State Treasurer of Ohio
Seal of the state treasurer of Ohio
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Incumbent
Robert Sprague
since January 14, 2019
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthFour years, two consecutive term limit [1]
Inaugural holderWilliam McFarland
1803
FormationOhio Constitution
Salary$109,554
WebsiteOffice of the Treasurer

The treasurer of the U.S. state of Ohio is responsible for collecting and safeguarding taxes and fees, as well as managing state investments.[2] The Treasury was located in the Ohio Statehouse from 1861 to 1974, when it was moved to the Rhodes State Office Tower. The original office in the statehouse, which has been restored to its 19th-century appearance, is used for ceremonial events.[2]

Before Ohio became a state, John Armstrong was Treasurer-General of the Northwest Territory from 1796 to 1803.[2] He was appointed to the post by the United States Congress. Under the first constitution of Ohio, 1803 to 1851, the state legislature appointed a treasurer.[2] Since the second constitution in 1852, the office has been elective.[2]

The current officeholder is Republican Robert Sprague.

List of Ohio state treasurers

# Image Name Term of office Party
1 William McFarland 1803–1816
2 Hiram M. Curry 1816–1820
3 Samuel Sullivan 1820–1823
4 Henry Brown 1823–1835
5 Joseph Whitehill 1835–1847
6 Albert A. Bliss 1847–1852 Whig
7 John G. Breslin 1852–1856 Democratic
8 William Harvey Gibson 1856–1857 Republican
9 Alfred P. Stone 1857–1862 Republican
10 G. V. Dorsey 1862–1865 Republican
11 William Hooper 1865–1866
12 Sidney S. Warner 1866–1871 Republican
13 Isaac Welsh 1872–1875 Republican
14 Leroy Welsh 1875–1876 Republican
15 John M. Millikin 1876–1878 Republican
16 Anthony Howells 1878–1880 Democratic
17 Joseph Turney 1880–1884 Republican
18 Peter Brady 1884–1886 Democratic
19 John C. Brown 1886–1892 Republican
20 William T. Cope 1892–1896 Republican
21 Samuel B. Campbell 1896–1900 Republican
22 Isaac B. Cameron 1900–1904 Republican
23 William S. McKinnon 1904–1908 Republican
24 Charles C. Green 1908–1909 Republican
25 David S. Creamer 1909–1913 Democratic
26 John P. Brennan 1913–1915 Democratic
27 Rudolph W. Archer 1915–1917 Republican
28 Chester E. Bryan 1917–1919 Democratic
29 Rudolph W. Archer 1919–1923 Republican
30 Harry S. Day 1923–1927 Republican
31 Bert B. Buckley 1927–1929 Republican
32 H. Ross Ake 1929–1930 Republican
33 Edwin A. Todd 1930–1931
34 Harry S. Day 1931–1937 Republican
35 Clarence H. Knisley 1937–1939
36 Don H. Ebright 1939–1951 Republican
37 Roger W. Tracy 1951–1959 Republican
38 Joseph T. Ferguson 1959–1963 Democratic
39 John D. Herbert 1963–1971 Republican
40 Gertrude W. Donahey 1971–1983 Democratic
41 Mary Ellen Withrow 1983–1994 Democratic
42 J. Kenneth Blackwell 1994–1999 Republican
43 Joseph T. Deters 1999–2005 Republican
44 Jennette Bradley 2005–2007 Republican
45 Richard Cordray 2007–2009 Democratic
46 Kevin Boyce 2009–2011 Democratic
47 Josh Mandel 2011–2019 Republican
48 Robert Sprague 2019–present Republican

Elections

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Ohio voters elect the treasurer for a four-year term in midterm election years, along with the governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and state auditor.

Year Democratic Republican Other
2022 Scott Schertzer : 1,692,160 Robert Sprague : 2,390,542  
2018 Rob Richardson : 1,960,075 Robert Sprague : 2,257,955  
2014[3] Connie Pillich: 1,323,325 Josh Mandel: 1,724,060  
2010[4] Kevin Boyce: 1,525,912 Josh Mandel : 2,050,142 Matthew Cantrell
(Libertarian): 184,478
2006 Richard Cordray: 2,223,282 Sandra O'Brien: 1,618,625  
2002 Mary O. Boyle: 1,459,113 Joseph Deters: 1,666,844  
1998 John A. Donofrio Joseph Deters  
1994 Barbara Sykes J. Kenneth Blackwell  
1990 Mary Ellen Withrow Judith Y. Brachman  
1986 Mary Ellen Withrow Jeff Jacobs  
1982 Mary Ellen Withrow Dana G. Rinehart  
1978 Gertrude W. Donahey George C. Rogers  
1974 Gertrude W. Donahey Richard H. Harris  
1970 Gertrude W. Donahey Robin T. Turner  
1966 Eldon Brown John D. Herbert  
1962 Thomas E. Ferguson John D. Herbert  
1958 Joseph T. Ferguson Roger W. Tracy  
1956 John W. Donahey Rober W. Tracy  
1954 Joseph T. Ferguson Roger W. Tracy  
1952 John J. Gallagher Roger W. Tracy  
1950 Frank M. Quinn Roger W. Tracy  
1948 Harry V. Armstrong Don H. Ebright  
1946 James T. Welsh Don H. Ebright  
1944 Harry V. Armstrong Don H. Ebright  
1942 Robert S. Cox Don H. Ebright  
1940 Clarence H. Knisley Don H. Ebright  
1922[5] William S. Hiler : 666,786 Harry S. Day : 844,398  
1920[6] Charles B. Orwig : 770,387 Rudolph W. Archer : 1,109,191 Max Goodman : 43,538
Adam Lehr : 1,537
1916[7] Chester E. Bryan : 565,902 Rudolph W. Archer : 542,198 Frank M. Hinkle : 38,299
John N. Ferguson : 6,708
1912[8] John P. Brennan Rudolph W. Archer William Kirtley, Jr. (Progressive)
1910[9] David S. Creamer Rudolph W. Archer  
1908[10] David S. Creamer : 537,461 Charles C. Green : 536,030 Thomas C. Devine (Soc) : 31,865
James H. Ford (Pro) : 10,897
John P. Thornbury (Ind) : 587
Danford Hare (Peo) : 167
Henry Piper (Soc Lab) : 839
1905[11] Charles E. Mason : 418,515 William S. McKinnon : 462,447 Joseph H. Sims (Soc) : 18,277
Hiram L. Baker (Pro) : 13,837
Peter Faber (Soc Lab) : 1,831
1903[12] Volley J. Dahl : 356,617 William S. McKinnon : 474,033 Ithamar B. Hinman (Soc) : 14,165
Will Kingham (Pro) : 14,448
John H T Juergens (Soc Lab) : 2,185
1901[13] R. Page Aleshire Isaac B. Cameron  
1899[14] James L. Gorman Isaac B. Cameron  
1897[15] James F. Wilson : 401,024 Samuel B. Campbell : 427,521 Samuel Wells : 7,541
F M Morris : 5,849
Samuel Stevens : 1,535
Edward L. Larsen : 4,186
B W Maxwell : 437
T A Rodefer : 3,112
1895[16] William B. Shober 329,209 Samuel B. Campbell 427,706  
1893[17] Brisbin C. Blackburn 346,849 William T. Cope 422,483  
1891[18] Charles F. Ackerman 345,847 William T. Cope 373,395  
1889[19] William E. Boden 373,476 John C. Brown 377,102  
1887[20] George W. Harper 327,435 John C. Brown 357,597  
1885[21] Peter Brady 340,969 John C. Brown 361,463  
1883[22] Peter Brady 359,847 John C. Brown 348,399  
1881[23] Alonzo P. Winslow 286,591 Joseph Turney 316,232  
1879[24] Anthony Howells 317,193 Joseph Turney 335,670  
1877[25] Anthony Howells 270,461 John M. Millikin 250,746  
1875[26] John Schreiner 292,714 John M. Millikin 296,617  
1873[27] George Weimer 231,349 Isaac Welsh 213,527  
1871[28] Gustav Bruehl 218,390 Isaac Welsh 237,398  
1869[29] Stephen Buhrer 227,948 Sidney S. Warner 236,345  
1867[30] Charles Fulton 240,802 Sidney S. Warner 243,318  
1865[31] George Spence 192,972 Sidney S. Warner 225,673  
1863[32] Horace L. Knapp 188,320 Godwin V. Dorsey 284,976  
1861[33] George W. Holmes 151,548 Godwin V. Dorsey 207,439  
1859[34] William Bushnell 170,503 Alfred P. Stone 184,568  
1857[35] James R. Morris 158,756 Alfred P. Stone 160,585  
1855[36] John G. Breslin 132,925 William Harvey Gibson 169,350  
1853[37] John G. Breslin : 151,226 J. Wesley Chafin
(Freesoil) : 33,934		 Henry Brachman
(Whig) : 95,862
1851[38] John G. Breslin : 145,331 Tobias A. Plants
(Freesoil) : 13,127		 Albert A. Bliss
(Whig) : 124,554

Notes

  1. ^ "Ohio Constitution - Section III.02". The Ohio Legislature. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "History of the State Treasury". Ohio State Trearurer. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  3. ^ "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  4. ^ "Treasurer of State November 2, 2010". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  5. ^ Brown, Thad H (1923). Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922. p. 15.
  6. ^ Ohio General Assembly (1921). Journal of the House of Representatives of the 84th General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Vol. CIX. Columbus: F J Heer Printing. p. 22.
  7. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio. 1917. p. 27.
  8. ^ Powell 1913 : 453-454
  9. ^ Powell 1913 : 423
  10. ^ Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 404 of pdf file
  11. ^ Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 17 of pdf file
  12. ^ Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 1667 of pdf file
  13. ^ Powell 1913 : 379-380
  14. ^ Powell 1913 : 371-372
  15. ^ Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 2. State of Ohio. p. 121. page 388 of pdf file
  16. ^ Smith 1898 : 665
  17. ^ Smith 1898 : 644
  18. ^ Smith 1898 : 605
  19. ^ Smith 1898 : 579
  20. ^ Smith 1898 : 541
  21. ^ Smith 1898 : 512
  22. ^ Smith 1898 : 473
  23. ^ Smith 1898 : 450
  24. ^ Smith 1898 : 406
  25. ^ Smith 1898 : 379
  26. ^ Smith 1898 : 342
  27. ^ Smith 1898 : 319
  28. ^ Smith 1898 : 286
  29. ^ Smith 1898 : 268
  30. ^ Smith 1898 : 238
  31. ^ Smith 1898 : 209
  32. ^ Smith 1898 : 161
  33. ^ Smith 1898 : 140
  34. ^ Smith 1898 : 95
  35. ^ Smith 1898 : 74
  36. ^ Smith 1898 : 40
  37. ^ Bell 1876 : 120-121
  38. ^ Bell 1876 : 114-115

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