Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Political post The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852.<ref Name="Secretary ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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

Parties

#	Lt. Governor		Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
1	File:William Medill at statehouse.jpg	William Medill (1802–1865)	January 12, 1852	July 13, 1853	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Became governor July 13, 1853
Office vacant from July 13, 1853 – January 9, 1854
2	File:No image.svg	James Myers (1795–1864)	January 9, 1854	January 14, 1856	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
3	File:Thomas H. Ford.png	Thomas H. Ford (1814–1868)	January 14, 1856	January 11, 1858	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
4	File:MartinWelker.jpg	Martin Welker (1819–1902)	January 11, 1858	January 9, 1860	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
5	File:No image.svg	Robert C. Kirk (1821–1898)	January 9, 1860	January 13, 1862	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
6	File:Benjamin Stanton-ppmsca.26739.jpg	Benjamin Stanton (1809–1872)	January 13, 1862	January 11, 1864	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
7	File:Charles Anderson at statehouse.jpg	Charles Anderson (1814–1895)	January 11, 1864	August 29, 1865	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
Office vacant from August 29, 1865 – January 8, 1866
8	File:Andrew McBurney (Warren County Hist Soc).jpg	Andrew McBurney (1817–1894)	January 8, 1866	January 13, 1868	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
9	File:John C. Lee.JPG	John C. Lee (1828–1891)	January 13, 1868	January 8, 1872	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
10	File:Jacob Mueller.jpg	Jacob Mueller (1822–1905)	January 8, 1872	January 12, 1874	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
11	File:Alphonso Hart.png	Alphonso Hart (1830–1910)	January 12, 1874	January 10, 1876	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
12	File:Thomas L. Young at statehouse.jpg	Template:No wrap	January 10, 1876	March 2, 1877	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
13	File:Harvey Willard Curtis 1.jpg	H. W. Curtiss (1824–1902)	March 2, 1877	January 14, 1878	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	(acting)
14	File:Jabez W Fitch.png	Jabez W. Fitch (1823–1884)	January 14, 1878	January 12, 1880	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
15	File:Andrew Hickenlooper 002.png	Andrew Hickenlooper (1837–1904)	January 12, 1880	January 9, 1882	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
16	File:Rees G Richards.jpg	Rees G. Richards (1842–1917)	January 9, 1882	January 14, 1884	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
17	File:John G. Warwick 1892.jpg	John George Warwick (1830–1892)	January 14, 1884	January 11, 1886	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
18	File:Robert Patterson Kennedy.jpg	Robert P. Kennedy (1840–1918)	January 11, 1886	March 3, 1887	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
19	File:No image.svg	Silas A. Conrad (1840–1913)	March 3, 1887	January 9, 1888	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
20	File:William Cotter Lyon.png	William C. Lyon (1841–1908)	January 9, 1888	January 13, 1890	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
21	File:Elbert L. Lampson 1910.jpg	Elbert L. Lampson (1852–1930)	January 13, 1890	January 31, 1890	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
22	File:William Vance Marquis.JPG	William V. Marquis (1828–1899)	January 31, 1890	January 11, 1892	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
23	File:Andrew Lintner Harris - oval.jpg	Andrew L. Harris (1835–1915)	January 11, 1892	January 13, 1896	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
24	File:Asa W. Jones 1897.jpg	Asa W. Jones (1838–1918)	January 13, 1896	January 8, 1900	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
25	File:John A. Caldwell.png	John A. Caldwell (1852–1927)	January 8, 1900	January 13, 1902	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
26	File:Carl L. Nippert 002.jpg	Carl L. Nippert (1852–1904)	January 13, 1902	May 1, 1902	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	resigned May 1, 1902
Office vacant from May 1 – June 26, 1902
27	File:Harry Lincoln Gordon.jpg	Harry L. Gordon (1860–1921)	June 26, 1902	January 11, 1904	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
28	File:Wh29.gif	Warren G. Harding (1865–1923)	January 11, 1904	January 8, 1906	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
29	File:Andrew L. Harris at statehouse.jpg	Template:No wrap	January 8, 1906	June 18, 1906	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
Office vacant from June 18, 1906 – January 11, 1909
30	File:Francis W. Treadway (1905).png	Francis W. Treadway (1869–1925)	January 11, 1909	January 9, 1911	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
31	File:AtleePomereneNatPhotoCoA.jpg	Atlee Pomerene (1863–1937)	January 9, 1911	March 3, 1911	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
32	File:Hugh L. Nichols 002.png	Hugh L. Nichols (1865–1942)	March 3, 1911	January 13, 1913	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
33	File:W. A. Greenlund (1913).png	W. A. Greenlund (1873–1935)	January 13, 1913	January 11, 1915	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
34	File:John H. Arnold.png	John H. Arnold (1862–1944)	January 11, 1915	January 8, 1917	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
35	File:Earl D. Bloom.png	Earl D. Bloom (1871–1930)	January 8, 1917	January 12, 1919	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
36	File:Clarence J. Brown as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.png	Clarence J. Brown Sr. (1893–1965)	January 12, 1919	January 8, 1923	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
37	File:Earl D. Bloom 1918.jpg	Earl D. Bloom (2nd) (1871–1930)	January 8, 1923	January 12, 1925	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
38	File:Charles H. Lewis-hec.17077.jpg	Charles H. Lewis (1871–1965)	January 12, 1925	January 10, 1927	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
39	File:Earl D. Bloom 1918.jpg	Earl D. Bloom (3rd) (1871–1930)	January 10, 1927	April 1928	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
40.	File:No image.svg	William G. Pickrel (1888–1966)	April 1928	November 1928	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
41		George C. Braden (1868–1942)	November 1928	January 14, 1929	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
42	File:No image.svg	John T. Brown (1876–1951)	January 14, 1929	January 12, 1931	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
43	File:No image.svg	William G. Pickrel (2nd) (1888–1966)	January 12, 1931	January 9, 1933	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
44	File:CharlesSawyer.jpg	Charles W. Sawyer (1887–1979)	January 9, 1933	January 14, 1935	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
45	File:Harold G. Mosier (1921).png	Harold G. Mosier (1889–1971)	January 14, 1935	January 11, 1937	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
46	File:No image.svg	Paul P. Yoder (1897–1965)	January 11, 1937	January 9, 1939	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
47		Paul M. Herbert (1889–1983)	January 9, 1939	January 8, 1945	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
48	File:George Dewey Nye (Navy).jpg	George D. Nye (1898–1969)	January 8, 1945	January 13, 1947	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
49		Paul M. Herbert (2nd) (1889–1983)	January 13, 1947	January 10, 1949	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
50	File:George Dewey Nye (Navy).jpg	George D. Nye (2nd) (1898–1969)	January 10, 1949	January 12, 1953	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
51	File:John W. Brown (Ohio governor).jpg	John William Brown (1913–1993)	January 12, 1953	January 3, 1957	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
Office vacant from January 3 – 14, 1957
52		Paul M. Herbert (3rd) (1889–1983)	January 14, 1957	January 12, 1959	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
53		John W. Donahey (1905–1967)	January 12, 1959	January 14, 1963	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
54	File:John W. Brown (Ohio governor).jpg	John William Brown (1913–1993)	January 14, 1963	January 13, 1975	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
55	File:Sam Brown Action (cropped).jpg	Dick Celeste (b. 1937)	January 13, 1975	January 8, 1979	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
56	File:George Voinovich 106th Congress 1999.jpg	George Voinovich (1936–2016)	January 8, 1979	November 1979	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	resigned to become Mayor of Cleveland
Office vacant from November Template:Data missing, 1979 – January 10, 1983
57		Myrl H. Shoemaker (1913–1985)	January 10, 1983	July 30, 1985 (Died)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	(died in office)
Office vacant from July 30, 1985 – January 12, 1987
58	File:No image.svg	Paul R. Leonard (b. 1943)	January 12, 1987	January 14, 1991	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
59	File:Mike DeWine 105th Congress 1997.jpg	Mike DeWine (b. 1947)	January 14, 1991	November 12, 1994	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Resigned after being elected to U.S. Senate
Office vacant from November 12, 1994 – January 5, 1995
60	File:Nancy Hollister (Ohio governor).jpg	Nancy Hollister (b. 1949)	January 9, 1995	December 31, 1998	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	became governor December 31, 1998
Office vacant from December 31, 1998 – January 11, 1999
61	File:Maureen O'Connor crop 2012-12-17 (cropped).jpg	Maureen O'Connor (b. 1951)	January 11, 1999	December 31, 2002	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	resigned to become Supreme Court Justice
Office vacant from December 31, 2002 – January 13, 2003
62	File:Jennette Bradley 2009.jpg	Jennette Bradley (b. 1952)	January 13, 2003	January 5, 2005	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	(Appointed State Treasurer)
63	File:Bruce Johnson - 3rd District - Ohio Senate 121st General Assembly 1995-1996 - DPLA - 0e1747b522aad91345898fed00e3159f (page 13) (cropped).jpg	Bruce E. Johnson (b. 1960)	January 5, 2005	December 8, 2006	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	resigned December 8, 2006
Office vacant from December 8, 2006 – January 8, 2007
64	File:Lee Fisher (4542051920) (cropped).jpg	Lee Fisher (b. 1951)	January 8, 2007	January 10, 2011	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic
65	File:Mary Taylor by Gage Skidmore.jpg	Mary Taylor (b. 1966)	January 10, 2011	January 14, 2019	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican
66	File:LtGov-Jon-Husted (cropped).jpg	Jon Husted (b. 1967)	January 14, 2019	January 21, 2025	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	resigned January 21, 2025 after being appointed to the United States Senate
Office vacant from January 21 – February 14, 2025
67	File:Jim Tressel (extra cropped).jpg	Jim Tressel (b. 1952)	February 14, 2025	present	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican

See also

• List of Ohio lieutenant gubernatorial elections
• List of governors of Ohio
• List of United States senators from Ohio
• List of United States representatives from Ohio
• List of Ohio politicians