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Many politicians and lawyers from the state of Ohio have served in senior positions in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the United States federal government. These have included seven Presidents, three Presidents of the Senate, two Speakers of the House of Representatives, and three Chief Justices of the United States.
Executive Branch[]
Presidents of the United States and Candidates[]
Vice Presidents of the United States and Candidates[]
Cabinet Secretaries[]
United States Ambassadors[]
List of Ohioans Who Served as United States Ambassadors
Other Federal Officers[]
Legislative Branch[]
Senate[]
Presidents Pro Tempore of the United States Senate[]
Name |
Life Dates |
Party |
Term(s) of service
|
John Sherman |
1823-1900 |
Republican |
1885-1887
|
Allen G. Thurman |
1813-1895 |
Democratic |
1879-1880
|
Benjamin F. Wade |
1800-1878 |
Republican |
1867-1869
|
Majority Leaders of the United States Senate[]
None
Minority Leaders of the United States Senate[]
Name |
Life Dates |
Party |
Term(s) of service
|
Robert A. Taft I |
1889-1953 |
Republican |
1953
|
Democratic Leadership Office Holders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) of the United States Senate[]
Name |
Life Dates |
Term(s) of service
|
George H. Pendleton |
1825-1889 |
Democratic Conference Chairman: 1881-1885
|
Republican Leadership Officer Holders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) of the United States Senate[]
Name |
Life Dates |
Term(s) of service
|
Harold H. Burton |
1888-1964 |
Republican Conference Secretary: 1944-1945
|
Simeon D. Fess |
1861-1936 |
Republican Whip: 1929-1933
|
John Sherman |
1823-1900 |
Republican Conference Chairman: 1884-1885, 1891-1897
|
Robert A. Taft I |
1889-1953 |
Republican Policy Committee Chairman: 1947-1952
|
Chairmen of United States Senate Committees[]
United States Senators and Candidates[]
Name |
Life Dates |
Party |
Candidate |
Term(s) of service
|
Israel Amter |
|
|
1928s |
|
Donald E. Babcock |
|
American |
1976 |
|
George H. Bender |
1869-1961 |
Republican |
1954s, 1956 |
1954-1957
|
Gilbert Bettman |
1881-1942 |
Republican |
1932 |
|
James E. Betts |
1932/1933- |
Republican |
1980 |
|
Mary O. Boyle |
1941- |
Democratic |
1998 |
|
John W. Bricker |
1893-1986 |
Republican |
1946, 1952, 1958 |
1947-1959
|
|
|
Republican |
1962 |
|
Robert J. Bulkley |
1880-1965 |
Democratic |
1930s, 1932, 1938 |
1930-1933
|
Thomas A. Burke |
1898-1971 |
Democratic |
1954s |
1953-1954
|
Harold Hitz Burton |
1888-1964 |
Republican |
1940 |
1941-1946
|
Theodore E. Burton |
1851-1929 |
Republican |
1928s |
1928-1929
|
Theodore S. Celeste |
1954- |
Democratic |
2000 |
|
R. Michael DeWine |
1947- |
Republican |
1992, 1994, 2000 |
1995-2006
|
Michael DiSalle |
1908-1981 |
Democratic |
1952 |
|
A. Victor Donahey |
1873-1946 |
Democratic |
1934 |
1935-1941
|
John Eastman |
|
Natural Law |
2000 |
|
William Farkas |
|
Socialist Labor |
1946, 1958 |
|
Joseph T. Ferguson |
|
Democratic |
1950 |
|
Simeon D. Fess |
1861-1936 |
Republican |
1922, 1928, 1934 |
1923-1935
|
Eric D. Fingerhut |
1959- |
Democratic |
2004 |
|
I. O. Ford |
|
Communist |
1932 |
|
Emma Lila Fundaburk |
|
|
1976 |
|
John J. Gilligan |
1921-2013 |
Democratic |
1968 |
|
John H. Glenn Jr. |
1921-2016 |
Democratic |
1974, 1986, 1992 |
1975-1999
|
? Goerke |
|
Socialist Labor |
1926 |
|
James Goward |
|
|
1928 |
|
Virginia D. Green |
|
|
1922 |
|
Martha Kathryn Grevatt |
|
|
1992 |
|
Kathleen G. Harroff |
|
|
1974 |
|
Philip Herzing |
|
Libertarian |
1982 |
|
James W. Huffman |
1894-1980 |
Democratic |
1946 |
|
|
|
Democratic |
1928s |
|
J. Wetherell Hutton |
|
|
1928 |
|
Joel Z. Hyatt |
1950- |
Democratic |
1994 |
|
Richard B. Kay |
|
American Independent |
1970, 1974 |
|
Thomas N. Kindness |
1929-2014 |
Republican |
1986 |
|
Frank J. Lausche |
1895-1990 |
Democratic |
1956, 1962 |
1957-1963
|
Cyrus Locher |
1878-1929 |
Democratic |
|
1928
|
John McAlister |
|
Libertarian |
2000 |
|
Roscoe C. McCulloch |
1880-1958 |
Republican |
1930s |
|
John McSweeney |
1890-1969 |
Democratic |
1940 |
|
Frank M. Mecartney |
1890-1969 |
(Prohibition) |
1932 |
|
Alicia Merel |
|
|
1982 |
|
Howard M. Metzenbaum |
1917-2008 |
Democratic |
1970, 1976, 1982, 1988 |
1974-1975, 1977-1995
|
Rick Nagin |
|
|
1980 |
|
John O'Neill |
|
Socialist Labor |
1970, 1976 |
|
Ralph J. Perk |
1914-1999 |
Republican |
1974 |
|
Paul E. Pfeifer |
1942- |
Republican |
1982 |
|
William G. Pickrel |
1888-1966 |
Democratic |
1944 |
|
Atlee Pomerene |
1863-1937 |
Democratic |
1922 |
|
John E. Powers |
|
|
1980 |
|
W. C. Sandberg |
|
Communist |
1934 |
|
William B. Saxbe |
1916-2010 |
Republican |
1968 |
1969-1974
|
Melissa Singler |
|
|
1976 |
|
Joseph J. Slovenec |
|
|
1994 |
|
Anna K. Storck |
|
|
1926 |
|
Henry B. Strong |
|
|
1926 |
|
Kingsley A. Taft |
1903-1970 |
Republican |
1946s |
1946-1947
|
Robert A. Taft |
1889-1953 |
Republican |
1938, 1944, 1950 |
1939-1953
|
Robert Taft Jr. |
1917-1993 |
Republican |
1964, 1970, 1976 |
1971-1976
|
Charles V. Truax |
1887-1935 |
Democratic |
1928 |
|
|
|
Democratic |
1946 |
|
Frank B. Willis |
1871-1928 |
Republican |
1920, 1926 |
1920-1928
|
Joseph Willnecker |
|
|
1928 |
|
George V. Voinovich |
1936-2016 |
Republican |
1988, 1998, 2004 |
1999-present
|
Stephen M. Young |
1889-1984 |
Democratic |
1958, 1964 |
1959-1971
|
House of Representatives[]
Majority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives[]
Name |
Life Dates |
Party |
Term(s) of service
|
Nicholas Longworth |
1869-1931 |
Republican |
1923-1925
|
Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives[]
None
Democratic Party Leadership Office Holders (whips, caucus chairmen, etc.) in the United States House of Representatives[]
Name |
Life Dates |
Position (with dates of service)
|
George W. Geddes |
1824-1892 |
1883-1885: Democratic Caucus Chairman
|
Edson B. Olds |
1802-1869 |
1853-1855: Democratic Caucus Chairman
|
Republican Party Leadership Office Holders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) in the United States House of Representatives[]
Chairmen of United States House of Representatives Committees[]
United States Representatives and Candidates[]
- List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio
- List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, A-G
- List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, H-M
- List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, N-Z
Judicial Branch[]
Chief Justices of the United States[]
Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court[]
Judges of United States Courts of Appeal[]
Name |
Life Dates |
Party |
Circuit |
Term(s) of service
|
Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr. |
1910-1998 |
Democratic |
6th |
1965-1980
|
Judges of United States District Courts[]