Ohio Secretary of State elections explained

The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect a secretary of state for a four-year term.

Year Democratic Republican Other
2022Chelsea Clark: 1,635,824Frank LaRose

2,444,382

Terpsehore Tore Maras (Independent): 42,753
2018Kathleen Clyde

1,987,916

Frank LaRose

2,166,125

Dustin R. Nanna (Libertarian): 99,808
2014Nina Turner

1,074,475

Jon A. Husted

1,811,020

Kevin Knedler (Libertarian)
2010[1] Maryellen O'Shaughnessy : 1,555,705 Jon A. Husted : 2,013,674 Charlie Earl (Libertarian) : 182,977
2006[2] Jennifer L. Brunner : 2,104,114Greg Hartmann : 1,546,454 Tim Kettler (G) : 78,080
John A. Eastman (I) : 94,706
2002[3] Bryan Flannery : 1,256,428 J. Kenneth Blackwell : 1,827,995 
1998 Charleta B. Tavares

1,404,081

J. Kenneth Blackwell

1,789,105

 
1994 Dan Brady

1,150,460

Robert A. Taft II

2,116,258

 
1990 Sherrod Brown

1,604,058

Robert A. Taft II

1,809,416

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1986 Sherrod Brown

1,805,833

Vincent C. Campanella

1,217,803

 
1982 Sherrod Brown

1,739,602

Virgil E. Brown

1,362,079

 
1978 Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.

1,365,219

Ted W. Brown

1,356,959

 
1974 Tony P. Hall

1,343,603

Ted W. Brown

1,462,776

 
1970 John F. Kennedy

1,362,041

Ted W. Brown

1,606,920

 
1966 James D. Nolan

1,037,710

Ted W. Brown

1,674,600

 
1962 Ted W. Brown  
1958 Asher W. Sweeney

1,464,726

Ted W. Brown

1,580,628

 
1956 Hubert Lynch

1,336,885

Ted W. Brown

1,985,368

 
1954 Robert W. Reider

1,069,526

Ted W. Brown

1,339,076

 
1952 Charles F. Sweeney

1,522,908

Ted W. Brown

1,792,819

 
1950 Charles F. Sweeney

1,339,492

Ted W. Brown

1,347,251

 
1948 Charles F. Sweeney

1,501,305

Edward J. Hummel

1,310,704

 
1946 Edward J. Hummel  
1944 A Lee Fair

1,423,264

Edward J. Hummel

1,480,399

 
1942 John E. Sweeney

738,175

Edward J. Hummel

926,523

 
1940 (full) John E. Sweeney

1,562,021

Edward J. Hummel

1,453,513

 
1940 (unex)     George M. Neffiner

293,766

1922[5] William D. Fulton : 685,818 Thad H. Brown : 820,974  
1920[6] William D. Fulton : 749,566 Harvey C. Smith : 1,134,657 George Markert (soc) : 43,467
Jasper Shuman (ST) : 1,525
1918[7] William D. Fulton : 432,422 Harvey C. Smith : 471,228  
1916[8] William D. Fulton : 564,509 Charles Q. Hildebrant : 543,873 M. J. Beery : 38,136
Seymour E. Fox : 6,837
1914[9] J. H. Secrest : 451,131 Charles Q. Hildebrant : 488,010 Frank W. Woods (Progressive) : 53,808
Nathan Wycoff (Socialist) : 53,575
1912[10] Charles H. Graves :432,082 Thomas L. Lewis : 283,767John L. Sullivan (Progressive): 208,458
Edward S. Smith (Socialist) : 88,914
Addison Taylor (Prohibition) : 12,028
William R. Fox (Soc. Labor) : 2,767
1910[11] Charles H. Graves : 423,580 Granville W. Mooney : 405,375Edward Hasenauer (Socialist) : 61,656
Alfred H. Stratton (Prohibition) : 7,104
William R. Fox (Soc. Labor) : 2,881
1908[12] J. H. Newman : 518,225 Carmi Thompson :556,073 Arthur B. Hollenbaugh (Soc) : 31,681
Henry J. Haskel (Pro) : 10,615
Albert Boswell (Ind) : 509
Timothy Crabtree (Peoples) : 150
James Rugg (Soc Lab) : 845
1906[13] Samuel A. Hoskins : 351,676 Carmi Thompson : 408,066 Olly J. Henslee (Socialist) : 18,432
Alfred F. Hughes (Pro) : 11,970
Max Eisenberg (Soc Lab) : 2,211
1904 Alfred P. Sandles : 357,179 Lewis C. Laylin : 587,568 Harold King Rockhill (Pro) : 19,253
Alfred J. Swing (Socialist) : 33,763
John H T Juergens (Soc Lab) : 2,534
John E. Allen (Peoples) : 1,093
1902 Herbert S. Bigelow : 345,706 Lewis C. Laylin : 436,171 Andrew L. White (Pro) : 12,336
Max S. Hayes (Socialist): 14,359
Theodore Adams (Soc Lab) : 2,983
1900 Henry H. McFadden : 474,078 Lewis C. Laylin : 543,389 Frank Frankenberg (Union Ref) : 4,647
J. Knox Montgomery (Pro) : 9,983
Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 1,707
Louis F. Hemse (Soc Dem) : 4,650
1898 Upton K. Guthrey : 347,074 Charles Kinney : 408,213 Thomas Brown (Pro) : 7,689
John F. Flynn (Soc Lab) : 5,793
John A. Graft (Union Ref): 10,911
1896[14] Chilton A. White 473,462 Charles Kinney 525,000 Samuel H Rockhill (Pro) 5,469
Wesley C. Bates (Nat) 3,382
Daniel W. Wallace (Social Labor) 1,234
1894[15] Milton Turner 276,902 Samuel M. Taylor 413,988 Charles R. Martin (Pop) 49,495
Mark G. McCaslin (Pro) 23,273
1892[16] William A. Taylor 401,451 Samuel M. Taylor 402,540  
1890[17] Thaddeus E. Cromley 352,579 Daniel J. Ryan 363,548 Melanathon C. Lockwood (Pro) 23,837
Ezekial T. Curtis(UL) 1,752
1888[18] Boston G. Young 395,522 Daniel J. Ryan 416,510 Walter S. Payne (Pro) 24,618
George F Ebner (UL) 3,452
1886[19] John McBride 329,314 James S. Robinson 341,095 Henry R. Smith (Pro) 28,982
Charles Bonsall (labor) 2,010
1884[20] James W. Newman 380,355 James S. Robinson 391,597 Evan J. Morris (Pro) 8,607
Peter M. Harrold (Greenback) 3,475
1882[21] James W. Newman 316,874 Charles Townsend 279,759 Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) 12,202
George L. Hafer (Greenback) 5,345
1880[22] William Lang 343,016 Charles Townsend 362,021 Charles A. Lloyd (Greenback) 6,786
William A. Doan (Pro) 2,815
1878[23] David R. Paige 270,966 Milton Barnes 274,120 Andrew Roy (NGL) 38,332
Jeremiah N. Robinson (Pro) 5,682
1876[24] William Bell, Jr. 311,220 Milton Barnes 317,856 Edward S. Chapman (Pro) 1,863
1874[25] William Bell, Jr. 238,406 Allen T. Wikoff 221,204 John R. Buchtel (Pro) 7,815
1872[26] Aquila Wiley 251,778 Allen T. Wikoff 265,925 Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) 2,035
1870[27] William Heisley 205,014 Isaac R. Sherwood 221,709 Jay Odell (Pro) 2,862
1868[28] Thomas Hubbard 249,681 Isaac R. Sherwood 267,065  
1866[29] Benjamin Le Fevre 213,606 William H. Smith 256,302  
1864[30] William W. Armstrong 183,842 William H. Smith 238,145  
1862[31] William W. Armstrong 184,315 Wilson S. Kennon 178,755  
1861[32] William W. Armstrong 151,912 Benjamin Rush Cowen 207,352  
1859[33] Jacob Reinhard 170,400 Addison P. Russell 184,839  
1857[34] Jacob Reinhard 158,832 Addison P. Russell 160,638  
1855[35] William Trevitt 133,641 James H. Baker 168,724  
1853[36] William Trevitt : 151,818 William Graham
(Freesoil) : 33,518
Nelson H. Van Vorhes
(Whig) : 97,500
1851[37] William Trevitt : 145,636 Henry W. King
(Freesoil) : 15,768
Earl Bill
(Whig) : 120,256

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . 2010 Election Results Secretary of State November 2, 2010 . 2013-06-25 . 2013-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130801082611/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20101102sos.aspx . live .
  2. Web site: . 2006 Election Results Secretary of State November 7, 2006 . 2013-06-25 . 2015-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150108135416/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2006ElectionsResults/06-1107SoS.aspx . live .
  3. Web site: . 2002 Election Results Secretary of State/Treasurer of State November 5, 2005 . 2013-06-25 . 2015-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151013122727/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2002Results/sostreas.aspx . live .
  4. Web site: 1990-1999 Official Election Results - Ohio Secretary of State . 2021-10-07 . 2021-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210927112707/https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/1990-1999-official-election-results/#gref . live .
  5. Book: Brown, Thad H . Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922 . Thad H. Brown . 1923 . 15 . June 27, 2013 . October 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211007012945/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170&view=1up&seq=23 . live .
  6. Book: Smith, Harvey C . Ohio general statistics for the year July 1, 1920 to June 30, 1921 . 7 . 1922 . Harvey C. Smith . . 20 .
  7. Book: Brown, Thad H . Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922 . Thad H. Brown . 1923 . 11 . June 27, 2013 . October 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211007012857/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170&view=1up&seq=19 . live .
  8. Book: Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio . 1917 . 27 . 2021-10-07 . 2016-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160501112059/https://books.google.com/books?id=odJMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27 . live .
  9. Book: Brown, Thad H . Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922 . Thad H. Brown . 1923 . 10 . June 27, 2013 . October 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211007012859/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170&view=1up&seq=18 . live .
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  12. Book: Ohio Secretary of State . Ohio election statistics . 1905 . Columbus . Ohio Secretary of State . page 396 of pdf file
  13. Book: Ohio Secretary of State . Ohio election statistics . 1905 . Columbus . Ohio Secretary of State . pages 377–378 of pdf file
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