List of Governors of Ohio
Governors of the State of Ohio
Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803. Since then, it has had 62 governors, six of whom served non-consecutive terms.

List of Governors of Ohio

Section Title: Governors of the State of Ohio
Table Section Text: Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803. Since then, it has had 62 governors, six of whom served non-consecutive terms.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	Edward Tiffin	March 3, 1803 – March 4, 1807	Democratic- Republican	1803	Office did not exist

1805

2	-	Thomas Kirker	March 4, 1807 – December 12, 1808	Democratic- Republican

3	-	Samuel H. Huntington	December 12, 1808 – December 8, 1810	Democratic- Republican	1808

4	-	Return J. Meigs Jr.	December 8, 1810 – March 24, 1814	Democratic- Republican	1810

1812

5	-	Othniel Looker	March 24, 1814 – December 8, 1814	Democratic- Republican

6	-	Thomas Worthington	December 8, 1814 – December 14, 1818	Democratic- Republican	1814

1816

7	-	Ethan Allen Brown	December 14, 1818 – January 4, 1822	Democratic- Republican	1818

1820

8	-	Allen Trimble	January 4, 1822 – December 28, 1822	Democratic- Republican

9	-	Jeremiah Morrow	December 28, 1822 – December 19, 1826	Democratic- Republican	1822

1824

10	-	Allen Trimble	December 19, 1826 – December 18, 1830	National Republican	1826

1828

11	-	Duncan McArthur	December 18, 1830 – December 7, 1832	National Republican	1830

12	-	Robert Lucas	December 7, 1832 – December 12, 1836	Democratic	1832

1834

13	-	Joseph Vance	December 12, 1836 – December 13, 1838	Whig	1836

14	-	Wilson Shannon	December 13, 1838 – December 16, 1840	Democratic	1838

15	-	Thomas Corwin	December 16, 1840 – December 14, 1842	Whig	1840

16	-	Wilson Shannon	December 14, 1842 – April 15, 1844	Democratic	1842

17	-	Thomas W. Bartley	April 15, 1844 – December 3, 1844	Democratic

18	-	Mordecai Bartley	December 3, 1844 – December 12, 1846	Whig	1844

19	-	William Bebb	December 12, 1846 – January 22, 1849	Whig	1846

20	-	Seabury Ford	January 22, 1849 – December 12, 1850	Whig	1848

21	-	Reuben Wood	December 12, 1850 – July 13, 1853	Democratic	1850

1851	William Medill

22	-	William Medill	July 13, 1853 – January 14, 1856	Democratic	Vacant

1853	James Myers

23	-	Salmon P. Chase	January 14, 1856 – January 9, 1860	Republican	1855	Thomas H. Ford

1857	Martin Welker

24	-	William Dennison Jr.	January 9, 1860 – January 13, 1862	Republican	1859	Robert C. Kirk

25	-	David Tod	January 13, 1862 – January 11, 1864	Republican	1861	Benjamin Stanton

26	-	John Brough	January 11, 1864 – August 29, 1865	Unionist	1863	Charles Anderson

27	-	Charles Anderson	August 29, 1865 – January 8, 1866	Republican	Vacant

28	-	Jacob Dolson Cox	January 8, 1866 – January 13, 1868	Republican	1865	Andrew McBurney

29	-	Rutherford B. Hayes	January 13, 1868 – January 8, 1872	Republican	1867	John C. Lee

1869

30	-	Edward Follansbee Noyes	January 8, 1872 – January 12, 1874	Republican	1871	Jacob Mueller

31	-	William Allen	January 12, 1874 – January 10, 1876	Democratic	1873	Alphonso Hart

32	-	Rutherford B. Hayes	January 10, 1876 – March 2, 1877	Republican	1875	Thomas L. Young

33	-	Thomas L. Young	March 2, 1877 – January 14, 1878	Republican	H. W. Curtiss (acting)

34	-	Richard M. Bishop	January 14, 1878 – January 12, 1880	Democratic	1877	Jabez W. Fitch

35	-	Charles Foster	January 12, 1880 – January 14, 1884	Republican	1879	Andrew Hickenlooper

1881	Rees G. Richards

36	-	George Hoadly	January 14, 1884 – January 11, 1886	Democratic	1883	John G. Warwick

37	-	Joseph B. Foraker	January 11, 1886 – January 13, 1890	Republican	1885	Robert P. Kennedy (resigned March 3, 1887)

Silas A. Conrad

1887	William C. Lyon

38	-	James E. Campbell	January 13, 1890 – January 11, 1892	Democratic	1889	Elbert L. Lampson (replaced January 31, 1890)

William V. Marquis

39	-	William McKinley	January 11, 1892 – January 13, 1896	Republican	1891	Andrew L. Harris

1893

40	-	Asa S. Bushnell	January 13, 1896 – January 8, 1900	Republican	1895	Asa W. Jones

1897

41	-	George K. Nash	January 8, 1900 – January 11, 1904	Republican	1899	John A. Caldwell

1901	Carl L. Nippert (resigned May 1, 1902)

Harry L. Gordon

42	-	Myron T. Herrick	January 11, 1904 – January 8, 1906	Republican	1903	Warren G. Harding

43	-	John M. Pattison	January 8, 1906 – June 18, 1906	Democratic	1905	Andrew L. Harris

44	-	Andrew L. Harris	June 18, 1906 – January 11, 1909	Republican	Vacant

45	-	Judson Harmon	January 11, 1909 – January 13, 1913	Democratic	1908	Francis W. Treadway

1910	Atlee Pomerene (resigned March 4, 1911)

Hugh L. Nichols

46	-	James M. Cox	January 13, 1913 – January 11, 1915	Democratic	1912	W. A. Greenlund

47	-	Frank B. Willis	January 11, 1915 – January 8, 1917	Republican	1914	John H. Arnold

48	-	James M. Cox	January 8, 1917 – January 10, 1921	Democratic	1916	Earl D. Bloom

1918	Clarence J. Brown

49	-	Harry L. Davis	January 10, 1921 – January 8, 1923	Republican	1920

50	-	A. Victor Donahey	January 8, 1923 – January 14, 1929	Democratic	1922	Earl D. Bloom

1924	Charles H. Lewis

1926	Earl D. Bloom (resigned April 1928)

William G. Pickrel (term ended November 1928)

George C. Braden

51	-	Myers Y. Cooper	January 14, 1929 – January 12, 1931	Republican	1928	John T. Brown

52	-	George White	January 12, 1931 – January 14, 1935	Democratic	1930	William G. Pickrel

1932	Charles W. Sawyer

53	-	Martin L. Davey	January 14, 1935 – January 9, 1939	Democratic	1934	Harold G. Mosier

1936	Paul P. Yoder

54	-	John W. Bricker	January 9, 1939 – January 8, 1945	Republican	1938	Paul M. Herbert

1940

1942

55	-	Frank Lausche	January 8, 1945 – January 13, 1947	Democratic	1944	George D. Nye

56	-	Thomas J. Herbert	January 13, 1947 – January 10, 1949	Republican	1946	Paul M. Herbert

57	-	Frank Lausche	January 10, 1949 – January 3, 1957	Democratic	1948	George D. Nye

1950

1952	John William Brown

1954

58	John William Brown	January 3, 1957 – January 14, 1957	Republican	Vacant

59	C. William O'Neill	January 14, 1957 – January 12, 1959	Republican	1956	Paul M. Herbert

60	-	Michael DiSalle	January 12, 1959 – January 14, 1963	Democratic	1958	John W. Donahey

61	-	Jim Rhodes	January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1971	Republican	1962	John William Brown

1966

62	John J. Gilligan crop.tif	John J. Gilligan	January 11, 1971 – January 13, 1975	Democratic	1970

63	-	Jim Rhodes	January 13, 1975 – January 10, 1983	Republican	1974	Dick Celeste

1978	George Voinovich (resigned November 1979)

Vacant

64	-	Dick Celeste	January 10, 1983 – January 14, 1991	Democratic	1982	Myrl Shoemaker (died July 30, 1985)

Vacant

1986	Paul Leonard

65	-	George Voinovich	January 14, 1991 – December 31, 1998	Republican	1990	Mike DeWine (resigned November 12, 1994)

Vacant

1994	Nancy Hollister

66	Nancy Hollister	December 31, 1998 – January 11, 1999	Republican	Vacant

67	-	Bob Taft	January 11, 1999 – January 8, 2007	Republican	1998	Maureen O'Connor (resigned December 31, 2002)

Vacant

2002	Jennette Bradley (resigned January 5, 2005)

Bruce Johnson (resigned December 8, 2006)

Vacant

68	-	Ted Strickland	January 8, 2007 – January 10, 2011	Democratic	2006	Lee Fisher

69	-	John Kasich	January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019	Republican	2010	Mary Taylor

2014

70	-	Mike DeWine	January 14, 2019 – present	Republican	2018	Jon A. Husted

Sentence(s)

Duncan McArthur served as the 11th Governor of Ohio.

final_sentence: Duncan McArthur served as the 11th Governor of Ohio.