List of United States Senators from Ohio

The state of Ohio elects one Class 1 and one Class 3 senator. Its current senators are Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican Rob Portman.

List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
1	John Smith	Democratic- Republican	April 1, 1803 – April 25, 1808	Elected in 1803. Resigned.	1	8th Congress	1	Elected in 1803. Retired.	April 1, 1803 – March 3, 1807	Democratic- Republican	Thomas Worthington	1
						9th Congress	1	Elected in 1803. Retired.	April 1, 1803 – March 3, 1807	Democratic- Republican	Thomas Worthington	1
						10th Congress	2	Elected in 1806. Resigned.	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	Democratic- Republican	100px Edward Tiffin	2
Vacant			April 25, 1808 – December 12, 1808
2	100px Return J. Meigs, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	December 12, 1808 – December 8, 1810	Elected to finish Smith's term.
				Re-elected in 1809. Resigned to become Governor of Ohio.	2	11th Congress			March 4, 1809 – May 18, 1809	Vacant
				Re-elected in 1809. Resigned to become Governor of Ohio.				Appointed to finish Tiffin's term. Retired when successor elected.	May 18, 1809 – December 11, 1809	Democratic- Republican	Stanley Griswold	3
Vacant			December 8, 1810 – December 15, 1810						May 18, 1809 – December 11, 1809	Democratic- Republican	Stanley Griswold	3
Vacant			December 8, 1810 – December 15, 1810					Elected to finish Tiffin's term. Retired.	December 11, 1809 – March 3, 1813	Democratic- Republican	Alexander Campbell	4
3	Thomas Worthington	Democratic- Republican	December 15, 1810 – December 1, 1814	Elected to finish Meigs's term. Resigned to become Governor of Ohio.
						12th Congress
						13th Congress	3	Elected in 1813. Retired.	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819	Democratic- Republican	Jeremiah Morrow	5
Vacant			December 1, 1814 – December 10, 1814
4	Joseph Kerr	Democratic- Republican	December 10, 1814 – March 3, 1815	Elected to finish Worthington's term. Retired.
5	Benjamin Ruggles	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1833	Elected in 1815.	3	14th Congress
						15th Congress
						16th Congress	4	Elected in 1819. Died.	March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821	Democratic- Republican	William A. Trimble	6
				Re-elected in 1821.	4	17th Congress		Elected in 1819. Died.	March 4, 1819 – December 13, 1821	Democratic- Republican	William A. Trimble	6
									December 13, 1821 – January 3, 1822	Vacant
								Elected to finish Trimble's term. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1822 – March 3, 1825	Democratic- Republican	Ethan Allen Brown	7
		Crawford Republican				18th Congress		Elected to finish Trimble's term. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1822 – March 3, 1825	Adams-Clay Republican	Ethan Allen Brown	7
		Anti- Jacksonian				19th Congress	5	Elected in 1824. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Colombia.	March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828	Anti- Jacksonian	William Henry Harrison	8
		Adams		Re-elected in 1827. Retired.	5	20th Congress			March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828	Adams	William Henry Harrison	8
									May 20, 1828 – December 10, 1828	Vacant
								Elected to finish Harrison's term. Retired.	December 10, 1828 – March 3, 1831	Adams	Jacob Burnet	9
		Anti- Jacksonian				21st Congress		Elected to finish Harrison's term. Retired.	December 10, 1828 – March 3, 1831	Anti- Jacksonian	Jacob Burnet	9
		Anti- Jacksonian				22nd Congress	6	Elected in 1830. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	Anti- Jacksonian	Thomas Ewing	10
6	Thomas Morris	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839	Elected in 1833. Retired.	6	23rd Congress
		Jacksonian				24th Congress
		Democratic				25th Congress	7	Elected in 1837.	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	William Allen	11
7	Benjamin Tappan	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845	Elected in 1838. Retired.	7	26th Congress
						27th Congress
						28th Congress	8	Re-elected in 1842. Lost re-election.
8	Thomas Corwin	Whig	March 4, 1845 – July 20, 1850	Elected in 1844 or 1845. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.	8	29th Congress
						30th Congress
						31st Congress	9	Elected in 1849. Retired.	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	Free Soil	Salmon P. Chase	12
9	Thomas Ewing	Whig	July 20, 1850 – March 3, 1851	Appointed to finish Corwin's term. Lost election to the next term.		31st Congress
Vacant			March 4, 1851 – March 15, 1851		9	32nd Congress
10	Benjamin Wade	Whig	March 15, 1851 – March 3, 1869	Elected March 15, 1851 on 37th ballot.^[1]		32nd Congress
		Whig				33rd Congress
		Republican				34th Congress	10	Elected in 1854. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861	Democratic	George E. Pugh	13
				Re-elected in 1856.	10	35th Congress
						36th Congress
						37th Congress	11	Elected in 1860. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.	March 4, 1861 – March 6, 1861	Republican	Salmon P. Chase	14
									March 6, 1861 – March 21, 1861	Vacant
								Elected to finish Chase's term.	March 21, 1861 – March 8, 1877	Republican	John Sherman	15
				Re-elected in 1863. Lost renomination.	11	38th Congress
						39th Congress
						40th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1866.
11	Allen G. Thurman	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1881	Elected in 1868.	12	41st Congress
						42nd Congress
						43rd Congress	13	Re-elected in 1872. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
				Re-elected in 1874. Lost re-election.	13	44th Congress
						45th Congress
									March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1877	Vacant
								Elected to finish Sherman's term. Retired.	March 21, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Republican	Stanley Matthews	16
						46th Congress	14	Elected in 1878. Lost renominiation.	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885	Democratic	George H. Pendleton	17
12	John Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1897	Elected in 1881.	14	47th Congress
						48th Congress
						49th Congress	15	Elected in 1884. Retired.	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	Democratic	Henry B. Payne	18
				Re-elected in 1886.	15	50th Congress
						51st Congress
						52nd Congress	16	Elected in 1890. Lost re-election.^[2]	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897	Democratic	Calvin S. Brice	19
				Re-elected in 1892. Resigned.	16	53rd Congress
						54th Congress
						55th Congress	17	Elected in 1896.	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909	Republican	Joseph B. Foraker	20
13	Marcus A. Hanna	Republican	March 5, 1897 – February 15, 1904	Appointed to continue Sherman's term. Elected to finish Sherman's term.		55th Congress
				Re-elected in 1898. Died.	17	56th Congress
						57th Congress
						58th Congress	18	Re-elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
Vacant			February 15, 1904 – March 23, 1904
14	Charles W. F. Dick	Republican	March 23, 1904 – March 3, 1911	Elected to finish Hanna's term.
				Re-elected in 1905. Lost re-election.	18	59th Congress
						60th Congress
						61st Congress	19	Elected in 1908. Retired.	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915	Republican	Theodore E. Burton	21
15	Atlee Pomerene	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923	Elected in 1910.	19	62nd Congress
						63rd Congress
						64th Congress	20	Elected in 1914. Resigned to become the U.S. President.	March 4, 1915 – January 13, 1921	Republican	Warren G. Harding	22
				Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.	20	65th Congress
						66th Congress
						66th Congress		Appointed to finish Harding's term, having been elected to the next term.	January 14, 1921 – March 30, 1928	Republican	Frank B. Willis	23
						67th Congress	21	Elected in 1920.
16	Simeon D. Fess	Republican	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1922.	21	68th Congress
						69th Congress
						70th Congress	22	Re-elected in 1926. Died.
									March 30, 1928 – April 5, 1928	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Willis's term. Lost nomination to finish Willis's term.	April 5, 1928 – December 14, 1928	Democratic	Cyrus Locher	24
								Elected to finish Willis's term. Died.	December 15, 1928 – October 28, 1929	Republican	Theodore E. Burton	25
				Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.	22	71st Congress		Elected to finish Willis's term. Died.	December 15, 1928 – October 28, 1929	Republican	Theodore E. Burton	25
									October 28, 1929 – November 5, 1929	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Burton's term. Lost election to finish Burton's term.	November 5, 1929 – November 30, 1930	Republican	Roscoe C. McCulloch	26
								Elected to finish Burton's term.	December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	100px Robert J. Bulkley	27
						72nd Congress		Elected to finish Burton's term.
						73rd Congress	23	Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
17	A. Victor Donahey	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	Elected in 1934. Retired.	23	74th Congress
						75th Congress
						76th Congress	24	Elected in 1938.	January 3, 1939 – July 31, 1953	Republican	Robert A. Taft	28
18	100px Harold H. Burton	Republican	January 3, 1941 – September 30, 1945	Elected in 1940. Resigned when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.	24	77th Congress
						78th Congress
						79th Congress	25	Re-elected in 1944.
Vacant			September 30, 1945 – October 8, 1945
19	James W. Huffman	Democratic	October 8, 1945 – November 5, 1946	Appointed to continue Burton's term. Retired when successor elected.
20	Kingsley A. Taft	Republican	November 5, 1946 – January 3, 1947	Elected to finish Burton's term. Retired.
21	John W. Bricker	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	Elected in 1946.	25	80th Congress
						81st Congress
						82nd Congress	26	Re-elected in 1950. Died.
				Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	26	83rd Congress		Re-elected in 1950. Died.
									July 31, 1953 – November 10, 1953	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Taft's term. Lost election to finish Taft's term.	November 10, 1953 – December 2, 1954	Democratic	Thomas A. Burke	29
									December 2, 1954 – December 16, 1954	Vacant
								Elected to finish Taft's term. Lost re-election.	December 16, 1954 – January 3, 1957	Republican	George H. Bender	30
						84th Congress		Elected to finish Taft's term. Lost re-election.	December 16, 1954 – January 3, 1957	Republican	George H. Bender	30
						85th Congress	27	Elected in 1956.	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	Frank J. Lausche	31
22	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	Elected in 1958.	27	86th Congress
						87th Congress
						88th Congress	28	Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination.
				Re-elected in 1964. Retired.	28	89th Congress
						90th Congress
						91st Congress	29	Elected in 1968. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1974	Republican	William B. Saxbe	32
23	Robert Taft, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1971 – December 28, 1976	Elected in 1970. Lost re-election and resigned early.	29	92nd Congress
						93rd Congress
								Appointed to finish Saxbe's term. Lost renomination and resigned early.	January 4, 1974 – December 23, 1974	Democratic	Howard Metzenbaum	33
								Appointed to finish Metzenbaum's term, having been elected to the next term.	December 24, 1974 – January 3, 1999	Democratic	John Glenn	34
						94th Congress	30	Elected in 1974.
24	Howard Metzenbaum	Democratic	December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1995	Appointed to finish Taft's term, having been elected to the next term.		94th Congress
				Elected in 1976.	30	95th Congress
						96th Congress
						97th Congress	31	Re-elected in 1980.
				Re-elected in 1982.	31	98th Congress
						99th Congress
						100th Congress	32	Re-elected in 1986.
				Re-elected in 1988. Retired.	32	101st Congress
						102nd Congress
						103rd Congress	33	Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
25	100px Mike DeWine	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007	Elected in 1994.	33	104th Congress
						105th Congress
						106th Congress	34	Elected in 1998.	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2011	Republican	George Voinovich	35
				Re-elected in 2000. Lost re-election.	34	107th Congress
						108th Congress
						109th Congress	35	Re-elected in 2004. Retired.
26	Sherrod Brown	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	Elected in 2006.	35	110th Congress
						111th Congress
						112th Congress	36	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	Rob Portman	36
				Re-elected in 2012.	36	113th Congress
						114th Congress
						115th Congress	37	To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					37	116th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					37	117th Congress
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former Senators

As of April 2015^[update], there are three former Senators who are living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
John Glenn	1974–1999	3	(1921-07-18) July 18, 1921 (age 102)
Mike DeWine	1995–2007	1	(1947-01-05) January 5, 1947 (age 77)
George Voinovich	1999–2011	3	(1936-07-15) July 15, 1936 (age 87)

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