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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Ohio:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Attorney General
• Secretary of State
• State Treasurer
• State Auditor

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State House of Representatives
• State Supreme Court
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. Also indicated is the party that controlled the Ohio Apportionment Board, which draws legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly in the years following the United States Census.

1788–1845

Year	Executive offices				State Legislature		Ohio Supreme Court	United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor	Secretary of State	Treasurer	Auditor	Senate	House		Senator (Class I)	Senator (Class III)	House
1788	Arthur St. Clair (F)	Winthrop Sargent (F)
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796			John Armstrong (F)
1797
1798
1799		William Henry Harrison (F)
1800		Charles Willing Byrd (DR)
1801
1802
1803	Edward Tiffin (DR)	William Creighton Jr. (DR)	William McFarland (DR)	Thomas Gibson (DR)	DR maj.	DR maj.	3DR	John Smith (DR)	Thomas Worthington (DR)	1DR
1804											Thomas Jefferson/ George Clinton (DR) Y
1805
1806
1807	Thomas Kirker (DR)								Edward Tiffin (DR)
1808	Samuel Huntington (DR)	Jeremiah McLene (DR)		Benjamin Hough (DR)			4DR	vacant			James Madison/ George Clinton (DR) Y
1809								Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR)	Stanley Griswold (DR)
1810	Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR)								Alexander Campbell (DR)
1811							3DR	Thomas Worthington (DR)
1812											James Madison/ Elbridge Gerry (DR) Y
1813										6DR
1814	Othniel Looker (DR)								Jeremiah Morrow (DR)
1815	Thomas Worthington (DR)			Ralph Osborn (DR)				Joseph Kerr (DR)
1816			Hiram M. Curry (DR)				4DR	Benjamin Ruggles (DR)			James Monroe/ Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) Y
1817
1818	Ethan Allen Brown (DR)
1819									William A. Trimble (DR)
1820			Samuel Sullivan (DR)
1821
1822	Allen Trimble (F)								Ethan Allen Brown (DR)
	Jeremiah Morrow (DR)
1823			Henry Brown (DR)							10NR, 2J, 2DR
1824											Henry Clay/ Nathan Sanford (DR) N
1825					[?]	[?]	4NR	Benjamin Ruggles (NR)	William Henry Harrison (NR)	12NR, 2J
1826	Allen Trimble (NR)				[?]	[?]
1827					[?]	[?]				12NR, 2J
1828					22NR, 13J	44NR, 28J			Jacob Burnet (NR)		Andrew Jackson/ John C. Calhoun (D) Y
1829					19NR, 17J	38NR, 34J				8J, 6NR
1830	Duncan McArthur (NR)				21J, 15NR	37J, 32NR, 3?	2NR, 2J
1831		Moses H. Kirby (NR)			18D, 18W	38NR, 29D, 5A-C	3NR, 1J			8NR, 6J
1832	Robert Lucas (D)				20NR, 16D	42NR, 30D			Thomas Ewing (NR)		Andrew Jackson/ Martin Van Buren (D) Y
1833				John A. Bryan (D)	19D, 17W	39D, 31W, 2?	2NR, 2D	Thomas Morris (J)		11D, 6NR, 2A-M
1834					22D, 14NR	46D, 26NR
1835		Benjamin B. Hinkson (D)	Joseph Whitehill (W)		19D, 17W	42W, 29D, 1?	3W, 1D			9D, 9W, 1A-M
1836	Joseph Vance (W)	Carter B. Harlan (D)			20D, 16W	46D, 26W	2D, 2W				William Henry Harrison/ Francis Granger (W) N
1837					20W, 16D	37D, 35W		Thomas Morris (D)	William Allen (D)	11W, 8D
1838	Wilson Shannon (D)				20W, 16D	40W, 32D
1839				John Brough (D)	19D, 17W	38D, 34W		Benjamin Tappan (D)		11D, 8W
1840	Thomas Corwin (W)	William Trevitt (D)			25D, 11W	48D, 24W					William Henry Harrison/ John Tyler (W) Y
1841		John Sloane (W)			22D, 14W	51W, 21D				12W, 7D
1842	Wilson Shannon (D)				19D, 17W	37D, 35W	3D, 1W
1843					22D, 14W	39D, 33W				12D, 9W
1844	Thomas W. Bartley (D)	Samuel Galloway (W)			20D, 16W	38W, 34D					Henry Clay/ Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) N
	Mordecai Bartley (W)
1845				John Woods (W)	22W, 14D	41W, 31D				13D, 8W

1846–present

Year	Executive offices						State Legislature		Ohio Supreme Court	United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor	Lt. Governor	Attorney General	Secretary of State	Treasurer	Auditor	Senate	House		Senator (Class I)	Senator (Class III)	House
1846	William Bebb (W)	no such office	Henry Stanbery (W)	Samuel Galloway (W)	Joseph Whitehill (W)	John Woods (W)	21W, 15D	44W, 28D	3D, 1W	Thomas Corwin (W)	William Allen (D)	13D, 8W
1847					Albert A. Bliss (W)		18D, 18W	39W, 32D, 1I	2D, 2W			11W, 10D
1848							19W, 17D	40W, 32D					Cass/ Butler (D) N
1849	Seabury Ford (W)						18W, 18D	37W, 35D				11D, 8W, 2FS
1850	Reuben Wood (D)			Henry W. King (FS)			16W, 16D, 4FS	36W, 29D, 7FS		Thomas Ewing (W)	Salmon P. Chase (FS)
1851			Joseph McCormick (D)				17W, 16D, 3FS	34W, 32D, 6FS	3D, 1W	Benjamin Wade (W)		11D, 9W, 1FS
1852		William Medill (D)	George E. Pugh (D)	William Trevitt (D)	John G. Breslin (D)	William Duane Morgan (D)	24D, 9W, 1FS	65D, 28W, 1FS	5D				Pierce/ King (D) Y
1853	William Medill (D)	James Myers (D)										12D, 7W, 2FS
1854			George McCook (D)				26D, 7W	70D, 17W, 9FS
1855									4D, 1R			21 A-Neb.
1856	Salmon P. Chase (R)	Thomas H. Ford (R)	Francis D. Kimball (R)	James H. Baker (R)	William H. Gibson (R)	Francis M. Wright (R)	29R, 6D	78R, 34D	3R, 2D	Benjamin Wade (R)	George E. Pugh (D)		Frémont/ Dayton (R) N
1857			Christopher Wolcott (R)						4R, 1D			13R, 8D
1858		Martin Welker (R)		Addison Peale Russell (R)	Alfred P. Stone (R)		20D, 13R	62D, 44R, 1I
1859									5R			15R, 6D
1860	William Dennison Jr. (R)	Robert C. Kirk (R)				Robert Walker Tayler Sr. (R)	25R, 10D	58R, 46D, 1I					Lincoln/ Hamlin (R) Y
1861			James Murray (R)								Salmon P. Chase (R)
											John Sherman (R)	13R, 8D
1862	David Tod (R)	Benjamin Stanton (R)		Benjamin R. Cowen (R)	G. V. Dorsey (R)		26R, 8D	74R, 23D
1863			Lyman R. Critchfield (D)	William W. Armstrong (D)		Oviatt Cole (R)			4R, 1D			14D, 5R
1864	John Brough (R)	Charles Anderson (R)				James H. Godman (R)	30R, 4D	76R, 21D					Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) Y
1865	Charles Anderson (R)	vacant	William P. Richardson (R)	William Henry Smith (R)	William Hooper (R)				5R			17R, 2D
1866	Jacob Dolson Cox (R)	Andrew McBurney (R)	William H. West (R)		S. S. Warner (R)		25R, 12D	71R, 34D
1867												16R, 3D
1868	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	John C. Lee (R)		John Russell (R)			18D, 17R	56D, 49R					Grant/ Colfax (R) Y
1869				Isaac R. Sherwood (R)						Allen G. Thurman (D)		13R, 6D
1870			Francis Bates Pond (R)				19R, 18D	57R, 54D
1871												14R, 5D
1872	Edward F. Noyes (R)	Jacob Mueller (R)			Isaac Welsh (R)	James Williams (R)	18R, 18D	57R, 48D					Grant/ Wilson (R) Y
1873				Allen T. Wikoff (R)								14R, 6D
1874	William Allen (D)	Alphonso Hart (R)	John Little (R)				22D, 14R	58D, 44R, 3I
1875				William Bell Jr. (D)					3R, 2D			13D, 7R
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	Thomas L. Young (R)			John M. Millikin (R)		20R, 17D	65R, 46D					Hayes/ Wheeler (R) Y
1877	Thomas L. Young (R)	H. W. Curtiss (R)		Milton Barnes (R)					4R, 1D		Stanley Matthews (R)	12R, 8D
1878	Richard M. Bishop (D)	Jabez W. Fitch (D)	Isaiah Pillars (D)		Anthony Howells (D)		25D, 10R	68D, 38R, 3G	3R, 2D
1879											George H. Pendleton (D)	11D, 9R
1880	Charles Foster (R)	Andrew Hickenlooper (R)	George K. Nash (R)		Joseph Turney (R)	John F. Oglevee (R)	23R, 14D	69R, 45D	4R, 1D				Garfield/ Arthur (R) Y
1881				Charles Townsend (R)						John Sherman (R)		15R, 5D
1882		Rees G. Richards (R)					22R, 11D	70R, 35D
1883				James W. Newman (D)								13D, 8R
1884	George Hoadly (D)	John G. Warwick (D)	James Lawrence (D)		Peter Brady (D)	Emil Kiesewetter (D)	22D, 11R	60D, 45R	3D, 2R				Blaine/ Logan (R) N
1885				James S. Robinson (R)							Henry B. Payne (D)	11D, 10R
1886	Joseph B. Foraker (R)	Robert P. Kennedy (R)	Jacob A. Kohler (R)		John C. Brown (R)		21R, 16D	68R, 42D	3R, 2D
1887		Silas A. Conrad (R)							4R, 1D			15R, 6D
1888		William C. Lyon (R)	David K. Watson (R)			Ebenezer W. Poe (R)	25R, 11D	65R, 45D					Harrison/ Morton (R) Y
1889				Daniel J. Ryan (R)					5R			16R, 5D
1890	James E. Campbell (D)	Elbert L. Lampson (R)					19D, 17R	60D, 54R
		William V. Marquis (D)
1891											Calvin S. Brice (D)	14D, 7R
1892	William McKinley (R)	Andrew L. Harris (R)	John K. Richards (R)	Christian L. Poorman (R)	William T. Cope (R)		21R, 10D	72R, 35D					Harrison/ Reid (R) N
1893				Samuel McIntire Taylor (R)					6R			11D, 10R
1894							26R, 5D	85R, 22D
1895												19R, 2D
1896	Asa S. Bushnell (R)	Asa W. Jones (R)	Frank S. Monnett (R)		Samuel B. Campbell (R)	Walter D. Guilbert (R)	30R, 6D, 1P	87R, 25D					McKinley/ Hobart (R) Y
1897				Charles Kinney (R)						Mark Hanna (R)		15R, 6D
1898							18D, 17R, 1IR	62R, 47D			Joseph B. Foraker (R)
1899
1900	George K. Nash (R)	John A. Caldwell	John M. Sheets (R)		Isaac B. Cameron (R)		19R, 11D, 1IR	62R, 45D, 3IR					McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) Y
1901				Lewis C. Laylin (R)								17R, 4D
1902		Carl L. Nippert (R)					21R, 12D	68R, 42D
		Harry L. Gordon (R)
1903
1904	Myron T. Herrick (R)	Warren G. Harding (R)	Wade H. Ellis (R)		William S. McKinnon (R)		29R, 4D	88R, 22D		Charles W. F. Dick (R)			Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) Y
1905												20R, 1D
1906	John M. Pattison (D)	Andrew L. Harris (R)					18D, 18R, 1I	62R, 75D, 2I
	Andrew L. Harris (R)	vacant
1907				Carmi Thompson (R)								16R, 5D
1908													Taft/ Sherman (R) Y
1909	Judson Harmon (D)	Francis W. Treadway (R)	Ulysses G. Denman (R)		David S. Creamer (D)	Edward M. Fullington (R)	20R, 14D	71R, 45D, 1I			Theodore E. Burton (R)	13R, 8D
1910
1911		Atlee Pomerene (D)	Timothy Hogan (D)	Charles H. Graves (D)			19D, 15R	70D, 49R	4R, 2D	Atlee Pomerene (D)		16D, 5R
1912		Hugh L. Nichols (D)											Wilson/ Marshall (D) Y
1913	James M. Cox (D)	W. A. Greenlund (D)			John P. Brennan (D)	Vic Donahey (D)	26D, 7R	87D, 33R, 3Prog	5D, 2R			19D, 3R
1914
1915	Frank B. Willis (R)	John H. Arnold (R)	Edward C. Turner (R)	Charles Q. Hildebrant (R)	Rudolph W. Archer (R)		20R, 13D	72R, 50D, 1Prog	4D, 3R		Warren G. Harding (R)	13R, 9D
1916
1917	James M. Cox (D)	Earl D. Bloom (D)	Joseph McGhee (D)	William D. Fulton (D)	Chester E. Bryan (D)		25D, 11R	72D, 56R				13D, 9R
1918
1919		Clarence J. Brown (R)	John G. Price (R)	Harvey C. Smith (R)	Rudolph W. Archer (R)		27R, 7D	100R, 36D	4R, 3D			14R, 8D
1920													Harding/ Coolidge (R) Y
1921	Harry L. Davis (R)					Joseph T. Tracy (R)	36R, 1D	113R, 12D	6R, 1D		Frank B. Willis (R)	22R
1922
1923	Vic Donahey (D)	Earl D. Bloom (D)	Charles C. Crabbe (R)	Thad H. Brown (R)	Harry S. Day (R)		31R, 4D	103R, 27D		Simeon D. Fess (R)		16R, 6D
1924													Coolidge/ Dawes (R) Y
1925		Charles H. Lewis (R)					33R, 2D	110R, 20D
1926
1927		Earl D. Bloom (D)	Edward C. Turner (R)	Clarence J. Brown (R)	Bert B. Buckley (R)		35R, 2D	103R, 33D
1928		William G. Pickrel (D)									Cyrus Locher (D)
		George C. Braden (R)									Theodore E. Burton (R)		Hoover/ Curtis (R) Y
1929	Myers Y. Cooper (R)	John T. Brown (R)	Gilbert Bettman (R)		H. Ross Ake (R)		31R	122R, 11D			Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)	19R, 3D
1930											Robert J. Bulkley (D)
1931	George White (D)	William G. Pickrel (D)			Harry S. Day (R)		18R, 14D	70R, 58D				13R, 9D
1932									5R, 2D				Roosevelt/ Garner (D) Y
1933		Charles W. Sawyer (D)	John W. Bricker (R)	George S. Myers (D)			16D, 16R	84D, 51R	4R, 3D			18D, 6R
1934									5D, 2R
1935	Martin L. Davey (D)	Harold G. Mosier (D)					19D, 13R	68R, 67D	4R, 3D	Vic Donahey (D)
1936
1937		Paul P. Yoder (D)	Herbert S. Duffy (D)	William Kennedy (D)	Clarence H. Knisley (D)	Joseph T. Ferguson (D)	31D, 5R	105D, 33R				21D, 3R
1938									4D, 3R
1939	John W. Bricker (R)	Paul M. Herbert (R)	Thomas J. Herbert (R)	Earl Griffith (R)	Don H. Ebright (R)		27R, 7D	100R, 36D	4R, 3D		Robert A. Taft (R)	15R, 9D
1940				George M. Neffiner (R)									Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) Y
1941				John E. Sweeney (D)			19R, 17D	78R, 60D	5R, 2D	Harold H. Burton (R)		12R, 12D
1942
1943				Edward J. Hummel (R)			28R, 5D	111R, 25D				20R, 3D
1944													Dewey/ Bricker (R) N
1945	Frank Lausche (D)	George D. Nye (D)	Hugh S. Jenkins (R)				20R, 13D	89R, 47D		James W. Huffman (D)		17R, 6D
1946										Kingsley A. Taft (R)
1947	Thomas J. Herbert (R)	Paul M. Herbert (R)					32R, 4D	123R, 16D	4R, 3D	John W. Bricker (R)		19R, 4D
1948													Truman/ Barkley (D) Y
1949	Frank Lausche (D)	George D. Nye (D)	Herbert S. Duffy (D)	Donald K. Zoller (R)			19D, 14R	69D, 66R	5R, 2D			12D, 11R
1950
1951			C. William O'Neill (R)	Ted W. Brown (R)	Roger W. Tracy (R)		26R, 7D	98R, 36D, 1I				16R, 6D, 1I
1952													Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) Y
1953		John W. Brown (R)				Jim Rhodes (R)	23R, 10D	102R, 34D			Thomas A. Burke (D)
1954									4R, 3D		George H. Bender (D)
1955							21R, 12D	89R, 47D				17R, 6D
1956
1957	John W. Brown (R)	vacant	William B. Saxbe(R)				22R, 12D	97R, 42D			Frank Lausche (D)
	C. William O'Neill (R)	Paul M. Herbert (R)
1958
1959	Michael DiSalle (D)	John W. Donahey (D)	Mark McElroy (D)		Joseph T. Ferguson (D)		20D, 13R	78D, 61R		Stephen M. Young (D)		15R, 8D
1960													Nixon/ Lodge (R) N
1961							20R, 18D	84R, 55D				16R, 7D
1962
1963	Jim Rhodes (R)	John W. Brown (R)	William B. Saxbe (R)		John D. Herbert (R)	Roger W. Tracy (R)	20R, 13D	88R, 49D	6R, 1D			18R, 6D
1964						Chester W. Goble (R)							Johnson/ Humphrey (D) Y
1965						Roger Cloud (R)	16R, 16D	75R, 62D				14R, 10D
1966						Archer E. Reilly (R)
1967						Roger Cloud (R)	23R, 10D	62R, 37D				19R, 5D
1968													Nixon/ Agnew (R) Y
1969			Paul W. Brown (R)				21R, 12D	64R, 35D			William B. Saxbe (R)	18R, 6D
1970									7R
1971	John J. Gilligan (D)		William J. Brown (D)		Gertrude W. Donahey (D)	Joseph T. Ferguson (D)	20R, 13D	54R, 45D		Robert Taft Jr. (R)		17R, 7D
1972									6R, 1D
1973							17R, 16D	57D, 42R	5R, 2D			16R, 7D
1974
											Howard Metzenbaum (D)
1975	Jim Rhodes (R)	Dick Celeste (D)				Thomas E. Ferguson (D)	21D, 12R	59D, 40R			John Glenn (D)	15R, 8D
1976										Howard Metzenbaum (D)			Carter/ Mondale (D) Y
1977								62D, 37R	4D, 3R			13R, 10D
1978
1979		George Voinovich (R)		Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (D)			18D, 15R	63D, 36R
1980		vacant											Reagan/ Bush (R) Y
1981							18R, 15D	56D, 43R	5D, 2R
1982
1983	Dick Celeste (D)	Myrl Shoemaker (D)	Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (D)	Sherrod Brown (D)	Mary Ellen Withrow (D)		17D, 16R	62D, 37R	6D, 1R			11R, 10D
1984
1985		vacant					18R, 15D	59D, 40R	4D, 3R			11D, 10R
1986
1987		Paul Leonard (D)						60D, 39R	4R, 3D
1988													Bush/ Quayle (R) Y
1989							19R, 14D	59D, 40R
1990
1991	George Voinovich (R)	Mike DeWine (R)	Lee Fisher (D)	Bob Taft (R)			21R, 12D	61D, 38R
1992													Bill Clinton/ Al Gore (D) Y
1993							20R, 13D	53D, 46R				10D, 9R
1994					Ken Blackwell (R)
1995		Nancy Hollister (R)	Betty Montgomery (R)			Jim Petro (R)		56R, 43D	5R, 2D	Mike DeWine (R)		13R, 6D
1996
1997							21R, 12D	60R, 39D				11R, 8D
1998
	Nancy Hollister (R)	vacant
1999	Bob Taft (R)	Maureen O'Connor (R)		Ken Blackwell (R)	Joe Deters (R)			59R, 40D			George Voinovich (R)
2000													Bush/ Cheney (R) Y
2001								60R, 39D
2002
2003		Jennette Bradley (R)	Jim Petro (R)			Betty Montgomery (R)	22R, 11D	62R, 37D				12R, 6D
2004
2005								61R, 38D	6R, 1D
		Bruce Johnson (R)			Jennette Bradley (R)
2006
2007	Ted Strickland (D)	Lee Fisher (D)	Marc Dann (D)	Jennifer Brunner (D)	Richard Cordray (D)	Mary Taylor (R)	21R, 12D	53R, 46D	7R	Sherrod Brown (D)		11R, 7D
2008													Obama/ Biden (D) Y
			Tom Winters (D)
			Nancy H. Rogers (D)
2009			Richard Cordray (D)		Kevin Boyce (D)			53D, 46R				10D, 8R
2010									6R, 1D
2011	John Kasich (R)	Mary Taylor (R)	Mike DeWine (R)	Jon Husted (R)	Josh Mandel (R)	Dave Yost (R)	23R, 10D	59R, 40D			Rob Portman (R)	13R, 5D
2012
2013								60R, 39D				12R, 4D
2014
2015								65R, 34D
2016													Trump/ Pence (R) Y
2017							24R, 9D	66R, 33D
2018									7R
2019	Mike DeWine (R)	Jon Husted (R)	Dave Yost (R)	Frank LaRose (R)	Robert Sprague (R)	Keith Faber (R)		61R, 38D	5R, 2D
2020													Trump/ Pence (R) N
2021							25R, 8D	64R, 35D	4R, 3D
2022
2023							26R, 7D	67R, 32D			JD Vance (R)	10R, 5D
2024													Trump/ Vance (R) Y
2025							24R, 9D	65R, 34D	6R, 1D	Bernie Moreno (R)

1. Governor of the Northwest Territory appointed by the Continental Congress. There was no Ohio Territory; Ohio is considered the successor state to the Northwest Territory.
2. Ohio was accepted into the Union in 1803, and cast its first votes for president in the 1804 election.
3. ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
4. ^ As speaker of the Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
5. The 1808 election was actually won by Return J. Meigs Jr., but Meigs was declared ineligible for office for failing residency requirements.
6. Resigned to become United States Postmaster General.
7. Allen Trimble ran as a Federalist in 1822 and National Republican in 1826.
8. A Democrat, Samuel R. Miller, was elected as Speaker of the Senate.
9. A Whig, Peter Hitchcock, was elected as a minority-party Speaker of the Senate at organization. Another Whig, Charles Anthony, was elected as a minority-party Speaker after Hitchcock resigned in March. In a special session in June concerning the Toledo War, a Democrat, David Disney, was elected as Speaker.
10. Democrat Elijah Vance was re-elected as a minority-party Speaker of the Senate.
11. Resigned to become United States minister to Mexico.
12. ^ Bebb's term officially ended in December 1848. However, due to the large number of close elections that year, the General Assembly was delayed in qualifying governor-elect Seabury Ford, and Bebb remained in office for an extra few weeks.
13. A Democrat, Brewster Randall, was chosen as Speaker of the Senate on the 1st Ballot.
14. A Free Soiler who ran on the Whig ticket, Brewster Randall, was chosen as Speaker of the Senate on the 16th Ballot.
15. A Democrat, John G. Breslin, was elected as a minority-party Speaker on the 3rd Ballot.
16. Wood's first term was truncated to one year, due to the 1851 constitution's moving elections one year back to odd-numbered years; resigned to become consul in Valparaíso, Chile.
17. A Whig, Harrison G. O. Blake, was chosen as Speaker of the Senate on the 301st Ballot.
18. A Democrat, Benjamin F. Leiter, was elected as a minority-party Speaker on the 10th Ballot.
19. A Whig, Charles Cleveland Convers, was elected as Speaker of the Senate in coalition with the Free Soilers on the 14th Ballot.
20. A Free Soiler, John F. Morse, was elected as Speaker in coalition with the Democrats on the 11th Ballot.
21. ^ Due to the approval of the Ohio Constitution of 1851, legislators began to serve two-year terms.
22. As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
23. ^ Died in office.
24. ^ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
25. Though the Senate was tied, the Republicans had control of the Senate Presidency due to the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor.
26. Resigned to become president of the United States.
27. Acting.
28. Elected to United States House of Representatives representing Ohio's 8th congressional district.
29. There was a contest over four seats from Hamilton County and whether the Democrats or Republicans won them. The Democrats initially claimed the Senate Presidency under John O'Neill. After a compromise was worked out on not seating the four Democrats being contested, the 15 of the other 16 Democrats left the chamber, leaving it short of a quorum of 19. Some days later, a motion was made on the floor to accept the four Republicans, and it was granted. This allowed the Republicans to choose Silas A. Conrad as President pro tempore, and to organize and control the chamber.
30. Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson I (D) also carried 1 of Ohio's 23 electoral votes due to a faithless elector.
31. The Independent Republican voted to give the Democrats control of the Senate Presidency and the chamber.
32. ^ A 1905 amendment to the state constitution shifted elections forward one year, to take place on even years; thus Pattison's term, completed by Lieutenant Governor Andrew L. Harris Harris, was extended to three years.
33. The Independent voted to give the Democrats control of the Senate Presidency and the chamber.
34. ^ Due to a state constitutional amendment, every legislator elected in 1905 served a three-year term, and would serve two-year terms afterward.
35. Though the Senate was tied, the Democrats had control of the Senate Presidency due to the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor.
36. Elected a Democratic Speaker.
37. Though the Senate was tied, the Republicans had control of the Senate Presidency due to the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor.
38. Resigned to become Mayor of Cleveland.
39. Resigned.
40. Resigned following election as state attorney general in November 2008 special election.
41. As deputy attorney general, acted as attorney general following Dann's resignation.
42. ^ Appointed to fill vacancy.
43. Elected in November 2008 special election.

See also

• Elections in Ohio
• Political demographics and history in Ohio
• Politics of Ohio

References

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12. Smith 1898 : 74
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• Politics of Ohio
• Government of Ohio
• Political party strength in the United States by state