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 | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | Four years, two term limit |
| Inaugural holder | William Creighton, Jr. 1803 |
| Formation | Ohio Constitution |
| Salary | $109,554 |
| Website | Office of the Ohio Secretary of State |
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
| # | Image | Secretary of State | Term of office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | William Creighton Jr. | 1803–1808 | Democratic Republican |
| 2 | Jeremiah McLene | 1808–1831 | Democratic | |
| 3 | .jpg) | Moses H. Kirby | 1831–1835 | Whig |
| 4 | Benjamin B. Hinkson[a] | 1835–1836 | Democratic | |
| 5 | Carter B. Harlan[b] | 1836–1840 | Democratic | |
| 6 | William Trevitt | 1840–1841 | Democratic | |
| 7 |  | John Sloane | 1841–1844 | Whig |
| 8 |  | Samuel Galloway | 1844–1850 | Whig |
| 9 |  | Henry W. King | 1850–1852 | Free Soil |
| 10 | William Trevitt | 1852–1856 | Democratic | |
| 11 |  | James H. Baker | 1856–1858 | Republican |
| 12 |  | Addison P. Russell | 1858–1862 | Republican |
| 13 |  | Benjamin R. Cowen[c] | 1862 | Republican |
| 14 | Wilson S. Kennon | 1862–1863 | Republican | |
| 15 | William W. Armstrong | 1863–1865 | Democratic | |
| 16 | .jpg) | William Henry Smith[c] | 1865–1868 | Republican |
| 17 | John Russell | 1868–1869 | Republican | |
| 18 |  | Isaac R. Sherwood | 1869–1873 | Republican |
| 19 |  | Allen T. Wikoff | 1873–1875 | Republican |
| 20 | .png) | William Bell, Jr. | 1875–1877 | Democratic |
| 21 |  | Milton Barnes | 1877–1881 | Republican |
| 22 | -1892.jpg) | Charles Townsend | 1881–1883 | Republican |
| 23 |  | James W. Newman | 1883-1885 | Democratic |
| 24 |  | James Sidney Robinson | 1885–1889 | Republican |
| 25 |  | Daniel J. Ryan[d] | 1889–1891 | Republican |
| 26 |  | Christian L. Poorman | 1891–1893 | Republican |
| 27 |  | Samuel McIntire Taylor | 1893–1897 | Republican |
| 28 |  | Charles Kinney | 1897–1901 | Republican |
| 29 | .png) | Lewis C. Laylin | 1901–1907 | Republican |
| 30 |  | Carmi Thompson | 1907–1911 | Republican |
| 31 | .png) | Charles H. Graves | 1911–1915 | Democratic |
| 32 |  | Charles Quinn Hildebrant | 1915–1917 | Republican |
| 33 | .png) | William D. Fulton | 1917–1919 | Democratic |
| 34 |  | Harvey C. Smith | 1919–1923 | Republican |
| 35 |  | Thad H. Brown | 1923–1927 | Republican |
| 36 |  | Clarence J. Brown | 1927–1933 | Republican |
| 37 | .png) | George S. Myers[e] | 1933–1936 | Democratic |
| 38 | William J. Kennedy | 1936–1939 | Democratic | |
| 39 | Earl Griffith[b] | 1939–1940 | Republican | |
| 40 | George M. Neffiner | 1940–1941 | Republican | |
| 41 | John E. Sweeney | 1941–1943 | Democratic | |
| 42 | Edward J. Hummel | 1943–1949 | Republican | |
| 43 | Donald K. Zoller | 1949–1951 | Republican | |
| 44 | Ted W. Brown | 1951–1979 | Republican | |
| 45 | Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. | 1979–1983 | Democratic | |
| 46 |  | Sherrod Brown | 1983–1991 | Democratic |
| 47 | .jpg) | Bob Taft | 1991–1999 | Republican |
| 48 | .jpg) | Ken Blackwell | 1999–2007 | Republican |
| 49 |  | Jennifer Brunner | 2007–2011 | Democratic |
| 50 | .jpg) | Jon Husted | 2011–2019 | Republican |
| 51 | .JPG) | Frank LaRose | 2019–present | Republican |
See also
References
External links
- Ohio Secretary of State
- "Secretaries of State of the State of Ohio: 1788 - present". Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State. State of Ohio. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
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