Ohio Governors

Photograph of a portrait of William Allen, who served as governor of Ohio from 1874 to 1876. [»]

William Allen, half-length portrait, nearly facing front] [»]

William Allen, Senator from Ohio [»]

Photograph of a portrait of Charles Anderson. He became governor in 1865 after the death of John Brough and served until 1866. [»]

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Photograph of a portrait of William Bebb, born in Butler County, Ohio. He served as governor of Ohio from 1846 to 1849. The original painting hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. [»]

Richard M. Bishop (1812-1893) served as mayor of Cincinnati from 1859-1861 and as governor of Ohio from 1878-1880. [»]

Richard M. Bishop [»]

Signed portrait of John W. Bricker, ca. 1940-1949. Bricker served three two-year terms as Governor from 1939 to 1945. [»]

Portrait of Ohio Governor John Bricker, ca. 1940-1949. Bricker served three, two years terms as Governor from 1939-1945. [»]

Reproduction of an engraved copper portrait of Governor John Brough. He was elected in 1864 during the Civil War and pledged to continue military support for the Union cause. Brough died in 1865 and did not complete his two year term. [»]

Governors portrait of Ethan A. Brown (1776-1852) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as Ohio's seventh governor, serving from 1818 to 1822. [»]

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Photograph of a portrait of John W. Brown, ca. 1957. The original painting hangs in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. He served as lieutenant governor from 1953 to 1956. When Governor Lausche resigned as governor to assume his seat in the United States Senate, Brown was appointed governor of Ohio for eleven days, January 3-14, 1957. [»]

Portrait of Governor Asa S. Bushnell who served two, two year terms as Governor from 1896-1900. Bushnell supported the Spanish-American War and saw that Ohio troops mobilized quickly when a call for volunteers was issued in April 1898. [»]

Photograph of James E. Campbell taken in April 1922. He served one term as governor of Ohio from 1890 to 1892. [»]

Governor Richard Celeste giving his "State of the State" address to the Ohio General Assembly and the people of Ohio at the Ohio Statehouse, 1990. [»]

An engraved portrait of Salmon P. Chase created from a painting by F. B. Carpenter. Chase was elected governor of Ohio in 1855. In addition, he lectured on abolition, assisted in the establishment of the Free-Soil Party and served as Lincoln's secretary of the treasury. [»]

Photograph of Myers Y. Cooper, a Cincinnati businessman who served as governor of Ohio from 1929 to 1931. [»]

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Governors portrait of General Jacob D. Cox that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868. [»]

Portrait of Governor James M. Cox who served three, two year terms as Governor from 1913-1915 and 1917-1921. In 1920 he was the Democratic candidate for President, but lost the election to fellow Ohioan Warren G. Harding. [»]

James M. Cox and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1920. James Middleton Cox (March 31, 1870 - July 15, 1957) was a Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and the Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920. His running mate was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cox was defeated in the 1920 Presidential Election by fellow Ohioan Warren G. Harding. [»]

Portrait of Governor Martin L. Davey who served two, two year terms as Governor from 1935-1939. [»]

Photograph of Harry L. Davis of Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1924. He served as governor of Ohio from 1921 to 1923. [»]

Portrait of Governor William Dennison who served one, two year term as Governor from 1860-1862. When the Civil War began in 1861 Dennison acted quickly to mobilize Ohio troops. [»]

Portrait of Governor Michael V. DiSalle who served one, four year term as Governor from 1959-1963. [»]

Ohio Governor Michael DiSalle shaking hands with John F. Kennedy. Kennedy visited Ohio during his 1960 Presidential campaign. [»]

Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle making a public appearance with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt possibly during the 1956 or 1960 Presidential campaign. [»]

Photograph of A. Victor Donahey, ca. 1924. He served three consecutive terms as governor of Ohio from 1923 to 1929. [»]

Portrait of Governor Joseph B. Foraker who served two, two year terms as Governor from 1886-1890. A Civil War veteran, Foraker was well known for declaring that no Confederate battle flags in Ohio would be returned to southern states while he was Governor. He was elected to the United State Senate in 1896. [»]

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Charles Foster (1828-1904) was governor of Ohio from 1880 to 1884. He also served as secretary of the treasury under President Benjamin Harrison [»]

Governor John J. Gilligan on the floor of the House Chamber in the Ohio Statehouse, March 3, 1972. *Columbus Citizen-Journal must be cited in any captions or credit lines for this image. [»]

Photograph of John J. Gilligan, governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. [»]

Photograph of Judson Harmon, signed February 26, 1924. Harmon (1846-1927) served as Ohio governor from 1909 to 1913. [»]

Andrew Harris (1835-1915) served as governor of Ohio from 1906 to 1909. [»]

Governors portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. Hayes served serve three, two year terms as Governor of Ohio from 1868-1872 and 1875-1876. He did not finish his third term because he was elected President in 1876. [»]

Portrait of Governor Rutherford B. Hayes who was elected to serve three, two year terms as Governor of Ohio from 1868-1872 and 1875-1876. He did not finish his third term because he was elected President in 1876. [»]

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As a young man, President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) was an agent of the Underground Railroad in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This cabinet card is from Baker's Art Gallery. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. [»]

Portrait of Civil War veteran, Ohio Governor and United States President Rutherford B. Hayes later in life, 1886. [»]

Portrait of Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert, October 20, 1947. Herbert served one, two year term as Governor, from 1947-1949. [»]

Myron Herrick (1854-1919) was governor of Ohio from 1904 to 1906. [»]

George Hoadly (1826-1902) served one term as governor of Ohio from 1884 to 1886. [»]

Portrait of Nancy Putnam Hollister, ca. 1990-1999. She served as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1995 to 1998 and became the first woman to serve as Governor when she was appointed to the office from December 31, 1998 to January 10, 1999. [»]

Engraved portrait of Samuel Huntington, the third governor of Ohio. He served one, two year term from 1808-1810. [»]

Engraved portrait of Samuel Huntington, the third governor of Ohio. He served one, two year term from 1808-1810. [»]

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Portrait of Governor Frank J. Lausche, ca. 1945-1957. Lausche served three, two year terms and one four year term as Governor from 1945-1947 and then from 1949 to 1957. [»]

Governors portrait of Othniel Looker (1757-1845) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives (1807-1809) and in the Ohio Senate (1810-1812, 1813-1817). He became acting governor when Governor Return J. Meigs, Jr., resigned to become Postmaster General of the United States. Looker served as Ohio's fifth governor from March 25 to December 8, 1814. [»]

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Governors portrait of Robert Lucas (1781-1853) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as Ohio's 12th governor from 1832 to 1836. In 1838, President Martin Van Buren named Lucas the governor of the new Iowa Territory. He held this position until 1841. [»]

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Duncan McArthur (1772-1840) was Ohio's twelfth governor, serving from 1830 to 1832. His estate, Fruit Hill, was located near Chillicothe. [»]

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Portrait of William McKinley, ca. 1890-1899. McKinley was the twenty-fifth President, serving from 1897-1901. [»]

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Portrait of future President William McKinley, ca. 1870-1879. McKinley was the twenty-fifth President, serving from 1897-1901. [»]

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Portrait of William Medill, ca. 1840-1849. [»]

Governors portrait of Return Jonathan Meigs that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He was elected United States Senator from Ohio in 1808 to fill a vacant seat. In 1810 he was elected the fourth governor of Ohio. Meigs served two, two-year terms as governor and left office in 1814. [»]

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Engraved portrait of Return Jonathan Meigs, ca. 1850-1870. Meigs was elected United States Senator from Ohio in 1808 to fill a vacant seat. In 1810 he was elected the fourth Governor of Ohio. He served two, two year terms as Governor and left office in 1814. [»]

Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852) was the ninth governor of Ohio, serving from 1822 to 1826. [»]

George K. Nash (1842-1904) was governor of Ohio from 1900 to 1904. Additionally, he was a Civil War veteran, served as Attorney General of Ohio from 1880 to 1883 and as a justice of the state Supreme Court from 1883 to 1885. [»]

Interior of the Ohio Statehouse rotunda during the first inauguration of Ohio Governor George K. Nash, January 13, 1902. [»]

Portrait of Governor C. William O'Neill who served one, two year term as Governor from 1957-1959. [»]

Ohio Governor C. William O'Neill with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, ca. 1957. [»]

Photograph of John M. Pattison, born in Clermont County, Ohio and a Civil War veteran who served with the 153rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected governor in 1905 and inaugurated January 8, 1906. Due to poor health he left office in April and passed away in June 1906. [»]

Photograph of James A. Rhodes of Columbus, Ohio. He served four terms as governor of Ohio from 1963 to 1971 and 1975 to 1983. [»]

Signed photograph of James A. Rhodes as mayor of Columbus, ca. 1943-1951. Later serving four terms as governor of Ohio, Rhodes was key to the city's rise in economic and educational development. [»]

Ohio Governor James Rhodes with President Richard Nixon, April 1968. [»]

Ohio Governor James Rhodes with California Governor Ronald Reagan at the Cincinnati Convention Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1967. [»]

Ohio Governor James Rhodes playing the baseball toss game on the midway at the Ohio State Fair with his grand children, Columbus, Ohio, August 27, [»]

Governor James Rhodes (1909-2001) at Bob Evans' farm in Gallia County, Ohio was taken around 1966. [»]

Governor James A. Rhodes on the floor of the House Chamber in the Ohio Statehouse, January 5, 1971. [»]

Governors portrait of Wilson Shannon that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as the 13th and 15th Governor of Ohio, from 1838-1840 and 1842-1844. [»]

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Ted Strickland [»]

Governor Bob Taft speaking at the unveiling of his predecessor George Voinovich's official portrait, the Ohio Statehouse, March 30, 1999. [»]

Senator Bob Taft standing next to Republican party worker Martha Wheatcraft and other supporters at a presidential campaign rally, 1950. [»]

Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895) was a Democratic Representative (1845-1847) from Ohio; justice of the Ohio State Supreme Court, 1852-56; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1869-81; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1884; and candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1888. [»]

Allen G. Thurman of Ohio [»]

Governors portrait of Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. Tiffin became Ohio's first governor in 1803. He also served as senator in the United States Senate (1807), member of the House of Representatives (1809), chief commissioner of the United States General Land Office (1812), and Surveyor General of the Northwest (1814). [»]

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Governors portrait of David Tod that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as governor of Ohio from 1862 to 1864. As a Civil War Governor, Tod oversaw the recruitment of troops, established the Ohio Military Agency to aid Ohio soldiers and called up troops to defend the state's borders from attack by the Confederate army. [»]

Engraved portrait depicting Allen Trimble of Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. Trimble finished Ethan A. Brown's term as Governor of Ohio in 1822 and then served two, full terms as Governor of Ohio from 1826 to 1830. [»]

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Photograph of George V. Voinovich taken in 1984 when he was mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Voinovich later served as governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1999. In 1999 he was elected to the United States Senate. [»]

Governor George Voinovich, shortly after leaving office, speaking at the unveiling of his official portrait at the Ohio Statehouse, March 30, 1999. [»]

Photograph of George White, governor of Ohio from 1931 to 1935. [»]

Frank Willis served as governor of Ohio from 1915 to 1917. [»]

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Governor's portrait of Thomas Worthington that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as one of the first United States Senators from Ohio from 1803-1807 and 1811-1814. From 1814-1818 Worthington served two, two year terms as Governor [»]

Portrait of Thomas Worthington as a young man, age 23, by N. Gwinn, ca. 1800. Worthington settled on a large estate in Chillicothe, Ohio that he called Adena. He served as one of the first United States Senators from Ohio and as Ohio's sixth governor. The painting is part of the fine art collection of the Ohio Historical Society. [»]

Reproduction of an engraved portrait of Thomas Worthington who served as one of the first United States Senators from Ohio from 1803-1807 and 1811-1814. Worthington served two, two year terms as Governor of Ohio from 1814-1818. [»]

Photograph of a portrait of Thomas L. Young (1832-1888) of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was sworn in as governor of Ohio on March 2, 1877 for the remainder of Rutherford B. Hayes's term when Hayes became the 19th president of the United States. [»]

Five Ohio Governors gathered for the inauguration of C. William O'Neill in 1957. Pictured from left to right the governors are Myers Cooper, John Bricker, Thomas Herbert, John W. Brown and C. William [»]

Four Ohio governors, George Voinovich, Richard Celeste, James Rhodes and John Gilligan, at the Ohio Historical Center for Ohio Politics Day, Columbus, Ohio, October 29, 1994. [»]