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The state of Ohio elects one Class I and one Class III senator. Its current senators are George Voinovich and Sherrod Brown.

[edit] Class I

Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Notes
John Smith	Democratic- Republican	April 1, 1803	April 25, 1808	Resigned
Return J. Meigs, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	December 12, 1808	December 8, 1810	Resigned	Governor of Ohio (1810–1814) U.S. Postmaster General (1814–1823) Chief Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court (1803–1804)
Thomas Worthington	Democratic- Republican	December 15, 1810	December 1, 1814	Resigned	Governor of Ohio (1814–1818) Also served in Ohio's Class III seat
Joseph Kerr	Democratic- Republican	December 10, 1814	March 4, 1815	Retired
Benjamin Ruggles	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1815	March 4, 1833	Retired
Benjamin Ruggles	National Republican	March 4, 1815	March 4, 1833	Retired
Thomas Morris	Democratic	March 4, 1833	December 7, 1839	Retired
Benjamin Tappan	Democratic	March 4, 1839	March 4, 1845
Thomas Corwin	Whig	March 4, 1845	July 20, 1850	Resigned	Governor of Ohio (1840–1842) Secretary of the Treasury (1850–1853) Minister to Mexico (1861–1864)
Thomas Ewing	Whig	July 20, 1850	March 4, 1851	Lost special election	Secretary of the Treasury (1841) Secretary of the Interior (1849–1850) Also served in Ohio's Class III seat
Benjamin F. Wade	Whig	March 15, 1851	March 4, 1869	Lost renomination	Senate President pro tem. (1867–1869)
Benjamin F. Wade	Republican	March 15, 1851	March 4, 1869	Lost renomination	Senate President pro tem. (1867–1869)
Allen G. Thurman	Democratic	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1881	Lost re-election	Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1854–1856) Senate President pro tem. (1879–1880) Member of the 1876 Electoral Commission (1877)
John Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1881	March 21, 1897	Resigned	Secretary of the Treasury (1877–1881) Secretary of State (1897–1898) Senate President pro tem. (1885–1887) Also served in Ohio's Class III seat
Marcus A. Hanna	Republican	March 5, 1897	February 15, 1904	Died
Charles W. F. Dick	Republican	March 23, 1904	March 4, 1911	Lost re-election
Atlee Pomerene	Democratic	March 4, 1911	March 4, 1923	Lost re-election	Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1911)
Simeon D. Fess	Republican	March 4, 1923	January 3, 1935	Lost re-election	Senate Majority Whip (1929–1933)
A. Victor Donahey	Democratic	January 3, 1935	January 3, 1941	Retired	Governor of Ohio (1923–1929)
Harold H. Burton	Republican	January 3, 1941	September 30, 1945	Resigned	Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
James W. Huffman	Democratic	October 8, 1945	November 5, 1946	Retired^[1]
Kingsley A. Taft	Republican	November 5, 1946	January 3, 1947	Retired	Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1962–1970)
John W. Bricker	Republican	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1959	Lost re-election	Governor of Ohio (1939–1945) Ohio Attorney General (1933–1937)
Stephen M. Young	Democratic	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1971	Retired
Robert Taft, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1971	December 28, 1976	Resigned after losing election
Howard Metzenbaum	Democratic	December 26, 1976	January 3, 1995	Retired	Also served in Ohio's Class III seat
Mike DeWine	Republican	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2007	Lost re-election	Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1991–1994)
Sherrod Brown	Democratic	January 3, 2007	Incumbent		U.S. Representative (1993-2007) Ohio Secretary of State (1983-1991)

[edit] Class III

Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Notes
Thomas Worthington	Democratic- Republican	April 1, 1803	March 4, 1807	Resigned	Governor of Ohio (1814–1818) Also served in Ohio's Class I seat
Edward Tiffin	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807	March 3, 1809	Resigned	Governor of Ohio (1803–1805) Speaker of the Ohio House of Reprentatives (1809–1811)
Stanley Griswold	Democratic- Republican	May 18, 1809	December 11, 1809	Appointed, successor elected
Alexander Campbell	Democratic- Republican	December 11, 1809	March 4, 1813		Speaker of the Ohio House of Reprentatives (1808–1808)
Jeremiah Morrow	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813	March 4, 1819	Retired	Governor of Ohio (1822–1826)
William A. Trimble	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819	December 13, 1821	Died
Ethan Allen Brown	Democratic- Republican	January 3, 1822	March 4, 1825	Resigned	Governor of Ohio (1818–1822)
Ethan Allen Brown	National Republican	January 3, 1822	March 4, 1825	Resigned	Governor of Ohio (1818–1822)
William Henry Harrison	National Republican	March 4, 1825	May 20, 1828	Resigned	President of the United States (1841) Governor of the Indiana Territory (1800–1812) Minister to Colombia (1828–1829)
Jacob Burnet	National Republican	December 10, 1828	March 4, 1831	Retired
Thomas Ewing	National Republican	March 4, 1831	March 4, 1837	Lost re-election	Secretary of the Treasury (1841) Secretary of the Interior (1849–1850) Also served in Ohio's Class I seat
William Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1849	Lost re-election	Governor of Ohio (1874–1876)
Salmon P. Chase	Free Soil	March 4, 1849	March 4, 1855	Retired	Chief Justice of the United States (1864–1873) United States Secretary of the Treasury (1861–1864) Governor of Ohio (1856–1860)
George E. Pugh	Democratic	March 4, 1855	March 4, 1861	Lost re-election
Salmon P. Chase	Republican	March 4, 1861	March 6, 1861	Resigned	Chief Justice of the United States (1864–1873) United States Secretary of the Treasury (1861–1864) Governor of Ohio (1856–1860)
John Sherman	Republican	March 21, 1861	March 8, 1877	Resigned	Secretary of the Treasury (1877–1881) Secretary of State (1897–1898) Senate President pro tem. (1885–1887) Also served in Ohio's Class I seat
Stanley Matthews	Republican	March 21, 1877	March 4, 1879	Retired	U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1881–1889)
George H. Pendleton	Democratic	March 4, 1879	March 4, 1885	Lost renominiation	Minister to Germany
Henry B. Payne	Democratic	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1891	Retired	Member of the 1876 Electoral Commission (1877)
Calvin S. Brice	Democratic	March 4, 1891	March 4, 1897	Lost re-election^[2]
Joseph B. Foraker	Republican	March 4, 1897	March 4, 1909	Lost re-election	Governor of Ohio (1985–1889)
Theodore E. Burton	Republican	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1915	Retired
Warren G. Harding	Republican	March 4, 1915	January 13, 1921	Resigned	President of the United States (1921–1923) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1904–1905)
Frank B. Willis	Republican	January 14, 1921	March 30, 1928	Died	Governor of Ohio (1915–1917)
Cyrus Locher	Democratic	April 5, 1928	December 15, 1928	Lost nomination
Theodore E. Burton	Republican	November 6, 1928	December 15, 1929	Died
Roscoe C. McCulloch	Republican	November 5, 1929	November 30, 1930	Lost special election
Robert J. Bulkley	Democratic	December 1, 1930	January 3, 1939	Lost re-election
Robert A. Taft	Republican	January 3, 1939	July 31, 1953	Died	Senate Majority Leader (1953)
Thomas A. Burke	Democratic	November 10, 1953	December 2, 1954	Lost special election
George H. Bender	Republican	December 16, 1954	January 3, 1957	Lost re-election
Frank J. Lausche	Democratic	January 3, 1957	January 3, 1969	Lost renomination	Governor of Ohio (1945–1947; 1949–1957)
William B. Saxbe	Republican	January 3, 1969	January 3, 1974	Resigned	Attorney General of the United States (1973–1975) Ohio Attorney General (1957–1959; 1963–1968) Ambassador to India (1975–1976)
Howard Metzenbaum	Democratic	January 4, 1974	December 23, 1974	Resigned	Also served in Ohio's Class I seat
John Glenn	Democratic	December 24, 1974	January 3, 1999	Retired	First American to orbit Earth
George Voinovich	Republican	January 3, 1999	Incumbent		Governor of Ohio (1991–1998) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1979)