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Ohio Adjutant General's Department

{{short description|Commander of the Ohio National Guard}}

{{Infobox political post

| post=Ohio Adjutant General

| insignia = Seal of Ohio (B&W).svg

| insigniasize=150

| insigniacaption= Seal of the State of Ohio

| image =

| imagesize = 160px

| incumbent = Major General John C. Harris, Jr.

| incumbentsince = 2019

| nominator = Governor of Ohio{{br}}with advice and consent from the Ohio Senate

| appointer = Governor of the State of Ohio

| reports_to = Secretary of Public Safety

| department = Ohio National Guard

| formation = {{start date and age|1803}}

| deputy = Deputy Adjutant General

| termlength = indefinite

| website = [https://www.nationalguard.com/select-your-state/OH www.nationalguard.com]

}}

Ohio Adjutant General's Department is in the executive branch of government in the State of Ohio concerned with the military forces of the State of Ohio in the United States of America.

The Adjutant General has responsibility for the Ohio Army National Guard, the Ohio Air National Guard, the Ohio Naval Militia and the Ohio Military Reserve.

List of Adjutants General

class="wikitable"

!Term

!Name

!Party

1803Cornelius R. SedanRepublican
1803–1806Samuel FinleyRepublican
1806–1807David ZieglerFederalist
1807–1809Thomas WorthingtonFederalist
1809–1810Joseph KerrRepublican
1810–1811Isaac Van HorneRepublican
1811–1812Thomas WorthingtonFederalist
1812–1818Isaac Van HorneRepublican
1818–1828William DohertyRepublican
1828–1837Samuel C. AndrewsFederalist
1837–1839William DohertyWhig
1839–1841Joseph Medary, Jr.Democrat
1841–1845Edward H. CummingsWhig
1845–1851Thomas W.H. MoselyWhig
1851–1857J.W. WilsonDemocrat
1857–1861Henry B. CarringtonRepublican
1861–1862Catharinus P. BuckinghamRepublican
1862–1864Charles W. HillRepublican
1864–1868Benjamin R. CowenRepublican
1868–1869E.P. SchneiderRepublican
1869–1874William KnappRepublican
1874–1876John T. AmosDemocrat
1876–1877Allen T. WikoffRepublican
1877–1878Charles W. CarrRepublican
1878–1880Luther W. MeileyDemocrat
1880–1881William H. GibsonRepublican
1881–1884Samuel B. SmithRepublican
1884–1886Ebenezer B. FinleyDemocrat
1886–1890Henry A. AxlineRepublican
1890–1891Morton L. HawkinsDemocrat
1891–1892Thomas T. DillDemocrat
1892–1893Edgar J. PocockRepublican
1893–1896James C. HoweRepublican
1896–1898Henry A. AxlineRepublican
1898Herbert B. KingsleyRepublican
1899–1900Henry A. AxlineRepublican
1900–1904George R. GygerRepublican
1904–1905Ammon B. CritchfieldRepublican
1906Oliver H. HughesDemocrat
1906–1908Ammon B. CritchfieldRepublican
...
1941–1942Whittier S. Bird
1942–1949Donald F. Pancoast
1949–1959Leo M. Kreber
...
1988–1999Richard Alexander[http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15005coll9/id/632]
1999–2004John H. Smith–
2004–2011Gregory L. Wayt–
2011–2014Deborah A. Ashenhurst–
2015–2019Mark E. Bartman–
2019–PresentJohn C. Harris, Jr.–

Notes

  • {{cite book|ref=sandles|title=The biographical annals of Ohio 1906-1907-1908 : A handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio |year=1898 |editor1-first=A P|editor1-last=Sandles |editor2-first=E W |editor2-last=Doty |publisher=State of Ohio |page=590 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-clAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA590}}
    (this document disagrees with the above chart, period 1810 - 1819. It does not show Worthington's second stint.)
  • {{cite book|ref=ohiowar1|title=Ohio in the War Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers |page=600 |first=Whitelaw |last=Reid |authorlink=Whitelaw Reid|publisher=The Robert Clarke Company |year=1895 |volume=1 |location=Cincinnati |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJ94AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA600}}
    (This source say that before the civil war "Ormsby M. Mitchel was for two years Adjutant-General of the State of Ohio")

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Category:Government of Ohio

Category:Military in Ohio

Category:1803 establishments in Ohio

Category:Adjutants general of the National Guard of the United States