Ohio Senators
Key: DR: Democratic Republican; D: Democrat; W: Whig; CR: Crawford Republican; AR: Adams Republican; FS: Free Soil; AJ: Anti-Jacksonian; R: Republican
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Biographies courtesy of the Office of the Senate Historian via the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Class 1
John Smith (DR) April 1, 1803-April 25, 1808
(Vacant) April 25, 1808-December 12, 1808
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. (DR) December 12, 1808-December 8, 1810
(Vacant) December 8, 1810-December 15, 1810
Thomas Worthington (DR) December 15, 1810-December 1, 1814
(Vacant) December 1, 1814-December 10, 1814
Joseph Kerr (DR) December 10, 1814-March 4, 1815
Benjamin Ruggles (DR)(CR)(AJ) March 4, 1815-March 4, 1833
Thomas Morris (D) March 4, 1833-March 4, 1839
Benjamin Tappan (D) March 4, 1839-March 4, 1845
Thomas Corwin (W) March 4, 1845-July 20, 1850
Thomas Ewing (W) July 20, 1850-March 4, 1851
(Vacant) March 4, 1851-March 15, 1851
Benjamin Wade (W)(R) March 15, 1851-March 4, 1869
Allen G. Thurman (D) March 4, 1869-March 4, 1881
John Sherman (R) March 4, 1881-March 4, 1897
Marcus Hanna (R) March 5, 1897-February 15, 1904
(Vacant) February 15, 1904-March 23, 1904
Charles W.F. Dick (R) March 23, 1904-March 4, 1911
Atlee Pomerene (D) March 4, 1911-March 4, 1923 (first direct elect)
Simeon D. Fess (R) March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935
A. Victor Donahey (D) January 3, 1935-January 3, 1941
Harold Burton (R) January 3, 1941-September 30, 1945
(Vacant) September 30, 1945-October 8, 1945
James W. Huffman (D) October 8, 1945-November 5, 1946
Kingsley A. Taft (R) November 5, 1946-January 3, 1947
John W. Bricker (R) January 3, 1947-January 3, 1959
Stephen M. Young (D) January 3, 1959-January 3, 1971
Robert A. Taft, Jr. (R) January 3, 1971-December 28, 1976
Howard Metzenbaum (D) December 29, 1976-January 3, 1995
Mike DeWine (R) January 3, 1995-January 3, 2007
Sherrod Brown (D) January 3, 2007-Present
Class 3
Thomas Worthington (DR) April 1, 1803-March 4, 1807
Edward Tiffin (DR) March 4, 1807-March 3, 1809
(Vacant) March 3, 1809-May 18, 1809
Stanley Griswold (DR) May 18, 1809-December 11, 1809
Alexander Campbell (DR) December 11, 1809-March 4, 1813
Jeremiah Morrow (DR) March 4, 1813-March 4, 1819
William A. Trimble (DR) March 4, 1819-December 13, 1821
(Vacant) December 13, 1821-January 3, 1822
Ethan Allen Brown (DR)(AR) January 3, 1822-March 4, 1825
William Henry Harrison (AJ)(AR) March 4, 1825-May 20, 1828
(Vacant) May 20, 1828-December 10, 1828
Jacob Burnet (AR)(AJ) December 10, 1828-March 4, 1831
Thomas Ewing (AJ) March 4, 1831-March 4, 1837
William Allen (D) March 4, 1837-March 4, 1849
Salmon P. Chase (FS) March 4, 1849-March 4, 1855
George E. Pugh (D) March 4, 1855-March 4, 1861
Salmon P. Chase (R) March 4, 1861-March 6, 1861
(Vacant) March 6, 1861-March 21, 1861
John Sherman (R) March 21, 1861-March 8, 1877
(Vacant) March 8, 1877-March 21, 1877
Stanley Matthews (R) March 21, 1877-March 4, 1879
George H. Pendleton (D) March 4, 1879-March 4, 1885
Henry B. Payne (D) March 4, 1885-March 4, 1891
Calvin S. Brice (D) March 4, 1891-March 4, 1897
Joseph B. Foraker (R) March 4, 1897-March 4, 1909
Theodore E. Burton (R) March 4, 1909-March 4, 1915
Warren G. Harding (R) March 4, 1915-January 13, 1921 (first elected)
Frank B. Willis (R) January 14, 1921-March 30, 1928
(Vacant) March 30, 1928-April 5, 1928
Cyrus Locher (D) April 5, 1928-December 14, 1928
Theodore Burton (R) December 15, 1928-October 28, 1929
(Vacant) October 28, 1929-November 5, 1929
Roscoe C. McCulloch (R) November 5, 1929-November 30, 1930
Robert J. Bulkley (D) December 1, 1930-January 3, 1939
Robert A. Taft (R) January 3, 1939-July 31, 1953
(Vacant) July 31, 1953-November 10, 1953
Thomas A. Burke (D) November 10, 1953-December 2, 1954
(Vacant) December 2, 1954-December 16, 1954
George H. Bender (R) December 16, 1954-January 3, 1957
Frank J. Lausche (D) Jaunary 3, 1957-January 3, 1969
William B. Saxbe (R) January 3, 1969-January 3, 1974
Howard Metzenbaum (D) January 4, 1974-December 23, 1974
John Glenn (D) December 24, 1974-January 3, 1999
George Voinovich (R) January 3, 1999-January 3, 2011
Rob Portman (R) January 3, 2011-Present
