Ohio Secretary of State elections

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

Seal of the Ohio Secretary of State

Notes

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "1990-1999 Official Election Results - Ohio Secretary of State". Archived from the original on 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Powell 1913 : 453–454
11. Powell 1913 : 423
12. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics. Columbus. page 396 of pdf file
13. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics. Columbus. pages 377–378 of pdf file
14. Smith 1898 : 693
15. Smith 1898 : 655
16. Smith 1898 : 630
17. Smith 1898 : 592
18. Smith 1898 : 566
19. Smith 1898 : 526
20. Smith 1898 : 498
21. Smith 1898 : 460
22. Smith 1898 : 432
23. Smith 1898 : 393
24. Smith 1898 : 364
25. Smith 1898 : 331
26. Smith 1898 : 305
27. Smith 1898 : 277
28. Smith 1898 : 258
29. Smith 1898 : 228
30. Smith 1898 : 195
31. Smith 1898 : 150
32. Smith 1898 : 140
33. Smith 1898 : 95
34. Smith 1898 : 74
35. Smith 1898 : 40
36. Bell 1876 : 120–121
37. Bell 1876 : 114–115

References

• Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
• Bell, William Jr. (1876). Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875... Ohio Secretary of State.
• Powell, Thomas Edward, ed. (1913). The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history. Vol. 1. The Ohio Publishing Company.