Ohio

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Ohio
Capital Columbus
Nickname The Buckeye State
Official Language English
Governor Mike DeWine, R
Senator Sherrod Brown, D
(202) 224-2315
Contact
Senator JD Vance, R
(202) 224-3353
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Population 11,700,000 (2020)
Ratification of Constitution/or statehood March 1, 1803 (17th)
Flag of Ohio Motto: With God all things are possible

Ohio is a "Rust Belt" state located in the Midwestern region of the United States, which on March 1, 1803, became the seventeenth state. The capital of Ohio is Columbus. Other large cities in Ohio include Cincinnati and Cleveland, where the 2016 Republican National Convention was held. Ohio borders the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia. The current governor of Ohio is Mike DeWine, a Republican.

Ohio voters include a substantial percentage of pro-life, working class Democrats who shifted enough to the Republican column to enable Donald Trump to garner 52% in 2016 and a higher 53% in 2020, despite Obama winning the state easily in 2008 and 2012. Rampant early voting of roughly a month in duration plagues its elections, which Dems exploit with ballot harvesting.

Neighboring West Virginia has swung strongly to the Republican side as Dems push radical environmentalism to wreck the coal industry, and Trump carried West Virginia by nearly 40 points in 2020. Ohio depends more on the car industry, but it too is being destroyed by the Dem push for electric cars that are difficult to make and sell.

The state Constitution of Ohio, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe. It says:

We, the people of the State of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and promote our common welfare, do establish this Constitution.

History[edit]

Portrait of abolitionist U.S. senator Benjamin F. Wade, a prominent Radical Republican.

Chillicothe was the capital from the formation of the Ohio Territory from the Northwest Territory in 1800, until 1809, when it was moved to Zanesville for three years. Chillicothe was again the capital from 1812 until 1816, when Columbus became the capital because it was the geographical center of the state. Cincinnati was the largest and most important city until surpassed by Cleveland in the early 20th century.

Since 1940, fiscal conservatism has been a hallmark of Ohio leaders, including such Republicans governors as John Bricker, Thomas Herbert, and C. William O’Neill, as well as some Democrats, notably Martin Davey and Frank Lausche. Especially in the small towns and cities voters expressed low-tax, low-spending and pro-business sentiments.

Michael V. DiSalle, a Democrat elected in 1958, tried to convert Ohio to high spending, but angered the taxpayers after one term.[1] He was defeated by Republican James A. Rhodes (1909-2001), who branded DiSalle "Tax Hike Mike" and went on to become Ohio's longest serving governor (1962–70 and 1974–82). Rhodes eliminated or cut back the wasteful programs and concentrated instead on building of airports, state office buildings, prisons, and other public structures. Rhodes lowered taxes on small business owners, thereby building up the economy, while increasing funding to schools and universities.

Democrat Richard F. Celeste was defeated by Rhodes in 1978, but won the governorship in 1982 and defeated Rhodes's comeback effort in 1986. Celeste sought to increase state funding to education, health services, and welfare program; with the legislature in liberal hands he increased the state income tax by 90%. A referendum to overturn the tax increase failed, but in 1984, voters returned the Ohio Senate to Republican control.

Boundary[edit]

Congress defined Ohio's borders in the Enabling Act of 1802 as follows:

Bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line, on the south by the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Great Miami River, on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid.

This was based on the mistaken impression that the southern tip of Lake Michigan was further north than Toledo, Ohio. Fur trappers reported that this was incorrect at the time that the Ohio Constitution was drafting its border provisions. As a result, the Toledo Strip was created as a zone that was claimed by both Ohio and Michigan, resulting in the Toledo War. Ultimately, Michigan gave up the Toledo Strip in exchange for gaining the western portion of its Upper Peninsula when it was admitted to the union.

In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Ohio's southern boundary is the northern low-water mark of the Ohio River as it existed in 1792.[2]

Elected Officials[edit]

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Presidents From Ohio[edit]

Ohio was known as the "mother of presidents"; the last one was Harding, who won in 1920 by defeating another Ohioan, Governor James Cox.

Taft's son Robert A. Taft, a leading conservative, sought the GOP nomination in 1940, 1948 and 1952, losing each time to liberal Republicans from New York City.

Ohio is a swing state in presidential elections. No Republican has won the presidency without Ohio's electoral votes.

Chant[edit]

Ohioans usually engage in a call and reply type chant when celebrating their state. The leader yells "O,H" and the crowd replies with "I,O". Both presidential candidates have used this at rallies across the state in 2012.

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History 1920 to present[edit]

Localities and regions[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ Richard G. Zimmerman, Call Me Mike: A Political Biography of Michael V. DiSalle (2003)
  2. ↑ Ohio v. Kentucky, 444 U.S. 335. Find law. January 21, 1980. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=444&invol=335. Retrieved 2016-08-15. 
  3. ↑ Directory of Representatives. Retrieved on February 15, 2015.


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