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{{Short description|Public office in the state of Ohio}}
{{Infobox official post
| post            = State Treasurer
| body            = Ohio
| insignia        = Seal of the State Treasurer of Ohio.svg
| insigniasize    = 120px
| insigniacaption = Seal of the state treasurer of Ohio
| imagesize       = 165px
| image           = File:Rob Portman and Robert Sprague (cropped).jpg
| alt             = = 
| incumbent       = [[Robert Sprague]]
| incumbentsince  = January 14, 2019
| department      = 
| style           = The Honorable
| termlength      = Four years, two consecutive term limit<ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio Constitution – Section III.02 |url=https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/laws/ohio-constitution/section?const=3.02 |website=The Ohio Legislature |access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref>
| salary          = $109,554
| formation       = [[Ohio Constitution]]
| succession      = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Ohio|Fifth]]
| inaugural       = William McFarland<br />1803
| website         = [http://www.tos.ohio.gov// Office of the Treasurer]
}}

The treasurer of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]] is responsible for collecting and safeguarding taxes and fees, as well as managing state investments.<ref name=history /> The Treasury was located in the [[Ohio Statehouse]] from 1861 to 1974, when it was moved to the [[Rhodes State Office Tower]]. The original office in the statehouse, which has been restored to its 19th-century appearance, is used for ceremonial events.<ref name=history />

Before Ohio became a state, [[John Armstrong (frontiersman)|John Armstrong]] was Treasurer-General of the [[Northwest Territory]] from 1796 to 1803.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=History of the State Treasury |publisher=Ohio State Trearurer |url=http://www.tos.ohio.gov/history |access-date=2013-06-29}}</ref> He was appointed to the post by the United States Congress. Under the first constitution of Ohio, 1803 to 1851, the state legislature appointed a treasurer.<ref name=history /> Since the second constitution in 1852, the office has been elective.<ref name=history />

The current officeholder is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Robert Sprague]].

== List of Ohio state treasurers ==
{| class="wikitable"
!!! Image !! Name !! Term of office!! Party
|-
|||||[[William McFarland (Ohio)|William McFarland]]||1803–1816||
|-
|||||[[Hiram M. Curry]]||1816–1820||
|-
|||[[File:Samuel Sullivan 19th century.jpg|60px]]||[[Samuel Sullivan (politician)|Samuel Sullivan]]||1820–1823||
|-
|||||[[Henry Brown (Ohio politician)|Henry Brown]]||1823–1835||
|-
|||||[[Joseph Whitehill]]||1835–1847||
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
|||||[[Albert A. Bliss]]||1847–1852||[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:John G. Breslin 001.png|60px]]||[[John G. Breslin]]||1852–1856||[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:William Harvey Gibson 2.jpg|60px]]||[[William Harvey Gibson]]||1856–1857||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[Alfred P. Stone]]||1857–1862||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[G. V. Dorsey]]||1862–1865||Republican
|-
|||[[File:William Hooper (Ohio).jpg|60px]]||[[William Hooper (Ohio businessman)|William Hooper]]||1865–1866||
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Sidney Sardus Warner.jpg|60px]]||[[S. S. Warner|Sidney S. Warner]]||1866–1871||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[Isaac Welsh]]||1872–1875||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[Leroy Welsh]]||1875–1876||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:John M. Millikin.jpg|60px]]||[[John M. Millikin]]||1876–1878||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:Anthony Howells.JPG|60px]]||[[Anthony Howells]]||1878–1880||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[Joseph Turney]]||1880–1884||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||||[[Peter Brady (politician)|Peter Brady]]||1884–1886||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:John C. Brown (Ohio).jpg|60px]]||[[John C. Brown (Ohio politician)|John C. Brown]]||1886–1892||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:William Taylor Cope.png|60px]]||[[William T. Cope]]||1892–1896||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Samuel B. Campbell.png|60px]]||[[Samuel B. Campbell]]||1896–1900||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Isaac B. Cameron 1903.jpg|60px]]||[[Isaac B. Cameron]]||1900–1904||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:William S. McKinnon.png|60px]]||[[William S. McKinnon]]||1904–1908||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Charles C. Green.png|60px]]||[[Charles C. Green (Ohio politician)|Charles C. Green]]||1908–1909||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:David S. Creamer (circa 1912).png|60px]]||[[David S. Creamer]]||1909–1913||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:John P. Brennan 1913.png|60px]]||[[John P. Brennan]]||1913–1915||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Rudolph W. Archer.png|60px]]||[[Rudolph W. Archer]]||1915–1917||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:Chester E. Bryan.jpg|60px]]||[[Chester E. Bryan]]||1917–1919||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Rudolph W. Archer.png|60px]]||Rudolph W. Archer||1919–1923||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Harry Sanderson Day portrait.jpg|60px]]||[[Harry S. Day]]||1923–1927||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[Bert B. Buckley]]||1927–1929||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:H. Ross Ake 1920.png|60px]]||[[H. Ross Ake]]||1929–1930||Republican
|-
|||||[[Edwin A. Todd]]||1930–1931||
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Harry Sanderson Day portrait.jpg|60px]]||Harry S. Day||1931–1937||Republican
|-
|||||[[Clarence H. Knisley]]||1937–1939||
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[Don H. Ebright]]||1939–1951||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[Roger W. Tracy]]||1951–1959||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||||[[Joseph T. Ferguson]]||1959–1963||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[John D. Herbert]]||1963–1971||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:1971 Annual report of the Treasurer of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio - DPLA - 307be29e7cdb2ad12e06f42043b54b11 (page 1) (cropped).jpg|60px]]||[[Gertrude Walton Donahey|Gertrude W. Donahey]]||1971–1983||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:Mary Ellen Withrow.jpg|60px]]||[[Mary Ellen Withrow]]||1983–1994||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Ken Blackwell 2011-02-11 (cropped).jpg|60px]]||[[Ken Blackwell|J. Kenneth Blackwell]]||1994–1999||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||||[[Joe Deters|Joseph T. Deters]]||1999–2005||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Jennette Bradley 2009.jpg|60px]]||[[Jennette Bradley]]||2005–2007||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:Richard Cordray.jpg|60px]]||[[Richard Cordray]]||2007–2009||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|||[[File:RootsCamp Ohio 2009 (cropped).jpg|60px]]||[[Kevin Boyce]]||2009–2011||Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Josh Mandel.jpg|60px]]||[[Josh Mandel]]||2011–2019||Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|||[[File:Robert Sprague 2018 rally (cropped 2).jpg|60px]]||[[Robert Sprague]]||2019–present||Republican
|}

== Elections ==
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Ohio voters  elect the treasurer for a four-year term in midterm election years, along with the [[Governor of Ohio|governor]] and [[Lieutenant Governor of Ohio|lieutenant governor]], [[Ohio Secretary of State|secretary of state]], [[Ohio Attorney General|attorney general]], and [[Ohio State Auditor|state auditor]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Democratic !! Republican !! Other
|-
| 2022|| Scott Schertzer : 1,692,160|| '''[[Robert Sprague]]''' : 2,390,542 || &nbsp;
|-
| 2018|| Rob Richardson : 1,960,075|| '''[[Robert Sprague]]''' : 2,257,955 || &nbsp;
|-
| 2014<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Ohio Secretary of State]] | title=2014 Election Results |access-date=2016-12-09 |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2014Results.aspx}}</ref> || [[Connie Pillich]]: 1,323,325 || '''[[Josh Mandel]]''': 1,724,060 || &nbsp;
|-
| 2010<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Ohio Secretary of State]] | title=Treasurer of State November 2, 2010 |access-date=2013-06-27 |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20101102treasurer.aspx}}</ref> || [[Kevin Boyce]]: 1,525,912 || '''[[Josh Mandel]]''' : 2,050,142 || Matthew Cantrell<br />(Libertarian): 184,478
|-
| 2006 || '''[[Richard Cordray]]''': 2,223,282 || [[Sandra O'Brien]]: 1,618,625 || &nbsp;
|-
| 2002 || [[Mary O. Boyle]]: 1,459,113 || '''[[Joseph Deters]]''': 1,666,844 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1998 || [[John A. Donofrio]] || '''[[Joseph Deters]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1994 || [[Barbara Sykes (politician)|Barbara Sykes]] || '''[[Ken Blackwell|J. Kenneth Blackwell]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1990 || '''[[Mary Ellen Withrow]]''' || [[Judith Y. Brachman]] || &nbsp;
|-
| 1986 || '''[[Mary Ellen Withrow]]''' || Jeff Jacobs || &nbsp;
|-
| 1982 || '''[[Mary Ellen Withrow]]''' || [[Dana Rinehart|Dana G. Rinehart]] || &nbsp;
|-
| 1978 || '''[[Gertrude Walton Donahey|Gertrude W. Donahey]]''' || George C. Rogers || &nbsp;
|-
| 1974 || '''[[Gertrude Walton Donahey|Gertrude W. Donahey]]''' || Richard H. Harris || &nbsp;
|-
| 1970 || '''[[Gertrude Walton Donahey|Gertrude W. Donahey]]''' || [[Robin T. Turner]] || &nbsp;
|-
| 1966 || [[Eldon Brown]] || '''[[John D. Herbert]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1962 || [[Thomas E. Ferguson]] || '''[[John D. Herbert]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1958 || '''[[Joseph T. Ferguson]]''' || [[Roger W. Tracy]] || &nbsp;
|-
| 1956 || '''[[John W. Donahey]]''' || [[Rober W. Tracy]] || &nbsp;
|-
| 1954 || [[Joseph T. Ferguson]] || '''[[Roger W. Tracy]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1952 || [[John J. Gallagher (Ohio politician)|John J. Gallagher]] || '''[[Roger W. Tracy]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1950 || [[Frank M. Quinn]] || '''[[Roger W. Tracy]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1948 || [[Harry V. Armstrong]] || '''[[Don H. Ebright]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1946 || [[James T. Welsh]] || '''[[Don H. Ebright]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1944 || [[Harry V. Armstrong]] || '''[[Don H. Ebright]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1942 || [[Robert S. Cox]] || '''[[Don H. Ebright]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1940 || [[Clarence H. Knisley]] || '''[[Don H. Ebright]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 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 }}</ref>|| [[William S. Hiler]] : 666,786 || '''[[Harry S. Day]]''' : 844,398 ||  &nbsp;
|-
| 1920<ref>{{cite book | title=Journal of the House of Representatives of the 84th General Assembly of the State of Ohio |last=Ohio General Assembly |author-link=Ohio General Assembly |volume=CIX | publisher=F J Heer Printing |location=Columbus |year=1921 | page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4JMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA22 }}</ref> || [[Charles B. Orwig]] : 770,387 || '''[[Rudolph W. Archer]]''' : 1,109,191 || Max Goodman : 43,538 <br />Adam Lehr : 1,537
|-
| 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}}</ref> || '''[[Chester E. Bryan]]''' : 565,902  || [[Rudolph W. Archer]] : 542,198 || Frank M. Hinkle : 38,299<br />John N. Ferguson : 6,708
|-
| 1912<ref>[[#democrat|Powell 1913]] : 453-454</ref> || '''[[John P. Brennan]]''' || [[Rudolph W. Archer]] || [[William Kirtley, Jr.]] (Progressive)
|-
| 1910<ref>[[#democrat|Powell 1913]] : 423</ref> || '''[[David S. Creamer]]''' || [[Rudolph W. Archer]] || &nbsp;
|-
| 1908<ref>{{cite book |title=Ohio election statistics: |year=1905 |last=Ohio Secretary of State |author-link=Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog }} page 404 of pdf file</ref> || '''[[David S. Creamer]]''' : 537,461 || [[Charles C. Green (Ohio politician)|Charles C. Green]] : 536,030 || Thomas C. Devine (Soc) : 31,865<br />James H. Ford (Pro) : 10,897<br />John P. Thornbury (Ind) : 587<br />Danford Hare (Peo) : 167<br />Henry Piper (Soc Lab) : 839
|-
| 1905<ref>{{cite book |title=Ohio election statistics: |year=1905 |last=Ohio Secretary of State |author-link=Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog }} page 17 of pdf file</ref> || [[Charles E. Mason]] : 418,515 || '''[[William S. McKinnon]]''' : 462,447 || Joseph H. Sims (Soc) : 18,277<br />Hiram L. Baker (Pro) : 13,837<br />Peter Faber (Soc Lab) : 1,831
|-
| 1903<ref>{{cite book |title=Ohio election statistics: |year=1905 |last=Ohio Secretary of State |author-link=Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog }} page 1667 of pdf file</ref> || [[Volley J. Dahl]] : 356,617 || '''[[William S. McKinnon]]''' : 474,033 || Ithamar B. Hinman (Soc) : 14,165<br />Will Kingham (Pro) : 14,448<br />John H T Juergens (Soc Lab) : 2,185
|-
| 1901<ref>[[#democrat|Powell 1913]] : 379-380</ref> || [[R. Page Aleshire]] || '''[[Isaac B. Cameron]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1899<ref>[[#democrat|Powell 1913]] : 371-372</ref> || [[James L. Gorman]] || '''[[Isaac B. Cameron]]''' || &nbsp;
|-
| 1897<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 |volume=2 | page=121|year=1899 |publisher=State of Ohio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ}} page 388 of pdf file</ref> || [[James F. Wilson]] : 401,024  || '''[[Samuel B. Campbell]]''' : 427,521 || Samuel Wells : 7,541<br />F M Morris : 5,849<br />Samuel Stevens : 1,535<br />Edward L. Larsen : 4,186<br />B W Maxwell : 437<br />T A Rodefer : 3,112
|-
| 1895<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 665</ref> || [[William B. Shober]] 329,209 || '''[[Samuel B. Campbell]]''' 427,706 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1893<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 644</ref> || [[Brisbin C. Blackburn]] 346,849 || '''[[William T. Cope]]''' 422,483 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1891<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 605</ref> || [[Charles F. Ackerman]] 345,847 || '''[[William T. Cope]]''' 373,395 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1889<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 579</ref> || [[William E. Boden]] 373,476 || '''[[John C. Brown]]''' 377,102 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1887<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 541</ref> || [[George W. Harper]] 327,435 || '''[[John C. Brown]]''' 357,597 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1885<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 512</ref> || [[Peter Brady (politician)|Peter Brady]] 340,969 || '''[[John C. Brown]]''' 361,463 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1883<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 473</ref> || '''[[Peter Brady (politician)|Peter Brady]]''' 359,847 || [[John C. Brown]] 348,399 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1881<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 450</ref> || [[Alonzo P. Winslow]] 286,591 || '''[[Joseph Turney]]''' 316,232 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1879<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 406</ref> || [[Anthony Howells]] 317,193 || '''[[Joseph Turney]]''' 335,670 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1877<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 379</ref> || '''[[Anthony Howells]]''' 270,461 || [[John M. Millikin]] 250,746 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1875<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 342</ref> || [[John Schreiner]] 292,714 || '''[[John M. Millikin]]''' 296,617 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1873<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 319</ref> || [[George Weimer]] 231,349 || '''[[Isaac Welsh]]''' 213,527 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1871<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 286</ref> || [[Gustav Bruehl]] 218,390 || '''[[Isaac Welsh]]''' 237,398 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1869<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 268</ref> || [[Stephen Buhrer]] 227,948 || '''[[S. S. Warner|Sidney S. Warner]]''' 236,345 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1867<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 238</ref> || Charles Fulton 240,802 || '''[[S. S. Warner|Sidney S. Warner]]''' 243,318 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1865<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 209</ref> || [[George Spence (Ohio politician)|George Spence]] 192,972 || '''[[S. S. Warner|Sidney S. Warner]]''' 225,673 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1863<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 161</ref> || [[Horace L. Knapp]] 188,320 || '''[[G. V. Dorsey|Godwin V. Dorsey]]''' 284,976 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1861<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 140</ref> || [[George W. Holmes]] 151,548 || '''[[G. V. Dorsey|Godwin V. Dorsey]]''' 207,439 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1859<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 95</ref> || [[William Bushnell]] 170,503 || '''[[Alfred P. Stone]]''' 184,568 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1857<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 74</ref> || [[James R. Morris]] 158,756 || '''[[Alfred P. Stone]]''' 160,585 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1855<ref>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 40</ref> || [[John G. Breslin]] 132,925 || '''[[William Harvey Gibson]]''' 169,350 || &nbsp;
|-
| 1853<ref>[[#bell|Bell 1876]] : 120-121</ref> || '''[[John G. Breslin]]''' : 151,226 || [[J. Wesley Chafin]]<br />(Freesoil) : 33,934 || [[Henry Brachman]]<br />(Whig) : 95,862
|-
| 1851<ref>[[#bell|Bell 1876]] : 114-115</ref> || '''[[John G. Breslin]]''' : 145,331 || [[Tobias A. Plants]]<br />(Freesoil) : 13,127 || [[Albert A. Bliss]]<br />(Whig) : 124,554
|}

== 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=bell| 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=PA453}}

== External sources ==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.tos.ohio.gov/ |title=Ohio State Treasurer website|access-date=2013-06-29}}
* {{cite web|title=Treasurers of State of the State of Ohio: 1796 – present|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/HistoricalElectionComparisons/Treasurers%20of%20State%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Ohio%201796%20-%20present.aspx|website=Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State|publisher=State of Ohio|access-date=29 July 2014}}

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