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Ohio Secretary of State

Elected statewide official in the State of Ohio

Summary

Elected statewide official in the State of Ohio

Field	Value
post	Secretary of State
body	Ohio
insignia	Seal of Ohio Secretary of State.svg
insigniasize	120px
insigniacaption	Seal of the secretary of state
imagesize	165px
image	Frank LaRose by Gage Skidmore.jpg
alt	=
incumbent	Frank LaRose
incumbentsince	January 14, 2019
style	The Honorable
termlength	Four years, two term limit
salary	$109,554
formation	Ohio Constitution
succession	Fourth
inaugural	William Creighton, Jr.
1803
website	Office of the Ohio Secretary of State

1803

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	60px]]	William Creighton Jr.	1803–1808	Democratic Republican
2		Jeremiah McLene	1808–1831	Democratic-Republican
3	[[File:Moses H. Kirby (Mason).jpg	60px]]	Moses H. Kirby	1831–1835	Whig
4		Benjamin B. Hinkson	1835–1836	Democratic
5		Carter B. Harlan	1836–1840	Democratic
6		William Trevitt	1840–1841	Democratic
7	[[File:Colonel John Sloane.jpg	60px]]	John Sloane	1841–1844	Whig
8	[[File:Samuel Galloway 002.png	60px]]	Samuel Galloway	1844–1850	Whig
9	[[File:Henry W. King.png	60px]]	Henry W. King	1850–1852	Free Soil
10		William Trevitt	1852–1856	Democratic
11	[[File:James H. Baker.png	60px]]	James H. Baker	1856–1858	Republican
12	[[File:Addison Peale Russell.png	60px]]	Addison P. Russell	1858–1862	Republican
13	[[File:Benjamin Rush Cowen.jpg	60px]]	Benjamin R. Cowen	1862	Republican
14		Wilson S. Kennon	1862–1863	Republican
15		William W. Armstrong	1863–1865	Democratic
16	[[File:William Henry Smith (American politician).jpg	60px]]	William Henry Smith	1865–1868	Republican
17		John Russell	1868–1869	Republican
18	[[File:Isaac R. Sherwood - Clara Barton Centenary.jpg	60px]]	Isaac R. Sherwood	1869–1873	Republican
19	[[File:Allen T. Wikoff.png	60px]]	Allen T. Wikoff	1873–1875	Republican
20	[[File:William Bell, Jr. (1900).png	60px]]	William Bell, Jr.	1875–1877	Democratic
21	[[File:Milton Barnes.png	60px]]	Milton Barnes	1877–1881	Republican
22	[[File:Charles Townsend (Ohio politician)-1892.jpg	60px]]	Charles Townsend	1881–1883	Republican
23	[[File:James W. Newman 1882.jpg	60px]]	James W. Newman	1883-1885	Democratic
24	[[File:James S. Robinson by Howe.jpg	60px]]	James Sidney Robinson	1885–1889	Republican
25	[[File:Daniel J. Ryan 003.png	60px]]	Daniel J. Ryan	1889–1891	Republican
26	[[File:Christian L. Poorman 1890.JPG	60px]]	Christian L. Poorman	1891–1893	Republican
27	[[File:Samuel McIntire Taylor.png	60px]]	Samuel McIntire Taylor	1893–1897	Republican
28	[[File:Charles Kinney 1903.jpg	60px]]	Charles Kinney	1897–1901	Republican
29	[[File:Lewis Cass Laylin (1905).png	60px]]	Lewis C. Laylin	1901–1907	Republican
30	[[File:Carmi Thompson.png	60px]]	Carmi Thompson	1907–1911	Republican
31	[[File:Charles H. Graves (circa 1912).png	60px]]	Charles H. Graves	1911–1915	Democratic
32	[[File:Charles Q. Hildebrant 1918.jpg	60px]]	Charles Quinn Hildebrant	1915–1917	Republican
33	[[File:William Duane Fulton (1918).png	60px]]	William D. Fulton	1917–1919	Democratic
34	[[File:Harvey C. Smith.png	60px]]	Harvey C. Smith	1919–1923	Republican
35	[[File:Thad H. Brown 1939.jpg	60px]]	Thad H. Brown	1923–1927	Republican
36	[[File:Clarence J. Brown as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.png	60px]]	Clarence J. Brown	1927–1933	Republican
37	[[File:George S. Myers (1920).png	60px]]	George S. Myers	1933–1936	Democratic
38		William J. Kennedy	1936–1939	Democratic
39		Earl Griffith	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	60px]]	Sherrod Brown	1983–1991	Democratic
47	[[File:Hyland software thirdfrontiersummit 2002 Taft Hyland close cropped (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Bob Taft	1991–1999	Republican
48	[[File:Ken Blackwell 2011-02-11 (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Ken Blackwell	1999–2007	Republican
49	[[File:Jennifer Brunner 2006-03-22 (cropped).png	60px]]	Jennifer Brunner	2007–2011	Democratic
50		Jon Husted	2011–2019	Republican
51	[[File:LaRose-6 (cropped).JPG	60px]]	Frank LaRose	2019–present	Republican

References

(1899). "Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ...". State of Ohio.
(1901). "The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Handbook of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ...". State of Ohio.

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