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.

Secretary of State of Ohio
Seal of the secretary of state
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Incumbent
Frank LaRose
since January 14, 2019
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthFour years, two term limit
Inaugural holderWilliam Creighton, Jr.
1803
FormationOhio Constitution
Salary$109,554
WebsiteOffice of the Ohio Secretary of State
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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.

List of Ohio secretaries of state
#ImageSecretary of StateTerm of officeParty
1William Creighton Jr.1803–1808Democratic Republican
2Jeremiah McLene1808–1831Democratic
3Moses H. Kirby1831–1835Whig
4Benjamin B. Hinkson[lower-alpha 1]1835–1836Democratic
5Carter B. Harlan[lower-alpha 2]1836–1840Democratic
6William Trevitt1840–1841Democratic
7John Sloane1841–1844Whig
8Samuel Galloway1844–1850Whig
9Henry W. King1850–1852Free Soil
10William Trevitt1852–1856Democratic
11James H. Baker1856–1858Republican
12Addison P. Russell1858–1862Republican
13Benjamin R. Cowen[lower-alpha 3]1862Republican
14Wilson S. Kennon1862–1863Republican
15William W. Armstrong1863–1865Democratic
16William Henry Smith[lower-alpha 3]1865–1868Republican
17John Russell1868–1869Republican
18Isaac R. Sherwood1869–1873Republican
19Allen T. Wikoff1873–1875Republican
20William Bell, Jr.1875–1877Democratic
21Milton Barnes1877–1881Republican
22Charles Townsend1881–1883Republican
23James W. Newman1883-1885Democratic
24James Sidney Robinson1885–1889Republican
25Daniel J. Ryan[lower-alpha 4]1889–1891Republican
26Christian L. Poorman1891–1893Republican
27Samuel McIntire Taylor1893–1897Republican
28Charles Kinney1897–1901Republican
29Lewis C. Laylin1901–1907Republican
30Carmi Thompson1907–1911Republican
31Charles H. Graves1911–1915Democratic
32Charles Quinn Hildebrant1915–1917Republican
33William D. Fulton1917–1919Democratic
34Harvey C. Smith1919–1923Republican
35Thad H. Brown1923–1927Republican
36Clarence J. Brown1927–1933Republican
37George S. Myers[lower-alpha 5]1933–1936Democratic
38William J. Kennedy1936–1939Democratic
39Earl Griffith[lower-alpha 2]1939–1940Republican
40George M. Neffiner1940–1941Republican
41John E. Sweeney1941–1943Democratic
42Edward J. Hummel1943–1949Republican
43Donald K. Zoller1949–1951Republican
44Ted W. Brown1951–1979Republican
45Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr.1979–1983Democratic
46Sherrod Brown1983–1991Democratic
47Bob Taft1991–1999Republican
48Ken Blackwell1999–2007Republican
49Jennifer Brunner2007–2011Democratic
50Jon Husted2011–2019Republican
51Frank LaRose2019–presentRepublican
  1. Resigned February 12, 1836.[1]
  2. Died in office.
  3. Resigned.
  4. Resigned April 1891.[2]
  5. Resigned December 31, 1936.

See also

References
  1. Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... State of Ohio. p. 170.
  2. Gilkey, Elliott Howard, ed. (1901). The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Handbook of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... State of Ohio. p. 425.
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