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Encyclopedia > Ohio Secretary of State

The Ohio Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the elections in the state of Ohio. The secretary of state also is responsible for registering business entities (corporations, etc.) and granting them the authority to do business within the state, registering secured transactions, and granting access to public documents.


The Secretary of State was elected by the Ohio General Assembly from 1803 to 1851 to a three year term. Under the new 1851 Constitution, it was made an elective office for a two year term. In 1954, it was made a four-year term. The Secretary of State is elected to a in the even-numbered year when the President is not running, after being nominated in partisan primary elections.


List of Ohio Secretaries of State

Term Secretary of State Party
1803-1808 William Creighton Jr. (Democratic-)Republican
1808-1831 Jeremiah McLene Democratic
1831-1835 Moses H. Kirby Whig
1835-1836 Benjamin B. Hinkson Democratic
1836-1840 Carter B. Harlan Democratic
1840-1841 William Trevitt Democratic
1841-1844 John Sloane Whig
1844-1850 Samuel Galloway Whig
1850-1852 Henry W. King Free Soil
1852-1856 William Trevitt (2nd) Democratic
1856-1858 James H. Baker Republican
1858-1862 Addison P. Russell Republican
1862 Benjamin R. Cowen Republican
1862-1863 Wilson S. Kennon Republican
1863-1865 William W. Armstrong Democratic
1865=1868 William H. Smith Republican
1868-1869 John Russell  
1869-1873 Isaac R. Sherwood Republican
1873-1875 Allen T. Wikoff Republican
1875-1877 William Bell Jr. Democratic
1877-1881 Milton Barnes Republican
1881-1883 Charles Townsend Republican
1883-1885 James W. Newman Democratic
1885-1889 James Sidney Robinson Republican
1889-1891 Daniel J. Ryan Republican
1891-1893 Christian L. Poorman Republican
1893-1897 Samuel M. Taylor Republican
1897-1901 Charles Kinney Republican
1901-1907 Lewis C. Laylin Republican
1907-1911 Carmi Thompson Republican
1911-1915 Charles H. Graves Democratic
1915-1917 Charles Quinn Hildebrant Republican
1917-1919 William D. Fulton Democratic
1919-1923 Harvey C. Smith Republican
1923-1927 Thad H. Brown Republican
1927-1933 Clarence J. Brown Sr. Republican
1933 George S. Myers Democratic
1936-1939 William J. Kennedy Democratic
1939-1940 Earl Griffith Republican
1940-1941 George M. Neffiner Republican
1941-1943 John E. Sweeney Democratic
1943-1949 Edward J. Hummel Republican
1949-1951 Charles F. Sweeney Democratic
1951-1979 Ted W. Brown Republican
1979-1983 Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. Democratic
1983-1991 Sherrod Brown Democratic
1991-1999 Robert A. Taft II Republican
1999-present J. Kenneth Blackwell Republican

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Ohio Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (158 words)
The Ohio Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the elections in the state of Ohio.
The Secretary of State was elected by the Ohio General Assembly from 1803 to 1851 to a three year term.
The Secretary of State is elected to office in even-numbered years when the President is not running, after being nominated in partisan primary elections.
Secretary of State (U.S. state government) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1237 words)
Secretary of State is an official in the state governments of 47 of the 50 states of the United States.
Currently, in 35 states, such as California, Illinois, and Mississippi, the Secretary of State is elected at the general election, [2] usually for a four-year term.
And in one state, Maine, the Secretary of State is appointed to a two-year term by the state legislature.
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