List of Governors of Ohio

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Term Began	Term Ended	Governor	Party	Notes
1787	1802	Arthur St. Clair	None

[edit] Governors since 1803

Term Began	Term Ended	Governor	Party	Notes
3 March 1803	4 March 1807	Edward Tiffin	Democratic-Republican	Resigned
4 March 1807	12 December 1808	Thomas Kirker	Democratic-Republican
12 December 1808	8 December 1810	Samuel H. Huntington	Democratic-Republican
8 December 1810	24 March 1814	Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.	Democratic-Republican	Resigned
24 March 1814	8 December 1814	Othneil Looker	Democratic-Republican
8 December 1814	14 December 1818	Thomas Worthington	Democratic-Republican
14 December 1818	4 January 1822	Ethan Allen Brown	Democratic-Republican	Resigned
4 January 1822	28 December 1822	Allen Trimble	Democratic-Republican
28 December 1822	19 December 1826	Jeremiah Morrow	Democratic-Republican
19 December 1826	18 December 1830	Allen Trimble	Democratic-Republican	2nd Administration
18 December 1830	7 December 1832	Duncan McArthur	National Republican
7 December 1832	12 December 1836	Robert Lucas	Democratic
12 December 1836	13 December 1838	Joseph Vance	Whig
31 December 1838	16 December 1840	Wilson Shannon	Democratic
16 December 1840	14 December 1842	Thomas Corwin	Whig
14 December 1842	15 April 1844	Wilson Shannon	Democratic	2nd Administration; Resigned
15 April 1844	3 December 1844	Thomas W. Bartley	Democratic	Son of Mordecai Bartley
3 December 1844	12 December 1846	Mordecai Bartley	Whig	Father of Thomas Welles Bartley
12 December 1846	22 January 1849	William Bebb	Whig
22 January 1849	12 December 1850	Seabury Ford	Whig
12 December 1850	13 July 1853	Reuben Wood	Democratic	Resigned
13 July 1853	14 January 1856	William Medill	Democratic
14 January 1856	9 January 1860	Salmon Portland Chase	Republican
9 January 1860	13 January 1862	William Dennison Jr.	Republican
4 January 1862	11 January 1864	David Tod	Republican
11 January 1864	29 August 1865	John Brough	Republican	Died in office
29 August 1865	8 January 1866	Charles Anderson	Republican
8 January 1866	13 January 1868	Jacob Dolson Cox	Republican
13 January 1868	8 January 1872	Rutherford Birchard Hayes	Republican
8 January 1872	12 January 1874	Edward Follansbee Noyes	Republican
12 January 1874	10 January 1876	William Allen	Democratic
10 January 1876	2 March 1877	Rutherford Birchard Hayes	Republican	2nd Administration; Resigned upon election as U.S. president
2 March 1877	14 January 1878	Thomas Lowry Young	Republican
14 January 1878	12 January 1880	Richard M. Bishop	Democratic
12 January 1880	14 January 1884	Charles Foster	Republican
14 January 1884	11 January 1886	George Hoadly	Democratic
11 January 1886	13 January 1890	Joseph B. Foraker	Republican
13 January 1890	11 January 1892	James E. Campbell	Democratic
11 January 1892	13 January 1896	William McKinley	Republican
13 January 1896	8 January 1900	Asa S. Bushnell	Republican
8 January 1900	11 January 1904	George Kilborn Nash	Republican
11 January 1904	8 January 1906	Myron T. Herrick	Republican
8 January 1906	18 January 1906	John M. Pattison	Democratic
18 January 1906	11 January 1909	Andrew L. Harris	Republican
11 January 1909	13 January 1913	Judson Harmon	Democratic
13 January 1913	11 January 1915	James M. Cox	Democratic
11 January 1915	8 January 1917	Frank B. Willis	Republican
8 January 1917	10 January 1921	James M. Cox	Democratic	2nd Administration
10 January 1921	8 January 1923	Harry L. Davis	Republican
8 January 1923	14 January 1929	A. Victor Donahey	Democratic
14 January 1929	12 January 1931	Myers Y. Cooper	Republican
12 January 1931	14 January 1935	George White	Democratic
14 January 1935	9 January 1939	Martin L. Davey	Democratic
9 January 1939	8 January 1945	John William Bricker	Republican
8 January 1945	13 January 1947	Frank J. Lausche	Democratic
13 January 1947	10 January 1949	Thomas J. Herbert	Republican
10 January 1949	3 January 1957	Frank J. Lausche	Democratic	2nd administration; Resigned after election to the U.S. Senate
3 January 1957	14 January 1957	John William Brown	Republican
14 January 1957	12 January 1959	C. William O'Neill	Republican
12 January 1959	14 January 1963	Michael V. DiSalle	Democratic
14 January 1963	11 January 1971	James A. Rhodes	Republican
11 January 1971	13 January 1975	John J. Gilligan	Democratic
13 January 1975	10 January 1983	James A. Rhodes	Republican	2nd Administration
10 January 1983	14 January 1991	Richard F. Celeste	Democratic
14 January 1991	31 December 1998	George V. Voinovich	Republican
31 December 1998	11 January 1999	Nancy P. Hollister	Republican
11 January 1999	08 January 2007	Robert A. Taft II	Republican
08 January 2007		Ted Strickland	Democratic	Governor Elect