List of presidents of the Ohio Senate

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Seal of the president of the Ohio Senate

The president of the Ohio State Senate is the leader of the Ohio State Senate. Under Ohio's first constitution, in effect from 1803 to 1851, the presiding officer of the senate was called the speaker. Starting in 1851, when the second constitution took effect, a new office of lieutenant governor was created. The new position of lieutenant governor carried with it the office of president of the senate, and was nominally the presiding officer of the senate. During this time, the actual legislative leader of the senate majority was the president pro tempore of the Ohio Senate. In the 1970s, another change was made, which made the office of lieutenant governor elected jointly with the governor. At this time, the duty of presiding over the senate was removed from the lieutenant governor's portfolio and the majority party of the senate began electing its own president starting in 1979. The president is second in line to the office of the governor.

Speakers of the Ohio Senate, 1803–1851

Term Name Party Home county
1803-03-01 – 1803-12-04 Nathaniel Massie Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Ross
1803-12-05 – 1805-02-21<ref>Template:Cite book - Symmes resigned February 21, 1805, and was replaced by Pritchard</ref> Daniel Symmes Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Hamilton
1805-02-21 – 1806-11-30 James Pritchard Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Jefferson
1806-12-01 – 1809-12-03 Thomas Kirker Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Adams
1809-12-04 – 1810-12-02 Duncan McArthur Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Ross
1810-12-03 – 1813-12-05 Thomas Kirker (2nd) Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Adams
1813-12-06 – 1814-12-04 Othniel Looker Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Hamilton
1814-12-05 – 1815-12-03 Thomas Kirker (3rd) Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Adams
1815-12-04 – 1816-12-01 Peter Hitchcock Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Geauga
1816-12-02 – 1818-12-06 Abraham Shepherd Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Adams
1818-12-07 – 1819-12-05 Robert Lucas Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican Pike
1819-12-06 – 1826-12-03 Allen Trimble Template:Party shading/National Republican | National Republican Highland
1826-12-04 – 1827-12-02 Abraham Shepherd (2nd) Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Brown
1827-12-03 – 1829-12-06 Samuel Wheeler Template:Party shading/National Republican | National Republican Geauga
1829-12-07 – 1830-12-05 Robert Lucas (2nd) Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Pike
1830-12-06 – 1831-12-04 Samuel R. Miller Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Hamilton
1831-12-05 – 1832-12-02 William Doherty Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Franklin
1832-12-03 – 1833-12-01 Samuel R. Miller (2nd) Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Hamilton
1833-12-02 – 1834-11-30 David T. Disney Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Hamilton
1834-12-01 – 1835-03-06<ref>Hitchcock resigned March 6th, 1835 and was replaced by Charles Anthony of Clark County, sources:
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Template:Cite book</ref> 		Peter Hitchcock (2nd) Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Geauga
1835-03-06 - 1835-06-07 Charles Anthony Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Clark
1835-06-08 - 1835-12-06 David T. Disney (2nd) Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Hamilton
1835-12-07 – 1837-12-03 Elijah Vance Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Butler
1837-12-04 – 1838-12-02 George J. Smith Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Warren
1838-12-03 – 1839-12-01 William Hawkins Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Morgan
1839-12-02 – 1841-12-05 William McLaughlin Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Richland
1841-12-06 – 1843-12-03 James J. Faran Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Hamilton
1843-12-04 – 1844-12-01 Thomas W. Bartley Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Richland
1844-12-02 – 1845-11-30 David Chambers Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Muskingum
1845-12-01 – 1846-12-06 Seabury Ford Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Geauga
1846-12-07 – 1847-12-05 Edson B. Olds Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Pickaway
1847-12-06 – 1848-12-03 Charles B. Goddard Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Muskingum
1848-12-04 – 1849-12-02 Brewster Randall Template:Party shading/Free Soil | Free Soil Ashtabula
1849-12-03 – 1850-12-01 Harrison G. O. Blake Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Medina
1850-12-02 – 1852-01-04 Charles Cleveland Convers Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig Muskingum

Presidents pro tempore of the Ohio Senate, 1852–1978

(At this time, the nominal presiding officer of the senate was the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.)

Term Name Party Home county
1852-01-05 – 1854-01-01 Joel W. Wilson
George Rex 		Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Sandusky
Wayne
1854-01-02 – 1856-01-06 Robert J. Atkinson Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Carroll
1856-01-07 – 1858-01-03 Robert Walker Tayler Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Trumbull
1858-01-04 – 1860-01-01 Edward M. Phelps Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Defiance
1860-01-02 – 1862-01-05 Richard A. Harrison Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Madison
1862-01-06 – 1864-01-03 James Monroe Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Lorain
1864-01-04 – 1865-12-31 Samuel Humphreville Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Medina
1866-01-01 – 1868-01-05 H. S. Martin Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Stark
1868-01-06 – 1870-01-02 Thomas J. Godfrey Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Mercer
1870-01-03 – 1871-12-31 Samuel Furman Hunt Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Hamilton
1872-01-01 – 1874-01-04 Allen T. Brinsmade Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Cuyahoga
1874-01-05 – 1876-01-02 Emery D. Potter Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Lucas
1876-01-03 – 1878-01-06 H. W. Curtiss Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Cuyahoga
1878-01-07 – 1880-01-03 James W. Owens Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Licking
1880-01-04 – 1882-01-01 Rees G. Richards Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Jefferson
1882-01-02 – 1884-01-06 Roland A. Horr Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Lorain
1884-01-07 – 1886-01-03 Elmer White Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Defiance
1886-01-04 – 1888-01-01 John O'Neill
Silas A. Conrad 		Democratic
Republican 		Muskingum
Stark
1888-01-02 – 1890-01-05 Theodore F. Davis Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Washington
1890-01-06 – 1892-01-03 Perry M. Adams Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Seneca
1892-01-04 – 1894-01-02 Elbert L. Lampson Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Ashtabula
1894-01-03 – 1896-01-05 Thomas H. McConica Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Hancock
1896-01-06 – 1898-01-02 John C. Hutsinpiller Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Gallia
1898-01-03 – 1899-12-31 Thaddeus E. Cromley Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Pickaway
1900-01-01 – 1902-01-05 Oscar Sheppard Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Preble
1902-01-06 – 1904-01-03 Frank B. Archer Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Belmont
1904-01-04 – 1905-12-31 George Henry Chamberlain Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Lorain
1906-01-01 – 1909-01-03 James M. Williams Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Cuyahoga
1909-01-04 – 1911-01-01 Nation O. Mather Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Summit
1911-01-02 – 1915-01-03 William Green Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Coshocton
1915-01-04 – 1916-12-31 Charles John Howard Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Belmont
1917-01-01 – 1919-01-05 J. H. Miller Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Licking
1919-01-06 – 1922-12-31 Frank E. Whittemore Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Summit
1923-01-01 – 1925-01-04 George E. Kryder Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Henry
1925-01-05 – 1927-01-02 Joseph R. Gardner Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Hamilton
1927-01-03 – 1929-01-06 Chester C. Bolton Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Cuyahoga
1929-01-07 – 1931-01-04 Allan G. Aigler Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Sandusky
1931-01-05 – 1933-01-01 Earl R. Lewis Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Belmont
1933-01-02 – 1935-01-06 D. H. DeArmond Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Hamilton
1935-01-07 – 1937-01-03 Paul P. Yoder Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Montgomery
1937-01-04 – 1939-01-01 Keith Lawrence Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Cuyahoga
1939-01-02 – 1949-01-02 Frank E. Whittemore (2nd) Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Summit
1949-01-03 – 1950-12-31 Margaret A. Mahoney Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Cuyahoga
1951-01-01 – 1953-01-04 Roscoe R. Walcutt Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Franklin
1953-01-05 – 1959-01-04 C. Stanley Mechem Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Athens
1959-01-05 – 1961-01-01 Frank W. King Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Lucas
1961-01-02 – 1965-01-03 C. Stanley Mechem (2nd) Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Athens
1965-01-04 – 1975-01-05 Theodore M. Gray Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Miami
1975-01-06 – 1979-01-01 Oliver R. Ocasek Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Summit

Presidents of the Ohio Senate, 1979–present

Term Name Party Home county District
1979 – 1981 Oliver R. Ocasek Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Summit 27th
1981 – 1983 Paul E. Gillmor Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Ottawa 2nd
1983 – 1985 Harry Meshel Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Mahoning 33rd
1985 – 1989 Paul E. Gillmor (2nd) Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Ottawa 2nd
1989 – 1997 Stanley J. Aronoff Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Hamilton 8th
1997 – 2003 Richard Finan Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Hamilton 7th
2003 – 2005 Doug White Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Adams 14th
2005 – 2011 Bill Harris Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Ashland 19th
2011 – 2013 Tom Niehaus Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Clermont 14th
2013 – 2017 Keith Faber Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Mercer 12th
2017 – 2020 Larry Obhof Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Medina 22nd
2021 – 2025 Matt Huffman Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Allen 12th
2025 – Present Rob McColley Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Henry 1st

See also

References

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