Ohio Secretary of State elections Seal of the Ohio Secretary of State
The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect a secretary of state for a four-year term.
Year
Democratic
Republican
Other
2022
Chelsea Clark: 1,635,824
Frank LaRose : 2,444,382
Terpsehore Tore Maras (Independent ): 42,753
2018
Kathleen Clyde : 1,987,916
Frank LaRose : 2,166,125
Dustin R. Nanna (Libertarian ): 99,808
2014
Nina Turner : 1,074,475
Jon A. Husted : 1,811,020
Kevin Knedler (Libertarian )
2010[ 1]
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy : 1,555,705
Jon A. Husted : 2,013,674
Charlie Earl (Libertarian ) : 182,977
2006[ 2]
Jennifer L. Brunner : 2,104,114
Greg Hartmann : 1,546,454
Tim Kettler (G) : 78,080 John A. Eastman (I) : 94,706
2002[ 3]
Bryan Flannery : 1,256,428
J. Kenneth Blackwell : 1,827,995
1998
Charleta B. Tavares : 1,404,081
J. Kenneth Blackwell : 1,789,105
1994
Dan Brady : 1,150,460
Robert A. Taft II : 2,116,258
1990
Sherrod Brown : 1,604,058
Robert A. Taft II : 1,809,416
[ 4]
1986
Sherrod Brown : 1,805,833
Vincent C. Campanella : 1,217,803
1982
Sherrod Brown : 1,739,602
Virgil E. Brown : 1,362,079
1978
Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr. : 1,365,219
Ted W. Brown : 1,356,959
1974
Tony P. Hall : 1,343,603
Ted W. Brown : 1,462,776
1970
John F. Kennedy : 1,362,041
Ted W. Brown : 1,606,920
1966
James D. Nolan : 1,037,710
Ted W. Brown : 1,674,600
1962
Charles L. Babcock
Ted W. Brown
1958
Asher W. Sweeney : 1,464,726
Ted W. Brown : 1,580,628
1956
Hubert Lynch : 1,336,885
Ted W. Brown : 1,985,368
1954
Robert W. Reider : 1,069,526
Ted W. Brown : 1,339,076
1952
Charles F. Sweeney : 1,522,908
Ted W. Brown : 1,792,819
1950
Charles F. Sweeney : 1,339,492
Ted W. Brown : 1,347,251
1948
Charles F. Sweeney : 1,501,305
Edward J. Hummel : 1,310,704
1946
Charles F. Sweeney
Edward J. Hummel
1944
A Lee Fair : 1,423,264
Edward J. Hummel : 1,480,399
1942
John E. Sweeney : 738,175
Edward J. Hummel : 926,523
1940 (full)
John E. Sweeney : 1,562,021
Edward J. Hummel : 1,453,513
1940 (unex)
George M. Neffiner : 293,766
1922[ 5]
William D. Fulton : 685,818
Thad H. Brown : 820,974
1920[ 6]
William D. Fulton : 749,566
Harvey C. Smith : 1,134,657
George Markert (soc) : 43,467 Jasper Shuman (ST) : 1,525
1918[ 7]
William D. Fulton : 432,422
Harvey C. Smith : 471,228
1916[ 8]
William D. Fulton : 564,509
Charles Q. Hildebrant : 543,873
M. J. Beery : 38,136 Seymour E. Fox : 6,837
1914[ 9]
J. H. Secrest : 451,131
Charles Q. Hildebrant : 488,010
Frank W. Woods (Progressive) : 53,808 Nathan Wycoff (Socialist) : 53,575
1912[ 10] [ 9]
Charles H. Graves :432,082
Thomas L. Lewis : 283,767
John L. Sullivan (Progressive): 208,458 Edward S. Smith (Socialist) : 88,914 Addison Taylor (Prohibition) : 12,028 William R. Fox (Soc. Labor) : 2,767
1910[ 11] [ 9]
Charles H. Graves : 423,580
Granville W. Mooney : 405,375
Edward Hasenauer (Socialist) : 61,656 Alfred H. Stratton (Prohibition) : 7,104 William R. Fox (Soc. Labor) : 2,881
1908[ 12]
J. H. Newman : 518,225
Carmi Thompson :556,073
Arthur B. Hollenbaugh (Soc) : 31,681 Henry J. Haskel (Pro) : 10,615 Albert Boswell (Ind) : 509 Timothy Crabtree (Peoples) : 150 James Rugg (Soc Lab) : 845
1906[ 13]
Samuel A. Hoskins : 351,676
Carmi Thompson : 408,066
Olly J. Henslee (Socialist) : 18,432 Alfred F. Hughes (Pro) : 11,970 Max Eisenberg (Soc Lab) : 2,211
1904[ 13]
Alfred P. Sandles : 357,179
Lewis C. Laylin : 587,568
Harold King Rockhill (Pro) : 19,253 Alfred J. Swing (Socialist) : 33,763 John H T Juergens (Soc Lab) : 2,534 John E. Allen (Peoples) : 1,093
1902[ 13]
Herbert S. Bigelow : 345,706
Lewis C. Laylin : 436,171
Andrew L. White (Pro) : 12,336 Max S. Hayes (Socialist): 14,359 Theodore Adams (Soc Lab) : 2,983
1900[ 13]
Henry H. McFadden : 474,078
Lewis C. Laylin : 543,389
Frank Frankenberg (Union Ref) : 4,647 J. Knox Montgomery (Pro) : 9,983 Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 1,707 Louis F. Hemse (Soc Dem) : 4,650
1898[ 13]
Upton K. Guthrey : 347,074
Charles Kinney : 408,213
Thomas Brown (Pro) : 7,689 John F. Flynn (Soc Lab) : 5,793 John A. Graft (Union Ref): 10,911
1896[ 14]
Chilton A. White 473,462
Charles Kinney 525,000
Samuel H Rockhill (Pro) 5,469 Wesley C. Bates (Nat) 3,382 Daniel W. Wallace (Social Labor) 1,234
1894[ 15]
Milton Turner 276,902
Samuel M. Taylor 413,988
Charles R. Martin (Pop) 49,495 Mark G. McCaslin (Pro) 23,273
1892[ 16]
William A. Taylor 401,451
Samuel M. Taylor 402,540
1890[ 17]
Thaddeus E. Cromley 352,579
Daniel J. Ryan 363,548
Melanathon C. Lockwood (Pro) 23,837 Ezekial T. Curtis(UL) 1,752
1888[ 18]
Boston G. Young 395,522
Daniel J. Ryan 416,510
Walter S. Payne (Pro) 24,618 George F Ebner (UL) 3,452
1886[ 19]
John McBride 329,314
James S. Robinson 341,095
Henry R. Smith (Pro) 28,982 Charles Bonsall (labor) 2,010
1884[ 20]
James W. Newman 380,355
James S. Robinson 391,597
Evan J. Morris (Pro) 8,607 Peter M. Harrold (Greenback) 3,475
1882[ 21]
James W. Newman 316,874
Charles Townsend 279,759
Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) 12,202 George L. Hafer (Greenback) 5,345
1880[ 22]
William Lang 343,016
Charles Townsend 362,021
Charles A. Lloyd (Greenback) 6,786 William A. Doan (Pro) 2,815
1878[ 23]
David R. Paige 270,966
Milton Barnes 274,120
Andrew Roy (NGL) 38,332 Jeremiah N. Robinson (Pro) 5,682
1876[ 24]
William Bell, Jr. 311,220
Milton Barnes 317,856
Edward S. Chapman (Pro) 1,863
1874[ 25]
William Bell, Jr. 238,406
Allen T. Wikoff 221,204
John R. Buchtel (Pro) 7,815
1872[ 26]
Aquila Wiley 251,778
Allen T. Wikoff 265,925
Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) 2,035
1870[ 27]
William Heisley 205,014
Isaac R. Sherwood 221,709
Jay Odell (Pro) 2,862
1868[ 28]
Thomas Hubbard 249,681
Isaac R. Sherwood 267,065
1866[ 29]
Benjamin Le Fevre 213,606
William H. Smith 256,302
1864[ 30]
William W. Armstrong 183,842
William H. Smith 238,145
1862[ 31]
William W. Armstrong 184,315
Wilson S. Kennon 178,755
1861[ 32]
William W. Armstrong 151,912
Benjamin Rush Cowen 207,352
1859[ 33]
Jacob Reinhard 170,400
Addison P. Russell 184,839
1857[ 34]
Jacob Reinhard 158,832
Addison P. Russell 160,638
1855[ 35]
William Trevitt 133,641
James H. Baker 168,724
1853[ 36]
William Trevitt : 151,818
William Graham (Freesoil) : 33,518
Nelson H. Van Vorhes (Whig) : 97,500
1851[ 37]
William Trevitt : 145,636
Henry W. King (Freesoil) : 15,768
Earl Bill (Whig) : 120,256
Notes
^ "2010 Election Results Secretary of State November 2, 2010" . Ohio Secretary of State . Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-06-25 .
^ "2006 Election Results Secretary of State November 7, 2006" . Ohio Secretary of State . Archived from the original on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2013-06-25 .
^ "2002 Election Results Secretary of State/Treasurer of State November 5, 2005" . Ohio Secretary of State . Archived from the original on 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2013-06-25 .
^ "1990-1999 Official Election Results - Ohio Secretary of State" . Archived from the original on 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-07 .
^ 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. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2013 .
^ Smith, Harvey C (1922). Ohio general statistics for the year July 1, 1920 to June 30, 1921 . Vol. 7. Ohio Secretary of State . p. 20.
^ 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. 11. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2013 .
^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio . 1917. p. 27. Archived from the original on 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2021-10-07 .
^ a b c 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. 10. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2013 .
^ Powell 1913 : 453–454
^ Powell 1913 : 423
^ Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics . Columbus. page 396 of pdf file
^ a b c d e Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics . Columbus. pages 377–378 of pdf file
^ Smith 1898 : 693
^ Smith 1898 : 655
^ Smith 1898 : 630
^ Smith 1898 : 592
^ Smith 1898 : 566
^ Smith 1898 : 526
^ Smith 1898 : 498
^ Smith 1898 : 460
^ Smith 1898 : 432
^ Smith 1898 : 393
^ Smith 1898 : 364
^ Smith 1898 : 331
^ Smith 1898 : 305
^ Smith 1898 : 277
^ Smith 1898 : 258
^ Smith 1898 : 228
^ Smith 1898 : 195
^ Smith 1898 : 150
^ Smith 1898 : 140
^ Smith 1898 : 95
^ Smith 1898 : 74
^ Smith 1898 : 40
^ Bell 1876 : 120–121
^ Bell 1876 : 114–115
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