Political party strength in Ohio
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Ohio:
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.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), no party (N), National Republican (NR), Republican (R), Whig (W), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Supreme Court | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||||
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Attorney General | Secretary of State | Treasurer | Auditor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Apportionment Board | ||
| 1778 | Arthur St. Clair (N)[1] | [2] | |||||||||||
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| 1803 | Edward Tiffin (DR)[3] | ||||||||||||
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| 1807 | Thomas Kirker (DR)[4] | ||||||||||||
| 1808 | Samuel H. Huntington (DR)[5] | ||||||||||||
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| 1810 | Return J. Meigs, Jr. (DR)[6] | ||||||||||||
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| 1814 | Othniel Looker (DR)[4] | ||||||||||||
| Thomas Worthington (DR) | |||||||||||||
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| 1818 | Ethan Allen Brown (DR)[3] | ||||||||||||
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| 1822 | Allen Trimble (F)[4] | ||||||||||||
| Jeremiah Morrow (DR) | |||||||||||||
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| 1826 | Allen Trimble (F) | ||||||||||||
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| 1830 | Duncan McArthur (NR) | ||||||||||||
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| 1832 | Robert Lucas (D) | ||||||||||||
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| 1836 | Joseph Vance (W) | ||||||||||||
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| 1838 | Wilson Shannon (D) | ||||||||||||
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| 1840 | Thomas Corwin (W) | ||||||||||||
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| 1842 | Wilson Shannon (D)[7] | ||||||||||||
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| 1844 | Thomas W. Bartley (D)[4] | ||||||||||||
| Mordecai Bartley (W) | |||||||||||||
| 1845 | |||||||||||||
| 1846 | William Bebb (W)[8] | ||||||||||||
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| 1848 | |||||||||||||
| 1849 | Seabury Ford (W)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1850 | Reuben Wood (D)[9] | ||||||||||||
| 1851 | |||||||||||||
| 1852 | William Medill (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1853 | William Medill (D)[10] | James Myers (D) | |||||||||||
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| 1855 | |||||||||||||
| 1856 | Salmon P. Chase (R) | Thomas H. Ford (W) | |||||||||||
| 1857 | |||||||||||||
| 1858 | Martin Welker (W) | ||||||||||||
| 1859 | |||||||||||||
| 1860 | William Dennison (R) | Robert C. Kirk (R) | |||||||||||
| 1861 | |||||||||||||
| 1862 | David Tod (R) | Benjamin Stanton (R) | |||||||||||
| 1862 | |||||||||||||
| 1864 | John Brough (R)[11] | Charles Anderson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1865 | Charles Anderson (R)[12] | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1866 | Jacob Dolson Cox (R) | Andrew McBurney (R) | |||||||||||
| 1867 | |||||||||||||
| 1868 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | John C. Lee (R) | |||||||||||
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| 1871 | |||||||||||||
| 1872 | Edward F. Noyes (R) | Jacob Mueller (R) | |||||||||||
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| 1874 | William Allen (D) | Alphonso Hart (R) | |||||||||||
| 1875 | |||||||||||||
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R)[13] | Thomas L. Young (R) | |||||||||||
| 1877 | Thomas L. Young (R)[12] | H. W. Curtiss (R)[14] | |||||||||||
| 1878 | Richard M. Bishop (D) | Jabez W. Fitch (D) | |||||||||||
| 1879 | |||||||||||||
| 1880 | Charles Foster (R) | Andrew Hickenlooper (R) | |||||||||||
| 1881 | |||||||||||||
| 1882 | Reese G. Richards (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1883 | |||||||||||||
| 1884 | George Hoadly (D) | John George Warwick (D) | |||||||||||
| 1885 | |||||||||||||
| 1886 | Joseph B. Foraker (R) | Robert P. Kennedy (R)[15] | |||||||||||
| 1887 | Silas A. Conrad (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1888 | William C. Lyon (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1889 | |||||||||||||
| 1890 | James E. Campbell (D) | Elbert L. Lampson (R) | 17D, 16R | ||||||||||
| William V. Marquis (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1891 | |||||||||||||
| 1892 | William McKinley (R) | Andrew L. Harris (R) | R majority | ||||||||||
| 1893 | |||||||||||||
| 1894 | R majority | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | |||||||||||||
| 1896 | Asa S. Bushnell (R) | Asa W. Jones (R) | |||||||||||
| 1897 | |||||||||||||
| 1898 | D majority | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | George K. Nash (R) | John A. Caldwell | R majority | ||||||||||
| 1901 | |||||||||||||
| 1902 | Carl L. Nippert (R) | ||||||||||||
| Harry L. Gordon (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1903 | |||||||||||||
| 1904 | Myron T. Herrick (R) | Warren G. Harding (R) | |||||||||||
| 1905 | |||||||||||||
| 1906 | John M. Pattison (D)[11][16] | Andrew L. Harris (R) | D majority | ||||||||||
| Andrew L. Harris (R)[12][16] | vacant | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | |||||||||||||
| 1908 | |||||||||||||
| 1909 | Judson Harmon (D) | Francis W. Treadway (R) | R majority | ||||||||||
| 1910 | |||||||||||||
| 1911 | Atlee Pomerene (D) | D majority | D majority | ||||||||||
| 1912 | Hugh L. Nichols (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1913 | James M. Cox (D) | W. A. Greenlund (D) | |||||||||||
| 1914 | |||||||||||||
| 1915 | Frank B. Willis (R) | John H. Arnold (R) | R majority | R majority | |||||||||
| 1916 | |||||||||||||
| 1917 | James M. Cox (D) | Earl D. Bloom (D) | D majority | D majority | |||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||||||
| 1919 | Clarence J. Brown (R) | R majority | R majority | ||||||||||
| 1920 | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | Harry L. Davis (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1922 | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | A. Victor Donahey (D) | Earl D. Bloom (D) | |||||||||||
| 1924 | |||||||||||||
| 1925 | Charles H. Lewis (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1926 | |||||||||||||
| 1927 | Earl D. Bloom (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1928 | William G. Pickrel (D) | ||||||||||||
| George C. Braden (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1929 | Myers Y. Cooper (R) | John T. Brown (R) | |||||||||||
| 1930 | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | George White (D) | William G. Pickrel (D) | |||||||||||
| 1932 | |||||||||||||
| 1933 | Charles W. Sawyer (D) | D majority | D majority | ||||||||||
| 1934 | |||||||||||||
| 1935 | Martin L. Davey (D) | Harold G. Mosier (D) | |||||||||||
| 1936 | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | Paul P. Yoder (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | John W. Bricker (R) | Paul M. Herbert (R) | R majority | R majority | |||||||||
| 1940 | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | 5R, 2D | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | |||||||||||||
| 1943 | |||||||||||||
| 1944 | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | Frank J. Lausche (D) | George D. Nye (D) | |||||||||||
| 1946 | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | Thomas J. Herbert (R) | Paul M. Herbert (R) | 4R, 3D | ||||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||||||
| 1949 | Frank J. Lausche (D)[3] | George D. Nye (D) | D majority | D majority | 5R, 2D | ||||||||
| 1950 | |||||||||||||
| 1951 | R majority | R majority | |||||||||||
| 1952 | |||||||||||||
| 1953 | John William Brown (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1954 | 4R, 3D | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | |||||||||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | John William Brown (R)[12] | vacant | |||||||||||
| C. William O'Neill (R) | Paul M. Herbert (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | Michael DiSalle (D) | John W. Donahey (D) | D majority | D majority | |||||||||
| 1960 | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | R majority | R majority | |||||||||||
| 1962 | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | Jim Rhodes (R) | John William Brown (R) | 6R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | |||||||||||||
| 1970 | 7R | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | John J. Gilligan (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1972 | 6R, 1D | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | D majority | 5R, 2D | |||||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||||||
| John Glenn (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | Jim Rhodes (R) | Dick Celeste (D) | D majority | ||||||||||
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | 4D, 3R | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||||||
| 1979 | George Voinovich (R)[17] | ||||||||||||
| 1980 | vacant | Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | R majority | 5D, 2R | |||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | Dick Celeste (D) | Myrl Shoemaker (D)[11] | D majority | 6D, 1R | |||||||||
| 1984 | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | vacant | R majority | 4D, 3R | ||||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | Paul Leonard (D) | 4R, 3D | |||||||||||
| 1988 | George H.W.Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | George Voinovich (R)[3] | Mike DeWine (R) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | Nancy Hollister (R) | R majority | 5R, 2D | Mike DeWine (R) | |||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | Nancy Hollister (R)[12] | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Bob Taft (R) | Maureen O'Connor (R) | Ken Blackwell (R) | Joe Deters (R) | George Voinovich (R) | ||||||||
| 2000 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | Jennette Bradley (R) | Jim Petro (R) | Betty Montgomery (R) | 22R, 11D | 12R, 6D | ||||||||
| 2004 | 62R, 37D | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | R majority | 6R, 1D | |||||||||||
| Bruce Johnson (R) | Jennette Bradley (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | Ted Strickland (D) | Lee Fisher (D) | Marc Dann (D)[18] | Jennifer Brunner (D) | Richard Cordray (D)[19] | Mary Taylor (R) | 21R, 12D | 53R, 46D | 7R | Sherrod Brown (D) | 11R, 7D | ||
| 2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | ||||||||||||
| Tom Winters (D)[20] | |||||||||||||
| Nancy H. Rogers (D)[21] | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Richard Cordray (D)[22] | Kevin Boyce (D)[21] | 53D, 46R | 10D, 8R | |||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Attorney General | Secretary of State | Treasurer | Auditor | State Senate | State House | Supreme Court | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Apportionment Board |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||||||
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ The office of lieutenant governor was created by the 1851 Constitution, first being filled in 1852.
- ^ a b c d Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c d As speaker of the Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ^ The 1808 election was actually won by Return J. Meigs, Jr., but Meigs was declared ineligible for office for failing residency requirements.
- ^ Resigned to become United States Postmaster General.
- ^ Resigned to become United States minister to Mexico.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
- ^ a b c Died in office.
- ^ a b c d e As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Resigned to become president of the United States.
- ^ Acting.
- ^ Elected to United States House of Representatives representing Ohio's 8th congressional district.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Resigned to become mayor of Cleveland.
- ^ Resigned.
- ^ Resigned following election as state attorney general in November 2008 special election.
- ^ As deputy attorney general, acted as attorney general following Dann's resignation.
- ^ a b Appointed to fill vacancy.
- ^ Elected in November 2008 special election.
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