The Ohio State Auditor (formally known as the Auditor of State) is responsible for auditing all the public offices of the state of Ohio. The auditor is elected to a four-year term. The current Auditor is Dave Yost.
| Term | Name | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1803–1808 | Thomas Gibson | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1808–1815 | Benjamin Hough | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1815–1833 | Ralph Osborn | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1833–1839 | John A. Bryan | ||
| 1839–1845 | John Brough | Democratic | |
| 1845–1852 | John Woods | Whig | |
| 1852–1856 | William Duane Morgan | Democratic | |
| 1856–1860 | Francis M. Wright | Republican | |
| 1860–1863 | Robert W. Tayler | Republican | Resigned April, 1863. |
| 1863–1864 | Oviatt Cole | Republican | |
| 1864–1872 | James H. Godman | Republican | |
| 1872–1880 | James Williams | Republican | |
| 1880–1884 | John F. Oglevee | Republican | |
| 1884–1888 | Emil Kiesewetter | Democratic | |
| 1888–1896 | Ebenezer W. Poe | Republican | |
| 1896–1909 | Walter D. Guilbert | Republican | |
| 1909–1913 | Edward M. Fullington | Republican | |
| 1913–1921 | A. Victor Donahey | Democratic | |
| 1921–1937 | Joseph T. Tracy | Republican | |
| 1937–1953 | Joseph T. Ferguson | Democratic | |
| 1953–1963 | James A. Rhodes | Republican | resigned |
| 1963–1964 | Roger W. Tracy, Jr. | Republican | died in office |
| 1964–1965 | Chester W. Goble | Republican | appointed |
| 1965–1966 | Roger Cloud | Republican | appointed |
| 1966–1967 | Archer E. Reilly | Republican | |
| 1967–1971 | Roger Cloud (2nd term) | Republican | |
| 1971–1975 | Joseph T. Ferguson | Democratic | |
| 1975–1995 | Thomas E. Ferguson | Democratic | |
| 1995–2003 | James M. Petro | Republican | |
| 2003–2007 | Betty Montgomery | Republican | |
| 2007–2011 | Mary Taylor | Republican | |
| 2011–present | Dave Yost | Republican |
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“This fair homestead has fallen to us, and how little have we done to improve it, how little have we cleared and hedged and ditched! We are too inclined to go hence to a “better land,” without lifting a finger, as our farmers are moving to the Ohio soil; but would it not be more heroic and faithful to till and redeem this New England soil of the world?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)