List of Ohio politicians (by state office)

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Executive

Governors of Ohio and Candidates

Name Life Dates Party Candidate Served
John Kenneth Blackwell 1948–Present Republican 2006  
Bob Fitrakis 1955–Present Green 2006  
Bill Peirce 1938–Present Libertarian 2006  
Ted Strickland 1941–Present Democrat 2006 2007–Present
Robert Alphonso Taft II 1942–Present Republican 1998 1999- 2007
Lee Fisher 1951–Present Democrat 1998  
Nancy Putnam Hollister 1949–Present Republican   1998-1999
Robert L. Burch Jr.   Democrat 1994  
George Victor Voinovich 1936–Present Republican 1990, 1994 1991-1998
Richard F. Celeste   Democrat 1978, 1982, 1986 1983-1991
James A. Rhodes 1909-  Republican 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966 1975-1983
John J. Gilligan   Democrat   1971-1975
James A. Rhodes 1909-  Republican 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966 1963-1971
Michael V. DiSalle 1908-  Democrat 1956, 1959 1959-1963
C. William O'Neill   Republican   1957-1959
John W. Brown   Republican   1957-1957
Frank J. Lausche   Democrat   1949-1957
Thomas J. Herbert   Republican   1947-1949
Frank J. Lausche   Democrat   1945-1947
John W. Bricker   Republican   1939-1945
Martin L. Davey   Democrat   1935-1939
George White   Democrat   1931-1935
Myers Y. Cooper   Republican   1929-1931
A. Vic Donahey   Democrat   1927-1929
Harry L. Davis   Republican   1921-1923
James M. Cox   Democrat   1917-1921
Frank B. Willis   Republican   1915-1917
James M. Cox   Democrat   1913-1915
Judson Harmon   Democrat   1909-1911
Andrew L. Harris   Republican   1906-1909
John M. Pattison   Democrat   1906-1906
Myron T. Herrick   Republican   1904-1906
George K. Nash   Republican   1900-1902
Asa S.Bushnell   Republican   1896-1900
William McKinley, Jr   Republican   1892-1896
James E. Campbell   Democrat   1890-1892
Joseph B. Foraker   Republican   1886-1888
George Hoadly   Democrat   1884-1886
Charles Foster   Republican   1880-1882
Richard M. Bishop   Democrat   1878-1880
Thomas I. Young   Republican   1877-1878
Rutherford B. Hayes   Republican   1876-1877
William Allen   Democrat   1874-1876
Edward F. Noyes   Republican   1872-1874
Rutherford B. Hayes   Republican   1868-1872
Jacob Dolson Cox   Republican   1866-1868
Charles Anderson   Republican   1865-1866
John Brough   Republican   1864-1865
David Tod   Republican   1862-1864
William Dennison, Jr.   Republican   1860-1862
Salmon P. Chase   Republican   1856-1860
William Medill   Democrat   1853-1856
Reuben Wood   Democrat   1850-1853
Seabury Ford   Whig   1848-1850
William Bebb   Whig   1846-1848
Mordeccai Bartley   Whig   1844-1846
Thomas W. Bartley   Democrat   1844-1844
Wilson Shannon   Democrat   1842-1844
Thomas Corwin   Whig   1840-1842
Wilson Shannon   Democrat   1838-1840
Joseph Vance   Whig   1836-1838
Robert Lucas   Democrat   1832-1836
Duncan McArthur   Federalist   1830-1832
Allen Trimble   Federalist   1826-1830
Jeremiah Morrow   Democrat   1822-1826
Allen Trimble   Federalist   1822-1824
Ethan Allen Brown   Democrat   1818-1822
Thomas Worthington   Democrat   1814-1818
Othneil Looker   Democrat   1814-1814
Jonathan Meigs   Democrat   1810-1814
Samuel Huntington   Democrat   1808-1810
Thomas Kirker   Democrat   1807-1808
Edward Tiffin   Democrat   1803-1807
Charles W. Byrd       1802-1803
Arthur St. Clair       1788-1802

Lieutenant Governors of Ohio and Candidates

Name Life Dates Party Candidate Served
Lee Fisher 1951–Present Democrat 2006 2007–Present
Mark Noble 1976–Present Libertarian 2006  
Tom Raga 1965–Present Republican 2006  
Bruce Edward Johnson   Republican - 2004 - 2007
Jennette Bradley   Republican 2002 2003 - 2004
Maureen O'Connor   Republican 1998 1999 - 2003
Nancy Hollister   Republican 1994 1995 - 1999
Mike DeWine 1947–Present Republican 1990 1991 - 1995
Paul Leonard   Democrat 1986 1987 - 1991

Attorneys General of Ohio and Candidates

Name Life Dates Party Candidate Served
Marc Dann   Democrat 2006 2007–Present
Jim Petro 1948–Present Republican 2002 2003- 2007
Betty Montgomery   Republican 1994 1998 2006 1995-2002
Lee Fisher 1951–Present Democrat 1990 1994 1991-1995
Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. 1941-2003 Democrat 1982 1986 1983-1991
William J. Brown   Democrat 1970 1974 1978 1971-1983
Paul W. Brown   Republican 1968 1969-1971
William B. Saxbe 1916–Present Republican 1962 1963-1968
Mark McElroy   Democrat 1958 1959-1963
William B. Saxbe 1916–Present Republican   1957-1959

State Treasurers of Ohio and Candidates

Name Life Dates Party Candidate Served
Richard Cordray 1959–Present Democrat 2006 2007–Present
Jennette Bradley   Republican 2004 2005-2007
Joseph T. Deters   Republican 1998 1999-2005
J. Kenneth Blackwell 1948–Present Republican 1994 1994-1999

Legislative

Majority Whips of the Ohio Senate

Steve Austria, Republican, Senate District 10, Since 2005

Ohio State Representatives and Candidates

District Name Life Dates Party Candidate Served
1st District Charles R. Blasdel 1971–Present Republican 2000 2002 2004 2001-Present
2nd District Jon M. Peterson   Republican   ?-Present
3rd District Jim Carmichael   Republican   ?-Present
4th District John R. Willamowski 1960–Present Republican 1998 2000 2002 2004 1997-2006
5th District Tim Schaffer   Republican   ?-Present
6th District Robert E. Latta   Republican   ?-Present
12th District Michael DeBose   Democrat 2000 2002 2004 2001-Present
13th District Michael J. Skindell   Democrat   ?-Present
15th District Timothy J. DeGeeter 1969–Present Democrat   ?-Present
24th District Geoffrey C. Smith 1943–Present Republican   ?-Present
25th District Daniel Stewart   Democrat 2002 2004 2006 2003-Present
27th District Joyce Beatty 1950–Present Democrat   ?-Present

Judicial

Chief Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court and Candidates

(the office of chief justice was created in 1912)

Name Party Served
Hugh L. Nichols Democrat 1913-1920
Carrington T. Marshall Republican 1921-1932
Carl V. Weygandt Democrat 1933-1962
Kingsley A. Taft Republican 1963-1970
C. William O'Neill Republican 1970-1978
Robert E. Leach Republican 1978
Frank D. Celebrezze Sr. Democrat 1978-1986
Thomas J. Moyer Republican March 2010
Eric Brown Democratic December 2010
Maureen O'Connor Republican Present

Judges of Ohio Courts of Appeal and Candidates

Name Life Dates Party Candidate Served District
Gene Donofrio 1953–Present Democrat 1992,1998,2004 1993-Present 7th
Joseph J. Vukovich 1945–Present Democrat 1996,2002,2008 1997-Present 7th
Cheryl L. Waite 1959–Present Democrat 1996,2002,2008 1997-Present 7th
Mary DeGenaro 1961–Present Republican 2000,2006 2001–Present 7th
John R. Willamowski 1960–Present Republican 2006 2007–Present 3rd

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