Lieutenant Governor
John W. Brown is Ohio's longest serving Lieutenant Governor, having served under three different governors from 1953–1957 and 1963–1975. In 1952, he unseated the incumbent lieutenant governor, Democrat George D. Nye and took office as lieutenant governor in 1953. (At the time, the office of lieutenant governor was elected separately from the office of Governor of Ohio). Brown defeated Nye again in 1954 to win a second two-year term.
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