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 Republicans JD Vance (serving since 2023) and Bernie Moreno (serving since 2025). Not counting Vermont and Arizona, where independents have caucused with the Democrats since 2001 and 2023, Ohio had the longest current split delegation, having had two senators from the opposite parties from 2007 until 2025. John Sherman was Ohio's longest-serving senator (1861–1877; 1881–1897).
Class 1Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024. The next election will be in 2030.
↑ "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 Walters, Everett (1948). Joseph Benson Foraker: An Uncompromising Republican. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio History Press. pp.283–284.
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