LIST OF GOVERNORS OF OHIO

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==Territorial Governor (Northwest Territory)==

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

Governors since 1803

Notes

Governors since 1803

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
1	Edward Tiffin	March 3 1803	March 4 1807	Democratic-Republican	Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
2	Thomas Kirker	March 4 1807	December 12 1808	Democratic-Republican	As speaker of the state senate, filled unexpired term.
3	Samuel H. Huntington	December 12 1808	December 8 1810	Democratic-Republican
4	Return J. Meigs, Jr.	December 8 1810	March 24 1814	Democratic-Republican	^[1]
5	Othneil Looker	March 24 1814	December 8 1814	Democratic-Republican
6	Thomas Worthington	December 8 1814	December 14 1818	Democratic-Republican
7	Ethan Allen Brown	December 14 1818	January 4 1822	Democratic-Republican
8	Allen Trimble	January 4 1822	December 28 1822	Democratic-Republican
9	Jeremiah Morrow	December 28 1822	December 19 1826	Democratic-Republican
10	Allen Trimble	December 19 1826	December 18 1830	Democratic-Republican
11	Duncan McArthur	December 18 1830	December 7 1832	National Republican
12	Robert Lucas	December 7 1832	December 12 1836	Democratic
13	Joseph Vance	December 12 1836	December 13 1838	Whig
14	Wilson Shannon	December 13 1838	December 16 1840	Democratic
15	Thomas Corwin	December 16 1840	December 14 1842	Whig
16	Wilson Shannon	December 14 1842	April 15 1844	Democratic	^[2]
17	Thomas W. Bartley	April 15 1844	December 3 1844	Democratic
18	Mordecai Bartley	December 3 1844	December 12 1846	Whig
19	William Bebb	December 12 1846	January 22 1849	Whig	William 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 William Bebb remained in office for an extra few weeks.
20	Seabury Ford	January 22 1849	December 12 1850	Whig
21	Reuben Wood	December 12 1850	July 13 1853	Democratic	^[3]
22	William Medill	July 13 1853	January 14 1856	Democratic	As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
23	Salmon P. Chase	January 14 1856	January 9 1860	Republican
24	William Dennison	January 9 1860	January 13 1862	Republican
25	David Tod	January 4 1862	January 11 1864	Republican
26	John Brough	January 11 1864	August 29 1865	Republican	Died in office.
27	Charles Anderson	August 29 1865	January 8 1866	Republican	As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
28	Jacob Dolson Cox	January 8 1866	January 13 1868	Republican
29	Rutherford B. Hayes	January 13 1868	January 8 1872	Republican
30	Edward F. Noyes	January 8 1872	January 12 1874	Republican
31	William Allen	January 12 1874	January 10 1876	Democratic
32	Rutherford B. Hayes	January 10 1876	March 2 1877	Republican	Resigned to be President of the United States.
33	Thomas L. Young	March 2 1877	January 14 1878	Republican
34	Richard M. Bishop	January 14 1878	January 12 1880	Democratic
35	Charles Foster	January 12 1880	January 14 1884	Republican
36	George Hoadly	January 14 1884	January 11 1886	Democratic
37	Joseph B. Foraker	January 11 1886	January 13 1890	Republican
38	James E. Campbell	January 13 1890	January 11 1892	Democratic
39	William McKinley	January 11 1892	January 13 1896	Republican
40	Asa S. Bushnell	January 13 1896	January 8 1900	Republican
41	George K. Nash	January 8 1900	January 11 1904	Republican
42	Myron T. Herrick	January 11 1904	January 8 1906	Republican
43	John M. Pattison	January 8 1906	January 18 1906	Democratic
44	Andrew L. Harris	January 18 1906	January 11 1909	Republican
45	Judson Harmon	January 11 1909	January 13 1913	Democratic
46	James M. Cox	January 13 1913	January 11 1915	Democratic
47	Frank B. Willis	January 11 1915	January 8 1917	Republican
48	James M. Cox	January 8 1917	January 10 1921	Democratic
49	Harry L. Davis	January 10 1921	January 8 1923	Republican
50	A. Victor Donahey	January 8 1923	January 14 1929	Democratic
51	Myers Y. Cooper	January 14 1929	January 12 1931	Republican
52	George White	January 12 1931	January 14 1935	Democratic
53	Martin L. Davey	January 14 1935	January 9 1939	Democratic
54	John W. Bricker	January 9 1939	January 8 1945	Republican
55	Frank J. Lausche	January 8 1945	January 13 1947	Democratic
56	Thomas J. Herbert	January 13 1947	January 10 1949	Republican
57	Frank J. Lausche	January 10 1949	January 3 1957	Democratic
58	John William Brown	January 3 1957	January 14 1957	Republican
59	C. William O'Neill	January 14 1957	January 12 1959	Republican
60	Michael DiSalle	January 12 1959	January 14 1963	Democratic
61	Jim Rhodes	January 14 1963	January 11 1971	Republican
62	John J. Gilligan	January 11 1971	January 13 1975	Democratic
63	Jim Rhodes	January 13 1975	January 10 1983	Republican
64	Dick Celeste	January 10 1983	January 14 1991	Democratic
65	George Voinovich	January 14 1991	December 31 1998	Republican
66	Nancy Hollister	December 31 1998	January 11 1999	Republican
67	Bob Taft	January 11 1999	January 8 2007	Republican
68	Ted Strickland	January 8 2007	''Incumbent''	Democratic	^[4]

Notes

1. Resigned to be United States Postmaster General.
2. Resigned to be Minister to Mexico.
3. Resigned to be consul in Valparaíso, Chile.
4. Governor Strickland's first term expires in 2011; he is not yet term limited.

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