View source for Ohio Secretary of State elections

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{{ElectionsOH}}
The voters of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]] elect a secretary of state for a four-year term.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Democratic !! Republican !! Other
|-
| 2022
| Chelsea Clark: 1,635,824
|'''[[Frank LaRose]]:''' 2,444,382
| Terpsehore Tore Maras ([[Independent (United States)|Independent]]): 42,753	
|-
| 2018
| [[Kathleen Clyde]]: 1,987,916	
|'''[[Frank LaRose]]:''' 2,166,125
| Dustin R. Nanna ([[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]): 99,808
|-
| 2014
| [[Nina Turner]]: 1,074,475
|'''[[Jon A. Husted]]:''' 1,811,020
| Kevin Knedler ([[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]])
|-
| 2010<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Ohio Secretary of State]] |title=2010 Election Results Secretary of State November 2, 2010 |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20101102sos.aspx |access-date=2013-06-25 |archive-date=2013-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801082611/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20101102sos.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Maryellen O'Shaughnessy]] : 1,555,705 || '''[[Jon A. Husted]]''' : 2,013,674 || [[Charlie Earl]] ([[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]) : 182,977
|-
| 2006<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Ohio Secretary of State]] |title=2006 Election Results Secretary of State November 7, 2006 |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2006ElectionsResults/06-1107SoS.aspx |access-date=2013-06-25 |archive-date=2015-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108135416/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2006ElectionsResults/06-1107SoS.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> || '''[[Jennifer Brunner|Jennifer L. Brunner]]''' : 2,104,114|| Greg Hartmann : 1,546,454 || [[Tim Kettler]] (G) : 78,080 <br />[[John A. Eastman (Ohio)|John A. Eastman]] (I) : 94,706
|-
| 2002<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Ohio Secretary of State]] |title=2002 Election Results Secretary of State/Treasurer of State November 5, 2005 |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2002Results/sostreas.aspx |access-date=2013-06-25 |archive-date=2015-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013122727/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2002Results/sostreas.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Bryan Flannery]] : 1,256,428 || '''[[Ken Blackwell|J. Kenneth Blackwell]]''' : 1,827,995|| &nbsp;
|-
| 1998 || [[Charleta Tavares|Charleta B. Tavares]]: 1,404,081 || '''[[Ken Blackwell|J. Kenneth Blackwell]]''': 1,789,105 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1994 || [[Dan Brady (Ohio politician)|Dan Brady]]: 1,150,460 || '''[[Bob Taft|Robert A. Taft II]]''': 2,116,258 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1990 || [[Sherrod Brown]]: 1,604,058 || '''[[Bob Taft|Robert A. Taft II]]''': 1,809,416 || &nbsp;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/1990-1999-official-election-results/#gref |title=1990-1999 Official Election Results - Ohio Secretary of State |access-date=2021-10-07 |archive-date=2021-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927112707/https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/1990-1999-official-election-results/#gref |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1986 || '''[[Sherrod Brown]]''': 1,805,833 || [[Vincent C. Campanella]]: 1,217,803 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1982 || '''[[Sherrod Brown]]''': 1,739,602 || [[Virgil E. Brown]]: 1,362,079 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1978 || '''[[Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr.|Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.]]''': 1,365,219 || [[Ted W. Brown]]: 1,356,959 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1974 || [[Tony P. Hall]]: 1,343,603 || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''': 1,462,776 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1970 || [[John F. Kennedy (Ohio politician)|John F. Kennedy]]: 1,362,041 || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''': 1,606,920 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1966 || [[James D. Nolan]]: 1,037,710 || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''': 1,674,600 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1962 || [[Charles L. Babcock (politician)|Charles L. Babcock]] || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1958 || [[Asher W. Sweeney]]: 1,464,726 || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''': 1,580,628 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1956 || [[Hubert Lynch]]: 1,336,885 || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''': 1,985,368 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1954 || [[Robert W. Reider]]: 1,069,526 || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''': 1,339,076 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1952 || [[Charles F. Sweeney]]: 1,522,908 || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''': 1,792,819 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1950 || [[Charles F. Sweeney]]: 1,339,492 || '''[[Ted W. Brown]]''': 1,347,251 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1948 || '''[[Charles F. Sweeney]]''': 1,501,305 || [[Edward J. Hummel]]: 1,310,704 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1946 || [[Charles F. Sweeney]] || '''[[Edward J. Hummel]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1944 || [[A Lee Fair]]: 1,423,264 || '''[[Edward J. Hummel]]''': 1,480,399 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1942 || [[John E. Sweeney (Ohio politician)|John E. Sweeney]]: 738,175 || '''[[Edward J. Hummel]]''': 926,523 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1940 (full) || '''[[John E. Sweeney (Ohio politician)|John E. Sweeney]]''': 1,562,021 || [[Edward J. Hummel]]: 1,453,513 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1940 (unex) || &nbsp; || &nbsp; || '''[[George M. Neffiner]]''': 293,766
|-
| 1922<ref>{{cite book |title=Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922 |first=Thad H |last=Brown |author-link=Thad H. Brown |year=1923 |page=15 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170;view=1up;seq=23 |access-date=June 27, 2013 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007012945/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170&view=1up&seq=23 |url-status=live }}</ref>|| [[William D. Fulton]] : 685,818 || '''[[Thad H. Brown]]''' : 820,974 ||  &nbsp;
|-
| 1920<ref>{{ cite book |title=Ohio general statistics for the year July 1, 1920 to June 30, 1921 |volume=7 |year=1922 |first=Harvey C |last=Smith |author-link=Harvey C. Smith | publisher=[[Ohio Secretary of State]]  |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20 }}</ref> || [[William D. Fulton]] : 749,566 || '''[[Harvey C. Smith]]''' : 1,134,657 || George Markert (soc) : 43,467<br />Jasper Shuman (ST) : 1,525 
|-
| 1918<ref>{{cite book |title=Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922 |first=Thad H |last=Brown |author-link=Thad H. Brown |year=1923 |page=11 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170;view=1up;seq=19 |access-date=June 27, 2013 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007012857/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170&view=1up&seq=19 |url-status=live }}</ref>|| [[William D. Fulton]] : 432,422 || '''[[Harvey C. Smith]]''' : 471,228 ||  &nbsp;
|-
| 1916<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio |year=1917 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odJMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27 |access-date=2021-10-07 |archive-date=2016-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501112059/https://books.google.com/books?id=odJMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27 |url-status=live }}</ref> || '''[[William D. Fulton]]''' : 564,509 || [[Charles Q. Hildebrant]] : 543,873 || M. J. Beery : 38,136<br />Seymour E. Fox : 6,837
|-
| 1914<ref name=Brownpage10>{{cite book |title=Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922 |first=Thad H |last=Brown |author-link=Thad H. Brown |year=1923 |page=10 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170;view=1up;seq=18 |access-date=June 27, 2013 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007012859/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075933170&view=1up&seq=18 |url-status=live }}</ref>|| [[J. H. Secrest]] : 451,131 || '''[[Charles Q. Hildebrant]]''' : 488,010 ||  Frank W. Woods (Progressive) : 53,808<br />Nathan Wycoff (Socialist) : 53,575
|-
|1912<ref>[[#democrat|Powell 1913]] : 453–454</ref><ref name=Brownpage10/> || '''[[Charles H. Graves (Ohio politician)|Charles H. Graves]]''' :432,082 || [[Thomas L. Lewis]] : 283,767|| John L. Sullivan (Progressive): 208,458<br />Edward S. Smith (Socialist) : 88,914<br />Addison Taylor (Prohibition) : 12,028<br />William R. Fox (Soc. Labor) : 2,767
|-
|1910<ref>[[#democrat|Powell 1913]] : 423</ref><ref name=Brownpage10/> || '''[[Charles H. Graves (Ohio politician)|Charles H. Graves]]''' : 423,580 || [[Granville W. Mooney]] : 405,375|| Edward Hasenauer (Socialist) : 61,656<br />Alfred H. Stratton (Prohibition) : 7,104<br />William R. Fox (Soc. Labor) : 2,881
|-
| 1908<ref>{{cite book |title=Ohio election statistics |year=1905 |last=Ohio Secretary of State |publisher=Columbus |author-link=Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog }} page 396 of pdf file</ref> || [[J. H. Newman (politician)|J. H. Newman]] : 518,225 || '''[[Carmi Thompson]]''' :556,073 || Arthur B. Hollenbaugh (Soc) : 31,681<br />Henry J. Haskel (Pro) : 10,615<br />Albert Boswell (Ind) : 509<br />Timothy Crabtree (Peoples) : 150<br />James Rugg (Soc Lab) : 845 
|-
| 1906<ref name=stat>{{cite book |title=Ohio election statistics |year=1905 |last=Ohio Secretary of State |publisher=Columbus |author-link=Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog }} pages 377–378 of pdf file</ref> || [[Samuel A. Hoskins]] : 351,676 || '''[[Carmi Thompson]]''' : 408,066 || Olly J. Henslee (Socialist) : 18,432<br />Alfred F. Hughes (Pro) : 11,970<br />Max Eisenberg (Soc Lab) : 2,211
|-
| 1904<ref name=stat/> || [[Alfred P. Sandles]] : 357,179 || '''[[Lewis C. Laylin]]''' : 587,568 || Harold King Rockhill (Pro) : 19,253<br />Alfred J. Swing (Socialist) : 33,763<br />John H T Juergens (Soc Lab) : 2,534<br />John E. Allen (Peoples) : 1,093
|-
| 1902<ref name=stat/> || [[Herbert S. Bigelow]] : 345,706 || '''[[Lewis C. Laylin]]''' : 436,171 || Andrew L. White (Pro) : 12,336<br />Max S. Hayes (Socialist): 14,359<br />Theodore Adams (Soc Lab) : 2,983
|-
| 1900<ref name=stat/> || [[Henry H. McFadden]] : 474,078 || '''[[Lewis C. Laylin]]''' : 543,389 || Frank Frankenberg (Union Ref) : 4,647<br />J. Knox Montgomery (Pro) : 9,983<br />Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 1,707<br />Louis F. Hemse (Soc Dem) : 4,650
|-
| 1898<ref name=stat/> || [[Upton K. Guthrey]] : 347,074 || '''[[Charles Kinney]]''' : 408,213 || Thomas Brown (Pro) : 7,689<br />John F. Flynn (Soc Lab) : 5,793<br />John A. Graft (Union Ref): 10,911
|-
| 1896<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 693</ref> || [[Chilton A. White]] 473,462 || '''[[Charles Kinney]]''' 525,000 || Samuel H Rockhill (Pro) 5,469<br />Wesley C. Bates (Nat) 3,382<br />Daniel W. Wallace (Social Labor) 1,234
|-
| 1894<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 655</ref> || Milton Turner 276,902 || '''[[Samuel McIntire Taylor|Samuel M. Taylor]]''' 413,988 || Charles R. Martin (Pop) 49,495<br />Mark G. McCaslin (Pro) 23,273
|-
| 1892<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 630</ref> || [[William A. Taylor (Ohio politician)|William A. Taylor]] 401,451 || '''[[Samuel McIntire Taylor|Samuel M. Taylor]]''' 402,540 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1890<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 592</ref> || [[Thaddeus E. Cromley]] 352,579 || '''[[Daniel J. Ryan]]''' 363,548 || Melanathon C. Lockwood (Pro) 23,837<br />Ezekial T. Curtis(UL) 1,752
|-
| 1888<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 566</ref> || [[Boston G. Young]] 395,522 || '''[[Daniel J. Ryan]]''' 416,510 || Walter S. Payne (Pro) 24,618<br />George F Ebner (UL) 3,452
|-
| 1886<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 526</ref> || [[John McBride (Ohio politician)|John McBride]] 329,314 || '''[[James S. Robinson]]''' 341,095 || Henry R. Smith (Pro) 28,982<br />Charles Bonsall (labor) 2,010
|-
| 1884<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 498</ref> || [[James W. Newman]] 380,355 || '''[[James S. Robinson]]''' 391,597 || Evan J. Morris (Pro) 8,607<br />Peter M. Harrold (Greenback) 3,475
|-
| 1882<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 460</ref> || '''[[James W. Newman]]''' 316,874 || [[Charles Townsend (Ohio politician)|Charles Townsend]] 279,759 || [[Ferdinand Schumacher]] (Pro) 12,202<br />George L. Hafer (Greenback) 5,345
|-
| 1880<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 432</ref> || [[William Lang (Ohio politician)|William Lang]] 343,016 || '''[[Charles Townsend (Ohio politician)|Charles Townsend]]''' 362,021 || Charles A. Lloyd (Greenback) 6,786<br />William A. Doan (Pro) 2,815
|-
| 1878<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 393</ref> || [[David R. Paige]] 270,966 || '''[[Milton Barnes (politician)|Milton Barnes]]''' 274,120 || Andrew Roy (NGL) 38,332<br />Jeremiah N. Robinson (Pro) 5,682
|-
| 1876<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 364</ref> || [[William Bell Jr. (politician)|William Bell, Jr.]] 311,220 || '''[[Milton Barnes (politician)|Milton Barnes]]''' 317,856 || Edward S. Chapman (Pro) 1,863
|-
| 1874<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 331</ref> || '''[[William Bell Jr. (politician)|William Bell, Jr.]]''' 238,406 || [[Allen T. Wikoff]] 221,204 || John R. Buchtel (Pro) 7,815
|-
| 1872<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 305</ref> || [[Aquila Wiley]] 251,778 || '''[[Allen T. Wikoff]]''' 265,925 || [[Ferdinand Schumacher]] (Pro) 2,035
|-
| 1870<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 277</ref> || [[William Heisley]] 205,014 || '''[[Isaac R. Sherwood]]''' 221,709 || Jay Odell (Pro) 2,862
|-
| 1868<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 258</ref> || [[Thomas Hubbard (Ohio politician)|Thomas Hubbard]] 249,681 || '''[[Isaac R. Sherwood]]''' 267,065 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1866<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 228</ref> || [[Benjamin Le Fevre]] 213,606 || '''[[William Henry Smith (American politician)|William H. Smith]]''' 256,302 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1864<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 195</ref> || [[William W. Armstrong (journalist)|William W. Armstrong]] 183,842 || '''[[William Henry Smith (American politician)|William H. Smith]]''' 238,145 || &nbsp;
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| 1862<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 150</ref> || '''[[William W. Armstrong (journalist)|William W. Armstrong]]''' 184,315 || [[Wilson S. Kennon]] 178,755 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1861<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 140</ref> || [[William W. Armstrong (journalist)|William W. Armstrong]] 151,912 || '''[[Benjamin R. Cowen|Benjamin Rush Cowen]]''' 207,352 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1859<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 95</ref> || [[Jacob Reinhard]] 170,400 || '''[[Addison P. Russell]] 184,839''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1857<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 74</ref> || [[Jacob Reinhard]] 158,832 || '''[[Addison P. Russell]]''' 160,638 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1855<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 40</ref> || [[William Trevitt]] 133,641 || '''[[James H. Baker (politician)|James H. Baker]]''' 168,724 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1853<ref>[[#bell|Bell 1876]] : 120–121</ref> || '''[[William Trevitt]]''' : 151,818 || William Graham<br />(Freesoil) : 33,518 || [[Nelson H. Van Vorhes]]<br />(Whig) : 97,500
|-
| 1851<ref>[[#bell|Bell 1876]] : 114–115</ref> || '''[[William Trevitt]]''' : 145,636 || [[Henry W. King]]<br />(Freesoil) : 15,768 || [[Earl Bill]]<br />(Whig) : 120,256
|}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==References==
*{{cite book|ref=smith|title=History of the Republican Party in Ohio |editor-first=Joseph P |editor-last=Smith |year=1898 |volume=I |publisher=the Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA143}}
*{{cite book |title=Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875... |publisher=[[Ohio Secretary of State]] | year=1876 |ref=bell1876|first=William Jr. |last=Bell |author-link=William Bell Jr. (politician)
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbhXD5zfqQcC&pg=PA303}}
*{{cite book| ref=democrat| title=The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history |volume= 1 |editor-first=Thomas Edward |editor-last=Powell |editor-link=Thomas E. Powell|publisher=The Ohio Publishing Company |year=1913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y14PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89}}

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