Ohio State Treasurer


The treasurer of the U.S. State of Ohio is responsible for collecting and safeguarding taxes and fees, and managing state investments. The Treasury was located in the Ohio Statehouse from 1861 to 1974, when it was moved to the Rhodes State Office Tower. The original office in the statehouse has been restored to its nineteenth-century appearance, and is used for ceremonial events.
Before Ohio became a state, John Armstrong was Treasurer-General of the Northwest Territory from 1796 to 1803. He was appointed to the post by the United States Congress. Under the first constitution of Ohio, 1803 to 1851, the state legislature appointed a treasurer. Since the second constitution in 1852, the office has been elective.
The current officeholder is Republican Robert Sprague.

List of Ohio State Treasurers

#NameTerm of OfficeParty
1William McFarland1803–1816
2Hiram M. Curry1816–1820
3Samuel Sullivan1820–1823
4Henry Brown1823–1835
5Joseph Whitehill1835–1847
6Albert A. Bliss1847–1852Whig
7John G. Breslin1852–1856Democratic
8William Harvey Gibson1856–1857Republican
9Alfred P. Stone1857–1862Republican
10G. V. Dorsey1862–1865Republican
11William Hooper1865–1866
12S. S. Warner1866–1871Republican
13Isaac Welsh1872–1875Republican
14Leroy Welsh1875–1876Republican
15John M. Millikin1876–1878Republican
16Anthony Howells1878–1880Democratic
17Joseph Turney1880–1884Republican
18Peter Brady1884–1886Democratic
19John C. Brown1886–1892Republican
20William T. Cope1892–1896Republican
21Samuel B. Campbell1896–1900Republican
22Isaac B. Cameron1900–1904Republican
23William S. McKinnon1904–1908Republican
24Charles C. Green1908–1909Republican
25David S. Creamer1909–1913Democratic
26John P. Brennan1913–1915Democratic
27Rudolph W. Archer1915–1917Republican
28Chester E. Bryan1917–1919Democratic
29Rudolph W. Archer1919–1923Republican
30Harry S. Day1923–1927Republican
31Bert B. Buckley1927–1929Republican
32H. Ross Ake1929–1930Republican
33Edwin A. Todd1930–1931
34Harry S. Day1931–1937Republican
35Clarence H. Knisley1937–1939
36Don H. Ebright1939–1951Republican
37Roger W. Tracy1951–1959Republican
38Joseph T. Ferguson1959–1963Democratic
39John D. Herbert1963–1971Republican
40Gertrude W. Donahey1971–1983Democratic
41Mary Ellen Withrow1983–1994Democratic
42J. Kenneth Blackwell1994–1999Republican
43Joseph T. Deters1999–2005Republican
44Jennette Bradley2005–2007Republican
45Richard Cordray2007–2009Democratic
46Kevin Boyce2009–2011Democratic
47Josh Mandel2011–2019Republican
48Robert Sprague2019-Republican

Elections

Ohio voters elect the treasurer for a four-year term in midterm election years, along with the governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and state auditor.
YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
2018Rob Richardson : 1,960,075Robert Sprague : 2,257,955
2014Connie Pillich: 1,323,325Josh Mandel: 1,724,060
2010Kevin Boyce: 1,525,912Josh Mandel : 2,050,142Matthew Cantrell
: 184,478
2006Richard Cordray: 2,223,282Sandra O'Brien: 1,618,625
2002Mary O. Boyle: 1,459,113Joseph Deters: 1,666,844
1998John A. DonofrioJoseph Deters
1994Barbara SykesJ. Kenneth Blackwell
1990Mary Ellen WithrowJudith Y. Brachman
1986Mary Ellen WithrowJeff Jacobs
1982Mary Ellen WithrowDana G. Rinehart
1978Gertrude W. DonaheyGeorge C. Rogers
1974Gertrude W. DonaheyRichard H. Harris
1970Gertrude W. DonaheyRobin T. Turner
1966Eldon BrownJohn D. Herbert
1962Thomas E. FergusonJohn D. Herbert
1958Joseph T. FergusonRoger W. Tracy
1956John W. DonaheyRober W. Tracy
1954Joseph T. FergusonRoger W. Tracy
1952John J. GallagherRoger W. Tracy
1950Frank M. QuinnRoger W. Tracy
1948Harry V. ArmstrongDon H. Ebright
1946James T. WelshDon H. Ebright
1944Harry V. ArmstrongDon H. Ebright
1942Robert S. CoxDon H. Ebright
1940Clarence H. KnisleyDon H. Ebright
1922William S. Hiler : 666,786Harry S. Day : 844,398
1920Charles B. Orwig : 770,387Rudolph W. Archer : 1,109,191Max Goodman : 43,538
Adam Lehr : 1,537
1916Chester E. Bryan : 565,902Rudolph W. Archer : 542,198Frank M. Hinkle : 38,299
John N. Ferguson : 6,708
1912John P. BrennanRudolph W. ArcherWilliam Kirtley, Jr.
1910David S. CreamerRudolph W. Archer
1908David S. Creamer : 537,461Charles C. Green : 536,030Thomas C. Devine : 31,865
James H. Ford : 10,897
John P. Thornbury : 587
Danford Hare : 167
Henry Piper : 839
1905Charles E. Mason : 418,515William S. McKinnon : 462,447Joseph H. Sims : 18,277
Hiram L. Baker : 13,837
Peter Faber : 1,831
1903Volley J. Dahl : 356,617William S. McKinnon : 474,033Ithamar B. Hinman : 14,165
Will Kingham : 14,448
John H T Juergens : 2,185
1901R. Page AleshireIsaac B. Cameron'
1899James L. GormanIsaac B. Cameron
1897James F. Wilson : 401,024Samuel B. Campbell : 427,521Samuel Wells : 7,541
F M Morris : 5,849
Samuel Stevens : 1,535
Edward L. Larsen : 4,186
B W Maxwell : 437
T A Rodefer : 3,112
1895William B. Shober 329,209Samuel B. Campbell 427,706
1893Brisbin C. Blackburn 346,849William T. Cope 422,483
1891Charles F. Ackerman 345,847William T. Cope 373,395
1889William E. Boden 373,476John C. Brown 377,102
1887George W. Harper 327,435John C. Brown 357,597
1885Peter Brady 340,969John C. Brown 361,463
1883Peter Brady 359,847John C. Brown 348,399
1881Alonzo P. Winslow 286,591Joseph Turney 316,232
1879Anthony Howells 317,193Joseph Turney 335,670
1877Anthony Howells 270,461John M. Millikin 250,746
1875John Schreiner 292,714John M. Millikin 296,617
1873George Weimer 231,349Isaac Welsh 213,527
1871Gustav Bruehl 218,390Isaac Welsh 237,398
1869Stephen Buhrer 227,948Sidney S. Warner 236,345
1867Charles Fulton 240,802Sidney S. Warner 243,318
1865George Spence 192,972Sidney S. Warner 225,673
1863Horace L. Knapp 188,320Godwin V. Dorsey 284,976
1861George W. Holmes 151,548Godwin V. Dorsey 207,439
1859William Bushnell 170,503Alfred P. Stone 184,568
1857James R. Morris 158,756Alfred P. Stone 160,585
1855John G. Breslin 132,925William Harvey Gibson 169,350
1853John G. Breslin : 151,226J. Wesley Chafin
: 33,934		Henry Brachman
: 95,862
1851John G. Breslin : 145,331Tobias A. Plants
: 13,127		Albert A. Bliss
: 124,554

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