List of United States Senators from Ohio

Last updated August 19, 2019

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 Rob Portman (serving since 2011), making it one of nine states to have a split United States Senate delegation.

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Of the fifty states, it is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus. Ohio is bordered by Pennsylvania to the east, Michigan to the northwest, Lake Erie to the north, Indiana to the west, Kentucky on the south, and West Virginia on the southeast.

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List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
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.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
1	John Smith	Democratic- Republican	April 1, 1803 – April 25, 1808	Elected April 1, 1803.^[1] Resigned.	1	8th	1	Elected April 1, 1803.^[1] Retired.	April 1, 1803 – March 3, 1807	Democratic- Republican	Thomas Worthington	1
						9th	1	Elected April 1, 1803.^[1] Retired.	April 1, 1803 – March 3, 1807	Democratic- Republican	Thomas Worthington	1
						10th	2	Elected January 1, 1807.^[2] Resigned.	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	Democratic- Republican	Edward Tiffin	2
Vacant			April 25, 1808 – December 12, 1808
2	Return J. Meigs, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	December 12, 1808 – December 8, 1810	Elected December 10, 1808 to finish Smith's term.^[3]
				Elected December 10, 1808 to full term.^[3] Resigned to become Governor of Ohio.	2	11th			March 4, 1809 – May 18, 1809	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Tiffin's term.^[3] Retired when successor elected.	May 18, 1809 – December 11, 1809	Democratic- Republican	Stanley Griswold	3
Vacant			December 8, 1810 – December 15, 1810						May 18, 1809 – December 11, 1809	Democratic- Republican	Stanley Griswold	3
Vacant			December 8, 1810 – December 15, 1810					Elected to finish Tiffin's term. Retired.	December 11, 1809 – March 3, 1813	Democratic- Republican	Alexander Campbell	4
3	Thomas Worthington	Democratic- Republican	December 15, 1810 – December 1, 1814	Elected to finish Meigs's term. Resigned to become Governor of Ohio.
						12th
						13th	3	Elected February 6, 1813. Retired.	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819	Democratic- Republican	Jeremiah Morrow	5
Vacant			December 1, 1814 – December 10, 1814
4	Joseph Kerr	Democratic- Republican	December 10, 1814 – March 3, 1815	Elected to finish Worthington's term. Retired.
5	Benjamin Ruggles	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1833	Elected January 7, 1815.	3	14th
						15th
						16th	4	Elected January 30, 1819. Died.	March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821	Democratic- Republican	William A. Trimble	6
				Re-elected in 1821.	4	17th		Elected January 30, 1819. Died.	March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821	Democratic- Republican	William A. Trimble	6
									December 13, 1821 – January 3, 1822	Vacant
								Elected to finish Trimble's term. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1822 – March 3, 1825	Democratic- Republican	Ethan Allen Brown	7
		Crawford Republican				18th		Elected to finish Trimble's term. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1822 – March 3, 1825	Adams-Clay Republican	Ethan Allen Brown	7
		Anti- Jacksonian				19th	5	Elected in 1824. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Colombia.	March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828	Anti- Jacksonian	William Henry Harrison	8
				Re-elected in 1827. Retired.	5	20th			March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828	Anti- Jacksonian	William Henry Harrison	8
									May 20, 1828 – December 10, 1828	Vacant
								Elected to finish Harrison's term. Retired.	December 10, 1828 – March 3, 1831	Anti-Jacksonian	Jacob Burnet	9
						21st		Elected to finish Harrison's term. Retired.	December 10, 1828 – March 3, 1831	Anti-Jacksonian	Jacob Burnet	9
						22nd	6	Elected in 1830. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	Anti- Jacksonian	Thomas Ewing	10
6	Thomas Morris	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839	Elected in 1833. Retired.	6	23rd
		Jacksonian				24th
		Democratic				25th	7	Elected in 1837.	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	William Allen	11
7	Benjamin Tappan	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845	Elected in 1838. Retired.	7	26th
						27th
						28th	8	Re-elected in 1842. Lost re-election.
8	Thomas Corwin	Whig	March 4, 1845 – July 20, 1850	Elected December 5, 1844.^[4] Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.	8	29th
						30th
						31st	9	Elected in 1849. Retired.	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	Free Soil	Salmon P. Chase	12
9	Thomas Ewing	Whig	July 20, 1850 – March 3, 1851	Appointed to finish Corwin's term. Lost election to the next term.		31st
Vacant			March 4, 1851 – March 15, 1851		9	32nd
10	Benjamin Wade	Whig	March 15, 1851 – March 3, 1869	Elected March 15, 1851 on 37th ballot.^[5]		32nd
		Whig				33rd
		Republican				34th	10	Elected in 1854 ^[6] Lost re-election.	March 4, 1855 – March 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.	March 4, 1861 – March 6, 1861	Republican	Salmon P. Chase	14
									March 6, 1861 – March 21, 1861	Vacant
								Elected to finish Chase's term.	March 21, 1861 – March 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	March 4, 1869 – March 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
									March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1877	Vacant
								Elected to finish Sherman's term. Retired.	March 21, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Republican	Stanley Matthews	16
						46th	14	Election date unknown. Lost renominiation.	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885	Democratic	George H. Pendleton	17
12	John Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1897	Elected in 1881.	14	47th
						48th
						49th	15	Elected January 15, 1884.^[7]^[8] Retired.	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	Democratic	Henry B. Payne	18
				Re-elected in 1886.	15	50th
						51st
						52nd	16	Elected in 1890. Lost re-election.^[9]	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897	Democratic	Calvin S. Brice	19
				Re-elected in 1892. Resigned.	16	53rd
						54th
						55th	17	Elected in 1896.	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909	Republican	Joseph B. Foraker	20
13	Marcus A. Hanna	Republican	March 5, 1897 – February 15, 1904	Appointed to continue Sherman's term. Elected January 12, 1898 to finish Sherman's term.^[10]		55th
				Elected January 12, 1898 to the next term. Died.	17	56th
						57th
						58th	18	Re-elected January 15, 1902.^[11] Retired.^[12]
Vacant			February 15, 1904 – March 23, 1904
14	Charles W. F. Dick	Republican	March 23, 1904 – March 3, 1911	Elected March 2, 1904 to finish Hanna's term.
				Elected March 2, 1904 to the next term. Lost re-election.	18	59th
						60th
						61st	19	Elected January 12, 1909.^[12] Retired.	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915	Republican	Theodore E. Burton	21
15	Atlee Pomerene	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923	Elected January 10, 1911.	19	62nd
						63rd
						64th	20	Elected in 1914. Retired to run for U.S. President. Resigned to become U.S. President.	March 4, 1915 – January 13, 1921	Republican	Warren G. Harding	22
				Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.	20	65th
						66th
						66th		Appointed to finish Harding's term, having been elected to the next term.	January 14, 1921 – March 30, 1928	Republican	Frank B. Willis	23
						67th	21	Elected in 1920.
16	Simeon D. Fess	Republican	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1922.	21	68th
						69th
						70th	22	Re-elected in 1926. Died.
									March 30, 1928 – April 5, 1928	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Willis's term. Lost nomination to finish Willis's term.	April 5, 1928 – December 14, 1928	Democratic	Cyrus Locher	24
								Elected to finish Willis's term. Died.	December 15, 1928 – October 28, 1929	Republican	Theodore E. Burton	25
				Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.	22	71st		Elected to finish Willis's term. Died.	December 15, 1928 – October 28, 1929	Republican	Theodore E. Burton	25
									October 28, 1929 – November 5, 1929	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Burton's term. Lost election to finish Burton's term.	November 5, 1929 – November 30, 1930	Republican	Roscoe C. McCulloch	26
								Elected November 4, 1930 to finish Burton's term.	December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	Robert J. Bulkley	27
						72nd		Elected November 4, 1930 to finish Burton's term.
						73rd	23	Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
17	A. Victor Donahey	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	Elected in 1934. Retired.	23	74th
						75th
						76th	24	Elected in 1938.	January 3, 1939 – July 31, 1953	Republican	Robert A. Taft	28
18	Harold H. Burton	Republican	January 3, 1941 – September 30, 1945	Elected in 1940. Resigned when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.	24	77th
						78th
						79th	25	Re-elected in 1944.
Vacant			September 30, 1945 – October 8, 1945
19	James W. Huffman	Democratic	October 8, 1945 – November 5, 1946	Appointed to continue Burton's term. Retired when successor elected.
20	Kingsley A. Taft	Republican	November 5, 1946 – January 3, 1947	Elected to finish Burton's term. Retired.
21	John W. Bricker	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	Elected in 1946.	25	80th
						81st
						82nd	26	Re-elected in 1950. Died.
				Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	26	83rd		Re-elected in 1950. Died.
									July 31, 1953 – November 10, 1953	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Taft's term. Lost election to finish Taft's term.	November 10, 1953 – December 2, 1954	Democratic	Thomas A. Burke	29
									December 2, 1954 – December 16, 1954	Vacant
								Elected to finish Taft's term. Lost re-election.	December 16, 1954 – January 3, 1957	Republican	George H. Bender	30
						84th		Elected to finish Taft's term. Lost re-election.	December 16, 1954 – January 3, 1957	Republican	George H. Bender	30
						85th	27	Elected in 1956.	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	Frank J. Lausche	31
22	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 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.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1974	Republican	William B. Saxbe	32
23	Robert Taft, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1971 – December 28, 1976	Elected in 1970. Lost re-election and resigned early.	29	92nd
						93rd
								Appointed to finish Saxbe's term. Lost renomination and resigned early.	January 4, 1974 – December 23, 1974	Democratic	Howard Metzenbaum	33
								Appointed to finish Metzenbaum's term, having been elected to the next term.	December 24, 1974 – January 3, 1999	Democratic	John Glenn	34
						94th	30	Elected in 1974.
24	Howard Metzenbaum	Democratic	December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1995	Appointed to finish Taft's term, having been elected to the next term.		94th
				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	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007	Elected in 1994.	33	104th
						105th
						106th	34	Elected in 1998.	January 3, 1999 – January 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	January 3, 2007 – present	Elected in 2006.	35	110th
						111th
						112th	36	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – present	Republican	Rob Portman	36
				Re-elected in 2012.	36	113th
						114th
						115th	37	Re-elected in 2016.
				Re-elected in 2018.	37	116th
						117th
						118th	38	To be determined in the 2022 election.
To be determined in the 2024 election.					38	119th	38	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former Senators

As of January 2019^[update], there is one former Senator who is living, one from Class 1. The most recent Senator to die was John Glenn (served 1974–1999), on December 8, 2016. The most recently serving Senator to die was George Voinovich (served 1999–2011), on June 12, 2016.

John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio, and in 1998 flew into space again at age 77.

George Victor Voinovich was an American politician from the state of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, Voinovich served as a United States Senator from 1999 to 2011, as the 65th governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989, the last Republican to serve in that office.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Mike DeWine	1995–2007	1	(1947-01-05) January 5, 1947 (age 72)

Notes

1 2 Taylor, William A. (1900). Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: Century Publishing Co. p. 96 – via Google books.
↑ "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.
1 2 3 Taylor, William A. (1900). Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: Century Publishing Co. p. 97 – via Google books.
↑ Taylor & Taylor, p. 215, vol. I.
↑ Taylor & Taylor, p. 240.
↑ Taylor & Taylor, p. 30, vol II.
↑ Burke, p. 28.
↑ Taylor & Taylor, p. 94.
↑ "Foraker will succeed Brice: Ohio's Republican Legislators Vote Solidly for the Ex-Governor" (PDF). The New York Times . January 14, 1896.
↑ Byrd, p. 153.
↑ "SENATOR FORAKER CHOSEN". The New York Times . January 15, 1902. p. 3.
1 2 Walters, Everett (1948). Joseph Benson Foraker: An Uncompromising Republican. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio History Press. pp. 283–284.

References

Burke, Dewayne (1938). Henry B. Payne: His Congressional Career (M.A. thesis). Ohio State University. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 . State of Ohio.

Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959. He is the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history. In addition, he was, at the time of his death, the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress, a record later surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Byrd was the last remaining member of the U.S. Senate to have served during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, and the last remaining member of Congress to have served during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Byrd is also the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the state legislature and both chambers of Congress.

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[OH1803-1] 1 2 Taylor, William A. (1900). Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: Century Publishing Co. p. 96 – via Google books.

[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.

[OH1808-3] 1 2 3 Taylor, William A. (1900). Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: Century Publishing Co. p. 97 – via Google books.

[FOOTNOTETaylor_&_Taylor215,_vol._I-4] Taylor & Taylor, p. 215, vol. I.

[FOOTNOTETaylor_&_Taylor240-5] Taylor & Taylor, p. 240.

[FOOTNOTETaylor_&_Taylor30,_vol_II-6] Taylor & Taylor, p. 30, vol II.

[FOOTNOTEBurke28-7] Burke, p. 28.

[FOOTNOTETaylor_&_Taylor94-8] 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.

[FOOTNOTEByrd153-10] Byrd, p. 153.

[NYTOH1902-11] "SENATOR FORAKER CHOSEN". The New York Times . January 15, 1902. p. 3.

[Walters-12] 1 2 Walters, Everett (1948). Joseph Benson Foraker: An Uncompromising Republican. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio History Press. pp. 283–284.

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List of Senators

Living former Senators

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