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{{Infobox Political post
| post = Lieutenant Governor
| body = Ohio
| insignia = Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.svg
| insigniasize = 110
| insigniacaption = [[Seals of governors of the U.S. states and territories|Seal of the lieutenant governor]]
| image = Jim Tressel (extra cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Jim Tressel]]
| incumbentsince = February 14, 2025
| style = The Honorable
| termlength = Four years, two consecutive with four-year pause thereafter
| formation = [[Ohio Constitution]]
| succession = [[Gubernatorial_lines_of_succession_in_the_United_States#Ohio|First]]
| inaugural = [[William Medill]] (1852)
| salary = $78,041
| website = {{official website|http://www.governor.ohio.gov/About/LtGovernorTaylor.aspx}}
}}
The position of '''lieutenant governor of Ohio''' was established in 1852.<ref Name="Secretary ">{{cite web|last=Husted|first=Jon |author-link=Jon Husted |title=Lieutenant Governors of the State of Ohio: 1852 - present |publisher=[[Ohio Secretary of State]] |access-date=2012-01-24 |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/HistoricalElectionComparisons/Lieutenant%20Governors%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Ohio%201852%20-%20present.aspx}}</ref> The lieutenant governor becomes [[Governor of Ohio|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, [[Dick Celeste|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 [[List of Presidents of the Ohio Senate|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
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{| class="wikitable"
! #
! colspan=2|Lt. Governor
! Took office
! Left office
! Party 
! Notes

|-
! 1 
| [[File:William Medill at statehouse.jpg|85px]]
| [[William Medill]] (1802–1865)
| January 12, 1852
| July 13, 1853
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
| Became governor<br>July 13, 1853
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from July 13, 1853 &ndash; January 9, 1854''
|-
! 2 
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| [[James Myers (politician)|James Myers]] (1795–1864)
| January 9, 1854
| January 14, 1856 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 3 
| [[File:Thomas H. Ford.png|85px]]
| [[Thomas H. Ford]] (1814–1868)
| January 14, 1856
| January 11, 1858 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 4 
| [[File:MartinWelker.jpg|85px]]
| [[Martin Welker]] (1819–1902)
| January 11, 1858
| January 9, 1860 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 5 
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| [[Robert C. Kirk]] (1821–1898)
| January 9, 1860
| January 13, 1862 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 6 
| [[File:Benjamin Stanton-ppmsca.26739.jpg|85px]]
| [[Benjamin Stanton]] (1809–1872)
| January 13, 1862
| January 11, 1864 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 7 
| [[File:Charles Anderson at statehouse.jpg|85px]]
| [[Charles Anderson (governor)|Charles Anderson]] (1814–1895)
| January 11, 1864
| August 29, 1865 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|-
|colspan=7 align=center|''Office vacant from August 29, 1865 &ndash; January 8, 1866''
|-
! 8 
| [[File:Andrew McBurney (Warren County Hist Soc).jpg|85px]]
| [[Andrew McBurney]]  (1817–1894)
| January 8, 1866
| January 13, 1868 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|
|-
! 9 
| [[File:John C. Lee.JPG|85px]]
| [[John C. Lee]] (1828–1891)
| January 13, 1868
| January 8, 1872 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|
|-
! 10 
| [[File:Jacob Mueller.jpg|85px]]
| [[Jacob Mueller]] (1822–1905)
| January 8, 1872
| January 12, 1874 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|
|-
! 11 
| [[File:Alphonso Hart.png|85px]]
| [[Alphonso Hart]] (1830–1910)
| January 12, 1874
| January 10, 1876 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 12
| [[File:Thomas L. Young at statehouse.jpg|85px]]
| {{no wrap|[[Thomas Lowry Young]] (1832–1888)}}
| January 10, 1876
| March 2, 1877 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 13
| [[File:Harvey Willard Curtis 1.jpg|85px]]
| [[H. W. Curtiss]] (1824–1902)
| March 2, 1877
| January 14, 1878 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
| (acting)

|-
! 14 
| [[File:Jabez W Fitch.png|85px]]
| [[Jabez W. Fitch]] (1823–1884)
| January 14, 1878
| January 12, 1880 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 15
| [[File:Andrew Hickenlooper 002.png|85px]]
| [[Andrew Hickenlooper]] (1837–1904)
| January 12, 1880
| January 9, 1882 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 16 
| [[File:Rees G Richards.jpg|85px]]
| [[Rees G. Richards]] (1842–1917)
| January 9, 1882
| January 14, 1884 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 17 
| [[File:John G. Warwick 1892.jpg|85px]]
| [[John George Warwick]] (1830–1892)
| January 14, 1884
| January 11, 1886 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 18 
| [[File:Robert Patterson Kennedy.jpg|85px]]
| [[Robert P. Kennedy]] (1840–1918)
| January 11, 1886
| March 3, 1887 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 19 
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| [[Silas A. Conrad]] (1840–1913)
| March 3, 1887
| January 9, 1888 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 20 
| [[File:William Cotter Lyon.png|85px]]
| [[William C. Lyon]] (1841–1908)
| January 9, 1888
| January 13, 1890 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 21 
| [[File:Elbert L. Lampson 1910.jpg|85px]]
| [[Elbert L. Lampson]] (1852–1930)
| January 13, 1890
| January 31, 1890 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 22
| [[File:William Vance Marquis.JPG|85px]]
| [[William V. Marquis]] (1828–1899)
| January 31, 1890
| January 11, 1892 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 23 
| [[File:Andrew_Lintner_Harris_-_oval.jpg|85px]]
| [[Andrew L. Harris]] (1835–1915)
| January 11, 1892
| January 13, 1896 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 24 
| [[File:Asa W. Jones 1897.jpg|85px]]
| [[Asa W. Jones]] (1838–1918)
| January 13, 1896
| January 8, 1900 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 25 
| [[File:John A. Caldwell.png|85px]]
| [[John A. Caldwell]] (1852–1927)
| January 8, 1900
| January 13, 1902 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 26
| [[File:Carl L. Nippert 002.jpg|85px]]
| [[Carl L. Nippert]] (1852–1904)
| January 13, 1902 
| May 1, 1902 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
| resigned May 1, 1902 
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from May 1 &ndash; June 26, 1902''
|-
! 27
| [[File:Harry Lincoln Gordon.jpg|85px]]
| [[Harry L. Gordon]] (1860–1921)
| June 26, 1902
| January 11, 1904 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 28 
| [[File:Wh29.gif|85px]]
| [[Warren G. Harding]] (1865–1923)
| January 11, 1904
| January 8, 1906 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
|

|-
! 29 
| [[File:Andrew L. Harris at statehouse.jpg|85px]]
| {{no wrap|[[Andrew L. Harris]] (2nd) (1835–1915)}}
| January 8, 1906 
| June 18, 1906 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from June 18, 1906 &ndash; January 11, 1909''
|-
! 30 
| [[File:Francis W. Treadway (1905).png|85px]]
| [[Francis W. Treadway]] (1869–1925)
| January 11, 1909
| January 9, 1911 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 31
| [[File:AtleePomereneNatPhotoCoA.jpg|85px]]
| [[Atlee Pomerene]] (1863–1937)
| January 9, 1911 
| March 3, 1911
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 32 
| [[File:Hugh L. Nichols 002.png|85px]]
| [[Hugh L. Nichols]] (1865–1942)
| March 3, 1911
| January 13, 1913 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 33 
| [[File:W. A. Greenlund (1913).png|85px]]
| [[W. A. Greenlund]] (1873–1935)
| January 13, 1913
| January 11, 1915 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 34 
| [[File:John H. Arnold.png|85px]]
| [[John H. Arnold (politician)|John H. Arnold]] (1862–1944)
| January 11, 1915
| January 8, 1917 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 35 
| [[File:Earl D. Bloom.png|85px]]
| [[Earl D. Bloom]] (1871–1930)
| January 8, 1917
| January 12, 1919 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 36 
| [[File:Clarence J. Brown as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.png|85px]]
| [[Clarence J. Brown|Clarence J. Brown Sr.]] (1893–1965)
| January 12, 1919
| January 8, 1923 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 37 
| [[File:Earl D. Bloom 1918.jpg|85px]]
| [[Earl D. Bloom]] (2nd) (1871–1930)
| January 8, 1923
| January 12, 1925 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 38 
| [[File:Charles H. Lewis-hec.17077.jpg|85px]]
| [[Charles H. Lewis]] (1871–1965)
| January 12, 1925
| January 10, 1927 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 39 
| [[File:Earl D. Bloom 1918.jpg|85px]]
| [[Earl D. Bloom]] (3rd) (1871–1930)
| January 10, 1927
| April 1928 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 40. 
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| [[William G. Pickrel]] (1888–1966)
| April 1928 
| November 1928
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 41
|
| [[George C. Braden]] (1868–1942)
| November 1928
| January 14, 1929 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 42 
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| [[John T. Brown]] (1876–1951)
| January 14, 1929
| January 12, 1931 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 43 
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| [[William G. Pickrel]] (2nd) (1888–1966)
| January 12, 1931
| January 9, 1933 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 44 
| [[File:CharlesSawyer.jpg|85px]]
| [[Charles W. Sawyer]] (1887–1979)
| January 9, 1933
| January 14, 1935 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 45 
| [[File:Harold G. Mosier (1921).png |85px]]
| [[Harold G. Mosier]] (1889–1971)
| January 14, 1935
| January 11, 1937 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 46 
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| [[Paul P. Yoder]] (1897–1965)
| January 11, 1937
| January 9, 1939 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 47
|
| [[Paul M. Herbert]] (1889–1983)
| January 9, 1939
| January 8, 1945 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 48
| [[File:George Dewey Nye (Navy).jpg|85px]]
| [[George D. Nye]] (1898–1969)
| January 8, 1945
| January 13, 1947 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 49 
|
| [[Paul M. Herbert]] (2nd) (1889–1983)
| January 13, 1947
| January 10, 1949 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 50
| [[File:George Dewey Nye (Navy).jpg|85px]]
| [[George D. Nye]] (2nd) (1898–1969)
| January 10, 1949
| January 12, 1953 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 51
| [[File:John W. Brown (Ohio governor).jpg|85px]]
| [[John William Brown]] (1913–1993)
| January 12, 1953
| January 3, 1957 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from January 3 – 14, 1957''
|-
! 52
|
| [[Paul M. Herbert]] (3rd) (1889–1983)
| January 14, 1957
| January 12, 1959 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 53
|
| [[John W. Donahey]] (1905–1967)
| January 12, 1959
| January 14, 1963 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|

|-
! 54
| [[File:John W. Brown (Ohio governor).jpg|85px]]
| [[John William Brown]] (1913–1993)
| January 14, 1963
| January 13, 1975 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|

|-
! 55 
| [[File:Sam Brown Action (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| [[Dick Celeste]] <br> (b. 1937)
| January 13, 1975
| January 8, 1979 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 56
| [[File:George Voinovich 106th Congress 1999.jpg|85px]]
| [[George Voinovich]] (1936–2016)
| January 8, 1979
| November 1979 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
| resigned to become <br>[[Mayor of Cleveland]]
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from November {{Data missing|?|date=January 2025}}'', ''1979 &ndash; January 10, 1983''
|-
! 57 
| 
| [[Myrl Shoemaker|Myrl H. Shoemaker]] (1913–1985)
| January 10, 1983
| July 30, 1985 (Died)
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
| (died in office)
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from July 30, 1985 &ndash; January 12, 1987''
|-
! 58
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| [[Paul Leonard (politician)|Paul R. Leonard]] <br> (b. 1943)
| January 12, 1987
| January 14, 1991 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 59 
| [[File:Mike DeWine 105th Congress 1997.jpg|85px]]
| [[Mike DeWine]] <br> (b. 1947)
| January 14, 1991
| November 12, 1994
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
| Resigned after being elected to [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from November 12, 1994 &ndash; January 5, 1995''
|-
! 60
| [[File:Nancy_Hollister_(Ohio_governor).jpg|85px]]
| [[Nancy Hollister]] <br> (b. 1949)
| January 9, 1995
| December 31, 1998 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
| became governor <br> December 31, 1998
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from December 31, 1998  &ndash; January 11, 1999''
|-
! 61 
| [[File:Maureen O'Connor crop 2012-12-17 (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| [[Maureen O'Connor]] <br> (b. 1951)
| January 11, 1999
| December 31, 2002
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
| resigned to become<br>Supreme Court Justice
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from December 31, 2002  &ndash; January 13, 2003''
|-
! 62
| [[File:Jennette Bradley 2009.jpg|85px]]
| [[Jennette Bradley]] <br> (b. 1952)
| January 13, 2003
| January 5, 2005 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
| (Appointed [[Ohio State Treasurer|State Treasurer]])

|-
! 63 
| [[File:Bruce Johnson - 3rd District - Ohio Senate 121st General Assembly 1995-1996 - DPLA - 0e1747b522aad91345898fed00e3159f (page 13) (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| [[Bruce Johnson (Ohio politician)|Bruce E. Johnson]] <br> (b. 1960)
| January 5, 2005
| December 8, 2006 
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] 
| resigned <br>December 8, 2006
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from December 8, 2006 – January 8, 2007''
|-
! 64
| [[File:Lee Fisher (4542051920) (cropped).jpg |85px]]
| [[Lee Fisher]] <br> (b. 1951)
| January 8, 2007
| January 10, 2011 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] 
|

|-
! 65 
| [[File:Mary Taylor by Gage Skidmore.jpg|85px]]
| [[Mary Taylor (Ohio politician)|Mary Taylor]] <br> (b. 1966)
| January 10, 2011
| January 14, 2019
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|
|-
! 66 
| [[File:LtGov-Jon-Husted (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| [[Jon Husted]] <br> (b. 1967)
| January 14, 2019
| January 21, 2025
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| resigned <br>January 21, 2025 after being appointed to the [[United States Senate]]
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" |''Office vacant from January 21 &ndash; February 14, 2025''
|-
! 67
| [[File:Jim Tressel (extra cropped).jpg|123x123px]]
| [[Jim Tressel]] <br> (b. 1952)
| February 14, 2025
| present
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|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]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Governors of Ohio}}
{{Lists of lieutenant governors by U.S. state}}
{{Current U.S. Lieutenant Governors}}
{{Ohio statewide elected officials}}

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[[Category:Lists of Ohio politicians|Lieutenant Governor]]
[[Category:Lists of state lieutenant governors of the United States|Ohio]]
[[Category:1852 establishments in Ohio]]