Ohio Secretary of State
Secretary of State of Ohio | |
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Seal of the Secretary of State | |
Incumbent Frank LaRose since January 14, 2019 | |
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 |
The Ohio Secretary of State 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.
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.
Contents
1 List of Ohio Secretaries of State
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
List of Ohio Secretaries of State
# | Secretary of State | Term of Office | Party |
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1 | William Creighton, Jr. | 1803–1808 | Democratic Republican |
2 | Jeremiah McLene | 1808–1831 | Democratic |
3 | 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 | 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 | William Bell, Jr. | 1875–1877 | Democratic |
21 | Milton Barnes | 1877–1881 | Republican |
22 | 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 M. Taylor | 1893–1897 | Republican |
28 | Charles Kinney | 1897–1901 | Republican |
29 | Lewis C. Laylin | 1901–1907 | Republican |
30 | Carmi Thompson | 1907–1911 | Republican |
31 | Charles H. Graves | 1911–1915 | Democratic |
32 | Charles Quinn Hildebrant | 1915–1917 | Republican |
33 | William D. Fulton | 1917–1919 | Democratic |
34 | Harvey C. Smith | 1919–1923 | Republican |
35 | Thad H. Brown | 1923–1927 | Republican |
36 | Clarence J. Brown Sr. | 1927–1933 | Republican |
37 | 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 | Bob Taft | 1991–1999 | Republican |
48 | Ken Blackwell | 1999–2007 | Republican |
49 | Jennifer L. Brunner | 2007–2011 | Democratic |
50 | Jon A. Husted | 2011–2019 | Republican |
51 | Frank LaRose | 2019- | Republican
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