Governors of Ohio, 1803-2020 (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 1999-2007
Ted
Strickland 2007-11
John
R. Kasich 2011-19
Mike
DeWine 2019-
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.
1822 Oct 8:
Allen
Trimble, defeated.
1824 Oct 12:
Allen
Trimble, defeated.
1826:
Benjamin
Tappan, defeated;
Alexander
Campbell, defeated;
John
Bigger, defeated.
1826 Oct 10:
Allen
Trimble (National Republican), elected.
1828:
John
W. Campbell, defeated.
1828 Oct 14:
Allen
Trimble (National Republican), elected.
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:
Leister
King, defeated;
David
Fisher, defeated.
1844 Oct 8:
David
Tod (Dem), defeated.
1846 Oct 13:
David
Tod (Dem), defeated;
Samuel
Lewis (Liberty), defeated.
1848:
John
B. Weller, defeated.
1850 Oct 8:
Reuben
Wood (Dem), elected;
William
Johnston (Whig), defeated;
Edward
Smith (Free Soil), 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 (Gold 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 Aug 10:
A.
Vic Donahey (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1920 Aug 10:
Harry
L. Davis (Rep), nominated;
Ralph
D. Cole (Rep), defeated in primary;
Roscoe
C. McCulloch (Rep), defeated in primary;
David
Wesley Wood (Rep), defeated in primary.
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:
Harry
L. Davis (Rep), nominated;
Joseph
B. Sieber (Rep), defeated in primary;
James
A. White (Rep), defeated in primary;
C.
Homer Durand (Rep), defeated in primary;
J.
F. Burke (Rep), defeated in primary;
George
B. Harris (Rep), defeated in primary;
John
L. Cable (Rep), defeated in primary;
Harry
C. Smith (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 May 6:
Richard
F. Celeste (Dem), nominated;
Guy
Templeton Black (Dem), defeated in primary.
1986 May 6:
James
A. Rhodes (Rep), nominated;
Paul
E. Gillmor (Rep), defeated in primary;
Paul
E. Pfeifer (Rep), defeated in primary.
1986 Nov 4:
Richard
F. Celeste (Dem), elected;
James
A. Rhodes (Rep), defeated;
Thomas
V. Brown, defeated;
Guy
Templeton Black, defeated;
Roberta
L. Scherr, defeated.
1990:
Anthony
J. Celebrezze, Jr. (Dem), defeated.
1998:
Bob
Taft (Rep), elected;
Lee
I. Fisher (Dem), defeated.
2002:
Bob
Taft (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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