Ohio Secretaries of State, 1803-2007 (May be
incomplete!)
William
Creighton, Jr. 1803-08
Jeremiah
McLene 1808-31
Moses
H. Kirby 1831-35
Benjamin
B. Hinkson 1835-36
Carter
B. Harlan 1836-40
William
Trevitt 1840-41
John
Sloane 1841-44
Samuel
Galloway 1844-50
Henry
W. King 1850-52
William
Trevitt 1852-56
James
H. Baker 1856-58
Addison
P. Russell 1858-62
Benjamin
R. Cowen 1862
Wilson
S. Kennon 1862-63
William
W. Armstrong 1863-65
William
H. Smith 1865-68
John
Russell 1868-69
Isaac
R. Sherwood 1869-73
Allen
T. Wikoff 1873-75
William
Bell, Jr. 1875-77
Milton
Barnes 1877-81
Charles
Townsend 1881-83
James
W. Newman 1883-85
James
S. Robinson 1885-89
Daniel
J. Ryan 1889-91
Christian
L. Poorman 1891-93
Samuel
M. Taylor 1893-97
Charles
Kinney 1897-1901
Lewis
C. Laylin 1901-07
Carmi
Thompson 1907-11
Charles
H. Graves 1911-15
Charles
Q. Hildebrant 1915-17
William
D. Fulton 1917-19
Harvey
C. Smith 1919-23
Thad
H. Brown 1923-27
Clarence
J. Brown 1927-33
George
S. Myers 1933
William
J. Kennedy 1936-39
Earl
Griffith 1939-40
George
M. Neffiner 1940-41
John
E. Sweeney 1941-43
Edward
J. Hummel 1943-49
Charles
F. Sweeney 1949-51
Ted
W. Brown 1951-79
Anthony
J. Celebrezze, Jr. 1979-83
Sherrod
Brown 1983-91
Bob
Taft 1991-99
Ken
Blackwell 1999-2007
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1896 Nov 3:
Charles
Kinney (Rep), elected;
Chilton
A. White (Dem), defeated;
Samuel
H. Rockhill (Prohibition), defeated;
Wesley
C. Bates (National), defeated;
Daniel
W. Wallace (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1900:
Lewis
C. Laylin (Rep), elected.
1902:
Herbert
Seely Bigelow (Dem), defeated;
Max
S. Hayes (Socialist), defeated.
1924 Aug 12:
John
Henry Newman (Dem), nominated;
Lester
C. Riddle (Dem), defeated in primary.
1924 Aug 12:
Thad
H. Brown (Rep), nominated;
Edward
J. Hummel (Rep), defeated in primary.
1924 Nov 4:
Jasper
Shuman (Commonwealth Land), defeated;
Martin
Phalen (Socialist Labor), defeated;
John
Henry Newman (Dem), defeated;
Thad
H. Brown (Rep), elected.
1926 Aug 10:
Stephen
M. Young (Dem), nominated;
Newt
Bronson (Dem), defeated in primary;
Frank
S. Krause (Dem), defeated in primary;
John
Henry Newman (Dem), defeated in primary.
1926 Aug 10:
Clarence
J. Brown (Rep), nominated;
Joseph
E. Cross (Rep), defeated in primary;
Edward
J. Hummel (Rep), defeated in primary.
1926 Nov 2:
Clarence
J. Brown (Rep), elected;
Stephen
M. Young (Dem), defeated;
Harry
Schreiber (Socialist), defeated;
Walter
Freeman (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1928 Aug 14:
Carl
W. Smith (Dem), nominated;
John
Henry Newman (Dem), defeated in primary.
1928 Aug 14:
Clarence
J. Brown (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1928 Nov 6:
Clarence
J. Brown (Rep), elected;
Carl
W. Smith (Dem), defeated;
Edna
Hastings (Socialist), defeated;
R.
H. Richardson (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Fred
W. Barrett (Prohibition), defeated;
Bruce
T. Smith (Workers Communist), defeated.
1938 Aug 9:
William
J. Kennedy (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1938 Aug 9:
Earl
Griffith (Rep), nominated;
George
E. Turner (Rep), defeated in primary;
Edward
J. Hummel (Rep), defeated in primary;
Justin
L. McCarthy (Rep), defeated in primary.
1938 Nov 8:
Earl
Griffith (Rep), elected;
William
J. Kennedy (Dem), defeated.
1990:
Bob
Taft (Rep), elected.
1994:
Bob
Taft (Rep), elected.
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