List of United States Senators From Ohio - Class 1

Class 1

# Senator Years Party Congress Term Electoral history
1 John Smith April 1, 1803 –
April 25, 1808
Democratic-
Republican
8 1 Elected in 1803

Resigned
9
10
Vacant April 25, 1808 –
December 12, 1808
2 Return J. Meigs, Jr. December 12, 1808 –
December 8, 1810
Democratic-
Republican
10
Elected to finish Smith's term
11 2 Re-elected in 1809

Resigned to become Governor of Ohio
Vacant December 8, 1810 –
December 15, 1810
3 Thomas Worthington December 15, 1810 –
December 1, 1814
Democratic-
Republican
11
Elected to finish Meigs's term

Resigned to become Governor of Ohio
12
13
Vacant December 1, 1814 –
December 10, 1814
4 Joseph Kerr December 10, 1814 –
March 4, 1815
Democratic-
Republican
13
Elected to finish Worthington's term

Retired
5 Benjamin Ruggles March 4, 1815 –
March 4, 1833
Democratic-
Republican
14 3 Elected in 1815
15
16
17 4 Re-elected in 1821
Crawford
Republican
18
Anti-
Jacksonian
19
Adams 20 5 Re-elected in 1827

Retired
Anti-
Jacksonian
21
22
6 Thomas Morris March 4, 1833 –
March 4, 1839
Democratic 23 6 Elected in 1833

Retired
24
25


7 Benjamin Tappan March 4, 1839 –
March 4, 1845
Democratic 26 7 Elected in 1838

Retired
27
28
8 Thomas Corwin March 4, 1845 –
July 20, 1850
Whig 29 8 Elected in 1844

Resigned
30
31
9 Thomas Ewing July 20, 1850 –
March 4, 1851
Whig 31
Appointed to finish Corwin's term

Lost re-election
Vacant March 4, 1851 –
March 15, 1851
32 9
10 Benjamin Wade March 15, 1851 –
March 4, 1869
Whig 32
elected March 15, 1851 on 37th ballot
33
Republican 34
35 10 Re-elected in 1856
36
37
38 11 Re-elected in 1863

Lost renomination
39
40
11 Allen G. Thurman March 4, 1869 –
March 4, 1881
Democratic 41 12 Elected in 1869
42
43
44 13 Re-elected in 1875

Lost re-election
45
46
12 John Sherman March 4, 1881 –
March 4, 1897
Republican 47 14 Elected in 1881
48
49
50 15 Re-elected in 1886
51
52
53 16 Re-elected in 1892

Resigned
54
55
13 Marcus A. Hanna March 5, 1897 –
February 15, 1904
Republican 55
Appointed to continue Sherman's term
Elected to finish Sherman's term
56 17 Re-elected in 1898

Died
57
58
Vacant February 15, 1904 –
March 23, 1904
14 Charles W. F. Dick March 23, 1904 –
March 4, 1911
Republican 58
Elected to finish Hanna's term
59 18 Re-elected in 1905

Lost re-election
60
61
15 Atlee Pomerene March 4, 1911 –
March 4, 1923
Democratic 62 19 Elected in 1910
63
64
65 20 Re-elected in 1916

Lost re-election
66
67
16 Simeon D. Fess March 4, 1923 –
January 3, 1935
Republican 68 21 Elected in 1922
69
70
71 22 Re-elected in 1928

Lost re-election
72
73
17 A. Victor Donahey January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1941
Democratic 74 23 Elected in 1934

Retired
75
76
18 Harold H. Burton January 3, 1941 –
September 30, 1945
Republican 77 24 Elected in 1940

Resigned when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
78
79
Vacant September 30, 1945 –
October 8, 1945
19 James W. Huffman October 8, 1945 –
November 5, 1946
Democratic Appointed to continue Burton's term

Retired when successor elected
20 Kingsley A. Taft November 5, 1946 –
January 3, 1947
Republican 79
Elected to finish Burton's term

Retired
21 John W. Bricker January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1959
Republican 80 25 Elected in 1946
81
82
83 26 Re-elected in 1952

Lost re-election
84
85
22 Stephen M. Young January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1971
Democratic 86 27 Elected in 1958
87
88
89 28 Re-elected in 1964

Retired
90
91
23 Robert Taft, Jr. January 3, 1971 –
December 28, 1976
Republican 92 29 Elected in 1970

Lost re-election and resigned early
93
94
24 Howard Metzenbaum December 29, 1976 –
January 3, 1995
Democratic 94
Appointed to finish Taft's term,
having already been elected to the next term
95 30 Elected in 1976
96
97
98 31 Re-elected in 1982
99
100
101 32 Re-elected in 1988

Retired
102
103
25 Mike DeWine January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2007
Republican 104 33 Elected in 1994
105
106
107 34 Re-elected in 2000

Lost re-election
108
109
26 Sherrod Brown January 3, 2007 –
Present
Democratic 110 35 Elected in 2006
111
112

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