Ohio State Treasurer

State Treasurer of Ohio
Seal of the state treasurer of Ohio
Incumbent Robert Sprague since January 14, 2019
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, two consecutive term limit [1]
Inaugural holder	William McFarland 1803
Formation	Ohio Constitution
Succession	Fifth
Salary	$109,554
Website	Office of the Treasurer

The treasurer of the U.S. state of Ohio is responsible for collecting and safeguarding taxes and fees, as well as managing state investments. ^[2] The Treasury was located in the Ohio Statehouse from 1861 to 1974, when it was moved to the Rhodes State Office Tower. The original office in the statehouse, which has been restored to its 19th-century appearance, is used for ceremonial events. ^[2]

Before Ohio became a state, John Armstrong was Treasurer-General of the Northwest Territory from 1796 to 1803. ^[2] He was appointed to the post by the United States Congress. Under the first constitution of Ohio, 1803 to 1851, the state legislature appointed a treasurer. ^[2] Since the second constitution in 1852, the office has been elective. ^[2]

The current officeholder is Republican Robert Sprague.

List of Ohio state treasurers

	Image	Name	Term of office	Party
		William McFarland	1803–1816
		Hiram M. Curry	1816–1820
		Samuel Sullivan	1820–1823
		Henry Brown	1823–1835
		Joseph Whitehill	1835–1847
		Albert A. Bliss	1847–1852	Whig
		John G. Breslin	1852–1856	Democratic
		William Harvey Gibson	1856–1857	Republican
		Alfred P. Stone	1857–1862	Republican
		G. V. Dorsey	1862–1865	Republican
		William Hooper	1865–1866
		Sidney S. Warner	1866–1871	Republican
		Isaac Welsh	1872–1875	Republican
		Leroy Welsh	1875–1876	Republican
		John M. Millikin	1876–1878	Republican
		Anthony Howells	1878–1880	Democratic
		Joseph Turney	1880–1884	Republican
		Peter Brady	1884–1886	Democratic
		John C. Brown	1886–1892	Republican
		William T. Cope	1892–1896	Republican
		Samuel B. Campbell	1896–1900	Republican
		Isaac B. Cameron	1900–1904	Republican
		William S. McKinnon	1904–1908	Republican
		Charles C. Green	1908–1909	Republican
		David S. Creamer	1909–1913	Democratic
		John P. Brennan	1913–1915	Democratic
		Rudolph W. Archer	1915–1917	Republican
		Chester E. Bryan	1917–1919	Democratic
		Rudolph W. Archer	1919–1923	Republican
		Harry S. Day	1923–1927	Republican
		Bert B. Buckley	1927–1929	Republican
		H. Ross Ake	1929–1930	Republican
		Edwin A. Todd	1930–1931
		Harry S. Day	1931–1937	Republican
		Clarence H. Knisley	1937–1939
		Don H. Ebright	1939–1951	Republican
		Roger W. Tracy	1951–1959	Republican
		Joseph T. Ferguson	1959–1963	Democratic
		John D. Herbert	1963–1971	Republican
		Gertrude W. Donahey	1971–1983	Democratic
		Mary Ellen Withrow	1983–1994	Democratic
		J. Kenneth Blackwell	1994–1999	Republican
		Joseph T. Deters	1999–2005	Republican
		Jennette Bradley	2005–2007	Republican
		Richard Cordray	2007–2009	Democratic
		Kevin Boyce	2009–2011	Democratic
		Josh Mandel	2011–2019	Republican
		Robert Sprague	2019–present	Republican

Elections

Ohio voters elect the treasurer for a four-year term in midterm election years, along with the governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and state auditor.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
2022	Scott Schertzer : 1,692,160	Robert Sprague  : 2,390,542
2018	Rob Richardson : 1,960,075	Robert Sprague  : 2,257,955
2014 [3]	Connie Pillich: 1,323,325	Josh Mandel : 1,724,060
2010 [4]	Kevin Boyce: 1,525,912	Josh Mandel  : 2,050,142	Matthew Cantrell (Libertarian): 184,478
2006	Richard Cordray : 2,223,282	Sandra O'Brien: 1,618,625
2002	Mary O. Boyle: 1,459,113	Joseph Deters : 1,666,844
1998	John A. Donofrio	Joseph Deters
1994	Barbara Sykes	J. Kenneth Blackwell
1990	Mary Ellen Withrow	Judith Y. Brachman
1986	Mary Ellen Withrow	Jeff Jacobs
1982	Mary Ellen Withrow	Dana G. Rinehart
1978	Gertrude W. Donahey	George C. Rogers
1974	Gertrude W. Donahey	Richard H. Harris
1970	Gertrude W. Donahey	Robin T. Turner
1966	Eldon Brown	John D. Herbert
1962	Thomas E. Ferguson	John D. Herbert
1958	Joseph T. Ferguson	Roger W. Tracy
1956	John W. Donahey	Rober W. Tracy
1954	Joseph T. Ferguson	Roger W. Tracy
1952	John J. Gallagher	Roger W. Tracy
1950	Frank M. Quinn	Roger W. Tracy
1948	Harry V. Armstrong	Don H. Ebright
1946	James T. Welsh	Don H. Ebright
1944	Harry V. Armstrong	Don H. Ebright
1942	Robert S. Cox	Don H. Ebright
1940	Clarence H. Knisley	Don H. Ebright
1922 [5]	William S. Hiler  : 666,786	Harry S. Day  : 844,398
1920 [6]	Charles B. Orwig  : 770,387	Rudolph W. Archer  : 1,109,191	Max Goodman : 43,538 Adam Lehr : 1,537
1916 [7]	Chester E. Bryan  : 565,902	Rudolph W. Archer  : 542,198	Frank M. Hinkle : 38,299 John N. Ferguson : 6,708
1912 [8]	John P. Brennan	Rudolph W. Archer	William Kirtley, Jr. (Progressive)
1910 [9]	David S. Creamer	Rudolph W. Archer
1908 [10]	David S. Creamer  : 537,461	Charles C. Green  : 536,030	Thomas C. Devine (Soc) : 31,865 James H. Ford (Pro) : 10,897 John P. Thornbury (Ind) : 587 Danford Hare (Peo) : 167 Henry Piper (Soc Lab) : 839
1905 [11]	Charles E. Mason  : 418,515	William S. McKinnon  : 462,447	Joseph H. Sims (Soc) : 18,277 Hiram L. Baker (Pro) : 13,837 Peter Faber (Soc Lab) : 1,831
1903 [12]	Volley J. Dahl  : 356,617	William S. McKinnon  : 474,033	Ithamar B. Hinman (Soc) : 14,165 Will Kingham (Pro) : 14,448 John H T Juergens (Soc Lab) : 2,185
1901 [13]	R. Page Aleshire	Isaac B. Cameron
1899 [14]	James L. Gorman	Isaac B. Cameron
1897 [15]	James F. Wilson  : 401,024	Samuel B. Campbell  : 427,521	Samuel Wells : 7,541 F M Morris : 5,849 Samuel Stevens : 1,535 Edward L. Larsen : 4,186 B W Maxwell : 437 T A Rodefer : 3,112
1895 [16]	William B. Shober 329,209	Samuel B. Campbell 427,706
1893 [17]	Brisbin C. Blackburn 346,849	William T. Cope 422,483
1891 [18]	Charles F. Ackerman 345,847	William T. Cope 373,395
1889 [19]	William E. Boden 373,476	John C. Brown 377,102
1887 [20]	George W. Harper 327,435	John C. Brown 357,597
1885 [21]	Peter Brady 340,969	John C. Brown 361,463
1883 [22]	Peter Brady 359,847	John C. Brown 348,399
1881 [23]	Alonzo P. Winslow 286,591	Joseph Turney 316,232
1879 [24]	Anthony Howells 317,193	Joseph Turney 335,670
1877 [25]	Anthony Howells 270,461	John M. Millikin 250,746
1875 [26]	John Schreiner 292,714	John M. Millikin 296,617
1873 [27]	George Weimer 231,349	Isaac Welsh 213,527
1871 [28]	Gustav Bruehl 218,390	Isaac Welsh 237,398
1869 [29]	Stephen Buhrer 227,948	Sidney S. Warner 236,345
1867 [30]	Charles Fulton 240,802	Sidney S. Warner 243,318
1865 [31]	George Spence 192,972	Sidney S. Warner 225,673
1863 [32]	Horace L. Knapp 188,320	Godwin V. Dorsey 284,976
1861 [33]	George W. Holmes 151,548	Godwin V. Dorsey 207,439
1859 [34]	William Bushnell 170,503	Alfred P. Stone 184,568
1857 [35]	James R. Morris 158,756	Alfred P. Stone 160,585
1855 [36]	John G. Breslin 132,925	William Harvey Gibson 169,350
1853 [37]	John G. Breslin  : 151,226	J. Wesley Chafin (Freesoil) : 33,934	Henry Brachman (Whig) : 95,862
1851 [38]	John G. Breslin  : 145,331	Tobias A. Plants (Freesoil) : 13,127	Albert A. Bliss (Whig) : 124,554

Notes

1. "Ohio Constitution – Section III.02". The Ohio Legislature. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
2. "History of the State Treasury". Ohio State Trearurer. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
3. "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State . Retrieved 2016-12-09.
4. "Treasurer of State November 2, 2010". Ohio Secretary of State . Retrieved 2013-06-27.
5. Brown, Thad H (1923). Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922. p. 15.
6. Ohio General Assembly (1921). Journal of the House of Representatives of the 84th General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Vol. CIX. Columbus: F J Heer Printing. p. 22.
7. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio. 1917. p. 27.
8. Powell 1913  : 453-454
9. Powell 1913  : 423
10. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 404 of pdf file
11. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 17 of pdf file
12. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 1667 of pdf file
13. Powell 1913  : 379-380
14. Powell 1913  : 371-372
15. Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 2. State of Ohio. p. 121. page 388 of pdf file
16. Smith 1898  : 665
17. Smith 1898  : 644
18. Smith 1898  : 605
19. Smith 1898  : 579
20. Smith 1898  : 541
21. Smith 1898  : 512
22. Smith 1898  : 473
23. Smith 1898  : 450
24. Smith 1898  : 406
25. Smith 1898  : 379
26. Smith 1898  : 342
27. Smith 1898  : 319
28. Smith 1898  : 286
29. Smith 1898  : 268
30. Smith 1898  : 238
31. Smith 1898  : 209
32. Smith 1898  : 161
33. Smith 1898  : 140
34. Smith 1898  : 95
35. Smith 1898  : 74
36. Smith 1898  : 40
37. Bell 1876  : 120-121
38. Bell 1876  : 114-115

References

• Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
• Bell, William Jr. (1876). Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875... Ohio Secretary of State.
• Powell, Thomas Edward, ed. (1913). The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history. Vol. 1. The Ohio Publishing Company.

External sources

• "Ohio State Treasurer website" . Retrieved 2013-06-29.
• "Treasurers of State of the State of Ohio: 1796 – present". Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State. State of Ohio. Retrieved 29 July 2014.