List of Ohio politicians (by federal office)

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

Presidents of the United States and Candidates

NameLife DatesPartyCandidateNomineeServed
James M. Cox1870-1957Democratic 1920 
James A. Garfield1831-1881Republican 18801881
John H. Glenn Jr.1921-2016Democratic1984  
Ulysses S. Grant1822-1885Republican 1868, 18721869-1877
Warren G. Harding1865-1923Republican 19201921-1923
Benjamin Harrison1833-1901Republican 1888, 18921889-1893
Rutherford B. Hayes1822-1893Republican 18761877-1881
William McKinley1843-1901Republican 1896, 19001843-1901
William H. Taft I1857-1930Republican 1908, 19121909-1913
Aaron S. Watkins1863-1941(Prohibition) 1920 

Vice Presidents of the United States and Candidates

NameLife DatesPartyCandidateServed
John W. Bricker1893–1986Republican1944 
Samuel F. Cary1814–1900Greenback1876 
Thomas A. Hendricks1819–1885Democratic18841885
Thomas Morris1776–1844Liberty1844 
George H. Pendleton1825–1889Democratic1864 
Allen G. Thurman1813–1895Democratic1888 
Aaron S. Watkins1863–1941Prohibition1908, 1912 

Cabinet Secretaries

NameLife DatesPartyOffices (with dates of service)
Newton D. Baker1871-1937Democratic1916-1921: Secretary of War
Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr.1910-1998Democratic1962-1965: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Salmon P. Chase1808-1873Republican1861-1864: Secretary of the Treasury
Thomas Corwin1794-1865Whig1850-1853: Secretary of the Treasury
William B. Saxbe1916-2010Republican1974-1975: Attorney General
John Sherman1823-1900Republican1877-1881: Secretary of the Treasury
1897-1898: Secretary of State
Alphonso Taft1810-1891Republican1876: Secretary of War
1876-1877: Attorney General
William H. Taft I1857-1930Republican1904-1908: Secretary of War

United States Ambassadors

List of Ohioans Who Served as United States Ambassadors

Other Federal Officers

NameLife DatesPartyPositions and dates
William H. Taft I1857-1930Republican1901-1904: Civilian Governor of the Philippines
Mary Ellen Withrow1930-Democratic1994-2001: U.S. Treasurer

Legislative Branch

Presidents Pro Tempore of the United States Senate

NameLife DatesPartyTerm(s) of service
John Sherman1823-1900Republican1885-1887
Allen G. Thurman1813-1895Democratic1879-1880
Benjamin F. Wade1800-1878Republican1867-1869

Majority Leaders of the United States Senate

None

Minority Leaders of the United States Senate

NameLife DatesPartyTerm(s) of service
Robert A. Taft I1889-1953Republican1953

Democratic Leadership Office Holders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) of the United States Senate

NameLife DatesTerm(s) of service
George H. Pendleton1825-1889Democratic Conference Chairman: 1881-1885

Republican Leadership Officer Holders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) of the United States Senate

NameLife DatesTerm(s) of service
Harold H. Burton1888-1964Republican Conference Secretary: 1944-1945
Simeon D. Fess1861-1936Republican Whip: 1929-1933
John Sherman1823-1900Republican Conference Chairman: 1884-1885, 1891-1897
Robert A. Taft I1889-1953Republican Policy Committee Chairman: 1947-1952

United States Senators and Candidates

NameLife DatesPartyCandidateTerm(s) of service
Israel Amter  1928s 
Donald E. Babcock American1976 
George H. Bender1869-1961Republican1954s, 19561954-1957
Gilbert Bettman1881-1942Republican1932 
James E. Betts1932/1933-Republican1980 
Mary O. Boyle1941-Democratic1998 
John W. Bricker1893-1986Republican1946, 1952, 19581947-1959
John Marshall Briley Republican1962 
Robert J. Bulkley1880-1965Democratic1930s, 1932, 19381930-1933
Thomas A. Burke1898-1971Democratic1954s1953-1954
Harold Hitz Burton1888-1964Republican19401941-1946
Theodore E. Burton1851-1929Republican1928s1928-1929
Theodore S. Celeste1954-Democratic2000 
R. Michael DeWine1947-Republican1992, 1994, 20001995-2006
Michael DiSalle1908-1981Democratic1952 
A. Victor Donahey1873-1946Democratic19341935-1941
John Eastman Natural Law2000 
William Farkas Socialist Labor1946, 1958 
Joseph T. Ferguson Democratic1950 
Simeon D. Fess1861-1936Republican1922, 1928, 19341923-1935
Eric D. Fingerhut1959-Democratic2004 
I. O. Ford Communist1932 
Emma Lila Fundaburk  1976 
John J. Gilligan1921-2013Democratic1968 
John H. Glenn Jr.1921-2016Democratic1974, 1986, 19921975-1999
? Goerke Socialist Labor1926 
James Goward  1928 
Virginia D. Green  1922 
Martha Kathryn Grevatt  1992 
Kathleen G. Harroff  1974 
Philip Herzing Libertarian1982 
James W. Huffman1894-1980Democratic1946 
Graham P. Hunt Democratic1928s 
J. Wetherell Hutton  1928 
Joel Z. Hyatt1950-Democratic1994 
Richard B. Kay American Independent1970, 1974 
Thomas N. Kindness1929-2014Republican1986 
Frank J. Lausche1895-1990Democratic1956, 19621957-1963
Cyrus Locher1878-1929Democratic 1928
John McAlister Libertarian2000 
Roscoe C. McCulloch1880-1958Republican1930s 
John McSweeney1890-1969Democratic1940 
Frank M. Mecartney1890-1969(Prohibition)1932 
Alicia Merel  1982 
Howard M. Metzenbaum1917-2008Democratic1970, 1976, 1982, 19881974-1975, 1977-1995
Rick Nagin  1980 
John O'Neill Socialist Labor1970, 1976 
Ralph J. Perk1914-1999Republican1974 
Paul E. Pfeifer1942-Republican1982 
William G. Pickrel1888-1966Democratic1944 
Atlee Pomerene1863-1937Democratic1922 
John E. Powers  1980 
W. C. Sandberg Communist1934 
William B. Saxbe1916-2010Republican19681969-1974
Melissa Singler  1976 
Joseph J. Slovenec  1994 
Anna K. Storck  1926 
Henry B. Strong  1926 
Kingsley A. Taft1903-1970Republican1946s1946-1947
Robert A. Taft1889-1953Republican1938, 1944, 19501939-1953
Robert Taft Jr.1917-1993Republican1964, 1970, 19761971-1976
Charles V. Truax1887-1935Democratic1928 
Henry P. Webber Democratic1946 
Frank B. Willis1871-1928Republican1920, 19261920-1928
Joseph Willnecker  1928 
George V. Voinovich1936-2016Republican1988, 1998, 20041999-present
Stephen M. Young1889-1984Democratic1958, 19641959-1971

Speakers of the United States House of Representatives

NameLife DatesPartyTerm(s) of service
J. Warren Keifer1836-1932Republican1881-1883
Nicholas Longworth1869-1931Republican1925-1931

Majority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives

NameLife DatesPartyTerm(s) of service
Nicholas Longworth1869-1931Republican1923-1925

Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives

None

Democratic Party Leadership Office Holders (whips, caucus chairmen, etc.) in the United States House of Representatives

NameLife DatesPosition (with dates of service)
George W. Geddes1824-18921883-1885: Democratic Caucus Chairman
Edson B. Olds1802-18691853-1855: Democratic Caucus Chairman

Republican Party Leadership Office Holders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) in the United States House of Representatives

NameLife DatesPosition (with dates of service)
John A. Boehner1949-1995-1999: Republican Conference Chairman
Samuel L. Devine1915-19971979-1981: Republican Conference Chairman
Charles H. Grosvenor1833-19171895-1899: Republican Conference Chairman
Deborah D. Pryce1951-2003–present: Republican Conference Chairman
Robert C. Schenck1809-18901869-1871: Republican Conference Chairman

United States Representatives and Candidates

Judicial Branch

Chief Justices of the United States

NameLife DatesAppointed byPartyTerm(s) of service
Salmon P. Chase1808-1873LincolnRepublican1864-1873
William H. Taft I1857-1930HardingRepublican1921-1930
Morrison R. Waite1816-1888GrantRepublican1874-1888

Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court

NameLife DatesAppointed byPartyTerm(s) of service
Harold H. Burton1888-1964TrumanRepublican1945-1958
John Hessin Clarke1857-1945WilsonDemocratic1916-1922
William R. Day1849-1923T. RooseveltRepublican1903-1922
Stanley Matthews1824-1889GarfieldRepublican1881-1889
John McLean1785-1861JacksonDemocratic1830-1861
Potter Stewart1915-1985EisenhowerRepublican1958-1981
Noah Haynes Swayne1804-1884LincolnRepublican1862-1881
William Burnham Woods1824-1887GrantDemocratic1880-1887

Judges of United States Courts of Appeal

NameLife DatesPartyCircuitTerm(s) of service
Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr.1910-1998Democratic6th1965-1980
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