List of Presidents of the Ohio Senate
Presidents Pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate, 1852-1978
(At this time, the nominal presiding officer of the senate was the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.)

List of Presidents of the Ohio Senate

Section Title: Presidents Pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate, 1852-1978
Table Section Text: (At this time, the nominal presiding officer of the senate was the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.)

Term	Name	Party	Home County

1852-01-05 – 1854-01-01	Joel W. Wilson George Rex	Democratic	Sandusky Wayne

1854-01-02 – 1856-01-06	Robert J. Atkinson	Democratic	Carroll

1856-01-07 – 1858-01-03	Robert Walker Tayler	Republican	Trumbull

1858-01-04 – 1860-01-01	Edward M. Phelps	Democratic	Defiance

1860-01-02 – 1862-01-05	Richard A. Harrison	Republican	Madison

1862-01-06 – 1864-01-03	James Monroe	Republican	Lorain

1864-01-04 – 1865-12-31	Samuel Humphreville	Republican	Medina

1866-01-01 – 1868-01-05	H. S. Martin	Republican	Stark

1868-01-06 – 1870-01-02	Thomas J. Godfrey	Democratic	Mercer

1870-01-03 – 1871-12-31	Samuel Furman Hunt	Democratic	Hamilton

1872-01-01 – 1874-01-04	Allen T. Brinsmade	Republican	Cuyahoga

1874-01-05 – 1876-01-02	Emery D. Potter	Democratic	Lucas

1876-01-03 – 1878-01-06	H. W. Curtiss	Republican	Cuyahoga

1878-01-07 – 1880-01-03	James W. Owens	Democratic	Licking

1880-01-04 – 1882-01-01	Rees G. Richards	Republican	Jefferson

1882-01-02 – 1884-01-06	Roland A. Horr	Republican	Lorain

1884-01-07 – 1886-01-03	Elmer White	Democratic	Defiance

1886-01-04 – 1888-01-01	John O'Neill Silas A. Conrad	Democratic Republican	Muskingum Stark

1888-01-02 – 1890-01-05	Theodore F. Davis	Republican	Washington

1890-01-06 – 1892-01-03	Perry M. Adams	Democratic	Seneca

1892-01-04 – 1894-01-02	Elbert L. Lampson	Republican	Ashtabula

1894-01-03 – 1896-01-05	Thomas H. McConica	Republican	Hancock

1896-01-06 – 1898-01-02	John C. Hutsinpiller	Republican	Gallia

1898-01-03 – 1899-12-31	Thaddeus E. Cromley	Democratic	Pickaway

1900-01-01 – 1902-01-05	Oscar Sheppard	Republican	Preble

1902-01-06 – 1904-01-03	Frank B. Archer	Republican	Belmont

1904-01-04 – 1905-12-31	George Henry Chamberlain	Republican	Lorain

1906-01-01 – 1909-01-03	James M. Williams	Democratic	Cuyahoga

1909-01-04 – 1911-01-01	Nation O. Mather	Republican	Summit

1911-01-02 – 1915-01-03	William Green	Democratic	Coshocton

1915-01-04 – 1916-12-31	Charles John Howard	Republican	Belmont

1917-01-01 – 1919-01-05	J. H. Miller	Democratic	Licking

1919-01-06 – 1922-12-31	Frank E. Whittemore	Republican	Summit

1923-01-01 – 1925-01-04	George E. Kryder	Republican	Henry

1925-01-05 – 1927-01-02	Joseph R. Gardner	Republican	Hamilton

1927-01-03 – 1929-01-06	Chester C. Bolton	Republican	Cuyahoga

1929-01-07 – 1931-01-04	Allan G. Aigler	Republican	Sandusky

1931-01-05 – 1933-01-01	Earl R. Lewis	Republican	Belmont

1933-01-02 – 1935-01-06	D. H. DeArmond	Democratic	Hamilton

1935-01-07 – 1937-01-03	Paul P. Yoder	Democratic	Montgomery

1937-01-04 – 1939-01-01	Keith Lawrence	Democratic	Cuyahoga

1939-01-02 – 1949-01-02	Frank E. Whittemore (2nd)	Republican	Summit

1949-01-03 – 1950-12-31	Margaret A. Mahoney	Democratic	Cuyahoga

1951-01-01 – 1953-01-04	Roscoe R. Walcutt	Republican	Franklin

1953-01-05 – 1959-01-04	C. Stanley Mechem	Republican	Athens

1959-01-05 – 1961-01-01	Frank W. King	Democratic	Lucas

1961-01-02 – 1965-01-03	C. Stanley Mechem (2nd)	Republican	Athens

1965-01-04 – 1975-01-05	Theodore M. Gray	Republican	Miami

1975-01-06 – 1979-01-01	Oliver R. Ocasek	Democratic	Summit

Sentence(s)

Oliver R. Ocasek was a politician of the Democratic party who served as president of the Ohio Senate.

final_sentence: Oliver R. Ocasek was a politician of the Democratic party who served as president of the Ohio Senate.