Historical Record
Previous Governors of Ohio
Governors who previously held office in Ohio, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesMike DeWineRepublican2019–2027
John KasichRepublican2011–2019
Ted StricklandDemocrat2007–2011
Bob TaftRepublican1999–2007
Nancy HollisterRepublican1998–1999
George VoinovichRepublican1991–1998
Dick CelesteDemocrat1983–1991
Jim RhodesDemocrat1975–1983
John J. GilliganDemocrat1971–1975
Jim RhodesRepublican1963–1971
Michael DiSalleDemocrat1959–1963
John William BrownRepublican1957–1957
Frank LauscheDemocrat1949–1957
Thomas J. HerbertRepublican1947–1949
Frank LauscheDemocrat1945–1947
John W. BrickerRepublican1939–1945
Martin L. DaveyDemocrat1935–1939
George WhiteDemocrat1931–1935
Myers Y. CooperRepublican1929–1931
A. Victor DonaheyDemocrat1923–1929
Harry L. DavisRepublican1921–1923
James M. CoxDemocrat1917–1921
Frank B. WillisRepublican1915–1917
James M. CoxDemocrat1913–1915
Judson HarmonDemocrat1909–1913
Andrew L. HarrisRepublican1906–1909
John M. PattisonDemocrat1906–1906
Myron T. HerrickRepublican1904–1906
George K. NashRepublican1900–1904
Asa S. BushnellRepublican1896–1900
William McKinleyRepublican1892–1896
James E. CampbellDemocrat1890–1892
Joseph B. ForakerRepublican1886–1890
George HoadlyDemocrat1884–1886
Charles FosterRepublican1880–1884
Richard M. BishopDemocrat1878–1880
Thomas L. YoungRepublican1877–1878
Rutherford B. HayesRepublican1876–1877
William AllenDemocrat1874–1876
Edward Follansbee NoyesRepublican1872–1874
Rutherford B. HayesRepublican1868–1872
Jacob Dolson CoxRepublican1866–1868
Charles AndersonIndependent1865–1866
John BroughIndependent1864–1865
David TodIndependent1862–1864
William Dennison Jr.Republican1860–1862
Salmon P. ChaseRepublican1856–1860
William MedillDemocrat1853–1856
Reuben WoodDemocrat1850–1853
Seabury FordIndependent1849–1850
William BebbIndependent1846–1849
Mordecai BartleyIndependent1844–1846
Thomas W. BartleyDemocrat1844–1844
Wilson ShannonDemocrat1842–1844
Thomas CorwinIndependent1840–1842
Wilson ShannonDemocrat1838–1840
Joseph VanceIndependent1836–1838
Robert LucasDemocrat1832–1836
Duncan McArthurIndependent1830–1832
Allen TrimbleIndependent1826–1830
Jeremiah MorrowIndependent1822–1826
Allen TrimbleIndependent1822–1822
Ethan Allen BrownIndependent1818–1822
Thomas WorthingtonIndependent1814–1818
Return J. Meigs Jr.Independent1810–1814
Othniel LookerIndependent1814–1814
Samuel HuntingtonIndependent1808–1810
Thomas KirkerIndependent1807–1808
Edward TiffinIndependent1803–1807
Arthur St. ClairIndependent1787–1802