List of state librarians of Ohio
List

List of state librarians of Ohio

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Librarian	Term	Notes

John L. Harper	1817–1818

John McElvain	1818–1820

David S. Brodrick	1820–1824

Zachariah Mills	1824–1842

Thomas Kennedy	1842–1845

John B. Greiner	1845–1851

Elijah Hayward	1851–1854

James Wickes Taylor	1854–1856	Organized and bound the 1850 census; promoted the preservation of state documents; began exchange system between Ohio and other states and countries

William T. Coggeshall	1856–1862

Samuel G. Harbaugh	1862–1874

Walter C. Hood	1874–1875

Hiram H. Robinson	1875–1877

Rodney M. Stimson	1877–1879	donated 19,000 books and newspapers related to the history of the Northwest Territory and Ohio; elected State Senator in 1869 and 1871

Henry V. Kerr	1879–1881

Joseph H. Geiger	1881–1883

Howard T. Conard	1883–1885

Hamilton W. Pierson	1885–1886

Francis B. Loomis	1886–1887

John M. Doane	1887–1889

William B. Sibley	1889–1890

John C. Tuthill	1890–1892

Joseph P. Smith	1892–1896

Charles B. Galbreath	1896–1911	Instituted the system of traveling libraries, first president of the National Association of State Librarians in 1900

John H. Newman	1911–1915

Charles B. Galbreath	1915–1918

John H. Newman	1918–1921

Herbert S. Hirshberg	1921–1927	First professionally trained librarian to hold the position

George E. McCormick	1928–1931

John H. Newman	1931–1933

Paul A. T. Noon	1933–1942

Walter T. Brahm	1942–1963	President of the National Association of State Libraries 1959-1960; awarded the Ohio Library Association’s Librarian of the Year award in 1959

Ruth Hess, Acting State Librarian	1963–1966

Joseph F. Shubert	1966–1977

Richard M. Cheski	1978–1995

Michael S. Lucas	1996–2004

Joanne Budler	2004–2010

Beverly Cain	2010–

Sentence(s)

In April, 1851, Hayward was state librarian of Ohio.

final_sentence: In April, 1851, Hayward was state librarian of Ohio.