GOVERNORS OF OHIO 1803-1903.
JEAN DICK CHEETHAM.
In accordance with the provisions of the constitution
of
1802, (Schedule, Sec. 6), an election for governor,
members of
the general assembly, etc., was held on the second
Tuesday of
January, 1803, Edward Tiffin being elected Chief
Executive.
The General Assembly convened at Chillicothe on the
first Tues-
day of March, 1803, but it was to hold regular sessions
there-
after "on the first Monday in December, in every
year." (Article
1, Sec. 25, Const.
1802.)
The following day, March 3, Governor Tiffin took the
oath
of office, which office he was to hold "until the
first Monday of
December, 1805." (Article 2, Sec. 3, Const. 1802.)
The constitution of 1851 provided for biennial sessions
of
the General Assembly and that all regular sessions
should com-
mence on the first Monday in January; (Article 2, Sec.
25, Const.
1851) ; while the term of office of the Governor was to
commence
on the second Monday of January, (Article 3, Sec. 2, Const.
1851).
GOVERNORS OF OHIO, 1803 to 1903.
Name.
Politics. County. Elected. Served.
Edward Tiffin .............. Democrat-Republican Ross
........ 1803 1803-1805
Edward Tiffin ............ Democrat-Republican. Ross
......... 1805 1805-18072
Thomas Kirker,l ........... Democrat-Republican.
Adams....... Acting 1807-1808
Samuel Huntington........ Democrat-Republican.
Trumbull.... 1808 1808-1810
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. Democrat Republican.
Washington.. 1810 1810-1812
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. Democrat-Republican.
Washington.. 1812 1812-1814 3
Othmil Looker ........... Democrat-Republican.
Hamilton .. Acting 1814
Thomas Worthington ...... Democrat Republican.
Ross.......... 1814 1814-1816
Thomas Worthington..... Democrat-Republican. Ross......... 1816 1816
1818
Ethan Allen Brown........ Democrat-Republican. Hamilton
... 1818 1818-1820
Ethan Allen Brown........ Democrat-Republican. Hamilton
... 1820 1820 18224
Allen Trimble ............ Federalist ............ Highland.... Acting 1822
Jeremiah Morrow .......... Democrat-Republican. Warren
... 1822 1822-1824
Jeremiah Morrow........... Democrat-Republican. Warren
..... 1824 1824 1826
Allen Trimble ............. Federalist.
............Highland.... 1826 1826-1828
Allen Trimble ............. Federalist ............ Highland.... 1828 1828 1830
Duncan McArthur ......... Federalist .......R.....
Ross......... 1830 18301832
Robert Lucas ............... Democrat-Republican. Pike
........ 1832 1832-1834
Robert Lucas ............... Democrat-Republican. Pike
......... 1834 1834-1836
Joseph Vance.............. Whig ................. Champaign... 1836 1836 1838
Wilson Shannon ........... Democrat ..............
Belmont..... 1838 1838-1840
Thomas Corwin
............ Whig ................... Warren....... 1840 18401842
Wilson Shannon .......... Democrat .............
Belmont...... 1842 1842-18445
(88)
Governors of Ohio 1803-1903. 89
GOVERNORS OF OHIO, 1803 TO 1903-Concluded.
Name. Politics. County. E
lected. Served.
Thomas W. Bartley ....... Democrat ............ Richland... Acting 1844
Mordecai Batley.......... Whig ...................
Richland..... 1844 1844-1846
William Bebb .......... Whig .................. Butler ....... 1846 1846-18496
Seabury Ford .............. Whig .............
Geauga....... 1848 1849 1850
Reuben Wood ............ Democrat .............. Cuyahoga... 1850 1850-18527
Reuben Wood .............. Democrat ..............
Cuyahoga.... 1851 1852 18538
William Medill............ Democrat ...... ..... Fairfield...... Acting 1853-1854
William Medill ......
.... Democrat ............. Fairfield .... 1853 1854 1856
Salmon P. Chase ........... Republican ...........
Hamilton. 1855 1856 1858
Salmon P. Chase .......... Republican ...........
Hamilton.... 1857 1858 1860
William Dennison, Jr ...... Republican ............
Franklin..... 1859 1860-1862
David Tod ................ Republican ...........
Mahoning... 1861 1862-1864
John Brough ............. Republican ........... Cuyahoga .... 1863 1864
18659
Charles Anderson ... ...... Republican....... ....
Montgomery. Acting 1865-1856
Jacob Dolson Cox ........ Republican ............ Hamilton. .. 1865 1866-1868
Rutherford B. Hayes....... Republican ..........
Hamilton .... 1867 1868-1870
Rutherford B. Hayes ...... Republican .......... Hamilton... 1869 1870 1872
Edward F. Noyes ........ Republican .......... Hamilton
.... 1871 1872-1874
William Allen ............ .Democrat ..............
Ross.......... 1873 1874-1876
Rutherford B. Hayes ..... Republican............
Sandusky... 1875 1876-187710
Thomas L. Young.......... Republican ...........
Hamilton... Acting 1877-1878
Richard M. Bishop ......... Democrat ..............
Hamilton .... 1877 1878-1880
Charles Foster ............. Republican
........... Seneca ....... 1879 1880 1882
Charles Foster..... Republican ........... Seneca ....... 1881 1882-1884
George Hoadly Democrat
............. Hamilton 1883
1884 1886
Joseph B. Foraker.......... Republican ........Hamilton.... 1885 1886-1888
Joseph B. Foraker ....... Republican ........... Hamilton.... 1887 1888-1890
James E. Campbell. ...... Democrat ............. Butler........ 1889 1890
1892
William McKinley........ Republican ........... Stark
....... 1891 1892-1894
William McKinley ......... Republican ............
Stark ........ 1893 1894 1896
Asa S. Bushnell ............ Republican ...........
Clark........ 1895 1896-1898
Asa S Bushnell ........... Republican...... Clark ........ 1897 1898-1900
Geo. K. Nash ............... Republican ..........
Franklin..... 1899 1900 1902
Geo. K. Nash .............. Republican ...........
Franklin..... 1901 1902-1904
Myron T. Herrick......... Republican ............ Cuyahoga. 1903 1904-
1 NOTE-At the October election in 1807, Return Jonathan
Meigs, Jr., was elected
Governor. Nathaniel Massie, the opposition candidate
contested his election on the
grounds of non-residence. General Meigs was declared
inellegible. Mr. Massie refused
to serve, and Thomas Kirker, then Acting Governor,
filled the position nntil the fall of
1808, when another election was held and Samuel
Huntington was elected Governor.
2 Resigned March, 1807.
3 Resigned March, 1814.
4 Resigned
January, 1822.
5 Resigned April, 1844.
6 The General Assembly met on the first Monday in
December, 1848, but the House
of Representatives did not complete its organization
until January 2,1849, and on Jan-
uary 22, Mr. Ford received official notification of his
election, took the oath of office,
and entered upon his duties as Chief Executive.
7 The last election under the old constitution was held
in October 1850; in accord-
ance with the provisions of the new constitution, the
first election under it was held
"on the second Tuesday in October 1851."
(Constitution 1851, Schedule, Sections 2, 3, 4.
8 Resigned, July, 1853.
9Died August 29, 1865.
10 Resigned March, 1877.