Governors of Ohio, 1803-2020(May be incomplete!) EdwardTiffin 1803-07ThomasKirker 1807-08SamuelH. Huntington 1808-10ReturnJ. Meigs, Jr. 1810-14OthneilLooker 1814ThomasWorthington 1814-18EthanA. Brown 1818-22AllenTrimble 1822JeremiahMorrow 1822-26AllenTrimble 1826-30DuncanMcArthur 1830-32RobertLucas 1832-36JosephVance 1836-38WilsonShannon 1838-40ThomasCorwin 1840-42WilsonShannon 1842-44ThomasW. Bartley 1844MordecaiBartley 1844-46WilliamBebb 1846-49SeaburyFord 1849-50ReubenWood 1850-53WilliamMedill 1853-56SalmonP. Chase 1856-60WilliamDennison, Jr. 1860-62DavidTod 1862-64JohnBrough 1864-65CharlesAnderson 1865-66JacobD. Cox 1866-68RutherfordB. Hayes 1868-72EdwardF. Noyes 1872-74WilliamAllen 1874-76RutherfordB. Hayes 1876-77ThomasL. Young 1877-78RichardM. Bishop 1878-80CharlesFoster 1880-84GeorgeHoadly 1884-86JosephB. Foraker 1886-90JamesE. Campbell 1890-92WilliamMcKinley 1892-96AsaS. Bushnell 1896-1900GeorgeK. Nash 1900-04MyronT. Herrick 1904-06JohnM. Pattison 1906AndrewL. Harris 1906-09JudsonHarmon 1909-13JamesM. Cox 1913-15FrankB. Willis 1915-17JamesM. Cox 1917-21HarryL. Davis 1921-23A.Vic Donahey 1923-29MyersY. Cooper 1929-31GeorgeWhite 1931-35MartinL. Davey 1935-39JohnW. Bricker 1939-45FrankJ. Lausche 1945-47ThomasJ. Herbert 1947-49FrankJ. Lausche 1949-57JohnWilliam Brown 1957C.William O'Neill 1957-59MichaelV. DiSalle 1959-63JamesA. Rhodes 1963-71JohnJ. Gilligan 1971-75JamesA. Rhodes 1975-83RichardF. Celeste 1983-91GeorgeV. Voinovich 1991-98NancyP. Hollister 1998-99BobTaft 1999-2007TedStrickland 2007-11JohnR. Kasich 2011-19MikeDeWine 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1806:NathanielMassie, defeated. 1808:ThomasWorthington, defeated;ThomasKirker, defeated. 1810:ThomasWorthington, defeated. 1812:ThomasScott, defeated. 1814:OthneilLooker, defeated. 1816:EthanA. Brown, defeated;JamesDunlap, defeated. 1818:JamesDunlap, defeated. 1820:WilliamHenry Harrison, defeated;JeremiahMorrow, defeated. 1822:WilliamW. Irvin, defeated. 1822 Oct 8:AllenTrimble, defeated. 1824 Oct 12:AllenTrimble, defeated. 1826:BenjaminTappan, defeated;AlexanderCampbell, defeated;JohnBigger, defeated. 1826 Oct 10:AllenTrimble (National Republican), elected. 1828:JohnW. Campbell, defeated. 1828 Oct 14:AllenTrimble (National Republican), elected. 1830:RobertLucas, defeated. 1832:DariusLyman, defeated. 1834:JamesFindlay, defeated. 1836:EliBaldwin, defeated. 1838:JosephVance, defeated. 1840:WilsonShannon, defeated. 1842:ThomasCorwin, defeated;LeisterKing, defeated. 1844:LeisterKing, defeated;DavidFisher, defeated. 1844 Oct 8:DavidTod (Dem), defeated. 1846 Oct 13:DavidTod (Dem), defeated;SamuelLewis (Liberty), defeated. 1848:JohnB. Weller, defeated. 1850 Oct 8:ReubenWood (Dem), elected;WilliamJohnston (Whig), defeated;EdwardSmith (Free Soil), defeated. 1851 Oct 14:ReubenWood (Dem), elected;SamuelF. Vinton (Whig), defeated;SamuelLewis (Free Soil), defeated. 1853 Oct 11:WilliamMedill (Dem), elected;NelsonBarrere (Whig), defeated;SamuelLewis (Free Soil), defeated. 1855 Oct 9:SalmonP. Chase (Rep), elected;WilliamMedill (Dem), defeated;AllenTrimble (American), defeated. 1857 Oct 13:SalmonP. Chase (Rep), elected;HenryB. Payne (Dem), defeated;PhiladelphVan Trump (American), defeated. 1859 Oct 11:WilliamDennison, Jr. (Rep), elected;RufusP. Ranney (Dem), defeated. 1861 Oct 8:DavidTod (Union), elected;HughJewett (Dem), defeated. 1863 Oct 13:JohnBrough (Union), elected;ClementL. Vallandigham (Dem), defeated. 1865 Aug 29:JohnBrough, died in office. 1865 Oct 10:JacobD. Cox (Rep), elected;GeorgeW. Morgan (Dem), defeated;AlexanderLong, defeated. 1867 Oct 8:RutherfordB. Hayes (Rep), elected;AllenG. Thurman (Dem), defeated. 1869 Oct 12:RutherfordB. Hayes (Rep), elected;GeorgeH. Pendleton (Dem), defeated;SamuelScott (Prohibition), defeated. 1875:AlphonsoTaft (Rep), defeated for nomination. 1879:ThomasEwing, defeated. 1883:JosephB. Foraker (Rep), defeated. 1885:JosephB. Foraker (Rep), elected. 1887:JosephB. Foraker (Rep), elected. 1889:JosephB. Foraker (Rep), defeated. 1892:SethH. Ellis (Prohibition), defeated. 1893:LawrenceT. Neal (Dem), defeated. 1895:JacobS. Coxey (People's), defeated. 1897 Nov 2:AsaS. Bushnell (Rep), elected;HoraceL. Chapman (Dem), defeated;JohnC. Holliday (Prohibition), defeated;JacobS. Coxey (People's), defeated;WilliamWatkins (Socialist Labor), defeated;JohnRichardson (Liberty), defeated;JuliusDexter (Gold Democratic), defeated;SamuelJ. Lewis (Negro Protective), defeated. 1899:GeorgeM. Hammell (Prohibition), defeated;SethH. Ellis, defeated;GeorgeK. Nash (Rep), elected. 1900:SamuelM. Jones, defeated. 1901:JamesKilbourne (Dem), defeated. 1905:AaronS. Watkins (Prohibition), defeated. 1906 Jun 18:JohnM. Pattison, died in office. 1908 Nov 3:JudsonHarmon (Dem), elected;AndrewL. Harris (Rep), defeated;RobertBandlow (Socialist), defeated;JohnB. Martin (Prohibition), defeated;JohnKircher (Socialist Labor), defeated;AndrewF. Otte (Ind), defeated. 1910 Nov 8:JudsonHarmon (Dem), elected;WarrenG. Harding (Rep), defeated;TomClifford (Socialist), defeated;HenryA. Thompson (Prohibition), defeated;J.R. Malley (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:JamesM. Cox (Dem), elected;RobertB. Brown (Rep), defeated;ArthurL. Garford (Progressive), defeated;C.E. Ruthenberg (Socialist), defeated;DanielA. Poling (Prohibition), defeated;JohnKircher (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1914 Nov 3:FrankB. Willis (Rep), elected;JamesM. Cox (Dem), defeated;JamesR. Garfield (Progressive), defeated;ScottWilkins (Socialist), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:JamesM. Cox (Dem), elected;FrankB. Willis (Rep), defeated;TomClifford (Socialist), defeated;JohnH. Dickason (Prohibition), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:JamesM. Cox (Dem), elected;FrankB. Willis (Rep), defeated. 1920 Aug 10:A.Vic Donahey (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1920 Aug 10:HarryL. Davis (Rep), nominated;RalphD. Cole (Rep), defeated in primary;RoscoeC. McCulloch (Rep), defeated in primary;DavidWesley Wood (Rep), defeated in primary. 1920 Nov 2:HarryL. Davis (Rep), elected;A.Vic Donahey (Dem), defeated;FrankB. Hamilton (Socialist), defeated;EarlH. Foote (Single Tax), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:A.Vic Donahey (Dem), elected;CarmiA. Thompson (Rep), defeated;EdH. Moore, defeated;AaronS. Watkins (Prohibition), defeated. 1924 Aug 12:A.Vic Donahey (Dem), nominated;JamesC. B. Beatty (Dem), defeated in primary. 1924 Aug 12:HarryL. Davis (Rep), nominated;JosephB. Sieber (Rep), defeated in primary;JamesA. White (Rep), defeated in primary;C.Homer Durand (Rep), defeated in primary;J.F. Burke (Rep), defeated in primary;GeorgeB. Harris (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnL. Cable (Rep), defeated in primary;HarryC. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary. 1924 Nov 4:A.Vic Donahey (Dem), elected;HarryL. Davis (Rep), defeated;VirgilD. Allen (Commonwealth Land), defeated;FelixJ. Catlin (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1926 Aug 10:A.Vic Donahey (Dem), nominated;J.H. Kauffman (Dem), defeated in primary;A.P. Sandles (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesC. B. Beatty (Dem), defeated in primary. 1926 Aug 10:MyersY. Cooper (Rep), nominated;GrantBeam (Rep), defeated in primary;RossP. Buchanan (Rep), defeated in primary;HarryS. Day (Rep), defeated in primary;CharlesJ. Dircks (Rep), defeated in primary;HarryC. Gibson (Rep), defeated in primary;HarryA. Shanley (Rep), defeated in primary;JosephB. Sieber (Rep), defeated in primary;HarryC. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary;EvalynFrances Snow (Rep), defeated in primary;ThadH. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary. 1926 Nov 2:A.Vic Donahey (Dem), elected;MyersY. Cooper (Rep), defeated;JosephW. Sharts (Socialist), defeated;AnnaK. Storck (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1928 Aug 14:EarlD. Bloom (Dem), defeated in primary;MartinL. Davey (Dem), nominated;JamesC. B. Beatty (Dem), defeated in primary;PeterWitt (Dem), defeated in primary;HermanR. Witter (Dem), defeated in primary. 1928 Aug 14:MyersY. Cooper (Rep), nominated;JamesT. Begg (Rep), defeated in primary;FrederickKohler (Rep), defeated in primary;HarryA. Shanley (Rep), defeated in primary;HarryC. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary;EdwardC. Turner (Rep), defeated in primary. 1928 Nov 6:MyersY. Cooper (Rep), elected;MartinL. Davey (Dem), defeated;JosephW. Sharts (Socialist), defeated;WilliamPatterson (Workers Communist), defeated;JohnD. Goerke (Socialist Labor), defeated;FrankW. Stanton (Prohibition), defeated. 1930 Aug 12:GeorgeWhite (Dem), nominated;StephenM. Young (Dem), defeated in primary. 1930 Nov 4:GeorgeWhite (Dem), elected;MyersY. Cooper (Rep), defeated. 1932 Aug 12:MyersY. Cooper (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1932 Nov 8:GeorgeWhite (Dem), elected;DavidS. Ingalls (Rep), defeated;JosephW. Sharts (Socialist), defeated;AaronS. Watkins (Prohibition), defeated;JohnMarshall (Communist), defeated;WilliamWoodhouse (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1934:CharlesW. Sawyer (Dem), defeated in primary. 1934 Nov 6:MartinL. Davey (Dem), elected;ClarenceJ. Brown (Rep), defeated;I.O. Ford (Communist), defeated. 1936:StephenM. Young (Dem), defeated for nomination. 1936 Nov 3:MartinL. Davey (Dem), elected;JohnW. Bricker (Rep), defeated;AndrewR. Onda (Communist), defeated. 1938 Aug 9:CharlesW. Sawyer (Dem), nominated;MartinL. Davey (Dem), defeated in primary. 1938 Aug 9:JohnW. Bricker (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1938 Nov 8:JohnW. Bricker (Rep), elected;CharlesW. Sawyer (Dem), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:JohnW. Bricker (Rep), elected;MartinL. Davey (Dem), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:JohnW. Bricker (Rep), elected;JohnMcSweeney (Dem), defeated;LouisP. Wettstein (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1944:MartinL. Sweeney, defeated for nomination. 1944 Nov 7:FrankJ. Lausche (Dem), elected;JamesG. Stewart (Rep), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:ThomasJ. Herbert (Rep), elected;FrankJ. Lausche (Dem), defeated;ArlaA. Albaugh (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:FrankJ. Lausche (Dem), elected;ThomasJ. Herbert (Rep), defeated. 1950:JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), defeated in primary. 1950 Nov 7:FrankJ. Lausche (Dem), elected;DonH. Ebright (Rep), defeated. 1952 Nov 4:FrankJ. Lausche (Dem), elected;CharlesP. Taft (Rep), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:FrankJ. Lausche (Dem), elected;JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:C.William O'Neill (Rep), elected;MichaelV. DiSalle (Dem), defeated. 1958:AlbertS. Porter (Dem), defeated in primary. 1958:CharlesP. Taft (Rep), defeated in primary. 1958 Nov 4:MichaelV. DiSalle (Dem), elected;C.William O'Neill (Rep), defeated. 1962 Nov 6:JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), elected;MichaelV. DiSalle (Dem), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), elected;FrazierReams, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1970:PaulW. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary. 1970 Nov 3:JohnJ. Gilligan (Dem), elected;RogerCloud (Rep), defeated;EdwinT. Lawton (American Independent), defeated;JosephPirincin (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), elected;JohnJ. Gilligan (Dem), defeated;NancyB. Lazar, defeated. 1978:RichardF. Celeste (Dem), defeated. 1982:JerrySpringer (Dem), defeated in primary. 1982:SethC. Taft (Rep), defeated in primary. 1982:ClarenceJ. Brown, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1986 May 6:RichardF. Celeste (Dem), nominated;GuyTempleton Black (Dem), defeated in primary. 1986 May 6:JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), nominated;PaulE. Gillmor (Rep), defeated in primary;PaulE. Pfeifer (Rep), defeated in primary. 1986 Nov 4:RichardF. Celeste (Dem), elected;JamesA. Rhodes (Rep), defeated;ThomasV. Brown, defeated;GuyTempleton Black, defeated;RobertaL. Scherr, defeated. 1990:AnthonyJ. Celebrezze, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1998:BobTaft (Rep), elected;LeeI. Fisher (Dem), defeated. 2002:BobTaft (Rep), elected. 2006:KenBlackwell (Rep), defeated;TedStrickland (Dem), elected. 2006 May 2:JamesM. Petro (Rep), defeated in primary. | |