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

Name Life dates Party Candidate Nominee Served
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

Name Life dates Party Candidate Served
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

Name Life dates Party Offices (with dates of service)
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

Other federal officers

Name Life dates Party Positions and dates
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

Senate

Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate

Name Life dates Party Term(s) of service
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

None

Minority leaders of the United States Senate

Name Life dates Party Term(s) of service
Robert A. Taft I 1889-1953 Republican 1953

Democratic leadership officeholders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) of the United States Senate

Name Life dates Term(s) of service
George H. Pendleton 1825-1889 Democratic Conference Chairman: 1881-1885

Republican leadership officeholders (whips, conference chairmen, etc.) of the United States Senate

Name Life dates Term(s) of service
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

United States senators and candidates

Name Life dates Party Candidate Term(s) of service
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

Speakers of the United States House of Representatives

Name Life dates Party Term(s) of service
J. Warren Keifer 1836-1932 Republican 1881-1883
Nicholas Longworth 1869-1931 Republican 1925-1931

Majority leaders of the United States House of Representatives

Name Life dates Party Term(s) of service
Nicholas Longworth 1869-1931 Republican 1923-1925

Minority leaders of the United States House of Representatives

None

Democratic leadership officeholders (whips, caucus chairmen, etc.) in the United States House of Representatives

Name Life dates Position (with dates of service)
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

Name Life dates Position (with dates of service)
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

United States representatives and candidates

  • List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, A-G
  • List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, H-M
  • List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, N-Z

Judicial branch

Chief justices of the United States

Name Life dates Appointed by Party Term(s) of service
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

Name Life dates Appointed by Party Term(s) of service
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

Name Life dates Party Circuit Term(s) of service
Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr. 1910-1998 Democratic 6th 1965-1980

Judges of United States District Courts

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