List of Ohio politicians by state office

Executive

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Governors of Ohio and candidates

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Name Life dates Party Candidate Served
John Kenneth Blackwell 1948–Present Republican 2006  
Bob Fitrakis 1955–Present Green 2006  
Bill Peirce 1938–Present Libertarian 2006  
Ted Strickland 1941–Present Democrat 2006 2007–2011
Robert Alphonso Taft II 1942–Present Republican 1998 1999– 2007
Lee Fisher 1951–Present Democrat 1998  
Nancy Putnam Hollister 1949–Present Republican   1998–1999
Robert L. Burch Jr.   Democrat 1994  
George Victor Voinovich 1936–2016 Republican 1990, 1994 1991–1998
Richard F. Celeste   Democrat 1978, 1982, 1986 1983–1991
James A. Rhodes 1909–  Republican 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966 1975–1983
John J. Gilligan   Democrat   1971–1975
James A. Rhodes 1909–  Republican 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966 1963–1971
Michael V. DiSalle 1908–  Democrat 1956, 1959 1959–1963
C. William O'Neill   Republican   1957–1959
John W. Brown   Republican   1957-1957
Frank J. Lausche   Democrat   1949–1957
Thomas J. Herbert   Republican   1947–1949
Frank J. Lausche   Democrat   1945–1947
John W. Bricker   Republican   1939–1945
Martin L. Davey   Democrat   1935–1939
George White   Democrat   1931–1935
Myers Y. Cooper   Republican   1929–1931
A. Vic Donahey   Democrat   1927–1929
Harry L. Davis   Republican   1921–1923
James M. Cox   Democrat   1917–1921
Frank B. Willis   Republican   1915–1917
James M. Cox   Democrat   1913–1915
Judson Harmon   Democrat   1909–1911
Andrew L. Harris   Republican   1906–1909
John M. Pattison   Democrat   1906-1906
Myron T. Herrick   Republican   1904–1906
George K. Nash   Republican   1900–1902
Asa S.Bushnell   Republican   1896–1900
William McKinley, Jr   Republican   1892–1896
James E. Campbell   Democrat   1890–1892
Joseph B. Foraker   Republican   1886–1888
George Hoadly   Democrat   1884–1886
Charles Foster   Republican   1880–1882
Richard M. Bishop   Democrat   1878–1880
Thomas I. Young   Republican   1877–1878
Rutherford B. Hayes   Republican   1876–1877
William Allen   Democrat   1874–1876
Edward F. Noyes   Republican   1872–1874
Rutherford B. Hayes   Republican   1868–1872
Jacob Dolson Cox   Republican   1866–1868
Charles Anderson   Republican   1865–1866
John Brough   Republican   1864–1865
David Tod   Republican   1862–1864
William Dennison, Jr.   Republican   1860–1862
Salmon P. Chase   Republican   1856–1860
William Medill   Democrat   1853–1856
Reuben Wood   Democrat   1850–1853
Seabury Ford   Whig   1848–1850
William Bebb   Whig   1846–1848
Mordeccai Bartley   Whig   1844–1846
Thomas W. Bartley   Democrat   1844-1844
Wilson Shannon   Democrat   1842–1844
Thomas Corwin   Whig   1840–1842
Wilson Shannon   Democrat   1838–1840
Joseph Vance   Whig   1836–1838
Robert Lucas   Democrat   1832–1836
Duncan McArthur   Federalist   1830–1832
Allen Trimble   Federalist   1826–1830
Jeremiah Morrow   Democrat   1822–1826
Allen Trimble   Federalist   1822–1824
Ethan Allen Brown   Democrat   1818–1822
Thomas Worthington   Democrat   1814–1818
Othneil Looker   Democrat   1814-1814
Jonathan Meigs   Democrat   1810–1814
Samuel Huntington   Democrat   1808–1810
Thomas Kirker   Democrat   1807–1808
Edward Tiffin   Democrat   1803–1807
Charles W. Byrd       1802–1803
Arthur St. Clair       1788–1802

Lieutenant governors of Ohio and candidates[1]

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Name Life dates Party Candidate Served
Jon Husted Republican 2019-
Mary Taylor Republican 2011-2019
Lee Fisher 1951–Present Democrat 2006 2007-2011
Mark Noble 1976–Present Libertarian 2006  
Tom Raga 1965–Present Republican 2006  
Bruce Edward Johnson   Republican 2004–2007
Jennette Bradley   Republican 2002 2003–2004
Maureen O'Connor   Republican 1998 1999–2003
Nancy Hollister   Republican 1994 1995–1999
Mike DeWine 1947–Present Republican 1990 1991–1995
Paul Leonard   Democrat 1986 1987–1991
Myrl H. Shoemaker Democrat 1983-Aug. 1985
George V. Voinovich Republican 1979-Nov. 1979
Richard F. Celeste Democrat 1975-1979
John W. Brown Republican 1963-1975
John W. Donahey Democrat 1959-1963
Paul M. Herbert Republican 1957-1959
John W. Brown Republican 1953-1957
George D. Nye Democrat 1949-1953
Paul M. Herbert Republican 1947-1949
George D. Nye Democrat 1945-1947
Paul M. Herbert Republican 1939-1945
Paul P. Yoder Democrat 1937-1939
Harold G. Mosier Democrat 1935-1937
Charles Sawyer Democrat 1933-1935
William G. Pickrel Democrat 1931-1933
John T. Brown Republican 1929-1931
George C. Braden Republican Nov. 1928-Jan. 1929
William G. Pickrel Democrat April 1928-Nov. 1928
Earl D. Bloom Democrat 1927-April 1928
Charles H. Lewis Republican 1925-1927
Earl D. Bloom Democrat 1923-1925
Clarence J. Brown Republican 1919-1923
Earl D. Bloom Democrat 1917-1919
John H. Arnold Republican 1915-1917
W.A. Greenlund Democrat 1913-1915
Hugh L. Nichols Democrat 1911-1913
Atlee Pomerene Democrat 1911-1911
Francis W. Treadway Republican 1909-1911
Andrew L. Harris Republican 1906-1909
Warren G. Harding Republican 1904-1906
Harry L. Gordon Republican 1902-1904
Carl L. Nippert Republican 1902-1902
John A. Caldwell Republican 1900-1902
Asa W. Jones Republican 1896-1900
Andrew L. Harris Republican 1892-1896
William V. Marquis Democrat 1890-1892
Elbert L. Lampson Republican 1890-1890
William C. Lyon Republican 1888-1890
Silas A. Conrad Republican 1887-1888
Robert P. Kennedy Republican 1886-1887
John G. Warwick Democrat 1884-1886
Reese G. Richards Republican 1882-1884
Andrew Hickenlooper Republican 1880-1882
Jabez W. Fitch Democrat 1878-1880
H.W. Curtiss Republican 1877-1878
Thomas L. Young Republican 1876-1877
Alphonso Hart Democrat 1874-1876
Jacob Mueller Republican 1872-1874
John C. Lee Republican 1868-1872
Andrew R. McBurney Republican 1866-1868
Charles Anderson Republican 1864-1866
Benjamin Stanton Republican 1862-1864
Robert C. Kirk Republican 1860-1862
Martin Welker Whig 1858-1860
Thomas H. Ford Whig 1856-1858
James Myers Democrat 1854-1856
William Medill Democrat 1852-1854

Attorneys general of Ohio and candidates

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Name Life dates Party Candidate Served
Marc Dann   Democrat 2006 2007–Present
Jim Petro 1948–Present Republican 2002 2003– 2007
Betty Montgomery   Republican 1994 1998 2006 1995–2002
Lee Fisher 1951–Present Democrat 1990 1994 1991–1995
Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. 1941–2003 Democrat 1982 1986 1983–1991
William J. Brown   Democrat 1970 1974 1978 1971–1983
Paul W. Brown   Republican 1968 1969–1971
William B. Saxbe 1916–Present Republican 1962 1963–1968
Mark McElroy   Democrat 1958 1959–1963
William B. Saxbe 1916–Present Republican   1957–1959

State auditors of Ohio and candidates

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Secretaries of state of Ohio and candidates

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State treasurers of Ohio and candidates

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Name Life dates Party Candidate Served
Richard Cordray 1959–Present Democrat 2006 2007–Present
Jennette Bradley   Republican 2004 2005–2007
Joseph T. Deters   Republican 1998 1999–2005
J. Kenneth Blackwell 1948–Present Republican 1994 1994–1999

Legislative

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Ohio state senators and candidates

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Majority leaders of the Ohio Senate

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Minority leaders of the Ohio Senate

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Majority whips of the Ohio Senate

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Steve Austria, Republican, Senate District 10, Since 2005

Minority whips of the Ohio Senate

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Ohio state representatives and candidates

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District Name Life dates Party Candidate Served
1st District Charles R. Blasdel 1971–Present Republican 2000 2002 2004 2001–Present
2nd District Jon M. Peterson   Republican   ?-Present
3rd District Jim Carmichael   Republican   ?-Present
4th District John R. Willamowski 1960–Present Republican 1998 2000 2002 2004 1997–2006
5th District Tim Schaffer   Republican   ?-Present
6th District Robert E. Latta   Republican   ?-Present
12th District Michael DeBose   Democrat 2000 2002 2004 2001–Present
13th District Michael J. Skindell   Democrat   ?-Present
15th District Timothy J. DeGeeter 1969–Present Democrat   ?-Present
24th District Geoffrey C. Smith 1943–Present Republican   ?-Present
25th District Daniel Stewart   Democrat 2002 2004 2006 2003–Present
27th District Joyce Beatty 1950–Present Democrat   ?-Present

Majority leaders of the Ohio House of Representatives

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Minority leaders of the Ohio House of Representatives

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Majority whips of the Ohio House of Representatives

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Minority whips of the Ohio House of Representatives

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Judicial

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Chief justices of the Ohio Supreme Court and candidates

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(the office of chief justice was created in 1912)

Name Party Served
Hugh L. Nichols Democrat 1913–1920
Carrington T. Marshall Republican 1921–1932
Carl V. Weygandt Democrat 1933–1962
Kingsley A. Taft Republican 1963–1970
C. William O'Neill Republican 1970–1978
Robert E. Leach Republican 1978
Frank Celebrezze Democrat 1978–1986
Thomas J. Moyer Republican March 2010
Eric Brown Democratic December 2010
Maureen O'Connor Republican Present

Associate justices of the Ohio Supreme Court and candidates

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Judges of Ohio Courts of Appeal and candidates

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Name Life dates Party Candidate Served District
Gene Donofrio 1953–Present Democrat 1992,1998,2004 1993–Present 7th
Joseph J. Vukovich 1945–Present Democrat 1996,2002,2008 1997–Present 7th
Cheryl L. Waite 1959–Present Democrat 1996,2002,2008 1997–Present 7th
Mary DeGenaro 1961–Present Republican 2000,2006 2001–2018 7th
John R. Willamowski 1960–Present Republican 2006 2007–Present 3rd
David J. Leland 1953–Present Democrat 2022 2023–Present 10th

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lieutenant Governors of the State of Ohio: 1852 - present".