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{{Short description|Elected statewide official in the State of Ohio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox Political post
| 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
| department = 
| style = The Honorable
| termlength = Four years, two term limit
| salary = $109,554
| formation = [[Ohio Constitution]]
| succession = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Ohio|Fourth]]
| inaugural = [[William Creighton, Jr.]]<br/>1803
| website = [http://www.ohiosecretaryofstate.gov// Office of the Ohio Secretary of State]
}}

[[File:I made a difference, Ohio Secretary of State.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Past Ohio voting sticker]]

The '''secretary of state of Ohio''' is an elected statewide official in the state of [[Ohio]]. The [[Secretary of state (U.S. state government)|secretary of state]] is responsible for overseeing elections in the state; registering business entities ([[corporation]]s, etc.) and granting them the authority to do business within the state; registering [[secured transaction]]s; 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 [[Election Results, Ohio Secretary of State|elected]] in even-numbered, off cycle years, (no Presidential elections), after partisan primary elections.

==List of Ohio secretaries of state==
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Image !! Secretary of State !! Term of office!! Party
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|1 || [[File:William Creighton Jr.png|60px]] ||[[William Creighton Jr.]]|| 1803–1808 || [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|2 ||  || [[Jeremiah McLene]] || 1808–1831 || Democratic-Republican
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|3 || [[File:Moses H. Kirby (Mason).jpg|60px]] || [[Moses H. Kirby]] ||1831–1835 || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|4 ||  || [[Benjamin B. Hinkson]]{{efn|name=a|Resigned February 12, 1836.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... |first1=William Alexander |last1=Taylor |first2=Aubrey Clarence |last2=Taylor |ref=annals|year=1899 |publisher=State of Ohio |page =170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&q=Hinkson&pg=PA170}}</ref>}} || 1835–1836  || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|5 ||  || [[Carter B. Harlan]]{{efn|name=b|Died in office.}} || 1836–1840 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|6 ||  || [[William Trevitt]] || 1840–1841 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|7 || [[File:Colonel John Sloane.jpg|60px]] || [[John Sloane (Ohio politician)|John Sloane]] || 1841–1844 || Whig
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|8 || [[File:Samuel Galloway 002.png|60px]] || [[Samuel Galloway]] || 1844–1850 ||Whig
|- {{Party shading/Free Soil}}
|9 || [[File:Henry W. King.png|60px]] || [[Henry W. King]] || 1850–1852 || [[Free Soil Party|Free Soil]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|10 ||  || William Trevitt || 1852–1856 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|11 || [[File:James H. Baker.png|60px]] || [[James H. Baker (politician)|James H. Baker]] || 1856–1858 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|12 || [[File:Addison Peale Russell.png|60px]] || [[Addison P. Russell]] || 1858–1862 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|13 || [[File:Benjamin Rush Cowen.jpg|60px]] || [[Benjamin R. Cowen]]{{efn|name=c|Resigned.}} || 1862 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|14 ||  || [[Wilson S. Kennon]] || 1862–1863 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|15 ||  || [[William W. Armstrong (journalist)|William W. Armstrong]] || 1863–1865 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|16 || [[File:William Henry Smith (American politician).jpg|60px]] || [[William Henry Smith (American politician)|William Henry Smith]]{{efn|name=c|Resigned.}} || 1865–1868 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|17 ||  || [[John Russell (Ohio politician)|John Russell]]  || 1868–1869 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|18 || [[File:Isaac R. Sherwood - Clara Barton Centenary.jpg|60px]] || [[Isaac R. Sherwood]] || 1869–1873 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|19 || [[File:Allen T. Wikoff.png|60px]] || [[Allen T. Wikoff]] || 1873–1875 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|20 || [[File:William Bell, Jr. (1900).png|60px]] || [[William Bell Jr. (politician)|William Bell, Jr.]] || 1875–1877 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|21 || [[File:Milton Barnes.png|60px]] || [[Milton Barnes (politician)|Milton Barnes]] || 1877–1881 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|22 || [[File:Charles Townsend (Ohio politician)-1892.jpg|60px]] || [[Charles Townsend (Ohio politician)|Charles Townsend]] || 1881–1883 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|23 || [[File:James W. Newman 1882.jpg|60px]] || [[James W. Newman]] || 1883-1885 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|24 || [[File:James S. Robinson by Howe.jpg|60px]] || [[James Sidney Robinson]] || 1885–1889 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|25 || [[File:Daniel J. Ryan 003.png|60px]] || [[Daniel J. Ryan]]{{efn|name=d|Resigned April 1891.<ref name=hundred>{{cite book |title=The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Handbook of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... |publisher=State of Ohio |editor-first=Elliott Howard |editor-last=Gilkey |year=1901 |page=425  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA425}}</ref>}} || 1889–1891 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|26 || [[File:Christian L. Poorman 1890.JPG|60px]] || [[Christian L. Poorman]] || 1891–1893 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|27 || [[File:Samuel McIntire Taylor.png|60px]] || [[Samuel McIntire Taylor]] || 1893–1897 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|28 || [[File:Charles Kinney 1903.jpg|60px]] || [[Charles Kinney]] || 1897–1901 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|29 || [[File:Lewis Cass Laylin (1905).png|60px]] || [[Lewis C. Laylin]] || 1901–1907 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|30 || [[File:Carmi Thompson.png|60px]] || [[Carmi Thompson]] || 1907–1911 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|31 || [[File:Charles H. Graves (circa 1912).png|60px]] || [[Charles H. Graves (Ohio politician)|Charles H. Graves]] || 1911–1915 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|32 || [[File:Charles Q. Hildebrant 1918.jpg|60px]] || [[Charles Quinn Hildebrant]] || 1915–1917 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|33 || [[File:William Duane Fulton (1918).png|60px]] || [[William D. Fulton]] || 1917–1919 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|34 || [[File:Harvey C. Smith.png|60px]] || [[Harvey C. Smith]] || 1919–1923 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|35 || [[File:Thad H. Brown 1939.jpg|60px]] || [[Thad H. Brown]] || 1923–1927 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|36 || [[File:Clarence J. Brown as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.png|60px]] || [[Clarence J. Brown]] || 1927–1933 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|37 || [[File:George S. Myers (1920).png|60px]] || [[George S. Myers (judge)|George S. Myers]]{{efn|name=e|Resigned December 31, 1936.}} || 1933–1936 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|38 ||  || [[William Kennedy (Ohio politician)|William J. Kennedy]] || 1936–1939 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|39 ||  || [[Earl Griffith]]{{efn|name=b|Died in office.}} || 1939–1940 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|40 ||  || [[George M. Neffiner]] || 1940–1941 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|41 ||  || [[John E. Sweeney (Ohio politician)|John E. Sweeney]] || 1941–1943 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|42 ||  || [[Edward J. Hummel]] || 1943–1949 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|43 ||  || [[Donald K. Zoller]] || 1949–1951 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|44 ||  || [[Ted W. Brown]] || 1951–1979 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|45 ||  || [[Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr.]] || 1979–1983 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|46 || [[File:Sherrod Brown 103nd Congress 1993.jpg|60px]] || [[Sherrod Brown]] || 1983–1991 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|47 || [[File:Hyland software thirdfrontiersummit 2002 Taft Hyland close cropped (cropped).jpg|60px]] || [[Bob Taft]] || 1991–1999 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|48 || [[File:Ken Blackwell 2011-02-11 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || [[Ken Blackwell]] || 1999–2007 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|49 || [[File:Jennifer Brunner 2006-03-22 (cropped).png|60px]] || [[Jennifer Brunner]] || 2007–2011 || Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|50 || || [[Jon Husted]] || 2011–2019 || Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|51 || [[File:LaRose-6 (cropped).JPG|60px]] || [[Frank LaRose]] || 2019–present || Republican

|}{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

==See also==

*[[Ohio Secretary of State elections]]
*[[Ohio Attorney General]]

==References==
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==External links==

*[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/ Ohio Secretary of State]
*{{cite web|title=Secretaries of State of the State of Ohio: 1788 - present|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/HistoricalElectionComparisons/Secretaries%20of%20State%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Ohio%201788%20-%20present.aspx|website=Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State|publisher=State of Ohio|access-date=29 July 2014}}

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