List of United States senators from Ohio

Current delegation

Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and elects U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3. Its current U.S. senators are Democrat Sherrod Brown (serving since 2007) and Republican J. D. Vance (serving since 2023), making it one of six states to have a split United States Senate delegation; these states being Maine, Montana, Ohio itself, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Not counting Vermont, where independents have caucused with the Democrats since 2001, Ohio has had the longest current split delegation, having had two senators from the opposite parties since 2007. John Sherman was Ohio's longest-serving senator (1861–1877; 1881–1897).

List of senators[edit]

Class 1

Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.

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Class 3

Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.

# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
1 John Smith Democratic-
Republican
Apr 1, 1803 –
Apr 25, 1808
Elected in 1803.[1]
Resigned.
1 8th 1 Elected in 1803.[1]
Retired.
Apr 1, 1803 –
Mar 3, 1807
Democratic-
Republican

Thomas Worthington
1
9th
10th 2 Elected in 1807.[2]
Resigned.
Mar 4, 1807 –
Mar 3, 1809
Democratic-
Republican

Edward Tiffin
2
Vacant Apr 25, 1808 –
Dec 12, 1808
 
2
Return J. Meigs Jr.
Democratic-
Republican
Dec 12, 1808 –
Dec 8, 1810
Elected in 1808 to finish Smith's term.[3]
Elected in 1808 to full term.[3]
Resigned to become Governor of Ohio.
2 11th   Mar 4, 1809 –
May 18, 1809
Vacant
Appointed to continue Tiffin's term.[3]
Retired when successor elected.
May 18, 1809 –
Dec 11, 1809
Democratic-
Republican
Stanley Griswold 3
Vacant Dec 8, 1810 –
Dec 15, 1810
 
Elected to finish Tiffin's term.
Retired.
Dec 11, 1809 –
Mar 3, 1813
Democratic-
Republican

Alexander Campbell
4
3
Thomas Worthington
Democratic-
Republican
Dec 15, 1810 –
Dec 1, 1814
Elected to finish Meigs's term.
Resigned to become Governor of Ohio.
12th
13th 3 Elected in 1813.
Retired.
Mar 4, 1813 –
Mar 3, 1819
Democratic-
Republican

Jeremiah Morrow
5
Vacant Dec 1, 1814 –
Dec 10, 1814
 
4 Joseph Kerr Democratic-
Republican
Dec 10, 1814 –
Mar 3, 1815
Elected to finish Meigs's term.
Retired.
5
Benjamin Ruggles
Democratic-
Republican
Mar 4, 1815 –
Mar 3, 1833
Elected in 1815. 3 14th
15th
16th 4 Elected in 1819.
Died.
Mar 4, 1819 –
Dec 13, 1821
Democratic-
Republican

William A. Trimble
6
Re-elected in 1821. 4 17th
  Dec 13, 1821 –
Jan 3, 1822
Vacant
Elected to finish Trimble's term.
Lost re-election.
Jan 3, 1822 –
Mar 3, 1825
Democratic-
Republican

Ethan Allen Brown
7
18th
National
Republican
19th 5 Elected in 1824.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Colombia.
Mar 4, 1825 –
May 20, 1828
National
Republican

William Henry Harrison
8
Re-elected in 1827.
Retired.
5 20th
  May 20, 1828 –
Dec 10, 1828
Vacant
Elected to finish Harrison's term.
Retired.
Dec 10, 1828 –
Mar 3, 1831
National
Republican

Jacob Burnet
9
21st
22nd 6 Elected in 1830.
Lost re-election.
Mar 4, 1831 –
Mar 3, 1837
National
Republican

Thomas Ewing
10
6
Thomas Morris
Jacksonian Mar 4, 1833 –
Mar 3, 1839
Elected in 1833.
Lost re-election.
6 23rd
24th
Democratic 25th 7 Elected in 1837. Mar 4, 1837 –
Mar 3, 1849
Democratic
William Allen
11
7
Benjamin Tappan
Democratic Mar 4, 1839 –
Mar 3, 1845
Elected in 1838.
Retired.
7 26th
27th
28th 8 Re-elected in 1842.
Lost re-election.
8
Thomas Corwin
Whig Mar 4, 1845 –
Jul 20, 1850
Elected in 1844.[4]
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
8 29th
30th
31st 9 Elected in 1849.
Retired.
Mar 4, 1849 –
Mar 3, 1855
Free Soil
Salmon P. Chase
12
9
Thomas Ewing
Whig Jul 20, 1850 –
Mar 3, 1851
Appointed to finish Corwin's term.
Lost election to the next term.
Vacant Mar 4, 1851 –
Mar 15, 1851
  9 32nd
10
Benjamin Wade
Whig Mar 15, 1851 –
Mar 3, 1869
Elected late in 1851.[5]
33rd
Republican 34th 10 Elected in 1854[6]
Lost re-election.
Mar 4, 1855 –
Mar 3, 1861
Democratic
George E. Pugh
13
Re-elected in 1856. 10 35th
36th
37th 11 Elected in 1860.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Mar 4, 1861 –
Mar 6, 1861
Republican
Salmon P. Chase
14
  Mar 6, 1861 –
Mar 21, 1861
Vacant
Elected to finish Chase's term. Mar 21, 1861 –
Mar 8, 1877
Republican
John Sherman
15
Re-elected in 1863.
Lost renomination.
11 38th
39th
40th 12 Re-elected in 1866.
11
Allen G. Thurman
Democratic Mar 4, 1869 –
Mar 3, 1881
Elected in 1868. 12 41st
42nd
43rd 13 Re-elected in 1872.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Re-elected in 1874.
Lost re-election.
13 44th
45th
  Mar 8, 1877 –
Mar 21, 1877
Vacant
Elected to finish Sherman's term.
Retired.
Mar 21, 1877 –
Mar 3, 1879
Republican
Stanley Matthews
16
46th 14 Election date unknown.
Lost renominiation.
Mar 4, 1879 –
Mar 3, 1885
Democratic
George H. Pendleton
17
12
John Sherman
Republican Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 4, 1897
Elected in 1881. 14 47th
48th
49th 15 Elected in 1884.[7][8]
Retired.
Mar 4, 1885 –
Mar 3, 1891
Democratic
Henry B. Payne
18
Re-elected in 1886. 15 50th
51st
52nd 16 Elected in 1890.
Lost re-election.[9]
Mar 4, 1891 –
Mar 3, 1897
Democratic
Calvin S. Brice
19
Re-elected in 1892.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.
16 53rd
54th
55th 17 Elected in 1896. Mar 4, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1909
Republican
Joseph B. Foraker
20
13
Mark Hanna
Republican Mar 5, 1897 –
Feb 15, 1904
Appointed to continue Sherman's term.
Elected in 1898 to finish Sherman's term.[10]
Elected in 1898 to the next term.
Died.
17 56th
57th
58th 18 Re-elected in 1902.[11]
Retired.[12]
Vacant Feb 15, 1904 –
Mar 23, 1904
 
14
Charles W. F. Dick
Republican Mar 23, 1904 –
Mar 3, 1911
Elected in 1904 to finish Hanna's term.
Elected in 1904 to the next term.
Lost re-election.
18 59th
60th
61st 19 Elected Jan 12, 1909.[12]
Retired.
Mar 4, 1909 –
Mar 3, 1915
Republican
Theodore E. Burton
21
15
Atlee Pomerene
Democratic Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1923
Elected Jan 10, 1911. 19 62nd
63rd
64th 20 Elected in 1914.
Retired to run for U.S. President.
Resigned to become U.S. President.
Mar 4, 1915 –
Jan 13, 1921
Republican
Warren G. Harding
22
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.
20 65th
66th
Appointed to finish Harding's term, having been elected to the next term. Jan 14, 1921 –
Mar 30, 1928
Republican
Frank B. Willis
23
67th 21 Elected in 1920.
16
Simeon D. Fess
Republican Mar 4, 1923 –
Jan 3, 1935
Elected in 1922. 21 68th
69th
70th 22 Re-elected in 1926.
Died.
  Mar 30, 1928 –
Apr 5, 1928
Vacant
Appointed to continue Willis's term.
Lost nomination to finish Willis's term.
Apr 5, 1928 –
Dec 14, 1928
Democratic
Cyrus Locher
24
Elected to finish Willis's term.
Died.
Dec 15, 1928 –
Oct 28, 1929
Republican
Theodore E. Burton
25
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost re-election.
22 71st
  Oct 28, 1929 –
Nov 5, 1929
Vacant
Appointed to continue Willis's term.
Lost election to finish Willis's term.
Nov 5, 1929 –
Nov 30, 1930
Republican
Roscoe C. McCulloch
26
Elected in 1930 to finish Willis's term. Dec 1, 1930 –
Jan 3, 1939
Democratic
Robert J. Bulkley
27
72nd
73rd 23 Re-elected in 1932.
Lost re-election.
17
Vic Donahey
Democratic Jan 3, 1935 –
Jan 3, 1941
Elected in 1934.
Retired.
23 74th
75th
76th 24 Elected in 1938. Jan 3, 1939 –
Jul 31, 1953
Republican
Robert A. Taft
28
18
Harold H. Burton
Republican Jan 3, 1941 –
Sep 30, 1945
Elected in 1940.
Resigned when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
24 77th
78th
79th 25 Re-elected in 1944.
Vacant Sep 30, 1945 –
Oct 8, 1945
 
19
James W. Huffman
Democratic Oct 8, 1945 –
Nov 5, 1946
Appointed to continue Burton's term.
Retired when successor elected.
20
Kingsley Taft
Republican Nov 5, 1946 –
Jan 3, 1947
Elected to finish Burton's term.
Retired.
21
John W. Bricker
Republican Jan 3, 1947 –
Jan 3, 1959
Elected in 1946. 25 80th
81st
82nd 26 Re-elected in 1950.
Died.
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost re-election.
26 83rd
  Jul 31, 1953 –
Nov 10, 1953
Vacant
Appointed to continue Taft's term.
Lost election to finish Taft's term.
Nov 10, 1953 –
Dec 2, 1954
Democratic
Thomas Burke
29
  Dec 2, 1954 –
Dec 16, 1954
Vacant
Elected to finish Taft's term.
Lost re-election.
Dec 16, 1954 –
Jan 3, 1957
Republican
George H. Bender
30
84th
85th 27 Elected in 1956. Jan 3, 1957 –
Jan 3, 1969
Democratic
Frank Lausche
31
22
Stephen M. Young
Democratic Jan 3, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1971
Elected in 1958. 27 86th
87th
88th 28 Re-elected in 1962.
Lost renomination.
Re-elected in 1964.
Retired.
28 89th
90th
91st 29 Elected in 1968.
Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General.
Jan 3, 1969 –
Jan 3, 1974
Republican
William Saxbe
32
23
Robert Taft Jr.
Republican Jan 3, 1971 –
Dec 28, 1976
Elected in 1970.
Lost re-election and resigned early.
29 92nd
93rd
Appointed to finish Saxbe's term.
Lost nomination to full term and resigned early.
Jan 4, 1974 –
Dec 23, 1974
Democratic
Howard Metzenbaum
33
Appointed to finish Saxbe's term, having been elected to the next term. Dec 24, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1999
Democratic
John Glenn
34
94th 30 Elected in 1974.
24
Howard Metzenbaum
Democratic Dec 29, 1976 –
Jan 3, 1995
Appointed to finish Taft's term, having been elected to the next term.
Elected in 1976. 30 95th
96th
97th 31 Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982. 31 98th
99th
100th 32 Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Retired.
32 101st
102nd
103rd 33 Re-elected in 1992.
Retired.
25
Mike DeWine
Republican Jan 3, 1995 –
Jan 3, 2007
Elected in 1994. 33 104th
105th
106th 34 Elected in 1998. Jan 3, 1999 –
Jan 3, 2011
Republican
George Voinovich
35
Re-elected in 2000.
Lost re-election.
34 107th
108th
109th 35 Re-elected in 2004.
Retired.
26
Sherrod Brown
Democratic Jan 3, 2007 –
present
Elected in 2006. 35 110th
111th
112th 36 Elected in 2010. Jan 3, 2011 –
Jan 3, 2023
Republican
Rob Portman
36
Re-elected in 2012. 36 113th
114th
115th 37 Re-elected in 2016.
Retired.
Re-elected in 2018. 37 116th
117th
118th 38 Elected in 2022. Jan 3, 2023 –
present
Republican
J. D. Vance
37
To be determined in the 2024 election. 38 119th
120th
121st 38 To be determined in the 2028 election.
# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 1 Class 3

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Taylor, William A. (1900). Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: Century Publishing Co. p. 96 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Ohio 1807 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 13, 2018., citing Taylor, William A. Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress: From the year 1788 to the year 1900. Columbus, OH: Press of the Westbote, 1899. 50.
  3. ^ a b c Taylor, William A. (1900). Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: Century Publishing Co. p. 97 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Taylor & Taylor, p. 215, vol. I.
  5. ^ Taylor & Taylor, p. 240.
  6. ^ Taylor & Taylor, p. 30, vol II.
  7. ^ Burke, p. 28.
  8. ^ Taylor & Taylor, p. 94.
  9. ^ "Foraker will succeed Brice: Ohio's Republican Legislators Vote Solidly for the Ex-Governor" (PDF). The New York Times. January 14, 1896.
  10. ^ Byrd, p. 153.
  11. ^ "SENATOR FORAKER CHOSEN". The New York Times. January 15, 1902. p. 3.
  12. ^ a b Walters, Everett (1948). Joseph Benson Foraker: An Uncompromising Republican. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio History Press. pp. 283–284.

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