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List of United States Senators from Ohio
From Ballotpedia
Ohio was admitted as the 17th state to the United States of America on March 1, 1803. As of 2013, a total of 57 individuals have represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate.
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Ohio are:
Historical senators
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Ohio.
| Historical Representation to the US Senate by Party from Ohio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 20 | |||
| Republican | 32 | |||
| Whig | 2 | |||
| Adams | 1 | |||
| Anti-Jacksonian | 1 | |||
| Free Soil | 1 | |||
| Total Senators | 57 | |||
| Class 1 Senators from Ohio | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senators | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John Smith | 1803-1808 | Republican | ||||||
| Return J. Meigs, Jr. | 1808-1810 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas Worthington | 1810-1814 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph Kerr | 1814-1815 | Republican | ||||||
| Benjamin Ruggles | 1815-1833 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas Morris | 1833-1839 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin Tappan | 1839-1845 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas Corwin | 1845-1850 | Whig | ||||||
| Thomas Ewing | 1850-1851 | Whig | ||||||
| Benjamin F. Wade | 1851-1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Allen G. Thurman | 1869-1881 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Sherman | 1881-1897 | Republican | ||||||
| Marcus A. Hanna | 1897-1904 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles W. F. Dick | 1904-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| Atlee Pomerene | 1911-1923 | Democratic | ||||||
| Simeon D. Fess | 1923-1935 | Republican | ||||||
| A. Victor Donahey | 1935-1941 | Democratic | ||||||
| Harold H. Burton | 1941-1945 | Republican | ||||||
| James W. Huffman | 1945-1946 | Democratic | ||||||
| Kingsley A. Taft | 1946-1947 | Republican | ||||||
| John W. Bricker | 1947-1959 | Republican | ||||||
| Stephen M. Young | 1959-1971 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert Taft, Jr. | 1971-1976 | Republican | ||||||
| Howard M. Metzenbaum | 1976-1995 | Democratic | ||||||
| Mike DeWine | 1995-2007 | Republican | ||||||
| Sherrod Brown | 2007-Present | Democratic | ||||||
