Ohio Secretary of State elections

The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect a secretary of state for a four-year term.

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
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)
2010Maryellen O'Shaughnessy : 1,555,705Jon A. Husted : 2,013,674Charlie Earl (Libertarian) : 182,977
2006Jennifer L. Brunner : 2,104,114Greg Hartmann : 1,546,454Tim Kettler (G) : 78,080
John A. Eastman (I) : 94,706
2002Bryan Flannery : 1,256,428J. Kenneth Blackwell : 1,827,995 
1998Charleta B. Tavares: 1,404,081J. Kenneth Blackwell: 1,789,105 
1994Dan Brady: 1,150,460Robert A. Taft II: 2,116,258 
1990Sherrod Brown: 1,604,058Robert A. Taft II: 1,809,416 
1986Sherrod Brown: 1,805,833Vincent C. Campanella: 1,217,803 
1982Sherrod Brown: 1,739,602Virgil E. Brown: 1,362,079 
1978Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.: 1,365,219Ted W. Brown: 1,356,959 
1974Tony P. Hall: 1,343,603Ted W. Brown: 1,462,776 
1970John F. Kennedy: 1,362,041Ted W. Brown: 1,606,920 
1966James D. Nolan: 1,037,710Ted W. Brown: 1,674,600 
1962Charles L. BabcockTed W. Brown 
1958Asher W. Sweeney: 1,464,726Ted W. Brown: 1,580,628 
1956Hubert Lynch: 1,336,885Ted W. Brown: 1,985,368 
1954Robert W. Reider: 1,069,526Ted W. Brown: 1,339,076 
1952Charles F. Sweeney: 1,522,908Ted W. Brown: 1,792,819 
1950Charles F. Sweeney: 1,339,492Ted W. Brown: 1,347,251 
1948Charles F. Sweeney: 1,501,305Edward J. Hummel: 1,310,704 
1946Charles F. SweeneyEdward J. Hummel 
1944A Lee Fair: 1,423,264Edward J. Hummel: 1,480,399 
1942John E. Sweeney: 738,175Edward J. Hummel: 926,523 
1940 (full)John E. Sweeney: 1,562,021Edward J. Hummel: 1,453,513 
1940 (unex)  George M. Neffiner: 293,766
1922William D. Fulton : 685,818Thad H. Brown : 820,974 
1920William D. Fulton : 749,566Harvey C. Smith : 1,134,657George Markert (soc) : 43,467
Jasper Shuman (ST) : 1,525
1918William D. Fulton : 432,422Harvey C. Smith : 471,228 
1916William D. Fulton : 564,509Charles Q. Hildebrant : 543,873M. J. Beery : 38,136
Seymour E. Fox : 6,837
1914J. H. Secrest : 451,131Charles Q. Hildebrant : 488,010Frank W. Woods (Progressive) : 53,808
Nathan Wycoff (Socialist) : 53,575
1912Charles H. Graves :432,082Thomas L. Lewis : 283,767John L. Sullivan (Progressive): 208,458
Edward S. Smith (Socialist) : 88,914
Addison Taylor (Prohibition) : 12,028
William R. Fox (Soc. Labor) : 2,767
1910Charles H. Graves : 423,580Granville W. Mooney : 405,375Edward Hasenauer (Socialist) : 61,656
Alfred H. Stratton (Prohibition) : 7,104
William R. Fox (Soc. Labor) : 2,881
1908J. H. Newman : 518,225Carmi Thompson :556,073Arthur B. Hollenbaugh (Soc) : 31,681
Henry J. Haskel (Pro) : 10,615
Albert Boswell (Ind) : 509
Timothy Crabtree (Peoples) : 150
James Rugg (Soc Lab) : 845
1906Samuel A. Hoskins : 351,676Carmi Thompson : 408,066Olly J. Henslee (Socialist) : 18,432
Alfred F. Hughes (Pro) : 11,970
Max Eisenberg (Soc Lab) : 2,211
1904Alfred P. Sandles : 357,179Lewis C. Laylin : 587,568Harold 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
1902Herbert S. Bigelow : 345,706Lewis C. Laylin : 436,171Andrew L. White (Pro) : 12,336
Max S. Hayes (Socialist): 14,359
Theodore Adams (Soc Lab) : 2,983
1900Henry H. McFadden : 474,078Lewis C. Laylin : 543,389Frank Frankenberg (Union Ref) : 4,647
J. Knox Montgomery (Pro) : 9,983
Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 1,707
Louis F. Hemse (Soc Dem) : 4,650
1898Upton K. Guthrey : 347,074Charles Kinney : 408,213Thomas Brown (Pro) : 7,689
John F. Flynn (Soc Lab) : 5,793
John A. Graft (Union Ref): 10,911
1896Chilton A. White 473,462Charles Kinney 525,000Samuel H Rockhill (Pro) 5,469
Wesley C. Bates (Nat) 3,382
Daniel W. Wallace (Social Labor) 1,234
1894Milton Turner 276,902Samuel M. Taylor 413,988Charles R. Martin (Pop) 49,495
Mark G. McCaslin (Pro) 23,273
1892William A. Taylor 401,451Samuel M. Taylor 402,540 
1890Thaddeus E. Cromley 352,579Daniel J. Ryan 363,548Melanathon C. Lockwood (Pro) 23,837
Ezekial T. Curtis(UL) 1,752
1888Boston G. Young 395,522Daniel J. Ryan 416,510Walter S. Payne (Pro) 24,618
George F Ebner (UL) 3,452
1886John McBride 329,314James S. Robinson 341,095Henry R. Smith (Pro) 28,982
Charles Bonsall (labor) 2,010
1884James W. Newman 380,355James S. Robinson 391,597Evan J. Morris (Pro) 8,607
Peter M. Harrold (Greenback) 3,475
1882James W. Newman 316,874Charles Townsend 279,759Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) 12,202
George L. Hafer (Greenback) 5,345
1880William Lang 343,016Charles Townsend 362,021Charles A. Lloyd (Greenback) 6,786
William A. Doan (Pro) 2,815
1878David R. Paige 270,966Milton Barnes 274,120Andrew Roy (NGL) 38,332
Jeremiah N. Robinson (Pro) 5,682
1876William Bell, Jr. 311,220Milton Barnes 317,856Edward S. Chapman (Pro) 1,863
1874William Bell, Jr. 238,406Allen T. Wikoff 221,204John R. Buchtel (Pro) 7,815
1872Aquila Wiley 251,778Allen T. Wikoff 265,925Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) 2,035
1870William Heisley 205,014Isaac R. Sherwood 221,709Jay Odell (Pro) 2,862
1868Thomas Hubbard 249,681Isaac R. Sherwood 267,065 
1866Benjamin Le Fevre 213,606William H. Smith 256,302 
1864William W. Armstrong 183,842William H. Smith 238,145 
1862William W. Armstrong 184,315Wilson S. Kennon 178,755 
1861William W. Armstrong 151,912Benjamin Rush Cowen 207,352 
1859Jacob Reinhard 170,400Addison P. Russell 184,839 
1857Jacob Reinhard 158,832Addison P. Russell 160,638 
1855William Trevitt 133,641James H. Baker 168,724 
1853William Trevitt : 151,818William Graham
(Freesoil) : 33,518
Nelson H. Van Vorhes
(Whig) : 97,500
1851William Trevitt : 145,636Henry W. King
(Freesoil) : 15,768
Earl Bill
(Whig) : 120,256