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Governor of Ohio
Flag of the Governor
Incumbent Mike DeWine since January 14, 2019
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.

List of governors

#	Picture	Governor		Assumed office	Left office	Party	Lt. Governor		Terms
1			Edward Tiffin (1766–1829)	March 3, 1803	March 4, 1807	Democratic- Republican	None		1+1⁄2
2			Thomas Kirker (1760–1837)	March 4, 1807	December 12, 1808	Democratic- Republican			1⁄2
3			Samuel H. Huntington (1765–1817)	December 12, 1808	December 8, 1810	Democratic- Republican			1
4			Return J. Meigs, Jr. (1764–1825)	December 8, 1810	March 24, 1814	Democratic- Republican			1+1⁄2
5			Othniel Looker (1757–1845)	March 24, 1814	December 8, 1814	Democratic- Republican			1⁄2
6			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+1⁄2
8			Allen Trimble (1783–1870)	January 4, 1822	December 28, 1822	Democratic- Republican			1⁄2
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
16			Wilson Shannon (1802–1877)	December 14, 1842	April 15, 1844	Democratic			1⁄2
17			Thomas W. Bartley (1812–1885)	April 15, 1844	December 3, 1844	Democratic			1⁄2
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
20			Seabury Ford (1801–1855)	January 22, 1849	December 12, 1850	Whig			1
21			Reuben Wood (1792–1864)	December 12, 1850	July 13, 1853	Democratic	None		1+1⁄2
								William Medill
22			William Medill (1802–1865)	July 13, 1853	January 14, 1856	Democratic	vacant		1+1⁄2
								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
27			Charles Anderson (1814–1895)	August 29, 1865	January 8, 1866	Republican	vacant		1⁄2
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
33			Thomas L. Young (1832–1888)	March 2, 1877	January 14, 1878	Republican		H. W. Curtiss (acting)	1⁄2
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
40			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
44			Andrew L. Harris (1835–1915)	June 18, 1906	January 11, 1909	Republican	vacant		1⁄2
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
52			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			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			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+1⁄2
								John William Brown
58			John William Brown (1913–1993)	January 3, 1957	January 14, 1957	Republican	vacant		1⁄2
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
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
								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+1⁄2
							vacant
								Nancy Hollister
66			Nancy Hollister (born 1949)	December 31, 1998	January 11, 1999	Republican	vacant		1⁄2
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