| Post: | Secretary of State |
| Body: | Ohio |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the secretary of state |
| Incumbent: | Frank LaRose |
| Incumbentsince: | January 14, 2019 |
| Style: | The Honorable |
| Termlength: | Four years, two term limit |
| Salary: | $109,554 |
| Formation: | Ohio Constitution |
| Inaugural: | William Creighton, Jr. 1803 |
| Website: | Office of the Ohio Secretary of State |
The secretary of state of Ohio is an elected statewide official in the State of Ohio. The secretary of state is responsible for overseeing elections in the state; registering business entities (corporations, etc.) and granting them the authority to do business within the state; registering secured transactions; and granting access to public documents.
From 1803 to 1851, the Ohio secretary of state was elected by the Ohio General Assembly to a three-year term. The 1851 Ohio Constitution made the office elective, with a two-year term. In 1954, the office's term was extended to four years. The secretary of state is elected in even-numbered, off cycle years, (no Presidential elections), after partisan primary elections.
| Image | Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Creighton Jr. | 1803–1808 | Democratic Republican | ||
| 2 | 1808–1831 | Democratic | |||
| 3 | 1831–1835 | Whig | |||
| 4 | 1835–1836 | Democratic | |||
| 5 | 1836–1840 | Democratic | |||
| 6 | 1840–1841 | Democratic | |||
| 7 | 1841–1844 | Whig | |||
| 8 | 1844–1850 | Whig | |||
| 9 | 1850–1852 | Free Soil | |||
| 10 | William Trevitt | 1852–1856 | Democratic | ||
| 11 | 1856–1858 | Republican | |||
| 12 | 1858–1862 | Republican | |||
| 13 | 1862 | Republican | |||
| 14 | 1862–1863 | Republican | |||
| 15 | 1863–1865 | Democratic | |||
| 16 | 1865–1868 | Republican | |||
| 17 | 1868–1869 | Republican | |||
| 18 | 1869–1873 | Republican | |||
| 19 | 1873–1875 | Republican | |||
| 20 | 1875–1877 | Democratic | |||
| 21 | 1877–1881 | Republican | |||
| 22 | 1881–1883 | Republican | |||
| 23 | 1883-1885 | Democratic | |||
| 24 | 1885–1889 | Republican | |||
| 25 | 1889–1891 | Republican | |||
| 26 | 1891–1893 | Republican | |||
| 27 | 1893–1897 | Republican | |||
| 28 | 1897–1901 | Republican | |||
| 29 | 1901–1907 | Republican | |||
| 30 | 1907–1911 | Republican | |||
| 31 | 1911–1915 | Democratic | |||
| 32 | 1915–1917 | Republican | |||
| 33 | 1917–1919 | Democratic | |||
| 34 | 1919–1923 | Republican | |||
| 35 | 1923–1927 | Republican | |||
| 36 | 1927–1933 | Republican | |||
| 37 | 1933–1936 | Democratic | |||
| 38 | 1936–1939 | Democratic | |||
| 39 | 1939–1940 | Republican | |||
| 40 | 1940–1941 | Republican | |||
| 41 | 1941–1943 | Democratic | |||
| 42 | 1943–1949 | Republican | |||
| 43 | 1949–1951 | Republican | |||
| 44 | 1951–1979 | Republican | |||
| 45 | 1979–1983 | Democratic | |||
| 46 | 1983–1991 | Democratic | |||
| 47 | 1991–1999 | Republican | |||
| 48 | 1999–2007 | Republican | |||
| 49 | 2007–2011 | Democratic | |||
| 50 | 2011–2019 | Republican | |||
| 51 | 2019–present | Republican |