Ohio Attorney General

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The Ohio attorney general is the chief legal officer of the state of Ohio in the United States. The office is filled by general election, held every four years. The Template:As of Ohio attorney general is Republican Dave Yost.

History

The office of the attorney general was first created by the Ohio General Assembly by statute in 1846. The attorney general's principal duties were to give legal advice to the state government, to represent the state in legal matters, and to advise the state's county prosecutors. Originally, the attorney general was appointed by the legislature. With the adoption of Ohio's second constitution in 1851, the attorney general became an elected office. The attorney general's duties were drawn very generally at that time.

In 1952, the General Assembly passed a statute that added to the attorney general's responsibilities, including trusteeship over charitable trusts, and legal advice to more government agencies. The act stated that the attorney general could prosecute individuals only if the governor requested so in writing. Starting in 1954, the term of office was increased from two years to four years.

In 2008 Nancy H. Rogers was appointed following the resignation of Marc Dann. A special election was held in 2008 to find a permanent replacement; then–Ohio State Treasurer Richard Cordray (D) beat out Michael Crites (R), and Robert M. Owens (I) for the position.[1]

The Solicitor General of Ohio is the top appellate lawyer in the attorney general's office.

In November 2014, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine secured a $22 million settlement from the credit score company ScoreSense, which is owned by the company One Technologies. DeWine had filed civil charges against the company along with the Illinois attorney general and Federal Trade Commission. Ohio consumers and state government will receive a portion of the settlement.[2] According to the FTC, One Technologies "lured customers with "free access" to their credit scores and then billed them a recurring fee of $29.95 per month..."[3] Over 200,000 consumers had filed complaints against the company.[4]

List of attorneys general of Ohio (1846–present)

Term Attorney General Party Home county Picture Notes
1846–1851 Template:Sortname Whig Fairfield File:Stanberry-AttorGen.jpg  
1851–1852 Template:Sortname Democratic Adams    
1852–1854 Template:Sortname Democratic Hamilton File:George Pugh.jpg  
1854–1856 Template:Sortname Democratic Jefferson File:George Wythe McCook photograph.JPG  
1856 Template:Sortname Republican Medina died
1856–1861 Template:Sortname Republican Summit File:Christopher Wolcott.png  
1861–1863 Template:Sortname Republican Wood File:James Murray (Ohio politician).jpg  
1863–1865 Template:Sortname Democratic Holmes File:Lyman R. Critchfield.png  
1865 Template:Sortname Union Washington File:William Pitt Richardson.jpg resigned
1865–1866 Template:Sortname Republican Pickaway File:Chauncey N. Olds.jpg  
1866–1870 Template:Sortname Republican Logan File:William H. West 002.png  
1870–1874 Template:Sortname Republican Morgan File:Francis Bates Pond.jpg  
1874–1878 Template:Sortname Republican Greene File:John Little (congressman).jpg  
1878–1880 Template:Sortname Democratic Allen File:Isaiah Pillars.png  
1880–1883 Template:Sortname Republican Franklin File:George K. Nash 002.png  
1883–1884 Template:Sortname Republican Harrison File:David Hollingsworth.jpg  
1884–1886 Template:Sortname Democratic Cuyahoga File:James Lawrence (Ohio politician).jpg  
1886–1888 Template:Sortname Republican Summit File:Jacob A. Kohler.png  
1888–1892 Template:Sortname Republican Franklin File:David K. Watson.jpg  
1892–1896 Template:Sortname Republican Lawrence File:John K. Richards.jpg  
1896–1900 Template:Sortname Republican Crawford File:Frank S. Monnette.png  
1900–1904 Template:Sortname Republican Putnam File:John M. Sheets.png  
1904–1908 Template:Sortname Republican Hamilton File:Wade H. Ellis, portrait bust.jpg  
1908–1911 Template:Sortname Republican Lucas File:Ulysses G. Denman.png  
1911–1915 Template:Sortname Democratic Jackson File:Timothy Sylvester Hogan (circa 1912).png  
1915–1917 Template:Sortname Republican Franklin File:Edward C. Turner (1915).png  
1917–1919 Template:Sortname Democratic Jackson File:Joseph McGhee (circa 1912).png  
1919–1923 Template:Sortname Republican Franklin File:John G. Price 002.png  
1923–1927 Template:Sortname Republican Madison File:Charles C. Crabbe 1920.png  
1927–1929 Template:Sortname (2nd) Republican Franklin File:Edward C. Turner (1915).png  
1929–1933 Template:Sortname Republican Franklin File:Gilbert Bettman 1921.jpg  
1933–1937 Template:Sortname Republican Franklin File:John William Bricker (Gov., Sen. OH).jpg  
1937–1939 Template:Sortname Democratic Franklin  
1939–1945 Template:Sortname Republican Cuyahoga File:Thomas J. Herbert (1921).png  
1945–1949 Template:Sortname Republican Mahoning  
1949–1951 Template:Sortname (2nd) Democratic Franklin  
1951–1957 Template:Sortname Republican Washington File:C. William O'Neill (OH).png  
1957–1959 Template:Sortname Republican Champaign File:WilliamBartSaxbe2.jpg  
1959–1963 Template:Sortname Democratic Cuyahoga  
1963–1969 Template:Sortname (2nd) Republican Champaign File:William B. Saxbe.jpg resigned
1969–1971 Template:Sortname Republican Franklin  
1971–1983 Template:Sortname Democratic Mahoning  
1983–1991 Template:Sortname Democratic Cuyahoga  
1991–1995 Template:Sortname Democratic Cuyahoga File:Lee Fisher.jpg  
1995–2003 Template:Sortname Republican Wood File:Betty Montgomery.jpg  
2003–2007 Template:Sortname Republican Cuyahoga File:Jim Petro, January 11, 2013 (cropped).jpg  
2007–2008 Template:Sortname Democratic Trumbull File:Marc E. Dann - Ohio Senate 126th General Assembly 2006 - DPLA - bb02896c4b8cfc4ca292faff08e94fc8 (page 16) (cropped).jpg resigned on May 14, 2008
2008–2009 Template:Sortname Democratic[5] Franklin File:Nancy H. Rogers.jpg Did not run in the subsequent special election.
2009–2011 Template:Sortname Democratic Franklin File:Richard Cordray.jpg  
2011–2019 Template:Sortname Republican Greene File:2011MikeDewineHiResWeb (cropped).jpg  
2019- Template:Sortname Republican Franklin File:Dave Yost AG (cropped).jpg Incumbent

Elections

Template:ElectionsOH The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect an attorney general for a four-year term. The winning candidate is shown in bold.

Year Democratic Republican Other
2022 Jeffrey Crossman : 1,647,644 Dave Yost : 2,484,753
2018 Steve Dettelbach : 2,021,194 Dave Yost : 2,226,368
2014 David Pepper : 1,178,426 Mike DeWine : 1,882,048
2010[6] Richard Cordray : 1,772,728 Mike DeWine : 1,821,414 Marc Allan Feldman
(Libertarian) : 107,521
Robert M. Owens
(Constitution) : 130,065
2008[7] Richard Cordray : 2,890,953 Michael Crites : 1,956,252 Robert M. Owens (I) : 246,002
2006 Marc Dann: 2,035,825 Betty D. Montgomery: 1,833,846  [8]
2002 Leigh Herington: 1,123,318 James M. Petro: 2,007,411  [9]
1998 Richard Cordray: 1,240,102 Betty D. Montgomery: 2,037,864  [10]
1994 Lee Fisher: 1,625,247 Betty D. Montgomery: 1,716,451  
1990 Lee Fisher: 1,680,698 Paul E. Pfeifer: 1,679,464  
1986 Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.: 1,821,587 Barry Levey: 1,222,102  [11]
1982 Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.: 2,036,243 Charles R. Saxbe: 1,203,797 James L. Schuller:
(Libertarian): 81,974
1978 William J. Brown: 1,700,262 George Curtis Smith: 968,220  [12]
1974 William J. Brown: 1,645,933 George Curtis Smith: 1,140,556  
1970 William J. Brown: 1,613,926 John D. Herbert: 1,297,419 Al Budka
(WI): 94
1966 Robert E. Sweeney: 1,233,805 William B. Saxbe: 1,522,038  [13]
1962 Robert E. Sweeney: 198,800 William B. Saxbe  
1958 Mark McElroy: 1,561,575 William B. Saxbe: 1,466,881  [14]
1956 Stephen M. Young: 1,559,742 William B. Saxbe: 1,719,620  
1954 Paul F. Ward: 1,051,364 C. William O'Neill: 1,335,557  
1952 Paul F. Ward: 1,373,114 C. William O'Neill: 1,871,200  
1950 Herbert S. Duffy: 1,246,076 C. William O'Neill: 1,406,358  
1948 Herbert S. Duffy: 1,433,565 Hugh S. Jenkins: 1,349,516  [15]
1946 Harry T. Marshall:134,829 Hugh S. Jenkins: 173,107  
1944 George A. Hurley: 1,407,207 Hugh S. Jenkins: 1,473,180  
1942 Herbert S. Duffy: 665,131 Thomas J. Herbert: 983,732  
1940 George D. Nye: 1,401,627 Thomas J. Herbert: 1,552,462  
1926[16] Charles B. Zimmerman Edward C. Turner  
1922[17] Stephen M. Young : 744,693 Charles C. Crabbe : 780,192  
1920[18] Joseph McGhee : 824,172 John G. Price : 1,058,561 Joseph W. Sharts : 44,180
George Edwards : 1,720
1916[19] Joseph McGhee : 558,719 Edward C. Turner : 549,169 Jacob L. Bachman : 38,432
George Hawke : 6,839
1912[20] Timothy S. Hogan Freeman T. Eagleson Robert R. Nevin (Progressive)
1910[21] Timothy S. Hogan Ulysses G. Denman  
1908[22] Timothy S. Hogan : 521,819 Ulysses G. Denman : 551,084 John C. Madden (Soc) : 31,804
George S. Hawke (Pro) : 10,854
John P. Turner (Ind) : 586
Joseph A. Meyer (Peo) : 178
Max Eisenberg (Soc Lab) : 851
1905[23] James A. Rice : 418,954 Wade H. Ellis : 461,402 John C. Madden (Soc) : 18,669
Walter S. Lister (Pro) : 13,636
James Matthews (Soc Lab) : 1,836
1903[24] Frank S. Monnette : 360,916 Wade H. Ellis : 470,589 John C. Madden (Soc) : 19,922
Thomas W. Shreve (Pro) : 13,313
Otto Steinhoff (Soc Lab) : 2,145
1901[25] W. B. McCarty John M. Sheets  
1899[26] William H. Dore John M. Sheets  
1897[27] William H. Dore : 401,338 Frank S. Monnette : 427,337 Olin J. Ross : 7,585
Cyrus A. Reider : 5,935
Daniel Wilson : 1,512
Charles F. Armistead : 453
John W. Roseborough : 3,112
1895[28] George A. Fairbanks 329,252 Frank S. Monnette 427,485  
1893[29] John P. Bailey 346,707 John K. Richards 422,449  
1891[30] John P. Bailey 345,245 John K. Richards 373,816  
1889[31] Jesse M. Lewis 373,335 David K. Watson 377,140  
1887[32] William H. Leete 327,551 David K. Watson 357,433  
1885[33] James Lawrence 341,762 Jacob A. Kohler 360,802  
1883[34] James Lawrence 360,184 Moses B. Earnhart 347,589  
1881[35] Frank C. Daugherty 287,470 George K. Nash 315,655  
1879[36] Isaiah Pillars 316,778 George K. Nash 336,100  
1877[37] Isaiah Pillars 269,506 George K. Nash 252,155  
1875[38] Thomas E. Powell 292,487 John Little 296,858  
1873[39] Michael A. Daugherty 213,413 John Little 213,983  
1871[40] Edward S. Wallace 218,077 Francis Bates Pond 237,718  
1869[41] John M. Connell 227,903 Francis Bates Pond 235,285  
1867[42] Frank H. Hurd : 240,847 William H. West : 243,449  
1865[43] David M. Wilson : 193,466 William H. West : 225,278  
1864[44][45] Lyman R. Critchfield : 183,747 William P. Richardson : 238,104  
1862[46] Lyman R. Critchfield : 183,232 Chauncey N. Olds : 178,855  
1860[47] David W. Stambaugh : 189,999 James Murray : 215,277  
1858[48] Durbin Ward : 162,136 Christopher Wolcott : 182,985  
1856[49] Samuel M. Hart : 154,313 Christopher Wolcott : 176,155 John M. Buselfreed (American)
23,095
1855[50] George W. McCook : 132,216 Francis D. Kimball : 168,868  
1853[51] George W. McCook : 149,957 Cooper K. Watson
(Free Soil) : 35,504 		William Harvey Gibson
(Whig) : 97,394
1851[52] George E. Pugh : 147,059 William A. Rogers
(Free Soil) : 12,883 		Henry Stanbery
(Whig) : 119,429

Notes

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