- Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
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The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852.[1] The lieutenant governor becomes governor if the governor resigns, dies in office or is removed by impeachment. Before 1852, the president of the Ohio State Senate would serve as acting governor if a vacancy in the governorship occurred. Until relatively recently, 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.
The 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Warren G. Harding, later served as 29th President of the United States.
Election Results, Ohio Lieutenant Governor
List of Lieutenant Governors of Ohio:
No. Name Term Party Notes 1. William Medill 1852-1853 Democratic (Elevated to Governor) 2. James Myers 1854-1856 Democratic 3. Thomas H. Ford 1856-1858 Republican 4. Martin Welker 1858-1860 Republican 5. Robert C. Kirk 1860-1862 Republican 6. Benjamin Stanton 1862-1864 Republican 7. Charles Anderson 1864-1865 Republican (Elevated to Governor) 8. Andrew McBurney 1866-1868 Republican 9. John C. Lee 1868-1872 Republican 10. Jacob Mueller 1872-1874 Republican 11. Alphonso Hart 1874-1876 Republican 12. Thomas Lowry Young 1876-1877 Republican (Elevated to Governor) 13. H. W. Curtiss 1877-1878 14. Jabez W. Fitch 1878-1880 Democratic 15. Andrew Hickenlooper 1880-1882 Republican 16. Rees G. Richards 1882-1884 Republican 17. John George Warwick 1884-1886 Democratic 18. Robert P. Kennedy 1886-1887 Republican 19. Silas A. Conrad 1887-1888 20. William C. Lyon 1888-1890 Republican 21. Elbert L. Lampson 1890 Republican 22. William V. Marquis 1890-1892 Democratic 23. Andrew L. Harris 1892-1896 Republican 24. Asa W. Jones 1896-1900 Republican 25. John A. Caldwell 1900-1902 Republican 26. Carl L. Nippert 1902 Republican 27. Harry L. Gordon 1902-1904 28. Warren G. Harding 1904-1906 Republican 29. Andrew L. Harris 1906 Republican (Elevated to Governor) 30. Francis W. Treadway 1909-1911 Republican 31. Atlee Pomerene 1911 Democratic (Elected to U.S. Senate) 32. Hugh L. Nichols 1911-1913 Democratic 33. W. A. Greenlund 1913-1915 34. John H. Arnold 1915-1917 35. Earl D. Bloom 1917-1919 Democratic 36. Clarence J. Brown Sr. 1919-1923 Republican 37. Earl D. Bloom (2nd) 1923-1925 Democratic 38. Charles H. Lewis 1925-1927 39. Earl D. Bloom (3rd) 1927-1928 Democratic 40. William G. Pickrel 1928 Democratic 41. George C. Braden 1928-1929 42. John T. Brown 1929-1931 Republican 43. William G. Pickrel (2nd) 1931-1933 Democratic 44. Charles W. Sawyer 1933-1935 Democratic 45. Harold Gerard Mosier 1935-1937 Democratic 46. Paul P. Yoder 1937-1939 47. Paul M. Herbert 1939-1945 Republican 48. George D. Nye 1945-1947 Democratic 49. Paul M. Herbert (2nd) 1947-1949 Republican 50. George D. Nye (2nd) 1949-1953 Democratic 51. John W. Brown 1953-1957 Republican (Elevated to Governor) 52. Paul M. Herbert (3rd) 1957-1959 Republican 53. John W. Donahey 1959-1963 Democratic 54. John W. Brown 1963-1975 Republican 55. Richard F. Celeste 1975-1979 Democratic 56. George V. Voinovich 1979 Republican resigned to become mayor of Cleveland vacancy 1979-1983 57. Myrl H. Shoemaker 1983-1985 Democratic (died in office) vacancy 1985-1987 58. Paul R. Leonard 1987-1991 Democratic 59. R. Michael DeWine 1991-1994 Republican (elected to U.S. Senate) vacancy 1994-1995 60. Nancy P. Hollister 1995-1998 Republican (Elevated to Governor) vacancy 1998-1999 61. Maureen O'Connor 1999-2003 Republican (Elected to the Ohio Supreme Court) 62. Jennette B. Bradley 2003-2005 Republican (Appointed State Treasurer) 63. Bruce Edward Johnson 2005-2006 Republican (resigned December 8, 2006) vacancy 2006-2007 64. Lee Fisher 2007-2011 Democratic 65. Mary Taylor 2011-Present Republican See also:
- Election Results, Ohio Lieutenant Governor
- List of All Governors of Ohio
- List of All Current Governors of United States
- List of United States Senators from Ohio
- List of All Current United States Senators
- List of United States Representatives from Ohio
- List of All Current United States Representatives
- List of Ohio politicians
References
- ^ Secretary (2008). "Lieutenant Governors of the State of Ohio: 1852 - present" (web). Listing. Ohio Secretary of State. http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/Historical%20Election%20Comparisons/Lieutenant%20Governors%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Ohio%201852%20-%20present.aspx. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
Current lieutenant governors U.S. states and territories and next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors or where the office is vacantAL Ivey (R) AK Treadwell (R) AZ Bennett (R)1 AR Darr (R) CA Newsom (D) CO Garcia (D) CT Wyman (D) DE Denn (D) FL Carroll (R) GA Cagle (R) HI Schatz (D) ID Little (R) IL Simon (D) IN Skillman (R) IA Reynolds (R) KS Colyer (R) KY Mongiardo (D) LA Dardenne (R) ME Raye (R)2 MD Brown (D) MA Murray (D) MI Calley (R) MN Solon (D) MS Bryant (R) MO Kinder (R) MT Bohlinger (R) NE Sheehy (R) NV Krolicki (R) NH Bragdon (R)2 NJ Guadagno (R) NM Sanchez (R) NY Duffy (D) NC Dalton (D) ND Wrigley (R) OH Taylor (R) OK Lamb (R) OR Brown (D)1 PA Cawley (R) RI Roberts (D) SC Ard (R) SD Michels (R) TN Ramsey (R)2 TX Dewhurst (R) UT Bell (R) VT Scott (R) VA Bolling (R) WA Owen (D) WV Kessler (D)2 WI Kleefisch (R) WY Maxfield (R)1 DC Brown (D)3
Territories:AS Sunia (D) GU Tenorio (R) MP Inos (C) PR McClintock (D)1 VI Francis (D) Categories:- Lieutenant Governors of Ohio
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