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 Treasury1897-1898: Secretary of State Alphonso Taft 1810-1891 Republican 1876: Secretary of War1876-1877: Attorney General William H. Taft I 1857-1930 Republican 1904-1908: Secretary of War
United States ambassadors
List of ambassadors of the United States from Ohio
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