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