Political party strength in Ohio explained

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Ohio:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

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 LegislatureOhio
Supreme
Court
United States CongressElectoral votes
class=unsortable Governor!class=unsortable Secretary of State!class=unsortable Treasurer!class=unsortable Auditor!class=unsortable Senate!class=unsortable House!class=unsortable Senator
(Class I)
!
class=unsortable Senator
(Class III)
!
class=unsortable House
1788Arthur St. Clair (F)Winthrop Sargent (F)
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796John Armstrong (F)
1797
1798
1799William Henry Harrison (F)
1800Charles Willing Byrd (DR)
1801
1802
1803Edward Tiffin (DR)William Creighton Jr. (DR)William McFarland (DR) Thomas Gibson (DR)DR maj.DR maj.3DRJohn Smith (DR)Thomas Worthington (DR)1DR
1804Thomas Jefferson/
George Clinton (DR)
1805
1806
1807Thomas Kirker (DR)Edward Tiffin (DR)
1808Samuel Huntington (DR)Jeremiah McLene (DR)Benjamin Hough (DR)4DRvacantJames Madison/
George Clinton (DR)
1809Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR)Stanley Griswold (DR)
1810Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR)Alexander Campbell (DR)
18113DRThomas Worthington (DR)
1812James Madison/
Elbridge Gerry (DR)
18136DR
1814Othniel Looker (DR)Jeremiah Morrow (DR)
1815Thomas Worthington (DR)Ralph Osborn (DR)Joseph Kerr (DR)
1816Hiram M. Curry (DR)4DRBenjamin Ruggles (DR)James Monroe/
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)
1817
1818Ethan Allen Brown (DR)
1819William A. Trimble (DR)
1820Samuel Sullivan (DR)
1821
1822Allen Trimble (F)Ethan Allen Brown (DR)
Jeremiah Morrow (DR)
1823Henry Brown (DR)10NR, 2J, 2DR
1824Henry Clay/
Nathan Sanford (DR)
18254NRBenjamin Ruggles (NR)William Henry Harrison (NR)12NR, 2J
1826Allen Trimble (NR)
182712NR, 2J
182822NR, 13J44NR, 28JJacob Burnet (NR)Andrew Jackson/
John C. Calhoun (D)
182919NR, 17J38NR, 34J8J, 6NR
1830Duncan McArthur (NR)21J, 15NR37J, 32NR, 3?2NR, 2J
1831Moses H. Kirby (NR)18D, 18W38NR, 29D, 3NR, 1J8NR, 6J
1832Robert Lucas (D)20NR, 16D42NR, 30DThomas Ewing (NR)Andrew Jackson/
Martin Van Buren (D)
1833John A. Bryan (D)19D, 17W39D, 31W, 2?2NR, 2DThomas Morris (J)11D, 6NR,
183422D, 14NR46D, 26NR
1835Benjamin B. Hinkson (D)Joseph Whitehill (W) 19D, 17W42W, 29D, 1?3W, 1D9D, 9W,
1836Joseph Vance (W)Carter B. Harlan (D)20D, 16W46D, 26W2D, 2WWilliam Henry Harrison/
Francis Granger (W)
183720W, 16D37D, 35WThomas Morris (D)William Allen (D)11W, 8D
1838Wilson Shannon (D)20W, 16D40W, 32D
1839John Brough (D)19D, 17W38D, 34WBenjamin Tappan (D)11D, 8W
1840Thomas Corwin (W)William Trevitt (D)25D, 11W48D, 24WWilliam Henry Harrison/
John Tyler (W)
1841John Sloane (W)22D, 14W51W, 21D12W, 7D
1842Wilson Shannon (D)19D, 17W37D, 35W3D, 1W
184322D, 14W39D, 33W12D, 9W
1844Thomas W. Bartley (D)Samuel Galloway (W)20D, 16W38W, 34DHenry Clay/
Theodore Frelinghuysen (W)
Mordecai Bartley (W)
1845John Woods (W)22W, 14D41W, 31D13D, 8W

1846–present

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureOhio
Supreme
Court
United States CongressElectoral votes
class=unsortable Governor!class=unsortable Lt. Governor!class=unsortable Attorney General!class=unsortable Secretary of State!class=unsortable Treasurer!class=unsortable Auditor!class=unsortable Senate!class=unsortable House!class=unsortable Senator
(Class I)
!
class=unsortable Senator
(Class III)
!
class=unsortable House
1846William Bebb (W)no such
office
Henry Stanbery (W)Samuel Galloway (W)Joseph Whitehill (W)John Woods (W)21W, 15D44W, 28D3D, 1WThomas Corwin (W)William Allen (D)13D, 8W
1847Albert A. Bliss (W)18D, 18W39W, 32D, 1I2D, 2W11W, 10D
184819W, 17D40W, 32DCass/
Butler (D)
1849Seabury Ford (W)18W, 18D37W, 35D11D, 8W, 2FS
1850Reuben Wood (D)Henry W. King (FS)16W, 16D, 4FS36W, 29D, 7FSThomas Ewing (W)Salmon P. Chase (FS)
1851Joseph McCormick (D)17W, 16D, 3FS34W, 32D, 6FS3D, 1WBenjamin Wade (W)11D, 9W, 1FS
1852William Medill (D)George E. Pugh (D)William Trevitt (D)John G. Breslin (D)William Duane Morgan (D)24D, 9W, 1FS65D, 28W, 1FS5DPierce/
King (D)
1853William Medill (D)James Myers (D)12D, 7W, 2FS
1854George McCook (D)26D, 7W70D, 17W, 9FS
18554D, 1R21 A-Neb.
1856Salmon P. Chase (R)Thomas H. Ford (R)[1] Francis D. Kimball (R)James H. Baker (R)William H. Gibson (R)Francis M. Wright (R)29R, 6D78R, 34D3R, 2DBenjamin Wade (R)George E. Pugh (D)Frémont/
Dayton (R)
1857Christopher Wolcott (R)4R, 1D13R, 8D
1858Martin Welker (R)[2] Addison Peale Russell (R)Alfred P. Stone (R)20D, 13R62D, 44R, 1I
18595R15R, 6D
1860William Dennison Jr. (R)Robert C. Kirk (R)Robert Walker Tayler Sr. (R)25R, 10D58R, 46D, 1ILincoln/
Hamlin (R)
1861James Murray (R)Salmon P. Chase (R)
John Sherman (R)13R, 8D
1862David Tod (R)Benjamin Stanton (R)Benjamin R. Cowen (R)G. V. Dorsey (R)26R, 8D74R, 23D
1863Lyman R. Critchfield (D)William W. Armstrong (D)Oviatt Cole (R)4R, 1D14D, 5R
1864John Brough (R)Charles Anderson (R)James H. Godman (R)30R, 4D76R, 21DLincoln/
Johnson (NU)
1865Charles Anderson (R)vacantWilliam P. Richardson (R)William Henry Smith (R)William Hooper (R)5R17R, 2D
1866Jacob Dolson Cox (R)Andrew McBurney (R)William H. West (R)S. S. Warner (R)25R, 12D71R, 34D
186716R, 3D
1868Rutherford B. Hayes (R)John C. Lee (R)John Russell (R)18D, 17R56D, 49RGrant/
Colfax (R)
1869Isaac R. Sherwood (R)Allen G. Thurman (D)13R, 6D
1870Francis Bates Pond (R)19R, 18D57R, 54D
187114R, 5D
1872Edward F. Noyes (R)Jacob Mueller (R)Isaac Welsh (R)James Williams (R)18R, 18D57R, 48DGrant/
Wilson (R)
1873Allen T. Wikoff (R)14R, 6D
1874William Allen (D)Alphonso Hart (R)John Little (R)22D, 14R58D, 44R, 3I
1875William Bell Jr. (D)3R, 2D13D, 7R
1876Rutherford B. Hayes (R)Thomas L. Young (R)John M. Millikin (R)20R, 17D65R, 46DHayes/
Wheeler (R)
1877Thomas L. Young (R)H. W. Curtiss (R)Milton Barnes (R)4R, 1DStanley Matthews (R)12R, 8D
1878Richard M. Bishop (D)Jabez W. Fitch (D)Isaiah Pillars (D)Anthony Howells (D)25D, 10R68D, 38R, 3G3R, 2D
1879George H. Pendleton (D)11D, 9R
1880Charles Foster (R)Andrew Hickenlooper (R)George K. Nash (R)Joseph Turney (R)John F. Oglevee (R)23R, 14D69R, 45D4R, 1DGarfield/
Arthur (R)
1881Charles Townsend (R)John Sherman (R)15R, 5D
1882Rees G. Richards (R)22R, 11D70R, 35D
1883James W. Newman (D)13D, 8R
1884George Hoadly (D)John G. Warwick (D)James Lawrence (D)Peter Brady (D)Emil Kiesewetter (D)22D, 11R60D, 45R3D, 2RBlaine/
Logan (R)
1885James S. Robinson (R)Henry B. Payne (D)11D, 10R
1886Joseph B. Foraker (R)Robert P. Kennedy (R)Jacob A. Kohler (R)John C. Brown (R)21R, 16D68R, 42D3R, 2D
1887Silas A. Conrad (R)4R, 1D15R, 6D
1888William C. Lyon (R)David K. Watson (R)Ebenezer W. Poe (R)25R, 11D65R, 45DHarrison/
Morton (R)
1889Daniel J. Ryan (R)5R16R, 5D
1890James E. Campbell (D)Elbert L. Lampson (R)19D, 17R60D, 54R
William V. Marquis (D)
1891Calvin S. Brice (D)14D, 7R
1892William McKinley (R)Andrew L. Harris (R)John K. Richards (R)Christian L. Poorman (R)William T. Cope (R)21R, 10D72R, 35DHarrison/
Reid (R)
1893Samuel McIntire Taylor (R)6R11D, 10R
189426R, 5D85R, 22D
189519R, 2D
1896Asa S. Bushnell (R)Asa W. Jones (R)Frank S. Monnett (R)Samuel B. Campbell (R)Walter D. Guilbert (R)30R, 6D, 1P87R, 25DMcKinley/
Hobart (R)
1897Charles Kinney (R)Mark Hanna (R)15R, 6D
189818D, 17R, 1IR62R, 47DJoseph B. Foraker (R)
1899
1900George K. Nash (R)John A. CaldwellJohn M. Sheets (R)Isaac B. Cameron (R)19R, 11D, 1IR62R, 45D, 3IRMcKinley/
Roosevelt (R)
1901Lewis C. Laylin (R)17R, 4D
1902Carl L. Nippert (R)21R, 12D68R, 42D
Harry L. Gordon (R)
1903
1904Myron T. Herrick (R)Warren G. Harding (R)Wade H. Ellis (R)William S. McKinnon (R)29R, 4D88R, 22DCharles W. F. Dick (R)Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)
190520R, 1D
1906John M. Pattison (D)Andrew L. Harris (R)18D, 18R, 1I62R, 75D, 2I
Andrew L. Harris (R)vacant
1907Carmi Thompson (R)16R, 5D
1908Taft/
Sherman (R)
1909Judson Harmon (D)Francis W. Treadway (R)Ulysses G. Denman (R)David S. Creamer (D)Edward M. Fullington (R)20R, 14D71R, 45D, 1ITheodore E. Burton (R)13R, 8D
1910
1911Atlee Pomerene (D)Timothy Hogan (D)Charles H. Graves (D)19D, 15R70D, 49R4R, 2DAtlee Pomerene (D)16D, 5R
1912Hugh L. Nichols (D)Wilson/
Marshall (D)
1913James M. Cox (D)W. A. Greenlund (D)John P. Brennan (D)Vic Donahey (D)26D, 7R87D, 33R, 3Prog5D, 2R19D, 3R
1914
1915Frank B. Willis (R)John H. Arnold (R)Edward C. Turner (R)Charles Q. Hildebrant (R)Rudolph W. Archer (R)20R, 13D72R, 50D, 1Prog4D, 3RWarren G. Harding (R)13R, 9D
1916
1917James M. Cox (D)Earl D. Bloom (D)Joseph McGhee (D)William D. Fulton (D)Chester E. Bryan (D)25D, 11R72D, 56R13D, 9R
1918
1919Clarence J. Brown (R)John G. Price (R)Harvey C. Smith (R)Rudolph W. Archer (R)27R, 7D100R, 36D4R, 3D14R, 8D
1920Harding/
Coolidge (R)
1921Harry L. Davis (R)Joseph T. Tracy (R)36R, 1D113R, 12D6R, 1DFrank B. Willis (R)22R
1922
1923Vic Donahey (D)Earl D. Bloom (D)Charles C. Crabbe (R)Thad H. Brown (R)Harry S. Day (R)31R, 4D103R, 27DSimeon D. Fess (R)16R, 6D
1924Coolidge/
Dawes (R)
1925Charles H. Lewis (R)33R, 2D110R, 20D
1926
1927Earl D. Bloom (D)Edward C. Turner (R)Clarence J. Brown (R)Bert B. Buckley (R)35R, 2D103R, 33D
1928William G. Pickrel (D)Cyrus Locher (D)
George C. Braden (R)Theodore E. Burton (R)Hoover/
Curtis (R)
1929Myers Y. Cooper (R)John T. Brown (R)Gilbert Bettman (R)H. Ross Ake (R)31R122R, 11DRoscoe C. McCulloch (R)19R, 3D
1930Robert J. Bulkley (D)
1931George White (D)William G. Pickrel (D)Harry S. Day (R)18R, 14D70R, 58D13R, 9D
19325R, 2DRoosevelt/
Garner (D)
1933Charles W. Sawyer (D)John W. Bricker (R)George S. Myers (D)16D, 16R84D, 51R4R, 3D18D, 6R
19345D, 2R
1935Martin L. Davey (D)Harold G. Mosier (D)19D, 13R68R, 67D4R, 3DVic Donahey (D)
1936
1937Paul P. Yoder (D)Herbert S. Duffy (D)William Kennedy (D)Clarence H. Knisley (D)Joseph T. Ferguson (D)31D, 5R105D, 33R21D, 3R
19384D, 3R
1939John W. Bricker (R)Paul M. Herbert (R)Thomas J. Herbert (R)Earl Griffith (R)Don H. Ebright (R)27R, 7D100R, 36D4R, 3DRobert A. Taft (R)15R, 9D
1940George M. Neffiner (R)Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)
1941John E. Sweeney (D)19R, 17D78R, 60D5R, 2DHarold H. Burton (R)12R, 12D
1942
1943Edward J. Hummel (R)28R, 5D111R, 25D20R, 3D
1944Dewey/
Bricker (R)
1945Frank Lausche (D)George D. Nye (D)Hugh S. Jenkins (R)20R, 13D89R, 47DJames W. Huffman (D)17R, 6D
1946Kingsley A. Taft (R)
1947Thomas J. Herbert (R)Paul M. Herbert (R)32R, 4D123R, 16D4R, 3DJohn W. Bricker (R)19R, 4D
1948Truman/
Barkley (D)
1949Frank Lausche (D)George D. Nye (D)Herbert S. Duffy (D)Donald K. Zoller (R)19D, 14R69D, 66R5R, 2D12D, 11R
1950
1951C. William O'Neill (R)Ted W. Brown (R)Roger W. Tracy (R)26R, 7D98R, 36D, 1I16R, 6D, 1I
1952Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)
1953John W. Brown (R)Jim Rhodes (R)23R, 10D102R, 34DThomas A. Burke (D)
19544R, 3DGeorge H. Bender (D)
195521R, 12D89R, 47D17R, 6D
1956
1957John W. Brown (R)vacantWilliam B. Saxbe(R)22R, 12D97R, 42DFrank Lausche (D)
C. William O'Neill (R)Paul M. Herbert (R)
1958
1959Michael DiSalle (D)John W. Donahey (D)Mark McElroy (D)Joseph T. Ferguson (D)20D, 13R78D, 61RStephen M. Young (D)15R, 8D
1960Nixon/
Lodge (R)
196120R, 18D84R, 55D16R, 7D
1962
1963Jim Rhodes (R)John W. Brown (R)William B. Saxbe (R)John D. Herbert (R)Roger W. Tracy (R)20R, 13D88R, 49D6R, 1D18R, 6D
1964Chester W. Goble (R)Johnson/
Humphrey (D)
1965Roger Cloud (R)16R, 16D75R, 62D14R, 10D
1966Archer E. Reilly (R)
1967Roger Cloud (R)23R, 10D62R, 37D19R, 5D
1968Nixon/
Agnew (R)
1969Paul W. Brown (R)21R, 12D64R, 35DWilliam B. Saxbe (R)18R, 6D
19707R
1971John J. Gilligan (D)William J. Brown (D)Gertrude W. Donahey (D)Joseph T. Ferguson (D)20R, 13D54R, 45DRobert Taft Jr. (R)17R, 7D
19726R, 1D
197317R, 16D57D, 42R5R, 2D16R, 7D
1974
Howard Metzenbaum (D)
1975Jim Rhodes (R)Dick Celeste (D)Thomas E. Ferguson (D)21D, 12R59D, 40RJohn Glenn (D)15R, 8D
1976Howard Metzenbaum (D)Carter/
Mondale (D)
197762D, 37R4D, 3R13R, 10D
1978
1979George Voinovich (R)Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (D)18D, 15R63D, 36R
1980vacantReagan/
Bush (R)
198118R, 15D56D, 43R5D, 2R
1982
1983Dick Celeste (D)Myrl Shoemaker (D)Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (D)Sherrod Brown (D)Mary Ellen Withrow (D)17D, 16R62D, 37R6D, 1R11R, 10D
1984
1985vacant18R, 15D59D, 40R4D, 3R11D, 10R
1986
1987Paul Leonard (D)60D, 39R4R, 3D
1988Bush/
Quayle (R)
198919R, 14D59D, 40R
1990
1991George Voinovich (R)Mike DeWine (R)Lee Fisher (D)Bob Taft (R)21R, 12D61D, 38R
1992Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D)
199320R, 13D53D, 46R10D, 9R
1994Ken Blackwell (R)
1995Nancy Hollister (R)Betty Montgomery (R)Jim Petro (R)56R, 43D5R, 2DMike DeWine (R)13R, 6D
1996
199721R, 12D60R, 39D11R, 8D
1998
Nancy Hollister (R)vacant
1999Bob Taft (R)Maureen O'Connor (R)Ken Blackwell (R)Joe Deters (R)59R, 40DGeorge Voinovich (R)
2000Bush/
Cheney (R)
200160R, 39D
2002
2003Jennette Bradley (R)Jim Petro (R)Betty Montgomery (R)22R, 11D62R, 37D12R, 6D
2004
200561R, 38D6R, 1D
Bruce Johnson (R)Jennette Bradley (R)
2006
2007Ted Strickland (D)Lee Fisher (D)Marc Dann (D)Jennifer Brunner (D)Richard Cordray (D)Mary Taylor (R)21R, 12D53R, 46D7RSherrod Brown (D)11R, 7D
2008Obama/
Biden (D)
Tom Winters (D)
Nancy H. Rogers (D)
2009Richard Cordray (D)Kevin Boyce (D)53D, 46R10D, 8R
20106R, 1D
2011John Kasich (R)Mary Taylor (R)Mike DeWine (R)Jon Husted (R)Josh Mandel (R)Dave Yost (R)23R, 10D59R, 40DRob Portman (R)13R, 5D
2012
201360R, 39D12R, 4D
2014
201565R, 34D
2016Trump/
Pence (R)
201724R, 9D66R, 33D
20187R
2019Mike DeWine (R)Jon Husted (R)Dave Yost (R)Frank LaRose (R)Robert Sprague (R)Keith Faber (R)61R, 38D5R, 2D
2020Trump/
Pence (R)
202125R, 8D64R, 35D4R, 3D
2022
202326R, 7D67R, 32DJ. D. Vance (R)10R, 5D
2024

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Notes and References

  1. [#smith1898|Smith 1898]
  2. [#smith1898|Smith 1898]