Political party strength in Ohio

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Ohio: Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Secretary of State State Treasurer State Auditor

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.

1788–1845

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureOhioSupremeCourtUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorSecretary of StateTreasurerAuditorSenateHouseSenator(Class I)Senator(Class III)House1788Arthur St. Clair Winthrop Sargent 17891790179117921793179417951796John Armstrong 179717981799William Henry Harrison 1800Charles Willing Byrd 180118021803Edward Tiffin William Creighton Jr. William McFarland Thomas Gibson DR maj.DR maj.3DRJohn Smith Thomas Worthington 1DR1804Thomas Jefferson/George Clinton 180518061807Thomas Kirker Edward Tiffin 1808Samuel Huntington Jeremiah McLene Benjamin Hough 4DRvacantJames Madison/George Clinton 1809Return J. Meigs Jr. Stanley Griswold 1810Return J. Meigs Jr. Alexander Campbell 18113DRThomas Worthington 1812James Madison/Elbridge Gerry 18136DR1814Othniel Looker Jeremiah Morrow 1815Thomas Worthington Ralph Osborn Joseph Kerr 1816Hiram M. Curry 4DRBenjamin Ruggles James Monroe/Daniel D. Tompkins 18171818Ethan Allen Brown 1819William A. Trimble 1820Samuel Sullivan 18211822Allen Trimble Ethan Allen Brown Jeremiah Morrow 1823Henry Brown 10NR, 2J, 2DR1824Henry Clay/Nathan Sanford 18254NRBenjamin Ruggles William Henry Harrison 12NR, 2J1826Allen Trimble 182712NR, 2J182822NR, 13J44NR, 28JJacob Burnet Andrew Jackson/John C. Calhoun 182919NR, 17J38NR, 34J8J, 6NR1830Duncan McArthur 21J, 15NR37J, 32NR, 3?2NR, 2J1831Moses H. Kirby 18D, 18W38NR, 29D, 3NR, 1J8NR, 6J1832Robert Lucas 20NR, 16D42NR, 30DThomas Ewing Andrew Jackson/Martin Van Buren 1833John A. Bryan 19D, 17W39D, 31W, 2?2NR, 2DThomas Morris 11D, 6NR, 183422D, 14NR46D, 26NR1835Benjamin B. Hinkson Joseph Whitehill 19D, 17W42W, 29D, 1?3W, 1D9D, 9W, 1836Joseph Vance Carter B. Harlan 20D, 16W46D, 26W2D, 2WWilliam Henry Harrison/Francis Granger 183720W, 16D37D, 35WThomas Morris William Allen 11W, 8D1838Wilson Shannon 20W, 16D40W, 32D1839John Brough 19D, 17W38D, 34WBenjamin Tappan 11D, 8W1840Thomas Corwin William Trevitt 25D, 11W48D, 24WWilliam Henry Harrison/John Tyler 1841John Sloane 22D, 14W51W, 21D12W, 7D1842Wilson Shannon 19D, 17W37D, 35W3D, 1W184322D, 14W39D, 33W12D, 9W1844Thomas W. Bartley Samuel Galloway 20D, 16W38W, 34DHenry Clay/Theodore Frelinghuysen Mordecai Bartley 1845John Woods 22W, 14D41W, 31D13D, 8W

1846–present

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureOhioSupremeCourtUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLt. GovernorAttorney GeneralSecretary of StateTreasurerAuditorSenateHouseSenator(Class I)Senator(Class III)House1846William Bebb no suchofficeHenry Stanbery Samuel Galloway Joseph Whitehill John Woods 21W, 15D44W, 28D3D, 1WThomas Corwin William Allen 13D, 8W1847Albert A. Bliss 18D, 18W39W, 32D, 1I2D, 2W11W, 10D184819W, 17D40W, 32DCass/Butler 1849Seabury Ford 18W, 18D37W, 35D11D, 8W, 2FS1850Reuben Wood Henry W. King 16W, 16D, 4FS36W, 29D, 7FSThomas Ewing Salmon P. Chase 1851Joseph McCormick 17W, 16D, 3FS34W, 32D, 6FS3D, 1WBenjamin Wade 11D, 9W, 1FS1852William Medill George E. Pugh William Trevitt John G. Breslin William Duane Morgan 24D, 9W, 1FS65D, 28W, 1FS5DPierce/King 1853William Medill James Myers 12D, 7W, 2FS1854George McCook 26D, 7W70D, 17W, 9FS18554D, 1R21 A-Neb.1856Salmon P. Chase Thomas H. Ford Smith 1898 : 40Francis D. Kimball James H. Baker William H. Gibson Francis M. Wright 29R, 6D78R, 34D3R, 2DBenjamin Wade George E. Pugh Frémont/Dayton 1857Christopher Wolcott 4R, 1D13R, 8D1858Martin Welker Smith 1898 : 74Addison Peale Russell Alfred P. Stone 20D, 13R62D, 44R, 1I18595R15R, 6D1860William Dennison Jr. Robert C. Kirk Robert Walker Tayler Sr. 25R, 10D58R, 46D, 1ILincoln/Hamlin 1861James Murray Salmon P. Chase John Sherman 13R, 8D1862David Tod Benjamin Stanton Benjamin R. Cowen G. V. Dorsey 26R, 8D74R, 23D1863Lyman R. Critchfield William W. Armstrong Oviatt Cole 4R, 1D14D, 5R1864John Brough Charles Anderson James H. Godman 30R, 4D76R, 21DLincoln/Johnson 1865Charles Anderson vacantWilliam P. Richardson William Henry Smith William Hooper 5R17R, 2D1866Jacob Dolson Cox Andrew McBurney William H. West S. S. Warner 25R, 12D71R, 34D186716R, 3D1868Rutherford B. Hayes John C. Lee John Russell 18D, 17R56D, 49RGrant/Colfax 1869Isaac R. Sherwood Allen G. Thurman 13R, 6D1870Francis Bates Pond 19R, 18D57R, 54D187114R, 5D1872Edward F. Noyes Jacob Mueller Isaac Welsh James Williams 18R, 18D57R, 48DGrant/Wilson 1873Allen T. Wikoff 14R, 6D1874William Allen Alphonso Hart John Little 22D, 14R58D, 44R, 3I1875William Bell Jr. 3R, 2D13D, 7R1876Rutherford B. Hayes Thomas L. Young John M. Millikin 20R, 17D65R, 46DHayes/Wheeler 1877Thomas L. Young H. W. Curtiss Milton Barnes 4R, 1DStanley Matthews 12R, 8D1878Richard M. Bishop Jabez W. Fitch Isaiah Pillars Anthony Howells 25D, 10R68D, 38R, 3G3R, 2D1879George H. Pendleton 11D, 9R1880Charles Foster Andrew Hickenlooper George K. Nash Joseph Turney John F. Oglevee 23R, 14D69R, 45D4R, 1DGarfield/Arthur 1881Charles Townsend John Sherman 15R, 5D1882Rees G. Richards 22R, 11D70R, 35D1883James W. Newman 13D, 8R1884George Hoadly John G. Warwick James Lawrence Peter Brady Emil Kiesewetter 22D, 11R60D, 45R3D, 2RBlaine/Logan 1885James S. Robinson Henry B. Payne 11D, 10R1886Joseph B. Foraker Robert P. Kennedy Jacob A. Kohler John C. Brown 21R, 16D68R, 42D3R, 2D1887Silas A. Conrad 4R, 1D15R, 6D1888William C. Lyon David K. Watson Ebenezer W. Poe 25R, 11D65R, 45DHarrison/Morton 1889Daniel J. Ryan 5R16R, 5D1890James E. Campbell Elbert L. Lampson 19D, 17R60D, 54RWilliam V. Marquis 1891Calvin S. Brice 14D, 7R1892William McKinley Andrew L. Harris John K. Richards Christian L. Poorman William T. Cope 21R, 10D72R, 35DHarrison/Reid 1893Samuel McIntire Taylor 6R11D, 10R189426R, 5D85R, 22D189519R, 2D1896Asa S. Bushnell Asa W. Jones Frank S. Monnett Samuel B. Campbell Walter D. Guilbert 30R, 6D, 1P87R, 25DMcKinley/Hobart 1897Charles Kinney Mark Hanna 15R, 6D189818D, 17R, 1IR62R, 47DJoseph B. Foraker 18991900George K. Nash John A. CaldwellJohn M. Sheets Isaac B. Cameron 19R, 11D, 1IR62R, 45D, 3IRMcKinley/Roosevelt 1901Lewis C. Laylin 17R, 4D1902Carl L. Nippert 21R, 12D68R, 42DHarry L. Gordon 19031904Myron T. Herrick Warren G. Harding Wade H. Ellis William S. McKinnon 29R, 4D88R, 22DCharles W. F. Dick Roosevelt/Fairbanks 190520R, 1D1906John M. Pattison Andrew L. Harris 18D, 18R, 1I62R, 75D, 2IAndrew L. Harris vacant1907Carmi Thompson 16R, 5D1908Taft/Sherman 1909Judson Harmon Francis W. Treadway Ulysses G. Denman David S. Creamer Edward M. Fullington 20R, 14D71R, 45D, 1ITheodore E. Burton 13R, 8D19101911Atlee Pomerene Timothy Hogan Charles H. Graves 19D, 15R70D, 49R4R, 2DAtlee Pomerene 16D, 5R1912Hugh L. Nichols Wilson/Marshall 1913James M. Cox W. A. Greenlund John P. Brennan Vic Donahey 26D, 7R87D, 33R, 3Prog5D, 2R19D, 3R19141915Frank B. Willis John H. Arnold Edward C. Turner Charles Q. Hildebrant Rudolph W. Archer 20R, 13D72R, 50D, 1Prog4D, 3RWarren G. Harding 13R, 9D19161917James M. Cox Earl D. Bloom Joseph McGhee William D. Fulton Chester E. Bryan 25D, 11R72D, 56R13D, 9R19181919Clarence J. Brown John G. Price Harvey C. Smith Rudolph W. Archer 27R, 7D100R, 36D4R, 3D14R, 8D1920Harding/Coolidge 1921Harry L. Davis Joseph T. Tracy 36R, 1D113R, 12D6R, 1DFrank B. Willis 22R19221923Vic Donahey Earl D. Bloom Charles C. Crabbe Thad H. Brown Harry S. Day 31R, 4D103R, 27DSimeon D. Fess 16R, 6D1924Coolidge/Dawes 1925Charles H. Lewis 33R, 2D110R, 20D19261927Earl D. Bloom Edward C. Turner Clarence J. Brown Bert B. Buckley 35R, 2D103R, 33D1928William G. Pickrel Cyrus Locher George C. Braden Theodore E. Burton Hoover/Curtis 1929Myers Y. Cooper John T. Brown Gilbert Bettman H. Ross Ake 31R122R, 11DRoscoe C. McCulloch 19R, 3D1930Robert J. Bulkley 1931George White William G. Pickrel Harry S. Day 18R, 14D70R, 58D13R, 9D19325R, 2DRoosevelt/Garner 1933Charles W. Sawyer John W. Bricker George S. Myers 16D, 16R84D, 51R4R, 3D18D, 6R19345D, 2R1935Martin L. Davey Harold G. Mosier 19D, 13R68R, 67D4R, 3DVic Donahey 19361937Paul P. Yoder Herbert S. Duffy William Kennedy Clarence H. Knisley Joseph T. Ferguson 31D, 5R105D, 33R21D, 3R19384D, 3R1939John W. Bricker Paul M. Herbert Thomas J. Herbert Earl Griffith Don H. Ebright 27R, 7D100R, 36D4R, 3DRobert A. Taft 15R, 9D1940George M. Neffiner Roosevelt/Wallace 1941John E. Sweeney 19R, 17D78R, 60D5R, 2DHarold H. Burton 12R, 12D19421943Edward J. Hummel 28R, 5D111R, 25D20R, 3D1944Dewey/Bricker 1945Frank Lausche George D. Nye Hugh S. Jenkins 20R, 13D89R, 47DJames W. Huffman 17R, 6D1946Kingsley A. Taft 1947Thomas J. Herbert Paul M. Herbert 32R, 4D123R, 16D4R, 3DJohn W. Bricker 19R, 4D1948Truman/Barkley 1949Frank Lausche George D. Nye Herbert S. Duffy Donald K. Zoller 19D, 14R69D, 66R5R, 2D12D, 11R19501951C. William O'Neill Ted W. Brown Roger W. Tracy 26R, 7D98R, 36D, 1I16R, 6D, 1I1952Eisenhower/Nixon 1953John W. Brown Jim Rhodes 23R, 10D102R, 34DThomas A. Burke 19544R, 3DGeorge H. Bender 195521R, 12D89R, 47D17R, 6D19561957John W. Brown vacantWilliam B. Saxbe22R, 12D97R, 42DFrank Lausche C. William O'Neill Paul M. Herbert 19581959Michael DiSalle John W. Donahey Mark McElroy Joseph T. Ferguson 20D, 13R78D, 61RStephen M. Young 15R, 8D1960Nixon/Lodge 196120R, 18D84R, 55D16R, 7D19621963Jim Rhodes John W. Brown William B. Saxbe John D. Herbert Roger W. Tracy 20R, 13D88R, 49D6R, 1D18R, 6D1964Chester W. Goble Johnson/Humphrey 1965Roger Cloud 16R, 16D75R, 62D14R, 10D1966Archer E. Reilly 1967Roger Cloud 23R, 10D62R, 37D19R, 5D1968Nixon/Agnew 1969Paul W. Brown 21R, 12D64R, 35DWilliam B. Saxbe 18R, 6D19707R1971John J. Gilligan William J. Brown Gertrude W. Donahey Joseph T. Ferguson 20R, 13D54R, 45DRobert Taft Jr. 17R, 7D19726R, 1D197317R, 16D57D, 42R5R, 2D16R, 7D1974Howard Metzenbaum 1975Jim Rhodes Dick Celeste Thomas E. Ferguson 21D, 12R59D, 40RJohn Glenn 15R, 8D1976Howard Metzenbaum Carter/Mondale 197762D, 37R4D, 3R13R, 10D19781979George Voinovich Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. 18D, 15R63D, 36R1980vacantReagan/Bush 198118R, 15D56D, 43R5D, 2R19821983Dick Celeste Myrl Shoemaker Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. Sherrod Brown Mary Ellen Withrow 17D, 16R62D, 37R6D, 1R11R, 10D19841985vacant18R, 15D59D, 40R4D, 3R11D, 10R19861987Paul Leonard 60D, 39R4R, 3D1988Bush/Quayle 198919R, 14D59D, 40R19901991George Voinovich Mike DeWine Lee Fisher Bob Taft 21R, 12D61D, 38R1992Bill Clinton/Al Gore 199320R, 13D53D, 46R10D, 9R1994Ken Blackwell 1995Nancy Hollister Betty Montgomery Jim Petro 56R, 43D5R, 2DMike DeWine 13R, 6D1996199721R, 12D60R, 39D11R, 8D1998Nancy Hollister vacant1999Bob Taft Maureen O'Connor Ken Blackwell Joe Deters 59R, 40DGeorge Voinovich 2000Bush/Cheney 200160R, 39D20022003Jennette Bradley Jim Petro Betty Montgomery 22R, 11D62R, 37D12R, 6D2004200561R, 38D6R, 1DBruce Johnson Jennette Bradley 20062007Ted Strickland Lee Fisher Marc Dann Jennifer Brunner Richard Cordray Mary Taylor 21R, 12D53R, 46D7RSherrod Brown 11R, 7D2008Obama/Biden Tom Winters Nancy H. Rogers 2009Richard Cordray Kevin Boyce 53D, 46R10D, 8R20106R, 1D2011John Kasich Mary Taylor Mike DeWine Jon Husted Josh Mandel Dave Yost 23R, 10D59R, 40DRob Portman 13R, 5D2012201360R, 39D12R, 4D2014201565R, 34D2016Trump/Pence 201724R, 9D66R, 33D20187R2019Mike DeWine Jon Husted Dave Yost Frank LaRose Robert Sprague Keith Faber 61R, 38D5R, 2D2020Trump/Pence 202125R, 8D64R, 35D4R, 3D2022202326R, 7D67R, 32DJD Vance 10R, 5D2024Trump/Vance 2025Jim Tressel 24R, 9D65R, 34D6R, 1DBernie Moreno Jon Husted 2026Andy Wilson

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