List of United States senators from Ohio
Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803 and elects U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current U.S. senators are Democrat Sherrod Brown (serving since 2007) and Republican Rob Portman (serving since 2011), making it one of nine states to have a split United States Senate delegation.
List of senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | John Smith |
Democratic- Republican |
April 1, 1803 – April 25, 1808 |
Elected April 1, 1803.[1] Resigned. |
1 | 8th | 1 | Elected April 1, 1803.[1] Retired. |
April 1, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
Democratic- Republican |
Thomas Worthington |
1 |
9th | ||||||||||||
10th | 2 | Elected January 1, 1807.[2] Resigned. |
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
Democratic- Republican |
Edward Tiffin |
2 | ||||||
Vacant | April 25, 1808 – December 12, 1808 |
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2 | Return J. Meigs, Jr. |
Democratic- Republican |
December 12, 1808 – December 8, 1810 |
Elected December 10, 1808 to finish Smith's term.[3] | ||||||||
Elected December 10, 1808 to full term.[3] Resigned to become Governor of Ohio. |
2 | 11th | March 4, 1809 – May 18, 1809 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Appointed to finish Tiffin's term.[3] Retired when successor elected. |
May 18, 1809 – December 11, 1809 |
Democratic- Republican |
Stanley Griswold |
3 | ||||||||
Vacant | December 8, 1810 – December 15, 1810 |
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Elected to finish Tiffin's term. Retired. |
December 11, 1809 – March 3, 1813 |
Democratic- Republican |
Alexander Campbell |
4 | ||||||||
3 | Thomas Worthington |
Democratic- Republican |
December 15, 1810 – December 1, 1814 |
Elected to finish Meigs's term. Resigned to become Governor of Ohio. | ||||||||
12th | ||||||||||||
13th | 3 | Elected February 6, 1813. Retired. |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 |
Democratic- Republican |
Jeremiah Morrow |
5 | ||||||
Vacant | December 1, 1814 – December 10, 1814 |
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4 | Joseph Kerr |
Democratic- Republican |
December 10, 1814 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected to finish Worthington's term. Retired. | ||||||||
5 | Benjamin Ruggles |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1833 |
Elected January 7, 1815. | 3 | 14th | ||||||
15th | ||||||||||||
16th | 4 | Elected January 30, 1819. Died. |
March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821 |
Democratic- Republican |
William A. Trimble |
6 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1821. | 4 | 17th | ||||||||||
December 13, 1821 – January 3, 1822 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Trimble's term. Lost re-election. |
January 3, 1822 – March 3, 1825 |
Democratic- Republican |
Ethan Allen Brown |
7 | ||||||||
Crawford Republican |
18th | Adams-Clay Republican | ||||||||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
19th | 5 | Elected in 1824. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Colombia. |
March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
William Henry Harrison |
8 | |||||
Re-elected in 1827. Retired. |
5 | 20th | ||||||||||
May 20, 1828 – December 10, 1828 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Harrison's term. Retired. |
December 10, 1828 – March 3, 1831 |
Anti-Jacksonian | Jacob Burnet |
9 | ||||||||
21st | ||||||||||||
22nd | 6 | Elected in 1830. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
Thomas Ewing |
10 | ||||||
6 | Thomas Morris |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839 |
Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. |
6 | 23rd | ||||||
24th | ||||||||||||
Democratic | 25th | 7 | Elected in 1837. | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1849 |
Democratic | William Allen |
11 | |||||
7 | Benjamin Tappan |
Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845 |
Elected in 1838. Retired. |
7 | 26th | ||||||
27th | ||||||||||||
28th | 8 | Re-elected in 1842. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
8 | Thomas Corwin |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – July 20, 1850 |
Elected December 5, 1844.[4] Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. |
8 | 29th | ||||||
30th | ||||||||||||
31st | 9 | Elected in 1849. Retired. |
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855 |
Free Soil | Salmon P. Chase |
12 | ||||||
9 | Thomas Ewing |
Whig | July 20, 1850 – March 3, 1851 |
Appointed to finish Corwin's term. Lost election to the next term. | ||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1851 – March 15, 1851 |
9 | 32nd | |||||||||
10 | Benjamin Wade |
Whig | March 15, 1851 – March 3, 1869 |
Elected March 15, 1851 on 37th ballot.[5] | ||||||||
33rd | ||||||||||||
Republican | 34th | 10 | Elected in 1854[6] Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 |
Democratic | George E. Pugh |
13 | |||||
Re-elected in 1856. | 10 | 35th | ||||||||||
36th | ||||||||||||
37th | 11 | Elected in 1860. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. |
March 4, 1861 – March 6, 1861 |
Republican | Salmon P. Chase |
14 | ||||||
March 6, 1861 – March 21, 1861 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Chase's term. | March 21, 1861 – March 8, 1877 |
Republican | John Sherman |
15 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1863. Lost renomination. |
11 | 38th | ||||||||||
39th | ||||||||||||
40th | 12 | Re-elected in 1866. | ||||||||||
11 | Allen G. Thurman |
Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1881 |
Elected in 1868. | 12 | 41st | ||||||
42nd | ||||||||||||
43rd | 13 | Re-elected in 1872. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1874. Lost re-election. |
13 | 44th | ||||||||||
45th | ||||||||||||
March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1877 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Sherman's term. Retired. |
March 21, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
Republican | Stanley Matthews |
16 | ||||||||
46th | 14 | Election date unknown. Lost renominiation. |
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885 |
Democratic | George H. Pendleton |
17 | ||||||
12 | John Sherman |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1897 |
Elected in 1881. | 14 | 47th | ||||||
48th | ||||||||||||
49th | 15 | Elected January 15, 1884.[7][8] Retired. |
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 |
Democratic | Henry B. Payne |
18 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1886. | 15 | 50th | ||||||||||
51st | ||||||||||||
52nd | 16 | Elected in 1890. Lost re-election.[9] |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897 |
Democratic | Calvin S. Brice |
19 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1892. Resigned. |
16 | 53rd | ||||||||||
54th | ||||||||||||
55th | 17 | Elected in 1896. | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909 |
Republican | Joseph B. Foraker |
20 | ||||||
13 | Marcus A. Hanna |
Republican | March 5, 1897 – February 15, 1904 |
Appointed to continue Sherman's term. Elected January 12, 1898 to finish Sherman's term.[10] | ||||||||
Elected January 12, 1898 to the next term. Died. |
17 | 56th | ||||||||||
57th | ||||||||||||
58th | 18 | Re-elected January 15, 1902.[11] Retired.[12] | ||||||||||
Vacant | February 15, 1904 – March 23, 1904 |
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14 | Charles W. F. Dick |
Republican | March 23, 1904 – March 3, 1911 |
Elected March 2, 1904 to finish Hanna's term. | ||||||||
Elected March 2, 1904 to the next term. Lost re-election. |
18 | 59th | ||||||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
61st | 19 | Elected January 12, 1909.[12] Retired. |
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 |
Republican | Theodore E. Burton |
21 | ||||||
15 | Atlee Pomerene |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923 |
Elected January 10, 1911. | 19 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | ||||||||||||
64th | 20 | Elected in 1914. Retired to run for U.S. President. Resigned to become U.S. President. |
March 4, 1915 – January 13, 1921 |
Republican | Warren G. Harding |
22 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
20 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Harding's term, having been elected to the next term. | January 14, 1921 – March 30, 1928 |
Republican | Frank B. Willis |
23 | ||||||||
67th | 21 | Elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
16 | Simeon D. Fess |
Republican | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 |
Elected in 1922. | 21 | 68th | ||||||
69th | ||||||||||||
70th | 22 | Re-elected in 1926. Died. | ||||||||||
March 30, 1928 – April 5, 1928 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Willis's term. Lost nomination to finish Willis's term. |
April 5, 1928 – December 14, 1928 |
Democratic | Cyrus Locher |
24 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Willis's term. Died. |
December 15, 1928 – October 28, 1929 |
Republican | Theodore E. Burton |
25 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election. |
22 | 71st | ||||||||||
October 28, 1929 – November 5, 1929 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Burton's term. Lost election to finish Burton's term. |
November 5, 1929 – November 30, 1930 |
Republican | Roscoe C. McCulloch |
26 | ||||||||
Elected November 4, 1930 to finish Burton's term. | December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939 |
Democratic | Robert J. Bulkley |
27 | ||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||
73rd | 23 | Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
17 | A. Victor Donahey |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1934. Retired. |
23 | 74th | ||||||
75th | ||||||||||||
76th | 24 | Elected in 1938. | January 3, 1939 – July 31, 1953 |
Republican | Robert A. Taft |
28 | ||||||
18 | Harold H. Burton |
Republican | January 3, 1941 – September 30, 1945 |
Elected in 1940. Resigned when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
24 | 77th | ||||||
78th | ||||||||||||
79th | 25 | Re-elected in 1944. | ||||||||||
Vacant | September 30, 1945 – October 8, 1945 |
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19 | James W. Huffman |
Democratic | October 8, 1945 – November 5, 1946 |
Appointed to continue Burton's term. Retired when successor elected. | ||||||||
20 | Kingsley A. Taft |
Republican | November 5, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected to finish Burton's term. Retired. | ||||||||
21 | John W. Bricker |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1946. | 25 | 80th | ||||||
81st | ||||||||||||
82nd | 26 | Re-elected in 1950. Died. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
26 | 83rd | ||||||||||
July 31, 1953 – November 10, 1953 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Taft's term. Lost election to finish Taft's term. |
November 10, 1953 – December 2, 1954 |
Democratic | Thomas A. Burke |
29 | ||||||||
December 2, 1954 – December 16, 1954 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Taft's term. Lost re-election. |
December 16, 1954 – January 3, 1957 |
Republican | George H. Bender |
30 | ||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||
85th | 27 | Elected in 1956. | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969 |
Democratic | Frank J. Lausche |
31 | ||||||
22 | Stephen M. Young |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 |
Elected in 1958. | 27 | 86th | ||||||
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 28 | Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. Retired. |
28 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 29 | Elected in 1968. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. |
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1974 |
Republican | William B. Saxbe |
32 | ||||||
23 | Robert Taft, Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1971 – December 28, 1976 |
Elected in 1970. Lost re-election and resigned early. |
29 | 92nd | ||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Saxbe's term. Lost renomination and resigned early. |
January 4, 1974 – December 23, 1974 |
Democratic | Howard Metzenbaum |
33 | ||||||||
Appointed to finish Metzenbaum's term, having been elected to the next term. | December 24, 1974 – January 3, 1999 |
Democratic | John Glenn |
34 | ||||||||
94th | 30 | Elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
24 | Howard Metzenbaum |
Democratic | December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1995 |
Appointed to finish Taft's term, having been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1976. | 30 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 31 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 31 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 32 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. Retired. |
32 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 33 | Re-elected in 1992. Retired. | ||||||||||
25 | Mike DeWine |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007 |
Elected in 1994. | 33 | 104th | ||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 34 | Elected in 1998. | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2011 |
Republican | George Voinovich |
35 | ||||||
Re-elected in 2000. Lost re-election. |
34 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 35 | Re-elected in 2004. Retired. | ||||||||||
26 | Sherrod Brown |
Democratic | January 3, 2007 – present |
Elected in 2006. | 35 | 110th | ||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 36 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – present |
Republican | Rob Portman |
36 | ||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 36 | 113th | ||||||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 37 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 37 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 38 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 38 | 119th | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former senators
As of August 2020, there is one living former U.S. senator from Ohio. The most recent senator to die was John Glenn (served 1974–1999), on December 8, 2016. The most recently serving senator to die was George Voinovich (served 1999–2011), on June 12, 2016.
Senator | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Mike DeWine | 1995–2007 | January 5, 1947 |
Notes
- Taylor, William A. (1900). Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: Century Publishing Co. p. 96 – via Internet Archive.
- "Ohio 1807 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 13, 2018., citing Taylor, William A. Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress: From the year 1788 to the year 1900. Columbus, OH: Press of the Westbote, 1899. 50.
- Taylor, William A. (1900). Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: Century Publishing Co. p. 97 – via Internet Archive.
- Taylor & Taylor, p. 215, vol. I.
- Taylor & Taylor, p. 240.
- Taylor & Taylor, p. 30, vol II.
- Burke, p. 28.
- Taylor & Taylor, p. 94.
- "Foraker will succeed Brice: Ohio's Republican Legislators Vote Solidly for the Ex-Governor" (PDF). The New York Times. January 14, 1896.
- Byrd, p. 153.
- "SENATOR FORAKER CHOSEN". The New York Times. January 15, 1902. p. 3.
- Walters, Everett (1948). Joseph Benson Foraker: An Uncompromising Republican. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio History Press. pp. 283–284.
References
- Burke, Dewayne (1938). Henry B. Payne: His Congressional Career (M.A. thesis). Ohio State University. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 . State of Ohio.