Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and elects U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current U.S. senators are Democrat Sherrod Brown (serving since 2007) and Republican Rob Portman (serving since 2011), making it one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation; these states being Maine, Montana, Ohio itself, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Not counting Vermont, where Independents have caucused with the Democrats since 2001, Ohio has had the longest current split delegation, having had two senators from the opposite parties since 2007. John Sherman was Ohio's longest-serving senator (1861–1877; 1881–1897).
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | John Smith | Democratic- Republican |
Apr 1, 1803 – Apr 25, 1808 |
Elected in 1803.[1]Resigned. | 1 | 8th | 1 | Elected in 1803.[1]Retired. | Apr 1, 1803 – Mar 3, 1807 |
Democratic- Republican |
Thomas Worthington |
1 |
9th | ||||||||||||
10th | 2 | Elected in 1807.[2]Resigned. | Mar 4, 1807 – Mar 3, 1809 |
Democratic- Republican |
Edward Tiffin |
2 | ||||||
Vacant | Apr 25, 1808 – Dec 12, 1808 |
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2 | Return J. Meigs Jr. |
Democratic- Republican |
Dec 12, 1808 – Dec 8, 1810 |
Elected in 1808 to finish Smith's term.[3] | ||||||||
Elected in 1808 to full term.[3]Resigned to become Governor of Ohio. | 2 | 11th | Mar 4, 1809 – May 18, 1809 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Appointed to finish Tiffin's term.[3]Retired when successor elected. | May 18, 1809 – Dec 11, 1809 |
Democratic- Republican |
Stanley Griswold | 3 | ||||||||
Vacant | Dec 8, 1810 – Dec 15, 1810 |
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Elected to finish Tiffin's term.Retired. | Dec 11, 1809 – Mar 3, 1813 |
Democratic- Republican |
Alexander Campbell |
4 | ||||||||
3 | Thomas Worthington |
Democratic- Republican |
Dec 15, 1810 – Dec 1, 1814 |
Elected to finish Meigs's term.Resigned to become Governor of Ohio. | ||||||||
12th | ||||||||||||
13th | 3 | Elected in 1813.Retired. | Mar 4, 1813 – Mar 3, 1819 |
Democratic- Republican |
Jeremiah Morrow |
5 | ||||||
Vacant | Dec 1, 1814 – Dec 10, 1814 |
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4 | Joseph Kerr | Democratic- Republican |
Dec 10, 1814 – Mar 3, 1815 |
Elected to finish Worthington's term.Retired. | ||||||||
5 | Benjamin Ruggles |
Democratic- Republican |
Mar 4, 1815 – Mar 3, 1833 |
Elected in 1815. | 3 | 14th | ||||||
15th | ||||||||||||
16th | 4 | Elected in 1819.Died. | Mar 4, 1819 – Dec 13, 1821 |
Democratic- Republican |
William A. Trimble |
6 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1821. | 4 | 17th | ||||||||||
Dec 13, 1821 – Jan 3, 1822 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Trimble's term.Lost re-election. | Jan 3, 1822 – Mar 3, 1825 |
Democratic- Republican |
Ethan Allen Brown |
7 | ||||||||
18th | ||||||||||||
National Republican |
19th | 5 | Elected in 1824.Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Colombia. | Mar 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828 |
National Republican |
William Henry Harrison |
8 | |||||
Re-elected in 1827.Retired. | 5 | 20th | ||||||||||
May 20, 1828 – Dec 10, 1828 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Harrison's term.Retired. | Dec 10, 1828 – Mar 3, 1831 |
National Republican |
Jacob Burnet |
9 | ||||||||
21st | ||||||||||||
22nd | 6 | Elected in 1830.Lost re-election. | Mar 4, 1831 – Mar 3, 1837 |
National Republican |
Thomas Ewing |
10 | ||||||
6 | Thomas Morris |
Jacksonian | Mar 4, 1833 – Mar 3, 1839 |
Elected in 1833.Lost re-election. | 6 | 23rd | ||||||
24th | ||||||||||||
Democratic | 25th | 7 | Elected in 1837. | Mar 4, 1837 – Mar 3, 1849 |
Democratic | William Allen |
11 | |||||
7 | Benjamin Tappan |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1839 – Mar 3, 1845 |
Elected in 1838.Retired. | 7 | 26th | ||||||
27th | ||||||||||||
28th | 8 | Re-elected in 1842.Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
8 | Thomas Corwin |
Whig | Mar 4, 1845 – Jul 20, 1850 |
Elected in 1844.[4]Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | 8 | 29th | ||||||
30th | ||||||||||||
31st | 9 | Elected in 1849.Retired. | Mar 4, 1849 – Mar 3, 1855 |
Free Soil | Salmon P. Chase |
12 | ||||||
9 | Thomas Ewing |
Whig | Jul 20, 1850 – Mar 3, 1851 |
Appointed to finish Corwin's term.Lost election to the next term. | ||||||||
Vacant | Mar 4, 1851 – Mar 15, 1851 |
9 | 32nd | |||||||||
10 | Benjamin Wade |
Whig | Mar 15, 1851 – Mar 3, 1869 |
Elected late in 1851.[5] | ||||||||
33rd | ||||||||||||
Republican | 34th | 10 | Elected in 1854[6]Lost re-election. | Mar 4, 1855 – Mar 3, 1861 |
Democratic | George E. Pugh |
13 | |||||
Re-elected in 1856. | 10 | 35th | ||||||||||
36th | ||||||||||||
37th | 11 | Elected in 1860.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | Mar 4, 1861 – Mar 6, 1861 |
Republican | Salmon P. Chase |
14 | ||||||
Mar 6, 1861 – Mar 21, 1861 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Chase's term. | Mar 21, 1861 – Mar 8, 1877 |
Republican | John Sherman |
15 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1863.Lost renomination. | 11 | 38th | ||||||||||
39th | ||||||||||||
40th | 12 | Re-elected in 1866. | ||||||||||
11 | Allen G. Thurman |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 3, 1881 |
Elected in 1868. | 12 | 41st | ||||||
42nd | ||||||||||||
43rd | 13 | Re-elected in 1872.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1874.Lost re-election. | 13 | 44th | ||||||||||
45th | ||||||||||||
Mar 8, 1877 – Mar 21, 1877 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Sherman's term.Retired. | Mar 21, 1877 – Mar 3, 1879 |
Republican | Stanley Matthews |
16 | ||||||||
46th | 14 | Election date unknown.Lost renominiation. | Mar 4, 1879 – Mar 3, 1885 |
Democratic | George H. Pendleton |
17 | ||||||
12 | John Sherman |
Republican | Mar 4, 1881 – Mar 4, 1897 |
Elected in 1881. | 14 | 47th | ||||||
48th | ||||||||||||
49th | 15 | Elected in 1884.[7][8]Retired. | Mar 4, 1885 – Mar 3, 1891 |
Democratic | Henry B. Payne |
18 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1886. | 15 | 50th | ||||||||||
51st | ||||||||||||
52nd | 16 | Elected in 1890.Lost re-election.[9] | Mar 4, 1891 – Mar 3, 1897 |
Democratic | Calvin S. Brice |
19 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1892.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State. | 16 | 53rd | ||||||||||
54th | ||||||||||||
55th | 17 | Elected in 1896. | Mar 4, 1897 – Mar 3, 1909 |
Republican | Joseph B. Foraker |
20 | ||||||
13 | Mark Hanna |
Republican | Mar 5, 1897 – Feb 15, 1904 |
Appointed to continue Sherman's term.Elected in 1898 to finish Sherman's term.[10] | ||||||||
Elected in 1898 to the next term.Died. | 17 | 56th | ||||||||||
57th | ||||||||||||
58th | 18 | Re-elected in 1902.[11]Retired.[12] | ||||||||||
Vacant | Feb 15, 1904 – Mar 23, 1904 |
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14 | Charles W. F. Dick |
Republican | Mar 23, 1904 – Mar 3, 1911 |
Elected in 1904 to finish Hanna's term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1904 to the next term.Lost re-election. | 18 | 59th | ||||||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
61st | 19 | Elected Jan 12, 1909.[12]Retired. | Mar 4, 1909 – Mar 3, 1915 |
Republican | Theodore E. Burton |
21 | ||||||
15 | Atlee Pomerene |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 3, 1923 |
Elected Jan 10, 1911. | 19 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | ||||||||||||
64th | 20 | Elected in 1914.Retired to run for U.S. President.Resigned to become U.S. President. | Mar 4, 1915 – Jan 13, 1921 |
Republican | Warren G. Harding |
22 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1916.Lost re-election. | 20 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Harding's term, having been elected to the next term. | Jan 14, 1921 – Mar 30, 1928 |
Republican | Frank B. Willis |
23 | ||||||||
67th | 21 | Elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
16 | Simeon D. Fess |
Republican | Mar 4, 1923 – Jan 3, 1935 |
Elected in 1922. | 21 | 68th | ||||||
69th | ||||||||||||
70th | 22 | Re-elected in 1926.Died. | ||||||||||
Mar 30, 1928 – Apr 5, 1928 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Willis's term.Lost nomination to finish Willis's term. | Apr 5, 1928 – Dec 14, 1928 |
Democratic | Cyrus Locher |
24 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Willis's term.Died. | Dec 15, 1928 – Oct 28, 1929 |
Republican | Theodore E. Burton |
25 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1928.Lost re-election. | 22 | 71st | ||||||||||
Oct 28, 1929 – Nov 5, 1929 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Burton's term.Lost election to finish Burton's term. | Nov 5, 1929 – Nov 30, 1930 |
Republican | Roscoe C. McCulloch |
26 | ||||||||
Elected in 1930 to finish Burton's term. | Dec 1, 1930 – Jan 3, 1939 |
Democratic | Robert J. Bulkley |
27 | ||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||
73rd | 23 | Re-elected in 1932.Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
17 | A. Victor Donahey |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1934.Retired. | 23 | 74th | ||||||
75th | ||||||||||||
76th | 24 | Elected in 1938. | Jan 3, 1939 – Jul 31, 1953 |
Republican | Robert A. Taft |
28 | ||||||
18 | Harold Hitz Burton |
Republican | Jan 3, 1941 – Sep 30, 1945 |
Elected in 1940.Resigned when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. | 24 | 77th | ||||||
78th | ||||||||||||
79th | 25 | Re-elected in 1944. | ||||||||||
Vacant | Sep 30, 1945 – Oct 8, 1945 |
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19 | James W. Huffman |
Democratic | Oct 8, 1945 – Nov 5, 1946 |
Appointed to continue Burton's term.Retired when successor elected. | ||||||||
20 | Kingsley Taft |
Republican | Nov 5, 1946 – Jan 3, 1947 |
Elected to finish Burton's term.Retired. | ||||||||
21 | John W. Bricker |
Republican | Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1946. | 25 | 80th | ||||||
81st | ||||||||||||
82nd | 26 | Re-elected in 1950.Died. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952.Lost re-election. | 26 | 83rd | ||||||||||
Jul 31, 1953 – Nov 10, 1953 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Taft's term.Lost election to finish Taft's term. | Nov 10, 1953 – Dec 2, 1954 |
Democratic | Thomas Burke |
29 | ||||||||
Dec 2, 1954 – Dec 16, 1954 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Taft's term.Lost re-election. | Dec 16, 1954 – Jan 3, 1957 |
Republican | George H. Bender |
30 | ||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||
85th | 27 | Elected in 1956. | Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 3, 1969 |
Democratic | Frank Lausche |
31 | ||||||
22 | Stephen M. Young |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1959 – Jan 3, 1971 |
Elected in 1958. | 27 | 86th | ||||||
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 28 | Re-elected in 1962.Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964.Retired. | 28 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 29 | Elected in 1968.Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. | Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 3, 1974 |
Republican | William Saxbe |
32 | ||||||
23 | Robert Taft Jr. |
Republican | Jan 3, 1971 – Dec 28, 1976 |
Elected in 1970.Lost re-election and resigned early. | 29 | 92nd | ||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Saxbe's term.Lost renomination and resigned early. | Jan 4, 1974 – Dec 23, 1974 |
Democratic | Howard Metzenbaum |
33 | ||||||||
Appointed to finish Metzenbaum's term, having been elected to the next term. | Dec 24, 1974 – Jan 3, 1999 |
Democratic | John Glenn |
34 | ||||||||
94th | 30 | Elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
24 | Howard Metzenbaum |
Democratic | Dec 29, 1976 – Jan 3, 1995 |
Appointed to finish Taft's term, having been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1976. | 30 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 31 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 31 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 32 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988.Retired. | 32 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 33 | Re-elected in 1992.Retired. | ||||||||||
25 | Mike DeWine |
Republican | Jan 3, 1995 – Jan 3, 2007 |
Elected in 1994. | 33 | 104th | ||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 34 | Elected in 1998. | Jan 3, 1999 – Jan 3, 2011 |
Republican | George Voinovich |
35 | ||||||
Re-elected in 2000.Lost re-election. | 34 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 35 | Re-elected in 2004.Retired. | ||||||||||
26 | Sherrod Brown |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2007 – present |
Elected in 2006. | 35 | 110th | ||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 36 | Elected in 2010. | Jan 3, 2011 – present |
Republican | Rob Portman |
36 | ||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 36 | 113th | ||||||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 37 | Re-elected in 2016.Retiring at end of term. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 37 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 38 | Elected in 2022. | Taking office Jan 3, 2023 | Republican | J. D. Vance |
37 | ||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 38 | 119th | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
As of November 2022[update], there is one living former U.S. senator from Ohio. The most recent senator to die was John Glenn (served 1974–1999) on December 8, 2016. The most recently serving senator to die was George Voinovich (served 1999–2011) on June 12, 2016.
Senator | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Mike DeWine | 1995–2007 | January 5, 1947 |
Senator | First served | Last served | Length of service |
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John Sherman | March 21, 1861 | March 6, 1877 | Combined total: 31 years, 353 days (11,675 days) |
March 4, 1881 | March 4, 1897 | ||
John Glenn | December 24, 1974 | January 3, 1999 | 24 years, 10 days (8,776 days) |
Howard Metzenbaum | January 4, 1974 | December 23, 1974 | Combined total: 18 years, 359 days (6,929 days) |
December 29, 1976 | January 3, 1995 | ||
Benjamin Ruggles | March 4, 1815 | March 3, 1833 | 17 years, 364 days (6,574 days) |
Benjamin Wade | March 15, 1851 | March 3, 1869 | 17 years, 353 days (6,563 days) |
Senator | First served | Last served | Length of service |
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Kingsley A. Taft | November 6, 1946 | January 3, 1947 | 1 month and 4 weeks (58 days) |
Joseph Kerr | December 10, 1814 | March 3, 1815 | 2 months and 3 weeks (83 days) |
Stanley Griswold | May 18, 1809 | December 11, 1809 | 6 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (207 days) |
Cyrus Locher | April 4, 1928 | December 14, 1928 | 8 months, 1 week and 3 days (254 days) |
Thomas A. Burke | November 10, 1953 | December 2, 1954 | 1 year, 3 weeks and 1 day (387 days) |
Senator | Date of birth | First served | Age |
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Thomas Worthington | July 16, 1773 | April 1, 1803 | 29 years, 8 months and 16 days |
Alexander Campbell | 1779 | December 11, 1809 | 30 years |
Benjamin Ruggles | February 21, 1783 | March 4, 1815 | 32 years and 11 days |
George E. Pugh | November 28, 1822 | March 4, 1855 | 32 years, 3 months and 4 days |
William A. Trimble | April 4, 1786 | March 4, 1819 | 32 years and 11 months |
Senator | Date of birth | Last served | Age |
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Stephen M. Young | May 4, 1889 | January 3, 1971 | 81 years, 7 months and 30 days |
Henry B. Payne | November 30, 1810 | March 3, 1891 | 80 years, 3 months and 3 days |
Theodore E. Burton | December 20, 1851 | October 28, 1929 | 77 years, 10 months and 8 days |
Howard Metzenbaum | June 4, 1917 | January 3, 1995 | 77 years, 6 months and 30 days |
John Glenn | July 18, 1921 | January 3, 1999 | 77 years, 5 months and 16 days |