElroy (D) | Joseph T. Ferguson (D) | 20D, 13R | 78D, 61R | Stephen M. Young (D) | 15R, 8D | |||||
1960 | Nixon/ Lodge (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1961 | 20R, 18D | 84R, 55D | 16R, 7D | ||||||||||
1962 | |||||||||||||
1963 | Jim Rhodes (R) | John W. Brown (R) | William B. Saxbe (R) | John D. Herbert (R) | Roger W. Tracy (R) | 20R, 13D | 88R, 49D | 6R, 1D | 18R, 6D | ||||
1964 | Chester W. Goble (R) | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) ![]() | |||||||||||
1965 | Roger Cloud (R) | 16R, 16D[ak] | 75R, 62D | 14R, 10D | |||||||||
1966 | Archer E. Reilly (R) | ||||||||||||
1967 | Roger Cloud (R) | 23R, 10D | 62R, 37D | 19R, 5D | |||||||||
1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1969 | Paul W. Brown (R) | 21R, 12D | 64R, 35D | William B. Saxbe (R) | 18R, 6D | ||||||||
1970 | 7R | ||||||||||||
1971 | John J. Gilligan (D) | William J. Brown (D) | Gertrude W. Donahey (D) | Joseph T. Ferguson (D) | 20R, 13D | 54R, 45D | Robert Taft Jr. (R) | 17R, 7D | |||||
1972 | 6R, 1D | ||||||||||||
1973 | 17R, 16D | 57D, 42R | 5R, 2D | 16R, 7D | |||||||||
1974 | |||||||||||||
Howard Metzenbaum (D) | |||||||||||||
1975 | Jim Rhodes (R) | Dick Celeste (D) | Thomas E. Ferguson (D) | 21D, 12R | 59D, 40R | John Glenn (D) | 15R, 8D | ||||||
1976 | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | Carter/ Mondale (D) ![]() | |||||||||||
1977 | 62D, 37R | 4D, 3R | 13R, 10D | ||||||||||
1978 | |||||||||||||
1979 | George Voinovich (R)[al] | Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (D) | 18D, 15R | 63D, 36R | |||||||||
1980 | vacant | Reagan/ Bush (R) ![]() | |||||||||||
1981 | 18R, 15D | 56D, 43R | 5D, 2R | ||||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||||
1983 | Dick Celeste (D) | Myrl Shoemaker (D)[w] | Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (D) | Sherrod Brown (D) | Mary Ellen Withrow (D) | 17D, 16R | 62D, 37R | 6D, 1R | 11R, 10D | ||||
1984 | |||||||||||||
1985 | vacant | 18R, 15D | 59D, 40R | 4D, 3R | 11D, 10R | ||||||||
1986 | |||||||||||||
1987 | Paul Leonard (D) | 60D, 39R | 4R, 3D | ||||||||||
1988 | Bush/ Quayle (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1989 | 19R, 14D | 59D, 40R | |||||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||||
1991 | George Voinovich (R)[c] | Mike DeWine (R) | Lee Fisher (D) | Bob Taft (R) | 21R, 12D | 61D, 38R | |||||||
1992 | Bill Clinton/ Al Gore (D) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1993 | 20R, 13D | 53D, 46R | 10D, 9R | ||||||||||
1994 | Ken Blackwell (R) | ||||||||||||
1995 | Nancy Hollister (R) | Betty Montgomery (R) | Jim Petro (R) | 56R, 43D | 5R, 2D | Mike DeWine (R) | 13R, 6D | ||||||
1996 | |||||||||||||
1997 | 21R, 12D | 60R, 39D | 11R, 8D | ||||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||||
Nancy Hollister (R)[x] | vacant | ||||||||||||
1999 | Bob Taft (R) | Maureen O'Connor (R) | Ken Blackwell (R) | Joe Deters (R) | 59R, 40D | George Voinovich (R) | |||||||
2000 | Bush/ Cheney (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
2001 | 60R, 39D | ||||||||||||
2002 | |||||||||||||
2003 | Jennette Bradley (R) | Jim Petro (R) | Betty Montgomery (R) | 22R, 11D | 62R, 37D | 12R, 6D | |||||||
2004 | |||||||||||||
2005 | 61R, 38D | 6R, 1D | |||||||||||
Bruce Johnson (R) | Jennette Bradley (R) | ||||||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||||
2007 | Ted Strickland (D) | Lee Fisher (D) | Marc Dann (D)[am] | Jennifer Brunner (D) | Richard Cordray (D)[an] | Mary Taylor (R) | 21R, 12D | 53R, 46D | 7R | Sherrod Brown (D) | 11R, 7D | ||
2008 | Obama/ Biden (D) ![]() | ||||||||||||
Tom Winters (D)[ao] | |||||||||||||
Nancy H. Rogers (D)[ap] | |||||||||||||
2009 | Richard Cordray (D)[aq] | Kevin Boyce (D)[ap] | 53D, 46R | 10D, 8R | |||||||||
2010 | 6R, 1D | ||||||||||||
2011 | John Kasich (R) | Mary Taylor (R) | Mike DeWine (R) | Jon Husted (R) | Josh Mandel (R) | Dave Yost (R) | 23R, 10D | 59R, 40D | Rob Portman (R) | 13R, 5D | |||
2012 | |||||||||||||
2013 | 60R, 39D | 12R, 4D | |||||||||||
2014 | |||||||||||||
2015 | 65R, 34D | ||||||||||||
2016 | Trump/ Pence (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
2017 | 24R, 9D | 66R, 33D | |||||||||||
2018 | 7R | ||||||||||||
2019 | Mike DeWine (R) | Jon Husted (R) | Dave Yost (R) | Frank LaRose (R) | Robert Sprague (R) | Keith Faber (R) | 61R, 38D | 5R, 2D | |||||
2020 | Trump/ Pence (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||
2021 | 25R, 8D | 64R, 35D | 4R, 3D | ||||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||
2023 | 26R, 7D | 67R, 32D | J. D. Vance (R) | 10R, 5D | |||||||||
2024 | [to be determined] |
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- ^ Governor of the Northwest Territory appointed by the Continental Congress. There was no Ohio Territory; Ohio is considered the successor state to the Northwest Territory.
- ^ Ohio was accepted into the Union in 1803, and cast its first votes for president in the 1804 election.
- ^ a b c d Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c d As speaker of the Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ^ The 1808 election was actually won by Return J. Meigs Jr., but Meigs was declared ineligible for office for failing residency requirements.
- ^ Resigned to become United States Postmaster General.
- ^ Allen Trimble ran as a Federalist in 1822 and National Republican in 1826.[1]
- ^ A Democrat, Samuel R. Miller, was elected as Speaker of the Senate.[2]
- ^ A Whig, Peter Hitchcock, was elected as a minority-party Speaker of the Senate at organization. Another Whig, Charles Anthony, was elected as a minority-party Speaker after Hitchcock resigned in March. In a special session in June concerning the Toledo War, a Democrat, David Disney, was elected as Speaker.[3]
- ^ Democrat Elijah Vance was re-elected as a minority-party Speaker of the Senate.[4]
- ^ Resigned to become United States minister to Mexico.
- ^ a b 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 Bebb remained in office for an extra few weeks.
- ^ A Democrat, Brewster Randall, was chosen as Speaker of the Senate on the 1st Ballot.[5]
- ^ A Free Soiler who ran on the Whig ticket, Brewster Randall, was chosen as Speaker of the Senate on the 16th Ballot.[6]
- ^ A Democrat, John G. Breslin, was elected as a minority-party Speaker on the 3rd Ballot.[7]
- ^ Wood's first term was truncated to one year, due to the 1851 constitution's moving elections one year back to odd-numbered years; resigned to become consul in Valparaíso, Chile.
- ^ A Whig, Harrison G. O. Blake, was chosen as Speaker of the Senate on the 301st Ballot.[8]
- ^ A Democrat, Benjamin F. Leiter, was elected as a minority-party Speaker on the 10th Ballot.[9]
- ^ A Whig, Charles Cleveland Convers, was elected as Speaker of the Senate in coalition with the Free Soilers on the 14th Ballot.[10]
- ^ A Free Soiler, John F. Morse, was elected as Speaker in coalition with the Democrats on the 11th Ballot.[10]
- ^ a b Due to the approval of the Ohio Constitution of 1851, legislators began to serve two-year terms.
- ^ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
- ^ a b c Died in office.
- ^ a b c d e As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Though the Senate was tied, the Republicans had control of the Senate Presidency due to the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor.[13]
- ^ Resigned to become president of the United States.
- ^ Acting.
- ^ Elected to United States House of Representatives representing Ohio's 8th congressional district.
- ^ There was a contest over four seats from Hamilton County and whether the Democrats or Republicans won them. The Democrats initially claimed the Senate Presidency under John O'Neill. After a compromise was worked out on not seating the four Democrats being contested, the 15 of the other 16 Democrats left the chamber, leaving it short of a quorum of 19. Some days later, a motion was made on the floor to accept the four Republicans, and it was granted. This allowed the Republicans to choose Silas A. Conrad as President pro tempore, and to organize and control the chamber.[14]
- ^ Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson I (D) also carried 1 of Ohio's 23 electoral votes due to a faithless elector.
- ^ The Independent Republican voted to give the Democrats control of the Senate Presidency and the chamber.[15]
- ^ a b A 1905 amendment to the state constitution shifted elections forward one year, to take place on even years; thus Pattison's term, completed by Lieutenant Governor Andrew L. Harris Harris, was extended to three years.
- ^ The Independent voted to give the Democrats control of the Senate Presidency and the chamber.[16]
- ^ a b Due to a state constitutional amendment, every legislator elected in 1905 served a three-year term, and would serve two-year terms afterward.
- ^ Though the Senate was tied, the Democrats had control of the Senate Presidency due to the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor.
- ^ Elected a Democratic Speaker.
- ^ Though the Senate was tied, the Republicans had control of the Senate Presidency due to the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor.[17]
- ^ Resigned to become Mayor of Cleveland.
- ^ Resigned.
- ^ Resigned following election as state attorney general in November 2008 special election.
- ^ As deputy attorney general, acted as attorney general following Dann's resignation.
- ^ a b Appointed to fill vacancy.
- ^ Elected in November 2008 special election.
See also
References
- ^ Powell, Thomas Edward, ed. (1913). The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history. Vol. 1. The Ohio Publishing Company. p. 67.
- ^ Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. p. 277.
- ^ Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. pp. 274, 276.
- ^ Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. p. 277.
- ^ Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. p. 301.
- ^ Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. p. 306.
- ^ Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. p. 309.
- ^ Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. p. 312.
- ^ Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. p. 314.
- ^ a b Ohio (1876). Message and Annual Reports for ..., Made to the ... General Assembly of Ohio . Richard Nevins, state printer. p. 315.
- ^ Smith 1898 : 40
- ^ Smith 1898 : 74
- ^ Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress: From the Year 1788 to the Year 1900 ... Press of the Westbote Company.
- ^ Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress, from the year 1788 to the year 1900 . University of California Libraries. Columbus, Ohio, Press of the Westbote Co.
- ^ The Biographical Annals of Ohio, 1902-: A Handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio. v. 1-. 1898.
- ^ The Biographical Annals of Ohio, 1902-: A Handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio. v. 1-. 1898.
- ^ "Ohio Senate Democrats unveil tactics". news.google.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
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