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Governor of Ohio
👁 Image Flag of the Governor
👁 Image Incumbent Mike DeWine sinceJanuary 14, 2019
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)^[1]
Website	governor.ohio.gov

The Governor of the state of Ohio is the head of the executive branch of Ohio's state government^[2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.^[3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Ohio Legislature;^[4] the power to convene the legislature;^[5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.^[6]

List of governors

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#	Picture	Governor		Assumed office	Left office	Party	Lt. Governor ^{[note 1]}
1	👁 Image	Edward Tiffin (1766–1829)	March 3, 1803	March 4, 1807	Democratic- Republican	None		1¹⁄₂ ^{[note 3]}
2	👁 Image	Thomas Kirker (1760–1837)	March 4, 1807	December 12, 1808	Democratic- Republican			¹⁄₂ ^{[note 4]}
3	👁 Image	Samuel H. Huntington (1765–1817)	December 12, 1808	December 8, 1810	Democratic- Republican			1 ^{[note 5]}
4	👁 Image	Return J. Meigs, Jr. (1764–1825)	December 8, 1810	March 24, 1814	Democratic- Republican			1¹⁄₂ ^{[note 6]}
5	👁 Image	Othniel Looker (1757–1845)	March 24, 1814	December 8, 1814	Democratic- Republican			¹⁄₂ ^{[note 4]}
6	👁 Image	Thomas Worthington (1773–1827)	December 8, 1814	December 14, 1818	Democratic- Republican			2
7	👁 Image	Ethan Allen Brown (1776–1852)	December 14, 1818	January 4, 1822	Democratic- Republican			1¹⁄₂ ^{[note 3]}
8	👁 Image	Allen Trimble (1783–1870)	January 4, 1822	December 28, 1822	Democratic- Republican			¹⁄₂ ^{[note 4]}
9	👁 Image	Jeremiah Morrow (1771–1852)	December 28, 1822	December 19, 1826	Democratic- Republican			2
10	👁 Image	Allen Trimble (1783–1870)	December 19, 1826	December 18, 1830	National Republican			2
11	👁 Image	Duncan McArthur (1772–1839)	December 18, 1830	December 7, 1832	National Republican			1
12	👁 Image	Robert Lucas (1781–1853)	December 7, 1832	December 12, 1836	Democratic			2
13	👁 Image	Joseph Vance (1786–1852)	December 12, 1836	December 13, 1838	Whig			1
14	👁 Image	Wilson Shannon (1802–1877)	December 13, 1838	December 16, 1840	Democratic			1
15	👁 Image	Thomas Corwin (1794–1865)	December 16, 1840	December 14, 1842	Whig			1
16	👁 Image	Wilson Shannon (1802–1877)	December 14, 1842	April 15, 1844	Democratic			¹⁄₂ ^{[note 7]}
17	👁 Image	Thomas W. Bartley (1812–1885)	April 15, 1844	December 3, 1844	Democratic			¹⁄₂ ^{[note 4]}
18	👁 Image	Mordecai Bartley (1783–1870)	December 3, 1844	December 12, 1846	Whig			1
19	👁 Image	William Bebb (1802–1873)	December 12, 1846	January 22, 1849	Whig			1 ^{[note 8]}
20	👁 Image	Seabury Ford (1801–1855)	January 22, 1849	December 12, 1850	Whig			1 ^{[note 8]}
21	👁 Image	Reuben Wood (1792–1864)	December 12, 1850	July 13, 1853	Democratic	None		1¹⁄₂ ^{[note 9]} ^{[note 10]}
21	👁 Image	Reuben Wood (1792–1864)	December 12, 1850	July 13, 1853	Democratic	William Medill		1¹⁄₂ ^{[note 9]} ^{[note 10]}
22	👁 Image	William Medill (1802–1865)	July 13, 1853	January 14, 1856	Democratic	vacant		1¹⁄₂ ^{[note 11]}
22	👁 Image	William Medill (1802–1865)	July 13, 1853	January 14, 1856	Democratic	James Myers		1¹⁄₂ ^{[note 11]}
23	👁 Image	Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873)	January 14, 1856	January 9, 1860	Republican	Thomas H. Ford	2
23	👁 Image	Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873)	January 14, 1856	January 9, 1860	Republican	Martin Welker	2
24	👁 Image	William Dennison (1815–1882)	January 9, 1860	January 13, 1862	Republican	Robert C. Kirk	1
25	👁 Image	David Tod (1805–1868)	January 13, 1862	January 11, 1864	Republican	Benjamin Stanton	1
26	👁 Image	John Brough (1811–1865)	January 11, 1864	August 29, 1865	Unionist	Charles Anderson	¹⁄₂ ^{[note 12]}
27	👁 Image	Charles Anderson (1814–1895)	August 29, 1865	January 8, 1866	Republican	vacant		¹⁄₂ ^{[note 13]}
28	👁 Image	Jacob Dolson Cox (1828–1900)	January 8, 1866	January 13, 1868	Republican	Andrew McBurney	1
29	👁 Image	Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893)	January 13, 1868	January 8, 1872	Republican	John C. Lee	2
30	👁 Image	Edward F. Noyes (1832–1890)	January 8, 1872	January 12, 1874	Republican	Jacob Mueller	1
31	👁 Image	William Allen (1803–1879)	January 12, 1874	January 10, 1876	Democratic	Alphonso Hart	1
32	👁 Image	Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893)	January 10, 1876	March 2, 1877	Republican	Thomas L. Young	¹⁄₂ ^{[note 14]}
33	👁 Image	Thomas L. Young (1832–1888)	March 2, 1877	January 14, 1878	Republican	H. W. Curtiss (acting)	¹⁄₂ ^{[note 13]}
34	👁 Image	Richard M. Bishop (1812–1893)	January 14, 1878	January 12, 1880	Democratic	Jabez W. Fitch	1
35	👁 Image	Charles Foster (1828–1904)	January 12, 1880	January 14, 1884	Republican	Andrew Hickenlooper	2
35	👁 Image	Charles Foster (1828–1904)	January 12, 1880	January 14, 1884	Republican	Rees G. Richards	2
36	👁 Image	George Hoadly (1826–1902)	January 14, 1884	January 11, 1886	Democratic	John George Warwick	1
37	👁 Image	Joseph B. Foraker (1846–1917)	January 11, 1886	January 13, 1890	Republican	Robert P. Kennedy	2
						Silas A. Conrad
						William C. Lyon
38	👁 Image	James E. Campbell (1843–1924)	January 13, 1890	January 11, 1892	Democratic	Elbert L. Lampson	1
38	👁 Image	James E. Campbell (1843–1924)	January 13, 1890	January 11, 1892	Democratic	William V. Marquis	1
39	👁 Image	William McKinley (1843–1901)	January 11, 1892	January 13, 1896	Republican	Andrew L. Harris	2
40	👁 Image	Asa S. Bushnell (1834–1904)	January 13, 1896	January 8, 1900	Republican	Asa W. Jones	2
41	👁 Image	George K. Nash (1842–1904)	January 8, 1900	January 11, 1904	Republican	John A. Caldwell	2
						Carl L. Nippert
						Harry L. Gordon
42	👁 Image	Myron T. Herrick (1854–1929)	January 11, 1904	January 8, 1906	Republican	Warren G. Harding	1
43	👁 Image	John M. Pattison (1847–1906)	January 8, 1906	June 18, 1906	Democratic	Andrew L. Harris	¹⁄₂ ^{[note 12]} ^{[note 15]}
44	👁 Image	Andrew L. Harris (1835–1915)	June 18, 1906	January 11, 1909	Republican	vacant		¹⁄₂ ^{[note 13]} ^{[note 15]}
45	👁 Image	Judson Harmon (1846–1927)	January 11, 1909	January 13, 1913	Democratic	Francis W. Treadway	2
						Atlee Pomerene
						Hugh L. Nichols
46	👁 Image	James M. Cox (1870–1957)	January 13, 1913	January 11, 1915	Democratic	W. A. Greenlund	1
47	👁 Image	Frank B. Willis (1871–1928)	January 11, 1915	January 8, 1917	Republican	John H. Arnold	1
48	👁 Image	James M. Cox (1870–1957)	January 8, 1917	January 10, 1921	Democratic	Earl D. Bloom	2
48	👁 Image	James M. Cox (1870–1957)	January 8, 1917	January 10, 1921	Democratic	Clarence J. Brown	2
49	👁 Image	Harry L. Davis (1878–1950)	January 10, 1921	January 8, 1923	Republican	Clarence J. Brown	1
50	👁 Image	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	👁 Image	Myers Y. Cooper (1873–1958)	January 14, 1929	January 12, 1931	Republican	John T. Brown	1
52	👁 Image	George White (1872–1953)	January 12, 1931	January 14, 1935	Democratic	William G. Pickrel	2
52	👁 Image	George White (1872–1953)	January 12, 1931	January 14, 1935	Democratic	Charles W. Sawyer	2
53	👁 Image	Martin L. Davey (1884–1946)	January 14, 1935	January 9, 1939	Democratic	Harold G. Mosier	2
53	👁 Image	Martin L. Davey (1884–1946)	January 14, 1935	January 9, 1939	Democratic	Paul P. Yoder	2
54	👁 Image	John W. Bricker (1893–1986)	January 9, 1939	January 8, 1945	Republican	Paul M. Herbert	3
55	👁 Image	Frank J. Lausche (1895–1990)	January 8, 1945	January 13, 1947	Democratic	George D. Nye	1
56	👁 Image	Thomas J. Herbert (1894–1974)	January 13, 1947	January 10, 1949	Republican	Paul M. Herbert	1
57	👁 Image	Frank J. Lausche (1895–1990)	January 10, 1949	January 3, 1957	Democratic	George D. Nye	3¹⁄₂ ^{[note 3]}
57	👁 Image	Frank J. Lausche (1895–1990)	January 10, 1949	January 3, 1957	Democratic	John William Brown	3¹⁄₂ ^{[note 3]}
58	John William Brown (1913–1993)	January 3, 1957	January 14, 1957	Republican	vacant		¹⁄₂ ^{[note 13]}
59	C. William O'Neill (1916–1978)	January 14, 1957	January 12, 1959	Republican	Paul M. Herbert	1
60	👁 Image	Michael DiSalle (1908–1981)	January 12, 1959	January 14, 1963	Democratic	John W. Donahey	1
61	👁 Image	Jim Rhodes (1909–2001)	January 14, 1963	January 11, 1971	Republican	John William Brown	2 ^{[note 16]}
62	👁 Image	John J. Gilligan (1921–2013)	January 11, 1971	January 13, 1975	Democratic	John William Brown	1
63	👁 Image	Jim Rhodes (1909–2001)	January 13, 1975	January 10, 1983	Republican	Dick Celeste	2 ^{[note 16]}
						George Voinovich
						vacant
64	👁 Image	Dick Celeste (born 1937)	January 10, 1983	January 14, 1991	Democratic	Myrl Shoemaker		2
						vacant
						Paul Leonard
65	👁 Image	George Voinovich (1936–2016)	January 14, 1991	December 31, 1998	Republican	Mike DeWine	1¹⁄₂ ^{[note 3]}
						vacant
						Nancy Hollister
66	Nancy Hollister (born 1949)	December 31, 1998	January 11, 1999	Republican	vacant			¹⁄₂ ^{[note 13]}
67	👁 Image	Bob Taft (born 1942)	January 11, 1999	January 8, 2007	Republican	Maureen O'Connor	2
						Jennette Bradley
						Bruce Edward Johnson
						vacant
68	👁 Image	Ted Strickland (born 1941)	January 8, 2007	January 10, 2011	Democratic	Lee Fisher		1
69	👁 Image	John Kasich (born 1952)	January 10, 2011	January 14, 2019	Republican	Mary Taylor	2
70	👁 Image	Mike DeWine (born 1947)	January 14, 2019	Incumbent	Republican	Jon A. Husted	1 ^{[note 17]}

References

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↑ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
↑ Ohio Constitution article III, § 5
↑ Ohio Constitution article III, § 10
↑ Ohio Constitution article II, § 16
↑ Ohio Constitution article III, § 8
↑ Ohio Constitution article III § 11
↑ "Andrew L. Harris". Ohio Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.

Notes

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↑ The office of lieutenant governor was not created until the 1851 Constitution, first being filled in 1852.
↑ The fractional terms of some governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
1 2 3 4 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
1 2 3 4 As speaker of the senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
↑ The 1808 election was actually won by Return J. Meigs, Jr., but he was declared ineligible for office for failing the residency requirements.
↑ Resigned to be U.S. Postmaster General.
↑ Resigned to be Minister to Mexico.
1 2 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.
↑ Wood's first term was truncated to one year, due to the 1851 constitution moving elections one year back to odd-numbered years.
↑ Resigned to be consul in Valparaíso, Chile.
↑ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, with no lieutenant, and was subsequently elected in his own right.
1 2 Died in office.
1 2 3 4 5 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
↑ Resigned to be President of the United States.
1 2 A 1905 amendment to the state constitution shifted elections forward one year, to take place on even years; thus, Pattison's term (completed by Lt. Governor Harris) was extended to three years.^[7]
1 2 Was prevented from running for a third term due to a limit on consecutive terms; ran successfully for a third term against the governor who followed his first terms, John Gilligan.
↑ Governor DeWine's first term expires on January 9, 2023. He is not yet term limited.

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