List of United States Senators from Ohio

The state of Ohio elects one Class 1 and one Class 3 senator. Its current senators are Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican Rob Portman.

1 Class 1
2 Class 3
3 See also
4 Notes

Class 1

#	Senator	Years	Party	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	John Smith	April 1, 1803 – April 25, 1808	Democratic- Republican	8	1	Elected in 1803 Resigned
				9
				10
Vacant		April 25, 1808 – December 12, 1808		10
2	Return J. Meigs, Jr.	December 12, 1808 – December 8, 1810	Democratic- Republican	10 (Continued)		Elected to finish Smith's term
2	Return J. Meigs, Jr.	December 12, 1808 – December 8, 1810	Democratic- Republican	11	2	Re-elected in 1809 Resigned to become Governor of Ohio
Vacant		December 8, 1810 – December 15, 1810		11
3	Thomas Worthington	December 15, 1810 – December 1, 1814	Democratic- Republican	11 (Continued)		Elected to finish Meigs's term Resigned to become Governor of Ohio
				12
				13
Vacant		December 1, 1814 – December 10, 1814		13
4	Joseph Kerr	December 10, 1814 – March 4, 1815	Democratic- Republican	13 (Continued)		Elected to finish Worthington's term Retired
5	Benjamin Ruggles	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1833	Democratic- Republican	14	3	Elected in 1815
				15
				16
				17	4	Re-elected in 1821
			Crawford Republican	18
			Anti- Jacksonian	19
			Adams	20	5	Re-elected in 1827 Retired
			Anti- Jacksonian	21
			Anti- Jacksonian	22
6	Thomas Morris	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1839	Democratic	23	6	Elected in 1833 Retired
				24
				25
7	Benjamin Tappan	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845	Democratic	26	7	Elected in 1838 Retired
				27
				28
8	Thomas Corwin	March 4, 1845 – July 20, 1850	Whig	29	8	Elected in 1844 Resigned
				30
				31
9	Thomas Ewing	July 20, 1850 – March 4, 1851	Whig	31 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Corwin's term Lost re-election
Vacant		March 4, 1851 – March 15, 1851		32	9
10	Benjamin Wade	March 15, 1851 – March 4, 1869	Whig	32 (Continued)		elected March 15, 1851 on 37th ballot^[1]
			Whig	33
			Republican	34
				35	10	Re-elected in 1856
				36
				37
				38	11	Re-elected in 1863 Lost renomination
				39
				40
11	Allen G. Thurman	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1881	Democratic	41	12	Elected in 1869
				42
				43
				44	13	Re-elected in 1875 Lost re-election
				45
				46
12	John Sherman	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1897	Republican	47	14	Elected in 1881
				48
				49
				50	15	Re-elected in 1886
				51
				52
				53	16	Re-elected in 1892 Resigned
				54
				55
13	Marcus A. Hanna	March 5, 1897 – February 15, 1904	Republican	55 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Sherman's term Elected to finish Sherman's term
				56	17	Re-elected in 1898 Died
				57
				58
Vacant		February 15, 1904 – March 23, 1904		58
14	Charles W. F. Dick	March 23, 1904 – March 4, 1911	Republican	58 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hanna's term
				59	18	Re-elected in 1905 Lost re-election
				60
				61
15	Atlee Pomerene	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	Democratic	62	19	Elected in 1910
				63
				64
				65	20	Re-elected in 1916 Lost re-election
				66
				67
16	Simeon D. Fess	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	Republican	68	21	Elected in 1922
				69
				70
				71	22	Re-elected in 1928 Lost re-election
				72
				73
17	A. Victor Donahey	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	Democratic	74	23	Elected in 1934 Retired
				75
				76
18	Harold H. Burton	January 3, 1941 – September 30, 1945	Republican	77	24	Elected in 1940 Resigned when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
				78
				79
Vacant		September 30, 1945 – October 8, 1945
19	James W. Huffman	October 8, 1945 – November 5, 1946	Democratic			Appointed to continue Burton's term Retired when successor elected
20	Kingsley A. Taft	November 5, 1946 – January 3, 1947	Republican	79 (Continued)		Elected to finish Burton's term Retired
21	John W. Bricker	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	Republican	80	25	Elected in 1946
				81
				82
				83	26	Re-elected in 1952 Lost re-election
				84
				85
22	Stephen M. Young	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	Democratic	86	27	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	28	Re-elected in 1964 Retired
				90
				91
23	Robert Taft, Jr.	January 3, 1971 – December 28, 1976	Republican	92	29	Elected in 1970 Lost re-election and resigned early
				93
				94
24	Howard Metzenbaum	December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1995	Democratic	94 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Taft's term, having already been elected to the next term
				95	30	Elected in 1976
				96
				97
				98	31	Re-elected in 1982
				99
				100
				101	32	Re-elected in 1988 Retired
				102
				103
25	Mike DeWine	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007	Republican	104	33	Elected in 1994
				105
				106
				107	34	Re-elected in 2000 Lost re-election
				108
				109
26	Sherrod Brown	January 3, 2007 – Present	Democratic	110	35	Elected in 2006
				111
				112
				113	36	Re-elected in 2012
				114
				115

Class 3

#	Senator	Years	Party	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas Worthington	April 1, 1803 – March 4, 1807	Democratic- Republican	8	1	Elected in 1803 Retired
1	Thomas Worthington	April 1, 1803 – March 4, 1807	Democratic- Republican	9	1	Elected in 1803 Retired
2	Edward Tiffin	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	Democratic- Republican	10	2	Elected in 1807 Resigned
Vacant		March 3, 1809 – May 18, 1809		11
3	Stanley Griswold	May 18, 1809 – December 11, 1809	Democratic- Republican	11		Appointed to finish Tiffin's term Retired when successor elected
4	Alexander Campbell	December 11, 1809 – March 4, 1813	Democratic- Republican	11 (Continued)		Elected to finish Tiffin's term Retired
4	Alexander Campbell	December 11, 1809 – March 4, 1813	Democratic- Republican	12		Elected to finish Tiffin's term Retired
5	Jeremiah Morrow	March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1819	Democratic- Republican	13	3	Elected in 1813 Retired
				14
				15
6	William A. Trimble	March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821	Democratic- Republican	16	4	Elected in 1819 Died
6	William A. Trimble	March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821	Democratic- Republican	17		Elected in 1819 Died
Vacant		December 13, 1821 – January 3, 1822		17
7	Ethan Allen Brown	January 3, 1822 – March 4, 1825	Democratic- Republican	17 (Continued)		Elected to finish Trimble's term Lost re-election
7	Ethan Allen Brown	January 3, 1822 – March 4, 1825	Adams-Clay Republican	18		Elected to finish Trimble's term Lost re-election
8	William Henry Harrison	March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828	Anti- Jacksonian	19	5	Elected in 1824 Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Colombia
8	William Henry Harrison	March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828	Adams	20
Vacant		May 20, 1828 – December 10, 1828		20
9	Jacob Burnet	December 10, 1828 – March 4, 1831	Adams	20 (Continued)		Elected to finish Harrison's term Retired
9	Jacob Burnet	December 10, 1828 – March 4, 1831	Anti- Jacksonian	21		Elected to finish Harrison's term Retired
10	Thomas Ewing	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1837	Anti- Jacksonian	22	6	Elected in 1830 Lost re-election
				23
				24
11	William Allen	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1849	Democratic	25	7	Elected in 1836
				26
				27
				28	8	Re-elected in 1842 Lost re-election
				29
				30
12	Salmon P. Chase	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1855	Free Soil	31	9	Elected in 1848 Retired
				32
				33
13	George E. Pugh	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1861	Democratic	34	10	Elected in 1854 Lost re-election
				35
				36
14	Salmon P. Chase	March 4, 1861 – March 6, 1861	Republican	37	11	Elected in 1860 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Vacant		March 6, 1861 – March 21, 1861		37
15	John Sherman	March 21, 1861 – March 8, 1877	Republican	37 (Continued)		Elected to finish Chase's term
				38
				39
				40	12	Re-elected in 1866
				41
				42
				43	13	Re-elected in 1872 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
				44
				45
Vacant		March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1877		45
16	Stanley Matthews	March 21, 1877 – March 4, 1879	Republican	45 (Continued)		Elected to finish Sherman's term Retired
17	George H. Pendleton	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885	Democratic	46	14	Elected in 1878 Lost renominiation
				47
				48
18	Henry B. Payne	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1891	Democratic	49	15	Elected in 1884 Retired
				50
				51
19	Calvin S. Brice	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1897	Democratic	52	16	Elected in 1890 Lost re-election^[2]
				53
				54
20	Joseph B. Foraker	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1909	Republican	55	17	Elected in 1896
				56
				57
				58	18	Re-elected in 1902 Lost re-election
				59
				60
21	Theodore E. Burton	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915	Republican	61	19	Elected in 1908 Retired
				62
				63
22	Warren G. Harding	March 4, 1915 – January 13, 1921	Republican	64	20	Elected in 1914 Resigned to become President of the United States
				65
				66
23	Frank B. Willis	January 14, 1921 – March 30, 1928	Republican	66 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Harding's term, having already been elected to the next term
				67	21	Elected in 1920
				68
				69
				70	22	Re-elected in 1926 Died
Vacant		March 30, 1928 – April 5, 1928
24	Cyrus Locher	April 5, 1928 – December 14, 1928	Democratic			Appointed to continue Willis's term Lost nomination to finish Willis's term
25	Theodore E. Burton	December 15, 1928 – October 28, 1929	Republican	70 (Continued)		Elected to finish Willis's term Died
25	Theodore E. Burton	December 15, 1928 – October 28, 1929	Republican	71		Elected to finish Willis's term Died
Vacant		October 28, 1929 – November 5, 1929
26	Roscoe C. McCulloch	November 5, 1929 – November 30, 1930	Republican			Appointed to continue Burton's term Lost election to finish Burton's term
27	Robert J. Bulkley	December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	71 (Continued)		Elected to finish Burton's term
				72		Elected to finish Burton's term
				73	23	Re-elected in 1932 Lost re-election
				74
				75
28	Robert A. Taft	January 3, 1939 – July 31, 1953	Republican	76	24	Elected in 1938
				77
				78
				79	25	Re-elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	26	Re-elected in 1950 Died
				83		Re-elected in 1950 Died
Vacant		July 31, 1953 – November 10, 1953
29	Thomas A. Burke	November 10, 1953 – December 2, 1954	Democratic			Appointed to continue Taft's term Lost election to finish Taft's term
Vacant		December 2, 1954 – December 16, 1954
30	George H. Bender	December 16, 1954 – January 3, 1957	Republican			Elected to finish Taft's term Lost re-election
30	George H. Bender	December 16, 1954 – January 3, 1957	Republican	84		Elected to finish Taft's term Lost re-election
31	Frank J. Lausche	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	85	27	Elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	28	Re-elected in 1962 Lost renomination
				89
				90
32	William B. Saxbe	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1974	Republican	91	29	Elected in 1968 Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General
				92
				93
33	Howard Metzenbaum	January 4, 1974 – December 23, 1974	Democratic	93		Appointed to finish Saxbe's term Lost renomination and resigned early
34	John Glenn	December 24, 1974 – January 3, 1999	Democratic	93 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Metzenbaum's term, having been elected to the next term
				94	30	Elected in 1974
				95
				96
				97	31	Re-elected in 1980
				98
				99
				100	32	Re-elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	33	Re-elected in 1992 Retired
				104
				105
35	George Voinovich	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2011	Republican	106	34	Elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	35	Re-elected in 2004 Retired
				110
				111
36	Rob Portman	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	112	36	Elected in 2010
				113
				114

Notes

^ Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 .... State of Ohio. p. 240.
^ "Foraker will succeed Brice: Ohio's Republican Legislators Vote Solidly for the Ex-Governor" (PDF). New York Times. January 14, 1896.

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