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.
state">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.
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 |
# | 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 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 |
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