Ohio Auditors of State, 1803-2007(May beincomplete!) ThomasGibson 1803-08BenjaminHough 1808-15RalphOsborn 1815-33JohnA. Bryan 1833-39JohnBrough 1839-45JohnWoods 1845-52WilliamDuane Morgan 1852-56FrancisM. Wright 1856-60RobertW. Tayler 1860-63OviattCole 1863-64JamesH. Goodman 1864-72JamesWilliams 1872-80JohnF. Oglevee 1880-84EmilKieswetter 1884-88EbenezerW. Poe 1888-96WalterD. Guilbert 1896-1909EdwardM. Fullington 1909-13A.Vic Donahey 1913-21JosephT. Tracy 1921-37JosephT. Ferguson 1937-53JamesA. Rhodes 1953-63RogerW. Tracy 1963-64ChesterW. Goble 1964-65RogerCloud 1965-66ArcherE. Reilly 1966-67RogerCloud 1967-71JosephT. Ferguson 1971-75ThomasE. Ferguson 1975-95JamesM. Petro 1995-2003BettyMontgomery 2003-07MaryTaylor 2007- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1857:G.Volney Dorsey (Dem), defeated. 1859:G.Volney Dorsey (Dem), defeated. 1895:WalterD. Guilbert (Rep), elected. 1899:WalterD. Guilbert (Rep), elected. 1924 Aug 12:DanielE. Butler (Dem), nominated;FloydAtwill (Dem), defeated in primary;J.H. Kauffman (Dem), defeated in primary;HarryE. McCollister (Dem), defeated in primary;H.Sage Valentine (Dem), defeated in primary. 1924 Aug 12:JosephT. Tracy (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1924 Nov 4:JosephT. Tracy (Rep), elected;DanielE. Butler (Dem), defeated;HerbertR. Gill (Commonwealth Land), defeated;FredBrown (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1928 Aug 14:DanielE. Butler (Dem), nominated;AlvaL. Coddington (Dem), defeated in primary;JosephT. Ferguson (Dem), defeated in primary;CharlesH. Hubbell (Dem), defeated in primary;J.H. Kauffman (Dem), defeated in primary;AaronMoul (Dem), defeated in primary;LesterC. Riddle (Dem), defeated in primary. 1928 Aug 14:JosephT. Tracy (Rep), nominated;StanleyCherrington (Rep), defeated in primary. 1928 Nov 6:JosephT. Tracy (Rep), elected;FrankKalcec (Socialist Labor), defeated;JamesT. Orr (Prohibition), defeated;JosephCoope (Workers Communist), defeated;DanielE. Butler (Dem), defeated. 1952:JosephT. Ferguson (Dem), defeated. 1956:JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), elected. 1960:JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), elected. 1994:JamesM. Petro (Rep), elected. 2002:BettyMontgomery (Rep), elected. | |
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