List of Presidents of the Ohio Senate
Presidents Pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate, 1852-1978
Table:
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

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