List of Presidents of the Ohio Senate
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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
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852. The lieutenant governor becomes governor if the governor resigns, dies in office or is removed by impeachment. Before 1852, the president of the Ohio State Senate would serve as acting governor if a vacancy in the governorship...

 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.

Speakers of the Ohio Senate, 1803-1851

TermNamePartyHome County
1803-03-01 – 1803-12-04 Nathaniel Massie
Nathaniel Massie
Nathaniel Massie was a frontier surveyor in the Ohio Country who became a prominent land owner, politician, and soldier. He founded fifteen early towns in what became the State of Ohio, including its first capital, Chillicothe...

Democratic-Republican Ross
Ross County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 73,345 people, 27,136 households, and 19,185 families residing in the county. The population density was 106 people per square mile . There were 29,461 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

1803-12-05 – 1805-12-01 Daniel Symmes
Daniel Symmes
Daniel Symmes was a politician in the U.S. State of Ohio in the Ohio State Senate, an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1805-1808, Mayor of Cincinnati 1808-1809, and register of the Cincinnati land office....

  Hamilton
Hamilton County, Ohio
As of 2000, there were 845,303 people, 346,790 households, and 212,582 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,075 people per square mile . There were 373,393 housing units at an average density of 917 per square mile...

1805-12-02 – 1806-11-30 James Pritchard   Jefferson
Jefferson County, Ohio
Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 69,709. Its county seat is Steubenville and is named for Thomas Jefferson, who was at the time Vice President....

1806-12-01 – 1809-12-03 Thomas Kirker
Thomas Kirker
Thomas Kirker was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the second Governor of Ohio.Kirker was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He moved with his father to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1779. He moved with his new wife to Kentucky in 1790 and then Liberty Township, Adams County,...

  Adams
Adams County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 27,330 people, 10,501 households, and 7,613 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,822 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

1809-12-04 – 1810-12-02 Duncan McArthur
Duncan McArthur
right|thumb|350pxDuncan McArthur was a Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th Governor of Ohio....

Democratic-Republican Ross
1810-12-03 – 1813-12-05 Thomas Kirker (2nd)   Adams
1813-12-06 – 1814-12-04 Othniel Looker   Hamilton
1814-12-05 – 1815-12-03 Thomas Kirker (3rd)   Adams
1815-12-04 – 1816-12-01 Peter Hitchcock
Peter Hitchcock
Peter Hitchcock was an attorney, teacher, farmer, soldier, legislator, and jurist. His judicial career included 28 years service on the Ohio Supreme Court, 21 years of them as Chief Justice...

  Geauga
Geauga County, Ohio
Geauga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 93,389. It is named for a Native American word meaning "raccoon". The county seat is Chardon...

1816-12-02 – 1818-12-06 Abraham Shepherd   Adams
1818-12-07 – 1819-12-05 Robert Lucas
Robert Lucas (governor)
Robert Lucas was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio, serving from 1832 to 1836. He served as the first Governor of Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841.-Early life:...

  Pike
Pike County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 27,695 people, 10,444 households, and 7,665 families residing in the county. The population density was 63 people per square mile . There were 11,602 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...

1819-12-06 – 1826-12-03 Allen Trimble
Allen Trimble
right|350px|From a Freeman Thorpe painting in StatehouseAllen Trimble was a Federalist politician from Ohio. He served as the eighth and tenth Governor of Ohio....

  Highland
Highland County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 40,875 people, 15,587 households, and 11,394 families residing in the county. The population density was 74 people per square mile . There were 17,583 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...

1826-12-04 – 1827-12-02 Abraham Shepherd (2nd)   Adams
1827-12-03 – 1829-12-06 Samuel Wheeler   Geauga
1829-12-07 – 1830-12-05 Robert Lucas (2nd)   Pike
1830-12-06 – 1831-12-04 Samuel R. Miller   Hamilton
1831-12-05 – 1832-12-02 William Doherty   Franklin
Franklin County, Ohio
Franklin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. In 2010 the population was 1,163,414, making it the second largest county in Ohio and the 34th largest county in population in the United States. Franklin County is also the largest in the eight-county Columbus, Ohio...

1832-12-03 – 1833-12-01 Samuel R. Miller (2nd)   Hamilton
1833-12-02 – 1834-11-30 David T. Disney
David T. Disney
David Tiernan Disney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Disney moved with his parents to Ohio in 1807.He attended the common schools.He studied law....

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Hamilton
1834-12-01 – 1835-12-06 Peter Hitchcock (2nd)
Charles Anthony
  Geauga
 
1835-12-07 – 1837-12-03 Elijah Vance   Butler
Butler County, Ohio
Butler County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2010, the population was 368,130. Its county seat is Hamilton. It is named for General Richard Butler, who died in 1791 fighting Indians in northern Ohio. Butler's army marched out of Fort Hamilton, where the city of...

1837-12-04 – 1838-12-02 George J. Smith   Warren
Warren County, Ohio
Warren County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 212,693 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Lebanon. Warren County was erected May 1, 1803, from Hamilton County, and named for Dr...

1838-12-03 – 1839-12-01 William Hawkins   Morgan
Morgan County, Ohio
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1839-12-02 – 1841-12-05 William McLaughlin
William McLaughlin
William McLaughlin , was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played in ten games for the Washington Nationals of the Union Association in 1884. He was a graduate of Sacramento High School.-External links:...

  Richland
Richland County, Ohio
Richland County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 124,475. It is included in the Mansfield, Ohio, Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Mansfield–Bucyrus Combined Statistical Area....

1841-12-06 – 1843-12-03 James J. Finan   Hamilton
1843-12-04 – 1844-12-01 Thomas W. Bartley
Thomas W. Bartley
Thomas Welles Bartley was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 17th Governor of Ohio...

Democratic Richland
1844-12-02 – 1845-11-30 David Chambers
David Chambers (congressman)
David Chambers was a United States Representative from Ohio.Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Chambers was tutored by his father. He served as a confidential express rider for President George Washington during the Whisky Insurrection in 1794...

  Muskingum
Muskingum County, Ohio
Muskingum County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,074. Its county seat is Zanesville...

1845-12-01 – 1846-12-06 Seabury Ford
Seabury Ford
Seabury Ford was a Whig politician from Ohio. He served as the 20th Governor of Ohio and the last Whig to do so....

  Geauga
1846-12-07 – 1847-12-05 Edson B. Olds
Edson B. Olds
Edson Baldwin Olds was a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. During the American Civil War, he was a leading member of the Peace Democrats. He was the great-grandfather of United States Army Air Forces Maj. Gen. Robert Olds, and the great-great grandfather of United States Air Force Brig. Gen...

Democratic Pickaway
Pickaway County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 52,727 people, 17,599 households, and 13,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 105 people per square mile . There were 18,596 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

1847-12-06 – 1848-12-03 Charles B. Goddard   Muskingum
1848-12-04 – 1849-12-02 Brewster Randall   Ashtabula
Ashtabula County, Ohio
Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 101,497, its county seat is Jefferson. The county is named for a Native American word meaning "river of many fish"....

1849-12-03 – 1850-12-01 Harrison G. O. Blake
Harrison G. O. Blake
Harrison Gray Otis Blake was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Newfane, Vermont, Blake moved to Salem, New York, and in 1830 to Guilford, Ohio.He attended the public schools....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Medina
1850-12-02 – 1852-01-04 Charles Cleveland Convers
Charles Cleveland Convers
Charles Cleveland Convers was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was Speaker of the Ohio Senate for two years and a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court for a short time.-Biography:...

  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
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852. The lieutenant governor becomes governor if the governor resigns, dies in office or is removed by impeachment. Before 1852, the president of the Ohio State Senate would serve as acting governor if a vacancy in the governorship...

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TermNamePartyHome County
1852-01-05 – 1854-01-01 Joel W. Wilson
George Rex
George Rex (Ohio)
George Rex was a Democratic politician in Wooster in the U.S. State of Ohio who was in the Ohio Senate and was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1874-1877.-Biography:...

  Sandusky
Sandusky County, Ohio
Sandusky County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,944. Its county seat is Fremont and it is named for a native word meaning "water" ....


Wayne
Wayne County, Ohio
Wayne County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, and is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. As of the 2010 census, the population was 114,520. Its county seat is Wooster....

1854-01-02 – 1856-01-06 Robert J. Atkinson   Carroll
Carroll County, Ohio
Carroll County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 28,836, no change from 2000. Its county seat is Carrollton. It is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence....

1856-01-07 – 1858-01-03 Robert Walker Tayler
Robert Walker Tayler, Sr.
Robert Walker Tayler, Sr. was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was a member of the Ohio Senate and was Ohio State Auditor 1860–1863....

  Trumbull
Trumbull County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 225,116 people, 89,020 households, and 61,690 families residing in the county. The population density was 365 people per square mile . There were 95,117 housing units at an average density of 154 per square mile...

1858-01-04 – 1860-01-01 Edward M. Phelps   Defiance
Defiance County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 39,500 people, 15,138 households, and 11,020 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 people per square mile . There were 16,040 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...

1860-01-02 – 1862-01-05 Richard A. Harrison
Richard A. Harrison
Richard Almgill Harrison was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Ohio.Born in Thirsk, England, Harrison immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1832, settling in Ohio. He attended public schools, graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1846 and was admitted to the bar...

  Madison
Madison County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 40,213 people, 13,672 households, and 10,035 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 14,399 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile...

1862-01-06 – 1864-01-03 James Monroe Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Lorain
Lorain County, Ohio
Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, its population was 301,356. an increase from 284,664 in 2000...

1864-01-04 – 1865-12-31 Samuel Humphreyville   Medina
1866-01-01 – 1868-01-05 H. S. Martin   Stark
Stark County, Ohio
Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 375,586. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

1868-01-06 – 1870-01-02 Thomas J. Godfrey   Mercer
Mercer County, Ohio
Mercer County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Its county seat is Celina and is named for Hugh Mercer, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.The Celina Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Mercer County.-Geography:...

1870-01-03 – 1871-12-31 Samuel F. Hunt   Hamilton
Hamilton County, Ohio
As of 2000, there were 845,303 people, 346,790 households, and 212,582 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,075 people per square mile . There were 373,393 housing units at an average density of 917 per square mile...

1872-01-01 – 1874-01-04 Allen T. Brinsmade   Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the 2010 census, the population was 1,280,122. Its county seat is Cleveland. Cuyahoga County is part of Greater Cleveland, a metropolitan area, and Northeast Ohio, a...

1874-01-05 – 1876-01-02 Emery D. Potter
Emery D. Potter
Emery Davis Potter was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Potter attended the district school and the academy in Herkimer County, New York....

  Lucas
Lucas County, Ohio
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1876-01-03 – 1878-01-06 H. W. Curtiss
H. W. Curtiss
Harvey Willard Curtiss was an American politician who served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1877 to 1878. He was a Republican and represented Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland.- References :...

  Cuyahoga
1878-01-07 – 1880-01-03 James W. Owens
James W. Owens (congressman)
James W. Owens was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Franklin County, Indiana, Owens pursued academic studies.He was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1862....

  Licking
Licking County, Ohio
Licking County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 166,492. Its county seat is Newark and is named for the salt licks that were in the area....

1880-01-04 – 1882-01-01 Rees G. Richards   Jefferson
Jefferson County, Ohio
Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 69,709. Its county seat is Steubenville and is named for Thomas Jefferson, who was at the time Vice President....

1882-01-02 – 1884-01-06 R. A. Horr   Lorain
1884-01-07 – 1886-01-03 Elmer White   Defiance
1886-01-04 – 1888-01-01 John O'Neill
John O'Neill (congressman)
John O'Neill was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, O'Neill attended the common schools at Frederick, Maryland, and Georgetown College, Washington, D.C.....


Silas A. Conrad
Silas A. Conrad
Silas A. Conrad was an American politician who served as the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1887 to 1888....

 
Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...


 
Muskingum
Muskingum County, Ohio
Muskingum County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,074. Its county seat is Zanesville...


Stark
Stark County, Ohio
Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 375,586. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

1888-01-02 – 1890-01-05 Theodore F. Davis    Washington
Washington County, Ohio
Washington County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,778. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Washington County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio...

1890-01-06 – 1892-01-03 Perry M. Adams    Seneca
Seneca County, Ohio
Seneca County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,745. Its county seat is Tiffin and it is named for the Seneca Indians.The Tiffin Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Seneca County....

1892-01-04 – 1894-01-02 Elbert L. Lampson
Elbert L. Lampson
thumb|right|250px|circa 1913Elbert L. Lampson was an interesting figure and striking personality in Ohio politics and public affairs during the second half of the nineteenth century. Hailing from Jefferson, Lampson was the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and former State Senator...

 
  Ashtabula
Ashtabula County, Ohio
Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 101,497, its county seat is Jefferson. The county is named for a Native American word meaning "river of many fish"....

1894-01-03 – 1896-01-05 Thomas H. McConica Republican Hancock
Hancock County, Ohio
Hancock County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 74,782. Its county seat is Findlay and was named for John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence...

1896-01-06 – 1898-01-02 John C. Hutsinpiller Republican Gallia
Gallia County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 31,069 people, 12,060 households, and 8,586 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 people per square mile . There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

1898-01-03 – 1899-12-31 Thaddeus E. Cromley Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Pickaway
Pickaway County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 52,727 people, 17,599 households, and 13,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 105 people per square mile . There were 18,596 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

1900-01-01 – 1902-01-05 Oscar Sheppard Republican Preble
Preble County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 42,337 people, 16,001 households, and 12,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 100 people per square mile . There were 17,186 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile...

1902-01-06 – 1904-01-03 Frank B. Archer Republican Belmont
Belmont County, Ohio
Belmont County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 70,400. Its county seat is St. Clairsville...

1904-01-04 – 1905-12-31 G. H. Chamberlain Republican Lorain
1906-01-01 – 1909-01-03 James M. Williams Democratic Cuyahoga
1909-01-04 – 1911-01-01 Nation O. Mather Republican Summit
Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In the 2010 Census the population was 541,781. Its county seat is Akron...

1911-01-02 – 1915-01-03 William Green
William Green (labor leader)
William Green was an American trade union leader. Green is best remembered for serving as the President of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952.-Early years:...

Democratic Coshocton
Coshocton County, Ohio
Coshocton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,901. Its county seat is Coshocton. Its name comes from the Delaware Indian language and has been translated as "union of waters" or "black bear crossing".The Coshocton...

1915-01-04 – 1916-12-31 C. J. Howard Republican Belmont
1917-01-01 – 1919-01-05 J. H. Miller Democratic Licking
1919-01-06 – 1922-12-31 Frank E. Whittemore Republican Summit
1923-01-01 – 1925-01-04 George E. Kryder Republican Henry
Henry County, Ohio
Henry County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,215. Its county seat is Napoleon and is named for Patrick Henry, the Virginian famous for his "give me liberty or give me death" speech....

1925-01-05 – 1927-01-02 Joseph R. Gardner Republican Hamilton
1927-01-03 – 1929-01-06 Chester C. Bolton
Chester C. Bolton
Chester Castle Bolton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, husband of Frances P. Bolton and father of Oliver P...

Republican Cuyahoga
1929-01-07 – 1931-01-04 Allan G. Aigler Republican Sandusky
1931-01-05 – 1933-01-01 Earl R. Lewis
Earl R. Lewis
Earl Ramage Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Lamira, Ohio, Lewis attended the public and high schools. He graduated from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, in 1911, and from the law department of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914.He was admitted to the bar...

Republican Belmont
1933-01-02 – 1935-01-06 D. H. DeArmond Democratic Hamilton
1935-01-07 – 1937-01-03 Paul P. Yoder
Paul P. Yoder
Paul P. Yoder was an American politician who served as the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1937 to 1939....

Democratic Montgomery
Montgomery County, Ohio
Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 535,153 in the 2010 Census. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. The county seat is Dayton...

1937-01-04 – 1939-01-01 Keith Lawrence
Keith Lawrence (politician)
Keith Lawrence was a Democratic politician from Cleveland, Ohio, United States who served in the Ohio House of Representatives, and in the Ohio State Senate, including two years as President of the Senate.-Biography:...

Democratic Cuyahoga
1939-01-02 – 1949-01-02 Frank E. Whittemore (2nd) Republican Summit
1949-01-03 – 1950-12-31 Margaret A. Mahoney Democratic Cuyahoga
1951-01-01 – 1953-01-04 Roscoe R. Walcutt Republican Franklin
Franklin County, Ohio
Franklin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. In 2010 the population was 1,163,414, making it the second largest county in Ohio and the 34th largest county in population in the United States. Franklin County is also the largest in the eight-county Columbus, Ohio...

1953-01-05 – 1959-01-04 C. Stanley Mechem Republican Athens
Athens County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 62,223 people, 22,501 households, and 12,713 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 24,901 housing units at an average density of 49 per square mile...

1959-01-05 – 1961-01-01 Frank W. King
Frank W. King
Frank W. King is a former Democratic Leader and member of the Ohio Senate. He represented the 11th District, consisting of the majority of Toledo, Ohio from January 3, 1967- January 13, 1969.-References:...

Democratic Lucas
1961-01-02 – 1965-01-03 C. Stanley Mechem (2nd) Republican Athens
1965-01-04 – 1975-01-05 Thodore M. Gray Republican Miami
Miami County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 98,868 people, 38,437 households, and 27,943 families residing in the county. The population density was 243 people per square mile . There were 40,554 housing units at an average density of 100 per square mile...

1975-01-06 – 1979-01-01 Oliver R. Ocasek
Oliver Ocasek
Oliver Robert Ocasek was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as President of the Ohio State Senate from 1979–1981 and serving as Senator from Summit County and the Twenty Seventh District from 1959 until 1986.A former high school principal, he won election over the incumbent...

Democratic Summit

Presidents of the Ohio Senate, 1979-present

Term Name Party Home County District
1979-01-02 – 1981-01-04 Oliver R. Ocasek
Oliver Ocasek
Oliver Robert Ocasek was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as President of the Ohio State Senate from 1979–1981 and serving as Senator from Summit County and the Twenty Seventh District from 1959 until 1986.A former high school principal, he won election over the incumbent...

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Summit
Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In the 2010 Census the population was 541,781. Its county seat is Akron...

27th
1981-01-05 – 1983-01-02 Paul E. Gillmor
Paul Gillmor
Paul Eugene Gillmor was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Ottawa
Ottawa County, Ohio
Ottawa County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,428. Its county seat is Port Clinton and is named either for the Ottawa Indians who lived there, or for an Indian word meaning "trader"....

2nd
1983-01-03 – 1985-01-06 Harry Meshel
Harry Meshel
Harry Meshel is a former American Democrat politician who served as the president of the Ohio State Senate and chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party...

Democratic Mahoning 33rd
1985-01-07 – 1989-01-02 Paul E. Gillmor (2nd) Republican Ottawa 2nd
1989-01-03 – 1997-01-02 Stanley J. Aronoff
Stan Aronoff
Stanley J. Aronoff is an American politician of the Republican party who served for a time as president of the Ohio Senate. Aronoff was raised in a Jewish family in the North Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati and attended high school at Walnut Hills High School...

Republican Hamilton
Hamilton County, Ohio
As of 2000, there were 845,303 people, 346,790 households, and 212,582 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,075 people per square mile . There were 373,393 housing units at an average density of 917 per square mile...

8th
1997-01-02-2002-12-31 Richard Finan
Richard Finan
Richard H. Finan is a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. An attorney, Finan was initially elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1972, representing a suburban Cincinnati district. He was easily reelected in 1974 and 1976.In 1978, Senator Michael...

Republican Hamilton
Hamilton County, Ohio
As of 2000, there were 845,303 people, 346,790 households, and 212,582 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,075 people per square mile . There were 373,393 housing units at an average density of 917 per square mile...

7th
2003-01-03-2005-12-31 Doug White
Doug White
Doug White of Manchester, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party who served as president of the Ohio Senate for two years, from 2003 to 2005....

Republican Adams
Adams County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 27,330 people, 10,501 households, and 7,613 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,822 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

14th
2005-01-03-2010-12-31 Bill Harris
Bill Harris (Ohio politician)
Bill Harris is a Republican politician, who served in the Ohio General Assembly, notably as President of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2010.-Life and career:...

Republican Ashland
Ashland County, Ohio
Ashland County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, and was formed in 1846 from parts of Huron, Lorain, Richland and Wayne Counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,139. Its county seat is Ashland...

19th
2011-01-03-present Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 14th District since 2005. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 until 2004. Niehaus succeeded Ohio Senate President Doug White, who was prevented by Ohio's term limits law from running for...

Republican Clermont
Clermont County, Ohio
Clermont County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, just east of Cincinnati. As of 2010, the population was 197,363. Its county seat is Batavia...

14th
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