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List of governors of Ohio

The Governor of the state of Ohio is the head of the executive branch of Ohio's state government[2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Ohio Legislature;[4] the power to convene the legislature;[5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.[6]

Governor of Ohio
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Incumbent
Mike DeWine
since January 14, 2019
StyleThe Honorable
ResidenceOhio Governor's Mansion
Term lengthFour years, two consecutive with four-year pause thereafter
Inaugural holderEdward Tiffin
FormationMarch 3, 1803
DeputyLieutenant Governor
Salary$148,886 (2013)[1]
Websitegovernor.ohio.gov

List of governors

# Picture Governor Assumed office Left office Party Lt. Governor
[note 1]		 Terms
[note 2]
1     Edward Tiffin
(1766–1829) 		March 3, 1803 March 4, 1807 Democratic-
Republican 		None 1+1⁄2
[note 3]
2     Thomas Kirker
(1760–1837) 		March 4, 1807 December 12, 1808 Democratic-
Republican 		1⁄2
[note 4]
3     Samuel H. Huntington
(1765–1817) 		December 12, 1808 December 8, 1810 Democratic-
Republican 		1
[note 5]
4     Return J. Meigs, Jr.
(1764–1825) 		December 8, 1810 March 24, 1814 Democratic-
Republican 		1+1⁄2
[note 6]
5     Othniel Looker
(1757–1845) 		March 24, 1814 December 8, 1814 Democratic-
Republican 		1⁄2
[note 4]
6     Thomas Worthington
(1773–1827) 		December 8, 1814 December 14, 1818 Democratic-
Republican 		2
7     Ethan Allen Brown
(1776–1852) 		December 14, 1818 January 4, 1822 Democratic-
Republican 		1+1⁄2
[note 3]
8     Allen Trimble
(1783–1870) 		January 4, 1822 December 28, 1822 Democratic-
Republican 		1⁄2
[note 4]
9     Jeremiah Morrow
(1771–1852) 		December 28, 1822 December 19, 1826 Democratic-
Republican 		2
10     Allen Trimble
(1783–1870) 		December 19, 1826 December 18, 1830 National
Republican 		2
11     Duncan McArthur
(1772–1839) 		December 18, 1830 December 7, 1832 National
Republican 		1
12     Robert Lucas
(1781–1853) 		December 7, 1832 December 12, 1836 Democratic 2
13     Joseph Vance
(1786–1852) 		December 12, 1836 December 13, 1838 Whig 1
14     Wilson Shannon
(1802–1877) 		December 13, 1838 December 16, 1840 Democratic 1
15     Thomas Corwin
(1794–1865) 		December 16, 1840 December 14, 1842 Whig 1
16     Wilson Shannon
(1802–1877) 		December 14, 1842 April 15, 1844 Democratic 1⁄2
[note 7]
17     Thomas W. Bartley
(1812–1885) 		April 15, 1844 December 3, 1844 Democratic 1⁄2
[note 4]
18     Mordecai Bartley
(1783–1870) 		December 3, 1844 December 12, 1846 Whig 1
19     William Bebb
(1802–1873) 		December 12, 1846 January 22, 1849 Whig 1
[note 8]
20     Seabury Ford
(1801–1855) 		January 22, 1849 December 12, 1850 Whig 1
[note 8]
21     Reuben Wood
(1792–1864) 		December 12, 1850 July 13, 1853 Democratic None 1+1⁄2
[note 9]
[note 10]
  William Medill
22     William Medill
(1802–1865) 		July 13, 1853 January 14, 1856 Democratic vacant 1+1⁄2
[note 11]
  James Myers
23     Salmon P. Chase
(1808–1873) 		January 14, 1856 January 9, 1860 Republican   Thomas H. Ford 2
  Martin Welker
24     William Dennison
(1815–1882) 		January 9, 1860 January 13, 1862 Republican   Robert C. Kirk 1
25     David Tod
(1805–1868) 		January 13, 1862 January 11, 1864 Republican   Benjamin Stanton 1
26     John Brough
(1811–1865) 		January 11, 1864 August 29, 1865 Unionist   Charles Anderson 1⁄2
[note 12]
27     Charles Anderson
(1814–1895) 		August 29, 1865 January 8, 1866 Republican vacant 1⁄2
[note 13]
28     Jacob Dolson Cox
(1828–1900) 		January 8, 1866 January 13, 1868 Republican   Andrew McBurney 1
29     Rutherford B. Hayes
(1822–1893) 		January 13, 1868 January 8, 1872 Republican   John C. Lee 2
30     Edward F. Noyes
(1832–1890) 		January 8, 1872 January 12, 1874 Republican   Jacob Mueller 1
31     William Allen
(1803–1879) 		January 12, 1874 January 10, 1876 Democratic   Alphonso Hart 1
32     Rutherford B. Hayes
(1822–1893) 		January 10, 1876 March 2, 1877 Republican   Thomas L. Young 1⁄2
[note 14]
33     Thomas L. Young
(1832–1888) 		March 2, 1877 January 14, 1878 Republican   H. W. Curtiss (acting) 1⁄2
[note 13]
34     Richard M. Bishop
(1812–1893) 		January 14, 1878 January 12, 1880 Democratic   Jabez W. Fitch 1
35     Charles Foster
(1828–1904) 		January 12, 1880 January 14, 1884 Republican   Andrew Hickenlooper 2
  Rees G. Richards
36     George Hoadly
(1826–1902) 		January 14, 1884 January 11, 1886 Democratic   John George Warwick 1
37     Joseph B. Foraker
(1846–1917) 		January 11, 1886 January 13, 1890 Republican   Robert P. Kennedy 2
  Silas A. Conrad
  William C. Lyon
38     James E. Campbell
(1843–1924) 		January 13, 1890 January 11, 1892 Democratic   Elbert L. Lampson 1
  William V. Marquis
39     William McKinley
(1843–1901) 		January 11, 1892 January 13, 1896 Republican   Andrew L. Harris 2
40     Asa S. Bushnell
(1834–1904) 		January 13, 1896 January 8, 1900 Republican   Asa W. Jones 2
41     George K. Nash
(1842–1904) 		January 8, 1900 January 11, 1904 Republican   John A. Caldwell 2
  Carl L. Nippert
  Harry L. Gordon
42     Myron T. Herrick
(1854–1929) 		January 11, 1904 January 8, 1906 Republican   Warren G. Harding 1
43     John M. Pattison
(1847–1906) 		January 8, 1906 June 18, 1906 Democratic   Andrew L. Harris 1⁄2
[note 12]
[note 15]
44     Andrew L. Harris
(1835–1915) 		June 18, 1906 January 11, 1909 Republican vacant 1⁄2
[note 13]
[note 15]
45     Judson Harmon
(1846–1927) 		January 11, 1909 January 13, 1913 Democratic   Francis W. Treadway 2
  Atlee Pomerene
  Hugh L. Nichols
46     James M. Cox
(1870–1957) 		January 13, 1913 January 11, 1915 Democratic   W. A. Greenlund 1
47     Frank B. Willis
(1871–1928) 		January 11, 1915 January 8, 1917 Republican   John H. Arnold 1
48     James M. Cox
(1870–1957) 		January 8, 1917 January 10, 1921 Democratic   Earl D. Bloom 2
  Clarence J. Brown
49     Harry L. Davis
(1878–1950) 		January 10, 1921 January 8, 1923 Republican   Clarence J. Brown 1
50     A. Victor Donahey
(1873–1946) 		January 8, 1923 January 14, 1929 Democratic   Earl D. Bloom 3
  Charles H. Lewis
  Earl D. Bloom
  William G. Pickrel
  George C. Braden
51     Myers Y. Cooper
(1873–1958) 		January 14, 1929 January 12, 1931 Republican   John T. Brown 1
52     George White
(1872–1953) 		January 12, 1931 January 14, 1935 Democratic   William G. Pickrel 2
  Charles W. Sawyer
53     Martin L. Davey
(1884–1946) 		January 14, 1935 January 9, 1939 Democratic   Harold G. Mosier 2
  Paul P. Yoder
54     John W. Bricker
(1893–1986) 		January 9, 1939 January 8, 1945 Republican   Paul M. Herbert 3
55     Frank J. Lausche
(1895–1990) 		January 8, 1945 January 13, 1947 Democratic   George D. Nye 1
56     Thomas J. Herbert
(1894–1974) 		January 13, 1947 January 10, 1949 Republican   Paul M. Herbert 1
57     Frank J. Lausche
(1895–1990) 		January 10, 1949 January 3, 1957 Democratic   George D. Nye 3+1⁄2
[note 3]
  John William Brown
58   John William Brown
(1913–1993) 		January 3, 1957 January 14, 1957 Republican vacant 1⁄2
[note 13]
59   C. William O'Neill
(1916–1978) 		January 14, 1957 January 12, 1959 Republican   Paul M. Herbert 1
60     Michael DiSalle
(1908–1981) 		January 12, 1959 January 14, 1963 Democratic   John W. Donahey 1
61     Jim Rhodes
(1909–2001) 		January 14, 1963 January 11, 1971 Republican   John William Brown 2
[note 16]
62     John J. Gilligan
(1921–2013) 		January 11, 1971 January 13, 1975 Democratic   John William Brown 1
63     Jim Rhodes
(1909–2001) 		January 13, 1975 January 10, 1983 Republican   Dick Celeste 2
[note 16]
  George Voinovich
vacant
64     Dick Celeste
(born 1937) 		January 10, 1983 January 14, 1991 Democratic   Myrl Shoemaker 2
vacant
  Paul Leonard
65     George Voinovich
(1936–2016) 		January 14, 1991 December 31, 1998 Republican   Mike DeWine 1+1⁄2
[note 3]
vacant
  Nancy Hollister
66   Nancy Hollister
(born 1949) 		December 31, 1998 January 11, 1999 Republican vacant 1⁄2
[note 13]
67     Bob Taft
(born 1942) 		January 11, 1999 January 8, 2007 Republican   Maureen O'Connor 2
  Jennette Bradley
  Bruce Edward Johnson
vacant
68     Ted Strickland
(born 1941) 		January 8, 2007 January 10, 2011 Democratic   Lee Fisher 1
69     John Kasich
(born 1952) 		January 10, 2011 January 14, 2019 Republican   Mary Taylor 2
70     Mike DeWine
(born 1947) 		January 14, 2019 Incumbent Republican   Jon A. Husted 1
[note 17]

List Of Governors Of Ohio Media

  • The governor's working office is in the Vern Riffe State Office Tower in downtown Columbus

    • Official portrait of American Revolutionary War General Arthur St. Clair (1737-1818)

  • Edward Tiffin at statehouse

  • Thomas Kirker at statehouse

  • Caroline L. Ransom - Samuel Huntington

  • Return J. Meigs, Jr. at statehouse

  • Othniel Looker at statehouse

  • Thomas Worthington at statehouse

  • Ethan Allen Brown at statehouse

  • Allen Trimble at statehouse

References

  1. ↑ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ Ohio Constitution article III, § 5
  3. ↑ Ohio Constitution article III, § 10
  4. ↑ Ohio Constitution article II, § 16
  5. ↑ Ohio Constitution article III, § 8
  6. ↑ Ohio Constitution article III § 11
  7. ↑ "Andrew L. Harris". Ohio Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.

Notes

  1. ↑ The office of lieutenant governor was not created until the 1851 Constitution, first being filled in 1852.
  2. ↑ The fractional terms of some governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 As speaker of the senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  5. ↑ The 1808 election was actually won by Return J. Meigs, Jr., but he was declared ineligible for office for failing the residency requirements.
  6. ↑ Resigned to be U.S. Postmaster General.
  7. ↑ Resigned to be Minister to Mexico.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 William Bebb's term officially ended in December 1848. However, due to the large number of close elections that year, the general assembly was delayed in qualifying governor-elect Seabury Ford, and William Bebb remained in office for an extra few weeks.
  9. ↑ Wood's first term was truncated to one year, due to the 1851 constitution moving elections one year back to odd-numbered years.
  10. ↑ Resigned to be consul in Valparaíso, Chile.
  11. ↑ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, with no lieutenant, and was subsequently elected in his own right.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Died in office.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  14. ↑ Resigned to be President of the United States.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 A 1905 amendment to the state constitution shifted elections forward one year, to take place on even years; thus, Pattison's term (completed by Lt. Governor Harris) was extended to three years.[7]
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Was prevented from running for a third term due to a limit on consecutive terms; ran successfully for a third term against the governor who followed his first terms, John Gilligan.
  17. ↑ Governor DeWine's first term expires on January 9, 2023. He is not yet term limited.
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