Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
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{{Infobox Political post
| post = Lieutenant Governor
| body = Ohio
| insignia = Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.svg
| insigniasize = 110
| insigniacaption = Seal of the lieutenant governor
| image = Jim Tressel (extra cropped).jpg
| incumbent = Jim Tressel
| incumbentsince = February 14, 2025
| style = The Honorable
| termlength = Four years, two consecutive with four-year pause thereafter
| formation = Ohio Constitution
| succession = First
| inaugural = William Medill (1852)
| salary = $78,041
| website = {{official website|http://www.governor.ohio.gov/About/LtGovernorTaylor.aspx}}
}}
The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852.{{cite web|last=Husted|first=Jon |author-link=Jon Husted |title=Lieutenant Governors of the State of Ohio: 1852 - present |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |access-date=2012-01-24 |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/HistoricalElectionComparisons/Lieutenant%20Governors%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Ohio%201852%20-%20present.aspx}} The lieutenant governor becomes governor if the governor resigns, dies in office or is removed via impeachment conviction. Before 1852, the president of the Ohio State Senate would serve as acting governor if a vacancy in the governorship occurred. Until 1978, lieutenant governors were elected separately but concurrently with the governor (not on a "ticket"). Thus, there were several occasions when the lieutenant governor was from a different party than the governor. This was changed by constitutional amendment. In 1974, Richard F. Celeste was the last lieutenant governor to be elected separately. In 1978, George Voinovich became the first lieutenant governor to be elected on the same ticket with the governor.
From 1852 to 1979, the lieutenant governor also served as the president of the Ohio State Senate. More recently, Ohio governors have generally named the lieutenant governor to head an agency of state government. An example of this is Bruce Edward Johnson, who served as Director of the Ohio Department of Development, as did his successor, Lee Fisher. Recent Lt. Governor Mary Taylor was the director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, until she was replaced by Jillian Froment in 2017.
List of lieutenant governors
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! # ! colspan=2|Lt. Governor ! Took office ! Left office ! Party ! Notes |
| 1
| 85px | William Medill (1802–1865) | January 12, 1852 | July 13, 1853 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Became governor |
|---|
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from July 13, 1853 – January 9, 1854 |
| 2
| 85px | James Myers (1795–1864) | January 9, 1854 | January 14, 1856 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 3
| 85px | Thomas H. Ford (1814–1868) | January 14, 1856 | January 11, 1858 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 4
| 85px | Martin Welker (1819–1902) | January 11, 1858 | January 9, 1860 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 5
| 85px | Robert C. Kirk (1821–1898) | January 9, 1860 | January 13, 1862 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 6
| 85px | Benjamin Stanton (1809–1872) | January 13, 1862 | January 11, 1864 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 7
| 85px | Charles Anderson (1814–1895) | January 11, 1864 | August 29, 1865 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| colspan=7 align=center|Office vacant from August 29, 1865 – January 8, 1866 |
| 8
| 85px | Andrew McBurney (1817–1894) | January 8, 1866 | January 13, 1868 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 9
| 85px | John C. Lee (1828–1891) | January 13, 1868 | January 8, 1872 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 10
| 85px | Jacob Mueller (1822–1905) | January 8, 1872 | January 12, 1874 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 11
| 85px | Alphonso Hart (1830–1910) | January 12, 1874 | January 10, 1876 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 12
| 85px | {{no wrap|Thomas Lowry Young (1832–1888)}} | January 10, 1876 | March 2, 1877 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 13
| 85px | H. W. Curtiss (1824–1902) | March 2, 1877 | January 14, 1878 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | (acting) |
| 14
| 85px | Jabez W. Fitch (1823–1884) | January 14, 1878 | January 12, 1880 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 15
| 85px | Andrew Hickenlooper (1837–1904) | January 12, 1880 | January 9, 1882 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 16
| 85px | Rees G. Richards (1842–1917) | January 9, 1882 | January 14, 1884 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 17
| 85px | John George Warwick (1830–1892) | January 14, 1884 | January 11, 1886 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 18
| 85px | Robert P. Kennedy (1840–1918) | January 11, 1886 | March 3, 1887 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 19
| 85px | Silas A. Conrad (1840–1913) | March 3, 1887 | January 9, 1888 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 20
| 85px | William C. Lyon (1841–1908) | January 9, 1888 | January 13, 1890 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 21
| 85px | Elbert L. Lampson (1852–1930) | January 13, 1890 | January 31, 1890 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 22
| 85px | William V. Marquis (1828–1899) | January 31, 1890 | January 11, 1892 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 23
| 85px | Andrew L. Harris (1835–1915) | January 11, 1892 | January 13, 1896 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 24
| 85px | Asa W. Jones (1838–1918) | January 13, 1896 | January 8, 1900 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 25
| 85px | John A. Caldwell (1852–1927) | January 8, 1900 | January 13, 1902 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 26
| 85px | Carl L. Nippert (1852–1904) | January 13, 1902 | May 1, 1902 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | resigned May 1, 1902 |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from May 1 – June 26, 1902 |
| 27
| 85px | Harry L. Gordon (1860–1921) | June 26, 1902 | January 11, 1904 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 28
| 85px | Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) | January 11, 1904 | January 8, 1906 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 29
| 85px | {{no wrap|Andrew L. Harris (2nd) (1835–1915)}} | January 8, 1906 | June 18, 1906 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from June 18, 1906 – January 11, 1909 |
| 30
| 85px | Francis W. Treadway (1869–1925) | January 11, 1909 | January 9, 1911 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 31
| 85px | Atlee Pomerene (1863–1937) | January 9, 1911 | March 3, 1911 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 32
| 85px | Hugh L. Nichols (1865–1942) | March 3, 1911 | January 13, 1913 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 33
| 85px | W. A. Greenlund (1873–1935) | January 13, 1913 | January 11, 1915 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 34
| 85px | John H. Arnold (1862–1944) | January 11, 1915 | January 8, 1917 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 35
| 85px | Earl D. Bloom (1871–1930) | January 8, 1917 | January 12, 1919 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 36
| 85px | Clarence J. Brown Sr. (1893–1965) | January 12, 1919 | January 8, 1923 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 37
| 85px | Earl D. Bloom (2nd) (1871–1930) | January 8, 1923 | January 12, 1925 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 38
| 85px | Charles H. Lewis (1871–1965) | January 12, 1925 | January 10, 1927 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 39
| 85px | Earl D. Bloom (3rd) (1871–1930) | January 10, 1927 | April 1928 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 40.
| 85px | William G. Pickrel (1888–1966) | April 1928 | November 1928 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 41
| | George C. Braden (1868–1942) | November 1928 | January 14, 1929 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 42
| 85px | John T. Brown (1876–1951) | January 14, 1929 | January 12, 1931 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 43
| 85px | William G. Pickrel (2nd) (1888–1966) | January 12, 1931 | January 9, 1933 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 44
| 85px | Charles W. Sawyer (1887–1979) | January 9, 1933 | January 14, 1935 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 45
| 85px | Harold G. Mosier (1889–1971) | January 14, 1935 | January 11, 1937 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 46
| 85px | Paul P. Yoder (1897–1965) | January 11, 1937 | January 9, 1939 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 47
| | Paul M. Herbert (1889–1983) | January 9, 1939 | January 8, 1945 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 48
| 85px | George D. Nye (1898–1969) | January 8, 1945 | January 13, 1947 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 49
| | Paul M. Herbert (2nd) (1889–1983) | January 13, 1947 | January 10, 1949 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 50
| 85px | George D. Nye (2nd) (1898–1969) | January 10, 1949 | January 12, 1953 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 51
| 85px | John William Brown (1913–1993) | January 12, 1953 | January 3, 1957 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from January 3 – 14, 1957 |
| 52
| | Paul M. Herbert (3rd) (1889–1983) | January 14, 1957 | January 12, 1959 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 53
| | John W. Donahey (1905–1967) | January 12, 1959 | January 14, 1963 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 54
| 85px | John William Brown (1913–1993) | January 14, 1963 | January 13, 1975 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 55
| 85px | Dick Celeste | January 13, 1975 | January 8, 1979 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 56
| 85px | George Voinovich (1936–2016) | January 8, 1979 | November 1979 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | resigned to become |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from November {{Data missing|?|date=January 2025}}, 1979 – January 10, 1983 |
| 57
| | Myrl H. Shoemaker (1913–1985) | January 10, 1983 | July 30, 1985 (Died) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | (died in office) |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from July 30, 1985 – January 12, 1987 |
| 58
| 85px | Paul R. Leonard | January 12, 1987 | January 14, 1991 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 59
| 85px | Mike DeWine | January 14, 1991 | November 12, 1994 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Resigned after being elected to U.S. Senate |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from November 12, 1994 – January 5, 1995 |
| 60
| 85px | Nancy Hollister | January 9, 1995 | December 31, 1998 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | became governor |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from December 31, 1998 – January 11, 1999 |
| 61
| 85px | Maureen O'Connor | January 11, 1999 | December 31, 2002 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | resigned to become |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from December 31, 2002 – January 13, 2003 |
| 62
| 85px | Jennette Bradley | January 13, 2003 | January 5, 2005 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | (Appointed State Treasurer) |
| 63
| 85px | Bruce E. Johnson | January 5, 2005 | December 8, 2006 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | resigned |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from December 8, 2006 – January 8, 2007 |
| 64
| 85px | Lee Fisher | January 8, 2007 | January 10, 2011 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| 65
| 85px | Mary Taylor | January 10, 2011 | January 14, 2019 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 66
| 85px | Jon Husted | January 14, 2019 | January 21, 2025 | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | resigned |
| colspan="7" align="center" |Office vacant from January 21 – February 14, 2025 |
| 67
| Jim Tressel | February 14, 2025 | present | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Governors of Ohio}}
{{Lists of lieutenant governors by U.S. state}}
{{Current U.S. Lieutenant Governors}}
{{Ohio statewide elected officials}}