List of governors of Ohio

Governor of Ohio
Flag of the Governor
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)
Websitegovernor.ohio.gov

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

List of governors

# Picture Governor Assumed office Left office Party Lt. Governor
 Terms
1   Edward Tiffin
(1766–1829)		 March 3, 1803 March 4, 1807 Democratic-
Republican		 None ​1 1⁄2
2   Thomas Kirker
(1760–1837)		 March 4, 1807 December 12, 1808 Democratic-
Republican		 ​1⁄2
3   Samuel H. Huntington
(1765–1817)		 December 12, 1808 December 8, 1810 Democratic-
Republican		 1
4   Return J. Meigs, Jr.
(1764–1825)		 December 8, 1810 March 24, 1814 Democratic-
Republican		 ​1 1⁄2
5   Othniel Looker
(1757–1845)		 March 24, 1814 December 8, 1814 Democratic-
Republican		 ​1⁄2
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
8   Allen Trimble
(1783–1870)		 January 4, 1822 December 28, 1822 Democratic-
Republican		 ​1⁄2
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
17   Thomas W. Bartley
(1812–1885)		 April 15, 1844 December 3, 1844 Democratic ​1⁄2
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
20   Seabury Ford
(1801–1855)		 January 22, 1849 December 12, 1850 Whig 1
21   Reuben Wood
(1792–1864)		 December 12, 1850 July 13, 1853 Democratic None ​1 1⁄2

  William Medill
22   William Medill
(1802–1865)		 July 13, 1853 January 14, 1856 Democratic vacant ​1 1⁄2
  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
27   Charles Anderson
(1814–1895)		 August 29, 1865 January 8, 1866 Republican vacant ​1⁄2
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
33   Thomas L. Young
(1832–1888)		 March 2, 1877 January 14, 1878 Republican   H. W. Curtiss (acting) ​1⁄2
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

44   Andrew L. Harris
(1835–1915)		 June 18, 1906 January 11, 1909 Republican vacant ​1⁄2

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
  John William Brown
58   John William Brown
(1913–1993)		 January 3, 1957 January 14, 1957 Republican vacant ​1⁄2
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
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
  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
vacant
  Nancy Hollister
66   Nancy Hollister
(born 1949)		 December 31, 1998 January 11, 1999 Republican vacant ​1⁄2
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

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. 1 2 3 4 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  4. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Died in office.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  14. ↑ Resigned to be President of the United States.
  15. 1 2 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.
  16. 1 2 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.