Ohio Secretary of State

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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	Party
1	File:William Creighton Jr.png	William Creighton Jr.	1803–1808	Democratic Republican
2		Jeremiah McLene	1808–1831	Democratic-Republican
3	File:Moses H. Kirby (Mason).jpg	Moses H. Kirby	1831–1835	Whig
4		Benjamin B. HinksonTemplate:Efn	1835–1836	Democratic
5		Carter B. HarlanTemplate:Efn	1836–1840	Democratic
6		William Trevitt	1840–1841	Democratic
7	File:Colonel John Sloane.jpg	John Sloane	1841–1844	Whig
8	File:Samuel Galloway 002.png	Samuel Galloway	1844–1850	Whig
9	File:Henry W. King.png	Henry W. King	1850–1852	Free Soil
10		William Trevitt	1852–1856	Democratic
11	File:James H. Baker.png	James H. Baker	1856–1858	Republican
12	File:Addison Peale Russell.png	Addison P. Russell	1858–1862	Republican
13	File:Benjamin Rush Cowen.jpg	Benjamin R. CowenTemplate:Efn	1862	Republican
14		Wilson S. Kennon	1862–1863	Republican
15		William W. Armstrong	1863–1865	Democratic
16	File:William Henry Smith (American politician).jpg	William Henry SmithTemplate:Efn	1865–1868	Republican
17		John Russell	1868–1869	Republican
18	File:Isaac R. Sherwood - Clara Barton Centenary.jpg	Isaac R. Sherwood	1869–1873	Republican
19	File:Allen T. Wikoff.png	Allen T. Wikoff	1873–1875	Republican
20	File:William Bell, Jr. (1900).png	William Bell, Jr.	1875–1877	Democratic
21	File:Milton Barnes.png	Milton Barnes	1877–1881	Republican
22	File:Charles Townsend (Ohio politician)-1892.jpg	Charles Townsend	1881–1883	Republican
23	File:James W. Newman 1882.jpg	James W. Newman	1883-1885	Democratic
24	File:James S. Robinson by Howe.jpg	James Sidney Robinson	1885–1889	Republican
25	File:Daniel J. Ryan 003.png	Daniel J. RyanTemplate:Efn	1889–1891	Republican
26	File:Christian L. Poorman 1890.JPG	Christian L. Poorman	1891–1893	Republican
27	File:Samuel McIntire Taylor.png	Samuel McIntire Taylor	1893–1897	Republican
28	File:Charles Kinney 1903.jpg	Charles Kinney	1897–1901	Republican
29	File:Lewis Cass Laylin (1905).png	Lewis C. Laylin	1901–1907	Republican
30	File:Carmi Thompson.png	Carmi Thompson	1907–1911	Republican
31	File:Charles H. Graves (circa 1912).png	Charles H. Graves	1911–1915	Democratic
32	File:Charles Q. Hildebrant 1918.jpg	Charles Quinn Hildebrant	1915–1917	Republican
33	File:William Duane Fulton (1918).png	William D. Fulton	1917–1919	Democratic
34	File:Harvey C. Smith.png	Harvey C. Smith	1919–1923	Republican
35	File:Thad H. Brown 1939.jpg	Thad H. Brown	1923–1927	Republican
36	File:Clarence J. Brown as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.png	Clarence J. Brown	1927–1933	Republican
37	File:George S. Myers (1920).png	George S. MyersTemplate:Efn	1933–1936	Democratic
38		William J. Kennedy	1936–1939	Democratic
39		Earl GriffithTemplate:Efn	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	File:Sherrod Brown 103nd Congress 1993.jpg	Sherrod Brown	1983–1991	Democratic
47	File:Hyland software thirdfrontiersummit 2002 Taft Hyland close cropped (cropped).jpg	Bob Taft	1991–1999	Republican
48	File:Ken Blackwell 2011-02-11 (cropped).jpg	Ken Blackwell	1999–2007	Republican
49	File:Jennifer Brunner 2006-03-22 (cropped).png	Jennifer Brunner	2007–2011	Democratic
50		Jon Husted	2011–2019	Republican
51	File:LaRose-6 (cropped).JPG	Frank LaRose	2019–present	Republican

See also

• Ohio Secretary of State elections
• Ohio Attorney General

External links

• Ohio Secretary of State