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 edit
Presidents of the United States and candidates edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Candidate | Nominee | Served |
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James M. Cox | 1870-1957 | Democratic | 1920 | ||
James A. Garfield | 1831-1881 | Republican | 1880 | 1881 | |
John H. Glenn Jr. | 1921-2016 | Democratic | 1984 | ||
Ulysses S. Grant | 1822-1885 | Republican | 1868, 1872 | 1869-1877 | |
Warren G. Harding | 1865-1923 | Republican | 1920 | 1921-1923 | |
Benjamin Harrison | 1833-1901 | Republican | 1888, 1892 | 1889-1893 | |
Rutherford B. Hayes | 1822-1893 | Republican | 1876 | 1877-1881 | |
William McKinley | 1843-1901 | Republican | 1896, 1900 | 1843-1901 | |
William H. Taft I | 1857-1930 | Republican | 1908, 1912 | 1909-1913 | |
Aaron S. Watkins | 1863-1941 | (Prohibition) | 1920 |
Vice presidents of the United States and candidates edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Candidate | Served |
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John W. Bricker | 1893–1986 | Republican | 1944 | |
Samuel F. Cary | 1814–1900 | Greenback | 1876 | |
Thomas A. Hendricks | 1819–1885 | Democratic | 1884 | 1885 |
Thomas Morris | 1776–1844 | Liberty | 1844 | |
George H. Pendleton | 1825–1889 | Democratic | 1864 | |
Allen G. Thurman | 1813–1895 | Democratic | 1888 | |
Aaron S. Watkins | 1863–1941 | Prohibition | 1908, 1912 |
Cabinet secretaries edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Offices (with dates of service) |
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Newton D. Baker | 1871-1937 | Democratic | 1916-1921: Secretary of War |
Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr. | 1910-1998 | Democratic | 1962-1965: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare |
Salmon P. Chase | 1808-1873 | Republican | 1861-1864: Secretary of the Treasury |
Thomas Corwin | 1794-1865 | Whig | 1850-1853: Secretary of the Treasury |
William B. Saxbe | 1916-2010 | Republican | 1974-1975: Attorney General |
John Sherman | 1823-1900 | Republican | 1877-1881: Secretary of the Treasury 1897-1898: Secretary of State |
Alphonso Taft | 1810-1891 | Republican | 1876: Secretary of War 1876-1877: Attorney General |
William H. Taft I | 1857-1930 | Republican | 1904-1908: Secretary of War |
United States ambassadors edit
Other federal officers edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Positions and dates |
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William H. Taft I | 1857-1930 | Republican | 1901-1904: Civilian Governor of the Philippines |
Mary Ellen Withrow | 1930- | Democratic | 1994-2001: U.S. Treasurer |
Legislative branch edit
Senate edit
Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Term(s) of service |
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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 edit
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Minority leaders of the United States Senate edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Term(s) of service |
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Robert A. Taft I | 1889-1953 | Republican | 1953 |
Democratic leadership officeholders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) of the United States Senate edit
Name | Life dates | Term(s) of service |
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George H. Pendleton | 1825-1889 | Democratic Conference Chairman: 1881-1885 |
Republican leadership officeholders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) of the United States Senate edit
Name | Life dates | Term(s) of service |
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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 edit
United States senators and candidates edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Candidate | Term(s) of service |
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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 |
John Marshall Briley | 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 | |
Graham P. Hunt | 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 | |
Henry P. Webber | 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 edit
Speakers of the United States House of Representatives edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Term(s) of service |
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J. Warren Keifer | 1836-1932 | Republican | 1881-1883 |
Nicholas Longworth | 1869-1931 | Republican | 1925-1931 |
Majority leaders of the United States House of Representatives edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Term(s) of service |
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Nicholas Longworth | 1869-1931 | Republican | 1923-1925 |
Minority leaders of the United States House of Representatives edit
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Democratic leadership officeholders (whips, caucus chairmen, etc.) in the United States House of Representatives edit
Name | Life dates | Position (with dates of service) |
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George W. Geddes | 1824-1892 | 1883-1885: Democratic Caucus Chairman |
Edson B. Olds | 1802-1869 | 1853-1855: Democratic Caucus Chairman |
Republican leadership officeholders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) in the United States House of Representatives edit
Name | Life dates | Position (with dates of service) |
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John A. Boehner | 1949- | 1995-1999: Republican Conference Chairman |
Samuel L. Devine | 1915-1997 | 1979-1981: Republican Conference Chairman |
Charles H. Grosvenor | 1833-1917 | 1895-1899: Republican Conference Chairman |
Deborah D. Pryce | 1951- | 2003–present: Republican Conference Chairman |
Robert C. Schenck | 1809-1890 | 1869-1871: Republican Conference Chairman |
Chairmen of United States House of Representatives committees edit
United States representatives and candidates edit
Judicial branch edit
Chief justices of the United States edit
Name | Life dates | Appointed by | Party | Term(s) of service |
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Salmon P. Chase | 1808-1873 | Lincoln | Republican | 1864-1873 |
William H. Taft I | 1857-1930 | Harding | Republican | 1921-1930 |
Morrison R. Waite | 1816-1888 | Grant | Republican | 1874-1888 |
Associate justices of the United States Supreme Court edit
Name | Life dates | Appointed by | Party | Term(s) of service |
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Harold H. Burton | 1888-1964 | Truman | Republican | 1945-1958 |
John Hessin Clarke | 1857-1945 | Wilson | Democratic | 1916-1922 |
William R. Day | 1849-1923 | T. Roosevelt | Republican | 1903-1922 |
Stanley Matthews | 1824-1889 | Garfield | Republican | 1881-1889 |
John McLean | 1785-1861 | Jackson | Democratic | 1830-1861 |
Potter Stewart | 1915-1985 | Eisenhower | Republican | 1958-1981 |
Noah Haynes Swayne | 1804-1884 | Lincoln | Republican | 1862-1881 |
William Burnham Woods | 1824-1887 | Grant | Democratic | 1880-1887 |
Judges of United States Courts of Appeal edit
Name | Life dates | Party | Circuit | Term(s) of service |
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Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr. | 1910-1998 | Democratic | 6th | 1965-1980 |