The Political Graveyard: Ohio: Governors

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Ohio: Governors

Governors of Ohio, 1803-2007 (May be incomplete!)
Edward Tiffin 1803-07 Thomas Kirker 1807-08 Samuel H. Huntington 1808-10 Return J. Meigs, Jr. 1810-14 Othneil Looker 1814 Thomas Worthington 1814-18 Ethan A. Brown 1818-22 Allen Trimble 1822 Jeremiah Morrow 1822-26 Allen Trimble 1826-30 Duncan McArthur 1830-32 Robert Lucas 1832-36 Joseph Vance 1836-38 Wilson Shannon 1838-40 Thomas Corwin 1840-42 Wilson Shannon 1842-44 Thomas W. Bartley 1844 Mordecai Bartley 1844-46 William Bebb 1846-49 Seabury Ford 1849-50 Reuben Wood 1850-53 William Medill 1853-56 Salmon P. Chase 1856-60 William Dennison, Jr. 1860-62 David Tod 1862-64 John Brough 1864-65 Charles Anderson 1865-66 Jacob D. Cox 1866-68 Rutherford B. Hayes 1868-72 Edward F. Noyes 1872-74 William Allen 1874-76 Rutherford B. Hayes 1876-77 Thomas L. Young 1877-78 Richard M. Bishop 1878-80 Charles Foster 1880-84 George Hoadly 1884-86 Joseph B. Foraker 1886-90 James E. Campbell 1890-92 William McKinley 1892-96 Asa S. Bushnell 1896-1900 George K. Nash 1900-04 Myron T. Herrick 1904-06 John M. Pattison 1906 Andrew L. Harris 1906-09 Judson Harmon 1909-13 James M. Cox 1913-15 Frank B. Willis 1915-17 James M. Cox 1917-21 Harry L. Davis 1921-23 A. Vic Donahey 1923-29 Myers Y. Cooper 1929-31 George White 1931-35 Martin L. Davey 1935-39 John W. Bricker 1939-45 Frank J. Lausche 1945-47 Thomas J. Herbert 1947-49 Frank J. Lausche 1949-57 John William Brown 1957 C. William O'Neill 1957-59 Michael V. DiSalle 1959-63 James A. Rhodes 1963-71 John J. Gilligan 1971-75 James A. Rhodes 1975-83 Richard F. Celeste 1983-91 George V. Voinovich 1991-98 Nancy P. Hollister 1998-99 Bob Taft II 1999-2007 Ted Strickland 2007-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1806: Nathaniel Massie, defeated.

1808: Thomas Worthington, defeated; Thomas Kirker, defeated.

1810: Thomas Worthington, defeated.

1812: Thomas Scott, defeated.

1814: Othneil Looker, defeated.

1816: Ethan A. Brown, defeated; James Dunlap, defeated.

1818: James Dunlap, defeated.

1820: William Henry Harrison, defeated; Jeremiah Morrow, defeated.

1822: William W. Irvin, defeated; Allen Trimble, defeated.

1824: Allen Trimble, defeated.

1826: Benjamin Tappan, defeated; Alexander Campbell, defeated; John Bigger, defeated.

1828: John W. Campbell, defeated.

1830: Robert Lucas, defeated.

1832: Darius Lyman, defeated.

1834: James Findlay, defeated.

1836: Eli Baldwin, defeated.

1838: Joseph Vance, defeated.

1840: Wilson Shannon, defeated.

1842: Thomas Corwin, defeated; Leister King, defeated.

1844: David Tod, defeated; Leister King, defeated; David Fisher, defeated.

1846: David Tod, defeated; Samuel Lewis, defeated.

1848: John B. Weller, defeated.

1850: William Johnston, defeated; Edward Smith, defeated.

1851 Oct 14: Reuben Wood (Dem), elected; Samuel F. Vinton (Whig), defeated; Samuel Lewis (Free Soil), defeated.

1853 Oct 11: William Medill (Dem), elected; Nelson Barrere (Whig), defeated; Samuel Lewis (Free Soil), defeated.

1855 Oct 9: Salmon P. Chase (Rep), elected; William Medill (Dem), defeated; Allen Trimble (American), defeated.

1857 Oct 13: Salmon P. Chase (Rep), elected; Henry B. Payne (Dem), defeated; Philadelph Van Trump (American), defeated.

1859 Oct 11: William Dennison, Jr. (Rep), elected; Rufus P. Ranney (Dem), defeated.

1861 Oct 8: David Tod (Union), elected; Hugh Jewett (Dem), defeated.

1863 Oct 13: John Brough (Union), elected; Clement L. Vallandigham (Dem), defeated.

1865 Aug 29: John Brough, died in office.

1865 Oct 10: Jacob D. Cox (Rep), elected; George W. Morgan (Dem), defeated; Alexander Long, defeated.

1867 Oct 8: Rutherford B. Hayes (Rep), elected; Allen G. Thurman (Dem), defeated.

1869 Oct 12: Rutherford B. Hayes (Rep), elected; George H. Pendleton (Dem), defeated; Samuel Scott (Prohibition), defeated.

1875: Alphonso Taft (Rep), defeated for nomination.

1879: Thomas Ewing, defeated.

1883: Joseph B. Foraker (Rep), defeated.

1885: Joseph B. Foraker (Rep), elected.

1887: Joseph B. Foraker (Rep), elected.

1889: Joseph B. Foraker (Rep), defeated.

1892: Seth H. Ellis (Prohibition), defeated.

1893: Lawrence T. Neal (Dem), defeated.

1895: Jacob S. Coxey (People's), defeated.

1897 Nov 2: Asa S. Bushnell (Rep), elected; Horace L. Chapman (Dem), defeated; John C. Holliday (Prohibition), defeated; Jacob S. Coxey (People's), defeated; William Watkins (Socialist Labor), defeated; John Richardson (Liberty), defeated; Julius Dexter (National Democratic), defeated; Samuel J. Lewis (Negro Protective), defeated.

1899: George M. Hammell (Prohibition), defeated; Seth H. Ellis, defeated; George K. Nash (Rep), elected.

1900: Samuel M. Jones, defeated.

1901: James Kilbourne (Dem), defeated.

1905: Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition), defeated.

1906 Jun 18: John M. Pattison, died in office.

1908 Nov 3: Judson Harmon (Dem), elected; Andrew L. Harris (Rep), defeated; Robert Bandlow (Socialist), defeated; John B. Martin (Prohibition), defeated; John Kircher (Socialist Labor), defeated; Andrew F. Otte (Ind), defeated.

1910 Nov 8: Judson Harmon (Dem), elected; Warren G. Harding (Rep), defeated; Tom Clifford (Socialist), defeated; Henry A. Thompson (Prohibition), defeated; J. R. Malley (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1912 Nov 5: James M. Cox (Dem), elected; Robert B. Brown (Rep), defeated; Arthur L. Garford (Progressive), defeated; C. E. Ruthenberg (Socialist), defeated; Daniel A. Poling (Prohibition), defeated; John Kircher (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1914 Nov 3: Frank B. Willis (Rep), elected; James M. Cox (Dem), defeated; James R. Garfield (Progressive), defeated; Scott Wilkins (Socialist), defeated.

1916 Nov 7: James M. Cox (Dem), elected; Frank B. Willis (Rep), defeated; Tom Clifford (Socialist), defeated; John H. Dickason (Prohibition), defeated.

1918 Nov 5: James M. Cox (Dem), elected; Frank B. Willis (Rep), defeated.

1920: Roscoe C. McCulloch (Rep), defeated for nomination.

1920 Nov 2: Harry L. Davis (Rep), elected; A. Vic Donahey (Dem), defeated; Frank B. Hamilton (Socialist), defeated; Earl H. Foote (Single Tax), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: A. Vic Donahey (Dem), elected; Carmi A. Thompson (Rep), defeated; Ed H. Moore, defeated; Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition), defeated.

1924 Aug 12: A. Vic Donahey (Dem), nominated; James C. B. Beatty (Dem), defeated in primary.

1924 Aug 12: John L. Cable (Rep), defeated in primary; Harry L. Davis (Rep), nominated; J. F. Burke (Rep), defeated in primary; Homer Durand (Rep), defeated in primary; George B. Harris (Rep), defeated in primary; Joseph B. Sieber (Rep), defeated in primary; Harry C. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary; James A. White (Rep), defeated in primary.

1924 Nov 4: A. Vic Donahey (Dem), elected; Harry L. Davis (Rep), defeated; Virgil D. Allen (Commonwealth Land), defeated; Felix J. 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; James C. B. Beatty (Dem), defeated in primary.

1926 Aug 10: Myers Y. Cooper (Rep), nominated; Grant Beam (Rep), defeated in primary; Ross P. Buchanan (Rep), defeated in primary; Harry S. Day (Rep), defeated in primary; Charles J. Dircks (Rep), defeated in primary; Harry C. Gibson (Rep), defeated in primary; Harry A. Shanley (Rep), defeated in primary; Joseph B. Sieber (Rep), defeated in primary; Harry C. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary; Evalyn Frances Snow (Rep), defeated in primary; Thad H. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary.

1926 Nov 2: A. Vic Donahey (Dem), elected; Myers Y. Cooper (Rep), defeated; Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist), defeated; Anna K. Storck (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1928 Aug 14: Earl D. Bloom (Dem), defeated in primary; Martin L. Davey (Dem), nominated; James C. B. Beatty (Dem), defeated in primary; Peter Witt (Dem), defeated in primary; Herman R. Witter (Dem), defeated in primary.

1928 Aug 14: Myers Y. Cooper (Rep), nominated; James T. Begg (Rep), defeated in primary; Frederick Kohler (Rep), defeated in primary; Harry A. Shanley (Rep), defeated in primary; Harry C. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary; Edward C. Turner (Rep), defeated in primary.

1928 Nov 6: Myers Y. Cooper (Rep), elected; Martin L. Davey (Dem), defeated; Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist), defeated; William Patterson (Workers Communist), defeated; John D. Goerke (Socialist Labor), defeated; Frank W. Stanton (Prohibition), defeated.

1930 Aug 12: George White (Dem), nominated; Stephen M. Young (Dem), defeated in primary.

1930 Nov 4: George White (Dem), elected; Myers Y. Cooper (Rep), defeated.

1932 Aug 12: Myers Y. Cooper (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1932 Nov 8: George White (Dem), elected; David S. Ingalls (Rep), defeated; Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist), defeated; Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition), defeated; John Marshall (Communist), defeated; William Woodhouse (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1934: Charles W. Sawyer (Dem), defeated in primary.

1934 Nov 6: Martin L. Davey (Dem), elected; Clarence J. Brown (Rep), defeated; I. O. Ford (Communist), defeated.

1936: Stephen M. Young (Dem), defeated for nomination.

1936 Nov 3: Martin L. Davey (Dem), elected; John W. Bricker (Rep), defeated; Andrew R. Onda (Communist), defeated.

1938 Aug 9: Charles W. Sawyer (Dem), nominated; Martin L. Davey (Dem), defeated in primary.

1938 Aug 9: John W. Bricker (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1938 Nov 8: John W. Bricker (Rep), elected; Charles W. Sawyer (Dem), defeated.

1940 Nov 5: John W. Bricker (Rep), elected; Martin L. Davey (Dem), defeated.

1942 Nov 3: John W. Bricker (Rep), elected; John McSweeney (Dem), defeated; Louis P. Wettstein (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1944: Martin L. Sweeney, defeated for nomination.

1944 Nov 7: Frank J. Lausche (Dem), elected; James G. Stewart (Rep), defeated.

1946 Nov 5: Thomas J. Herbert (Rep), elected; Frank J. Lausche (Dem), defeated; Arla A. Albaugh (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1948 Nov 2: Frank J. Lausche (Dem), elected; Thomas J. Herbert (Rep), defeated.

1950: James A. Rhodes (Rep), defeated in primary.

1950 Nov 7: Frank J. Lausche (Dem), elected; Don H. Ebright (Rep), defeated.

1952 Nov 4: Frank J. Lausche (Dem), elected; Charles P. Taft (Rep), defeated.

1954 Nov 2: Frank J. Lausche (Dem), elected; James A. Rhodes (Rep), defeated.

1956 Nov 6: C. William O'Neill (Rep), elected; Michael V. DiSalle (Dem), defeated.

1958: Charles P. Taft (Rep), defeated in primary.

1958 Nov 4: Michael V. DiSalle (Dem), elected; C. William O'Neill (Rep), defeated.

1962 Nov 6: James A. Rhodes (Rep), elected; Michael V. DiSalle (Dem), defeated.

1966 Nov 8: James A. Rhodes (Rep), elected; Frazier Reams, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1970: Paul W. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary.

1970 Nov 3: John J. Gilligan (Dem), elected; Roger Cloud (Rep), defeated; Edwin T. Lawton (American Independent), defeated; Joseph Pirincin (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1974 Nov 5: James A. Rhodes (Rep), elected; John J. Gilligan (Dem), defeated; Nancy B. Lazar, defeated.

1978: Richard F. Celeste (Dem), defeated.

1982: Jerry Springer (Dem), defeated in primary.

1982: Seth C. Taft (Rep), defeated in primary.

1982: Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

1986: Paul E. Gillmor (Rep), defeated in primary; Paul E. Pfeifer (Rep), defeated in primary.

1986: James A. Rhodes (Rep), defeated.

1990: Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1998: Bob Taft II (Rep), elected; Lee I. Fisher (Dem), defeated.

2002: Bob Taft II (Rep), elected.

2006: Ken Blackwell (Rep), defeated; Ted Strickland (Dem), elected.

2006 May 2: James M. Petro (Rep), defeated in primary.

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