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| Governor of Ohio | |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Residence | Ohio Governor's Mansion |
| Term length | Four years, two consecutive with four-year pause thereafter |
| Inaugural holder | Edward Tiffin |
| Formation | March 3, 1803 |
| Deputy | Lieutenant Governor |
| Salary | $148,886 (2013) |
| Website | governor.ohio.gov |
The Governor of the state of Ohio is the head of the executive branch of Ohio's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Ohio Legislature; the power to convene the legislature; and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.
| # | Picture | Governor | Assumed office | Left office | Party | Lt. Governor |
Terms |
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| 1 |  |
Edward Tiffin (1766–1829) |
March 3, 1803 | March 4, 1807 | Democratic- Republican |
None | 1 |
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| 2 |  |
Thomas Kirker (1760–1837) |
March 4, 1807 | December 12, 1808 | Democratic- Republican |
1⁄2 |
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| 3 |  |
Samuel H. Huntington (1765–1817) |
December 12, 1808 | December 8, 1810 | Democratic- Republican |
1 |
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| 4 |  |
Return J. Meigs, Jr. (1764–1825) |
December 8, 1810 | March 24, 1814 | Democratic- Republican |
1 |
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| 5 |  |
Othniel Looker (1757–1845) |
March 24, 1814 | December 8, 1814 | Democratic- Republican |
1⁄2 |
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Thomas Worthington (1773–1827) |
December 8, 1814 | December 14, 1818 | Democratic- Republican |
2 | |||
| 7 |  |
Ethan Allen Brown (1776–1852) |
December 14, 1818 | January 4, 1822 | Democratic- Republican |
1 |
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| 8 |  |
Allen Trimble (1783–1870) |
January 4, 1822 | December 28, 1822 | Democratic- Republican |
1⁄2 |
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| 9 |  |
Jeremiah Morrow (1771–1852) |
December 28, 1822 | December 19, 1826 | Democratic- Republican |
2 | |||
| 10 | |
Allen Trimble (1783–1870) |
December 19, 1826 | December 18, 1830 | National Republican |
2 | |||
| 11 |  |
Duncan McArthur (1772–1839) |
December 18, 1830 | December 7, 1832 | National Republican |
1 | |||
| 12 |  |
Robert Lucas (1781–1853) |
December 7, 1832 | December 12, 1836 | Democratic | 2 | |||
| 13 |  |
Joseph Vance (1786–1852) |
December 12, 1836 | December 13, 1838 | Whig | 1 | |||
| 14 |  |
Wilson Shannon (1802–1877) |
December 13, 1838 | December 16, 1840 | Democratic | 1 | |||
| 15 |  |
Thomas Corwin (1794–1865) |
December 16, 1840 | December 14, 1842 | Whig | 1 | |||
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Wilson Shannon (1802–1877) |
December 14, 1842 | April 15, 1844 | Democratic | 1⁄2 |
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| 17 |  |
Thomas W. Bartley (1812–1885) |
April 15, 1844 | December 3, 1844 | Democratic | 1⁄2 |
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| 18 |  |
Mordecai Bartley (1783–1870) |
December 3, 1844 | December 12, 1846 | Whig | 1 | |||
| 19 |  |
William Bebb (1802–1873) |
December 12, 1846 | January 22, 1849 | Whig | 1 |
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| 20 |  |
Seabury Ford (1801–1855) |
January 22, 1849 | December 12, 1850 | Whig | 1 |
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| 21 |  |
Reuben Wood (1792–1864) |
December 12, 1850 | July 13, 1853 | Democratic | None | 1 |
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| William Medill | |||||||||
| 22 |  |
William Medill (1802–1865) |
July 13, 1853 | January 14, 1856 | Democratic | vacant | 1 |
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| James Myers | |||||||||
| 23 |  |
Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873) |
January 14, 1856 | January 9, 1860 | Republican | Thomas H. Ford | 2 | ||
| Martin Welker | |||||||||
| 24 |  |
William Dennison (1815–1882) |
January 9, 1860 | January 13, 1862 | Republican | Robert C. Kirk | 1 | ||
| 25 |  |
David Tod (1805–1868) |
January 13, 1862 | January 11, 1864 | Republican | Benjamin Stanton | 1 | ||
| 26 |  |
John Brough (1811–1865) |
January 11, 1864 | August 29, 1865 | Unionist | Charles Anderson | 1⁄2 |
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| 27 |  |
Charles Anderson (1814–1895) |
August 29, 1865 | January 8, 1866 | Republican | vacant | 1⁄2 |
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| 28 |  |
Jacob Dolson Cox (1828–1900) |
January 8, 1866 | January 13, 1868 | Republican | Andrew McBurney | 1 | ||
| 29 |  |
Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) |
January 13, 1868 | January 8, 1872 | Republican | John C. Lee | 2 | ||
| 30 |  |
Edward F. Noyes (1832–1890) |
January 8, 1872 | January 12, 1874 | Republican | Jacob Mueller | 1 | ||
| 31 |  |
William Allen (1803–1879) |
January 12, 1874 | January 10, 1876 | Democratic | Alphonso Hart | 1 | ||
| 32 |  |
Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) |
January 10, 1876 | March 2, 1877 | Republican | Thomas L. Young | 1⁄2 |
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| 33 |  |
Thomas L. Young (1832–1888) |
March 2, 1877 | January 14, 1878 | Republican | H. W. Curtiss (acting) | 1⁄2 |
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| 34 |  |
Richard M. Bishop (1812–1893) |
January 14, 1878 | January 12, 1880 | Democratic | Jabez W. Fitch | 1 | ||
| 35 |  |
Charles Foster (1828–1904) |
January 12, 1880 | January 14, 1884 | Republican | Andrew Hickenlooper | 2 | ||
| Rees G. Richards | |||||||||
| 36 |  |
George Hoadly (1826–1902) |
January 14, 1884 | January 11, 1886 | Democratic | John George Warwick | 1 | ||
| 37 |  |
Joseph B. Foraker (1846–1917) |
January 11, 1886 | January 13, 1890 | Republican | Robert P. Kennedy | 2 | ||
| Silas A. Conrad | |||||||||
| William C. Lyon | |||||||||
| 38 |  |
James E. Campbell (1843–1924) |
January 13, 1890 | January 11, 1892 | Democratic | Elbert L. Lampson | 1 | ||
| William V. Marquis | |||||||||
| 39 |  |
William McKinley (1843–1901) |
January 11, 1892 | January 13, 1896 | Republican | Andrew L. Harris | 2 | ||
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Asa S. Bushnell (1834–1904) |
January 13, 1896 | January 8, 1900 | Republican | Asa W. Jones | 2 | ||
| 41 |  |
George K. Nash (1842–1904) |
January 8, 1900 | January 11, 1904 | Republican | John A. Caldwell | 2 | ||
| Carl L. Nippert | |||||||||
| Harry L. Gordon | |||||||||
| 42 |  |
Myron T. Herrick (1854–1929) |
January 11, 1904 | January 8, 1906 | Republican | Warren G. Harding | 1 | ||
| 43 |  |
John M. Pattison (1847–1906) |
January 8, 1906 | June 18, 1906 | Democratic | Andrew L. Harris | 1⁄2 |
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| 44 |  |
Andrew L. Harris (1835–1915) |
June 18, 1906 | January 11, 1909 | Republican | vacant | 1⁄2 |
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| 45 |  |
Judson Harmon (1846–1927) |
January 11, 1909 | January 13, 1913 | Democratic | Francis W. Treadway | 2 | ||
| Atlee Pomerene | |||||||||
| Hugh L. Nichols | |||||||||
| 46 |  |
James M. Cox (1870–1957) |
January 13, 1913 | January 11, 1915 | Democratic | W. A. Greenlund | 1 | ||
| 47 |  |
Frank B. Willis (1871–1928) |
January 11, 1915 | January 8, 1917 | Republican | John H. Arnold | 1 | ||
| 48 |  |
James M. Cox (1870–1957) |
January 8, 1917 | January 10, 1921 | Democratic | Earl D. Bloom | 2 | ||
| Clarence J. Brown | |||||||||
| 49 |  |
Harry L. Davis (1878–1950) |
January 10, 1921 | January 8, 1923 | Republican | Clarence J. Brown | 1 | ||
| 50 |  |
A. Victor Donahey (1873–1946) |
January 8, 1923 | January 14, 1929 | Democratic | Earl D. Bloom | 3 | ||
| Charles H. Lewis | |||||||||
| Earl D. Bloom | |||||||||
| William G. Pickrel | |||||||||
| George C. Braden | |||||||||
| 51 |  |
Myers Y. Cooper (1873–1958) |
January 14, 1929 | January 12, 1931 | Republican | John T. Brown | 1 | ||
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George White (1872–1953) |
January 12, 1931 | January 14, 1935 | Democratic | William G. Pickrel | 2 | ||
| Charles W. Sawyer | |||||||||
| 53 |  |
Martin L. Davey (1884–1946) |
January 14, 1935 | January 9, 1939 | Democratic | Harold G. Mosier | 2 | ||
| Paul P. Yoder | |||||||||
| 54 | .jpg) |
John W. Bricker (1893–1986) |
January 9, 1939 | January 8, 1945 | Republican | Paul M. Herbert | 3 | ||
| 55 |  |
Frank J. Lausche (1895–1990) |
January 8, 1945 | January 13, 1947 | Democratic | George D. Nye | 1 | ||
| 56 | .png) |
Thomas J. Herbert (1894–1974) |
January 13, 1947 | January 10, 1949 | Republican | Paul M. Herbert | 1 | ||
| 57 | |
Frank J. Lausche (1895–1990) |
January 10, 1949 | January 3, 1957 | Democratic | George D. Nye | 3 |
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| John William Brown | |||||||||
| 58 | John William Brown (1913–1993) |
January 3, 1957 | January 14, 1957 | Republican | vacant | 1⁄2 |
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| 59 | C. William O'Neill (1916–1978) |
January 14, 1957 | January 12, 1959 | Republican | Paul M. Herbert | 1 | |||
| 60 |  |
Michael DiSalle (1908–1981) |
January 12, 1959 | January 14, 1963 | Democratic | John W. Donahey | 1 | ||
| 61 |  |
Jim Rhodes (1909–2001) |
January 14, 1963 | January 11, 1971 | Republican | John William Brown | 2 |
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| 62 |  |
John J. Gilligan (1921–2013) |
January 11, 1971 | January 13, 1975 | Democratic | John William Brown | 1 | ||
| 63 | |
Jim Rhodes (1909–2001) |
January 13, 1975 | January 10, 1983 | Republican | Dick Celeste | 2 |
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| George Voinovich | |||||||||
| vacant | |||||||||
| 64 |  |
Dick Celeste (born 1937) |
January 10, 1983 | January 14, 1991 | Democratic | Myrl Shoemaker | 2 | ||
| vacant | |||||||||
| Paul Leonard | |||||||||
| 65 |  |
George Voinovich (1936–2016) |
January 14, 1991 | December 31, 1998 | Republican | Mike DeWine | 1 |
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| vacant | |||||||||
| Nancy Hollister | |||||||||
| 66 | Nancy Hollister (born 1949) |
December 31, 1998 | January 11, 1999 | Republican | vacant | 1⁄2 |
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| 67 |  |
Bob Taft (born 1942) |
January 11, 1999 | January 8, 2007 | Republican | Maureen O'Connor | 2 | ||
| Jennette Bradley | |||||||||
| Bruce Edward Johnson | |||||||||
| vacant | |||||||||
| 68 |  |
Ted Strickland (born 1941) |
January 8, 2007 | January 10, 2011 | Democratic | Lee Fisher | 1 | ||
| 69 |  |
John Kasich (born 1952) |
January 10, 2011 | January 14, 2019 | Republican | Mary Taylor | 2 | ||
| 70 |  |
Mike DeWine (born 1947) |
January 14, 2019 | Incumbent | Republican | Jon A. Husted | 1 |
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