Governors of Ohio

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GOVERNORS OF OHIO

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In 1787, the the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio was formed from territory ceded by the states of New York, Virginia, and Connecticut. It spanned all or large parts of six eventual U.S. states (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the northeastern part of Minnesota). With the formation of Indiana Territory July 4, 1800, the territory was reduced to present-day Ohio, eastern Michigan, and a sliver of southeastern Indiana.

Throughout its fifteen year history, the Northwest Territory, as it was commonly known, had just one territorial governor, Arthur St. Clair. When President Jefferson removed him from office on 22 Nov 1802, Charles Willing Byrd, as Secretary of the Territory, became acting governor for three months until Ohio achieved statehood on 1 Mar 1803. Since that time, Ohio has had 70 governors, with six individuals having held multiple non-consecutive terms.

In the below list, columns can be sorted by clicking on the arrow button in any category heading box. A "C" in the final column denotes a Notable who has been successfully connected to the Big Tree. "N/C" stands for Not Connected.

GOVERNORS OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	Arthur St. Clair	1732	1818	1787-1802		C
Act	Charles Willing Byrd	1770	1828	1802-1803	No image available	C

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF OHIO

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	Edward Tiffin	1766	1829	1803-1807		C
2	Thomas Kirker	1760	1837	1807-1808		C
3	Samuel H. Huntington	1765	1817	1808-1810		C
4	Return J. Meigs	1764	1823	1810-1814		C
5	Othniel Looker	1757	1845	1814		C
6	Thomas Worthington	1773	1827	1814-1818		C
7	Ethan Allen Brown	1771	1852	1818-1822		C
8	Allen Trimble	1783	1870	1822		C
9	Jeremiah Morrow	1771	1852	1822-1826		C
10	Allen Trimble	1783	1826	1826-1830		C
11	Duncan McArthur	1772	1839	1830-1832		C
12	Robert Lucas	1781	1853	1832-1836		C
13	Joseph Vance	1786	1852	1836-1838		C
14	Wilson Shannon	1802	1877	1838-1840		C
15	Thomas Corwin	1794	1865	1840-1842		C
16	Wilson Shannon	1802	1877	1842-1844		C
17	Thomas W. Bartley	1812	1885	1844		C
18	Mordecai Bartley	1783	1870	1844-1846		C
19	William Bebb	1802	1873	1846-1849		C
20	Seabury Ford	1801	1855	1849-1850		C
21	Reuben Wood	1792	1864	1850-1853		C
22	William Medill	1802	1865	1853-1856		C
23	Salmon P. Chase	1808	1873	1856-1860		C
24	William Dennison Jr.	1815	1882	1860-1862		C
25	David Tod	1805	1868	1862-1864		C
26	John Brough	1811	1865	1864-1865		C
27	Charles Anderson	1814	1895	1865-1866		C
28	Jacob Dolson Cox	1828	1900	1866-1868		C
29	Rutherford B. Hayes	1822	1893	1868-1872		C
30	Edward Follansbee Noyes	1832	1890	1872-1874		C
31	William Allen	1803	1879	1874-1876		C
32	Rutherford B. Hayes	1822	1893	1876-1877		C
33	Thomas L. Young	1832	1888	1877-1878		C
34	Richard M. Bishop	1812	1893	1878-1880		C
35	Charles Foster	1828	1904	1880-1884		C
36	George Hoadley	1826	1902	1884-1886		C
37	Joseph B. Foraker	1845	1917	1886-1890		C
38	James E. Campbell	1843	1924	1890-1892		C
39	William McKinley	1843	1901	1892-1896		C
40	Asa S. Bushnell	1834	1904	1896-1900		C
41	George K. Nash	1842	1904	1900-1904		C
42	Myron T. Herrick	1854	1929	1904-1906		C
43	John M. Pattison	1847	1906	1906		C
44	Andrew L. Harris	1835	1915	1906-1909		C
45	Judson Harmon	1846	1927	1909-1913		C
46	James M. Cox	1870	1957	1913-1915		C
47	Frank B. Willis	1871	1928	1915-1917		C
48	James M. Cox	1870	1957	1917-1921		C
49	Harry L. Davis	1878	1950	1921-1923		C
50	A. Victor Donahey	1873	1946	1923-1929		C
51	Myers Y. Cooper	1873	1958	1929-1931		C
52	George White	1872	1953	1931-1935		C
53	Martinj L. Davey	1884	1946	1935-1939		C
54	John W. Bricker	1893	1986	1939-1945		C
55	Frank Lausche	1895	1990	1945-1947		C
56	Thomas J. Herbert	1894	1974	1947-1949		C
57	Frank Lausche	1895	1990	1949-1957		C
58	John William Brown	1913	1993	1957		C
59	C. William O'Neill	1916	1978	1957-1959		C
60	Michael DiSalle	1908	1981	1959-1963		C
61	Jim Rhodes	1909	2001	1963-1971		C
62	John J. Gilligan	1921	2013	1971-1975		C
63	Jim Rhodes	1909	2001	1975-1983		C
64	Dick Celeste	1937	LIVING	1983-1991		C
65	George Voinovich	1936	2016	1991-1998		C
66	Nancy Hollister	1949	LIVING	1998-1999		C
67	Bob Taft	1942	LIVING	1999-2007		C
68	Ted Strickland	1941	LIVING	2007-2011		C
69	John Kasich	1952	LIVING	2011-2019		N/C
70	Mike DeWine	1947	LIVING	2019-present		C