This is a List of Ohioan Governors since the 1865 Gubernatorial election and onwards. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected in separate elections.
| Name | Term | Party | Election |
|---|---|---|---|
George W. Morgan (1820-1893) |
January 8, 1866
– January 12, 1870 |
Democratic | 1865
1867 |
Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895) |
January 12, 1870
- January 8, 1874 |
1869
- 1871
| |
William West (1810-1901) |
January 8, 1874
- January 5, 1878 |
1873
1875 | |
|
Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895) |
January 5, 1878
- January 10, 1882 |
1877
1879 | |
Joseph B. Foraker (1846-1917) |
January 10, 1882
- January 8, 1884 |
Unionist | 1881 |
George H. Pendleton (1825-1889) |
January 8, 1884
- January 12, 1888 |
Democratic | 1883
1885 |
Charles P. Taft (1843-1929) |
January 12, 1888
- January 13, 1892 |
Unionist | 1887
1889 |
William McKinley (1843-1901) |
January 13, 1892
- January 10,1896 |
1891
1893 | |
Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (1854-1951) |
January 10, 1896
- January 12, 1900 |
Populist | 1895
1897 |
Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) |
January 12, 1900
- January 14, 1904 |
Unionist | 1899
1901 |
George T. Harding (1843-1928) |
January 14, 1904
- January 7, 1909 |
1903
1905 | |
Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951) |
January 7, 1909
- January 11, 1913 |
1908
1910 | |
Arthur Lovett Garford (1858-1933) |
January 11, 1913
- January 8, 1915 |
Progressive | 1912 |
James M. Cox (1870-1957) |
January 8, 1915
- January 10, 1917 |
Democratic | 1914 |
James R. Garfield (1865-1950) |
January 13, 1917
- January 4, 1921 |
Progressive | 1916
1918 |
Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951) |
January 4, 1921
- January 10, 1925 |
Unionist | 1920
1922 |
David Sinton Ingalls (1899-1990) |
January 10, 1925
- January 7, 1929 |
Unionist | 1924
1926 |
Orville Wright (1871-1948) |
January 7, 1929
- January 11, 1933 |
Progressive | 1928
1930 |
John W. Bricker (1893-1990) |
January 11, 1933
- January 14, 1937 |
Unionist | 1932
1934 |
Elgie Tobin (1886-1959) |
January 14, 1937
- January 5, 1939 |
Independent | 1936 |
Ernest King (1878-1940) |
January 5, 1939
- August 17, 1940 D |
Unionist | 1938 |
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (1912-2005) |
August 17, 1940
- January 6, 1947 |
1940
1942 1946 | |
Frank Lausche (1895-1959) |
January 6, 1947
- January 9, 1951 |
Progressive | 1946
1948 |
Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1984) |
January 9, 1951
- January 11, 1955 |
Unionist | 1950
1952 |
|
Frank Lausche (1895-1959) |
January 11, 1955
- March 22, 1959 A |
Progressive | 1956 |
| 1958 | |||
Dominic S. Gentile (1920-1961) |
March 22, 1959
- December 19, 1961 | ||
Curtis LeMay (1906-1990) |
December 19, 1961
- January 10, 1967 | ||
| 1962 | |||
Paul Flory (1910-1985) |
January 10, 1967
- January 10, 1975 |
Technocratic | 1966
1970 |
William A. Fowler (1911-1999) |
January 10, 1975
- January 10, 1979 |
1974 | |
George Voinovich (1936-2018) |
January 10, 1979
- January 10, 1983 |
Unionist | 1978 |
Jerry Springer (1944) |
January 10, 1983
- November 20, 1984 R |
Progressive | 1982 |
Myrl Shoemaker (1913-1988) |
November 20, 1984
- January 10, 1987 | ||
George Voinovich (1936-2018) |
January 10, 1987
- January 10, 1995 |
Unionist | 1986
1990 |
Marcy Kaptur (1946) |
January 10, 1995
- January 10, 1999 |
Progressive | 1994 |
Jenette Bradley (1952) |
January 10, 1999
- January 10, 2003 |
Unionist | 1998 |
Ted Celeste (1945) |
January 10, 2003
- January 10, 2011 |
Progressive | 2002
2006 |
Tim Ryan (1973) |
January 10, 2011
- January 10, 2019 |
Unionist | 2010
2014 |
Dennis Kucinich (1946) |
January 10, 2019
- Incumbent |
Progressive | 2018 |