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.

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 Party1 William Creighton Jr. 1803–1808 Democratic Republican2 Jeremiah McLene 1808–1831 Democratic-Republican3 Moses H. Kirby 1831–1835 Whig4 Benjamin B. Hinkson 1835–1836 Democratic5 Carter B. Harlan 1836–1840 Democratic6 William Trevitt 1840–1841 Democratic7 John Sloane 1841–1844 Whig8 Samuel Galloway 1844–1850 Whig9 Henry W. King 1850–1852 Free Soil10 William Trevitt 1852–1856 Democratic11 James H. Baker 1856–1858 Republican12 Addison P. Russell 1858–1862 Republican13 Benjamin R. Cowen 1862 Republican14 Wilson S. Kennon 1862–1863 Republican15 William W. Armstrong 1863–1865 Democratic16 William Henry Smith 1865–1868 Republican17 John Russell 1868–1869 Republican18 Isaac R. Sherwood 1869–1873 Republican19 Allen T. Wikoff 1873–1875 Republican20 William Bell, Jr. 1875–1877 Democratic21 Milton Barnes 1877–1881 Republican22 Charles Townsend 1881–1883 Republican23 James W. Newman 1883-1885 Democratic24 James Sidney Robinson 1885–1889 Republican25 Daniel J. Ryan 1889–1891 Republican26 Christian L. Poorman 1891–1893 Republican27 Samuel McIntire Taylor 1893–1897 Republican28 Charles Kinney 1897–1901 Republican29 Lewis C. Laylin 1901–1907 Republican30 Carmi Thompson 1907–1911 Republican31 Charles H. Graves 1911–1915 Democratic32 Charles Quinn Hildebrant 1915–1917 Republican33 William D. Fulton 1917–1919 Democratic34 Harvey C. Smith 1919–1923 Republican35 Thad H. Brown 1923–1927 Republican36 Clarence J. Brown 1927–1933 Republican37 George S. Myers 1933–1936 Democratic38 William J. Kennedy 1936–1939 Democratic39 Earl Griffith 1939–1940 Republican40 George M. Neffiner 1940–1941 Republican41 John E. Sweeney 1941–1943 Democratic42 Edward J. Hummel 1943–1949 Republican43 Donald K. Zoller 1949–1951 Republican44 Ted W. Brown 1951–1979 Republican45 Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. 1979–1983 Democratic46 Sherrod Brown 1983–1991 Democratic47 Bob Taft 1991–1999 Republican48 Ken Blackwell 1999–2007 Republican49 Jennifer Brunner 2007–2011 Democratic50 Jon Husted 2011–2019 Republican51 Frank LaRose 2019–present Republican

Ohio Secretary of State

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