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The U.S. state of Ohio has a Supreme Court of seven members, who are elected for six-year terms.
Six-year term beginning Jan. 1: 1945, 1951, 1957, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, etc.
Elections scheduled: 1944, 1950, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, etc. (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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2016[1] | Maureen O'Connor : 3,562,413 | ||
2010[2] | Eric Brown : 1,070,690 | Maureen O'Connor : 2,232,724 | |
2004 | C. Ellen Connally:2,017,602 | Thomas J. Moyer: 2,309,107 | |
1998 | Gary Tyack | Thomas J. Moyer | |
1992 | Robert H. Gorman | Thomas J. Moyer | |
1986 | Frank D. Celebrezze | Thomas J. Moyer | |
1980 | Frank D. Celebrezze | Sara J. Harper | |
1978 s | Frank D. Celebrezze | Thomas M. Herbert | |
1974 | Joseph E. O'Neill | C. William O'Neill | |
1970 s | William C. Bryant | C. William O'Neill | |
1968 | John C. Duffy | Kingsley A. Taft | |
1962 | Carl V. Weygandt | Kingsley A. Taft | |
1956 | Carl V. Weygandt | Willard D. Campbell | |
1950 | Carl V. Weygandt | Francis B. Douglass | |
1944 | Carl V. Weygandt | Walter B. Wanamaker | |
1932 | Carl V. Weygandt | Carrington T. Marshall | |
1920 | Hugh L. Nichols | Carrington T. Marshall |
Six-year term beginning Jan. 1: 1945, 1951, 1957, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, etc.
Elections scheduled: 1944, 1950, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, etc. (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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2016[1] | John P. O'Donnell : 2,022,514 | Pat Fischer : 2,044,984 | |
2010[2] | Mary Jane Trapp : 1,315,105 | Judith Ann Lanzinger : 1,717,889 | |
2004 | Nancy A. Fuerst: 1,838,137 | Judith Ann Lanzinger: 2,443,514 | |
1998 | Francis E. Sweeney Sr.: 1,677,791 | Stephen W. Powell: 1,049,561 | |
1992 | Francis E. Sweeney Sr.: 2,008,854 | Mark P. Painter: 1,838,307 | |
1986 | Francis E. Sweeney Sr.: 1,293,364 | Robert E. Holmes: 1,326,736 | |
1980 | Lawrence Grey: 870,736 | Robert E. Holmes: 2,115,743 | |
1974 | Frank D. Celebrezze | Sheldon A. Taft | |
1972 s | Frank D. Celebrezze | Robert E. Leach | |
1970 s | Robert M. Duncan | ||
1968 | John M. Matthias | ||
1962 | James J. Mayer | John M. Matthias | |
1956 | Merrill D. Brother | John M. Matthias | |
1954 s | John H. Lamneck | John M. Matthias | |
1950 | Charles H. Hubbell | Edward S. Matthias | |
1944 | Charles H. Hubbell | Edward S. Matthias |
Six-year term beginning Jan. 2: 1945, 1951, 1957, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, etc.
Elections scheduled: 1944, 1950, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, etc. (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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2016[1] | Cynthia Rice : 1,892,450 | Pat DeWine : 2,438,641 | |
2010[2] | Paul Pfeifer : 2,384,122 | ||
2004 | Paul E. Pfeifer: 3,384,192 | ||
1998 | Ronald Suster: 781,103 | Paul E. Pfeifer: 1,947,916 | |
1992 | John T. Patton: 1,785,215 | Paul E. Pfeifer: 2,015,685 | |
1986 | Herbert R. Brown: 1,328,913 | Joyce J. George: 1,306,049 | |
1980 | Clifford F. Brown: 1,563,665 | David D. Dowd, Jr.: 1,528,071 | |
1974 | Clifford F. Brown | Thomas M. Herbert | |
1968 | Merrill D. Brother | Thomas M. Herbert | |
1962 | Richard T. Cole | Paul M. Herbert | |
1956 | Evan P. Ford | Thomas J. Herbert | |
1950 | William L. Hart | James Metzenbaum | |
1944 | Herbert S. Duffy | William L. Hart |
Six-year term beginning Jan. 1: 1941, 1947, 1953, 1959, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2001, etc.
Elections scheduled: 1940, 1946, 1952, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, etc. (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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2018 | Michael P. Donnelly: 2,116,136 | Craig Baldwin: 1,352,859 | |
2012[3] | Michael J. Skindell : 1,252,688 | Terrence O'Donnell : 2,804,629 | |
2006 | William M. O'Neill: 1,341,258 | Terrence O'Donnell: 1,903,702 | |
2004 s | William M. O'Neill: 1,635,718 | Terrence O'Donnell: 2,496,863 | |
2000 | Timothy Black: 1,869,060 | Deborah L. Cook: 2,014,274 | |
1994 | J. Ross Haffey: 864,786 | Deborah L. Cook: 1,842,063 | |
1988 | A. William Sweeney: 2,059,402 | Paul R. Matia: 1,492,256 | |
1982 | A. William Sweeney: 1,564,495 | John W. McCormac: 1,148,239 | |
1976 | A. William Sweeney | Don P. Brown | |
1970 | Allen Brown | J. J. P. Corrigan | |
1964 | Charles B. Zimmerman | Francis B. Douglass | |
1958 | Charles B. Zimmerman | Willard D. Campbell | |
1952 | Charles B. Zimmerman | Francis B. Douglass | |
1946 | Charles B. Zimmerman | Clinton DeWitt Boyd | |
1940 | Charles B. Zimmerman | Clinton DeWitt Boyd |
Six-year term beginning Jan. 2: 1941, 1947, 1953, 1959, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2001, etc.
Elections scheduled: 1940, 1946, 1952, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, etc. (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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2018 | Melody J. Stewart : 1,803,277 | Mary DeGenaro : 1,630,977 | |
2012[3] | William O'Neill : 2,115,841 | Robert Cupp : 1,912,850 | |
2006 | Ben Espy: 1,505,255 | Robert R. Cupp: 1,712,584 | |
2000 | Alice Robie Resnick: 2,312,073 | Terrence O'Donnell: 1,740,516 | |
1994 | Alice Robie Resnick: 1,645,061 | Sara J. Harper: 1,144,143 | |
1988 | Alice Robie Resnick: 1,917,510 | Joyce J. George: 1,688,281 | |
1982 | Ralph S. Locher: 1,437,584 | William J. McCrone: 1,129,675 | |
1976 | Ralph S. Locher | William J. Morrissey | |
1970 | Leonard J. Stern | ||
1964 | Joseph D. Bryan | C. William O'Neill | |
1960 s | John W. Peck | C. William O'Neill | |
1958 | Merrill D. Brother | James Garfield Stewart | |
1952 | Kenneth B. Johnston | James Garfield Stewart | |
1948 s | James Garfield Stewart | ||
1946 | Herbert S. Duffy | Charles S. Bell | |
1942 s | T. J. Duffy | Charles S. Bell | |
1940 | Judge MacBride | Gilbert Bettman | Arthur H. Day |
Six-year term beginning Jan. 1: 1943, 1949, 1955, 1961, 1967, 1973, 1979, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2003, etc.
Elections scheduled: 1942, 1948, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, etc. (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate
Six-year term beginning Jan. 2: 1943, 1949, 1955, 1961, 1967, 1973, 1979, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2003, etc.
Elections scheduled: 1942, 1948, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, etc. (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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2020[4] | Jennifer Brunner: 2,695,072 | Judith L. French: 2,174,820 | |
2014 | John P. O'Donnell: 1,132,759 | Judith L. French: 1,438,283 | |
2008 | Peter Sikora: 1,554,521 | Evelyn Lundberg Stratton: 2,664,137 | |
2002 | Janet Burnside: 1,290,412 | Evelyn Lundberg Stratton: 1,599,165 | |
1996 | Marianna Brown Bettman: 1,427,947 | Evelyn Lundberg Stratton: 2,016,264 | |
1990 | Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 1,255,556 | J. Craig Wright: 1,319,422 | J. Ross Haffey: 283,883 |
1984 | James P. Celebrezze: 1,765,509 | J. Craig Wright: 2,116,080 | |
1982 s | James P. Celebrezze: 1,617,247 | Blanche Krupansky: 1,301,423 | |
1978 | Clifford F. Brown | Paul W. Brown | |
1972 | Lloyd O. Brown | Paul W. Brown | |
1966 | Joseph D. Bryan | Paul W. Brown | |
1964 s | Rankin M. Gibson | Paul W. Brown | |
1960 | Joseph H. Ellison | Kingsley A. Taft | |
1954 | Kingsley A. Taft | ||
1948 | Robert M. Sohngen | Kingsley A. Taft | |
1942 | Willis Woehrle Metcalf | Edward C. Turner |
Under the first constitution, joint sessions of the legislature elected judges to seven-year terms. Elections were generally in January, with judges seated in February. The state had three or four judges through this period.[6]
Under the second constitution, five judges were elected to five-year terms, with one seat elected each autumn. The first election was autumn of 1851, with the top five candidates assigned terms by lot.[7] Chief Justice was not voted separately, but chosen by other means. Change of law added a sixth judge for the 1892 election, with term starting February 1893, and terms were increased to six years.[8] No elections were held in 1906 or 1907, when the state transitioned to electing two judges each in even numbered years and terms of sitting judges were extended to fit the new schedule.[9]
Candidates for first election, October 1851:[10]
Name | Party | Votes | Term Expired[7] |
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William B. Caldwell | Democrat | 161,150 | 1853 |
Rufus P. Ranney | Democrat | 160,984 | 1857 |
Allen G. Thurman | Democrat | 147,724 | 1856 |
Thomas Welles Bartley | Democrat | 145,370 | 1854 |
John A. Corwin | Democrat | 145,099 | 1855 |
Sherlock James Andrews | Whig | 134,824 | |
Charles Cleveland Convers | Whig | 119,475 | |
Peter Odlin | Whig | 119,503 | |
Bellamy Storer | Whig | 135,946 | |
George B. Way | Whig | 119,000 | |
Jacob Brinkerhoff | Free Soil | 16,143 |
Five-year term beginning February: 1857, 1862, 1867, 1872, 1877, 1882, 1887, 1892, 1897
Elections scheduled: 1856, 1861, 1866, 1871, 1876, 1881, 1886, 1891, 1896 (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate[11]
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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1856 | Rufus P. Ranney : 156,438 | Josiah Scott : 175,8181 | Daniel Peck (Amer) : 23,868 |
1861 | Thomas J. S. Smith : 151,987 | Josiah Scott : 207,443 | |
1866 | Thomas M. Key : 213,612 | Josiah Scott : 256,263 | |
1871 | George W. Geddes : 217,374 | William H. West : 237,472 | |
1873 s | Charles H. Scribner : 213,551 | Walter F. Stone : 214,363 | |
1874 s | George Rex : 238,307 | William Wartenbee Johnson : 221,182 | |
1876 | William E. Finck : 309,933 | Washington W. Boynton : 318,772 | |
1881 | Edward F. Bingham : 286,650 | Nicholas Longworth II : 316,005 | |
1886 | Martin Dewey Follett : 326,227 | Marshall Jay Williams : 343,739 | |
1891 | Gustavus H. Wald : 345,374 | Marshall Jay Williams : 373,433 | |
1896[12] | Everett D. Stark : 473,094 | Marshall Jay Williams : 525,084 | |
1902[13] | Michael Donnelly | William B. Crew |
Five-year term beginning February: 1856, 1861, 1866, 1871, 1876, 1881, 1886, 1891, 1896
Elections scheduled: 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895 (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate[14]
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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1855 | William Kennon, Sr. : 134,173 | Jacob Brinkerhoff : 168,436 | |
1860 | Thomas J. S. Smith : 199,850 | Jacob Brinkerhoff : 212,854 | |
1865 | Philadelph Van Trump : 193,284 | Jacob Brinkerhoff : 224,958 | |
1870 | Richard A. Harrison : 204,287 | George W. McIlvaine : 229,629 | Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 2,810 |
1875 | Thomas Q. Ashburn : 292,328 | George W. McIlvaine : 296,944 | |
1880 | Martin Dewey Follett : 340,998 | George W. McIlvaine : 364,045 | |
1885 | Charles D. Martin : 341,712 | Thaddeus A. Minshall : 361,216 | |
1890 | George B. Okey : 353,628 | Thaddeus A. Minshall : 362,896 | |
1895[15] | William T. Mooney : 328,970 | Thaddeus A. Minshall : 427,809 | |
1901[16] | Joseph Hiddy | James Latimer Price |
Five-year term beginning February: 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895
Elections scheduled: 1854, 1859, 1864, 1869, 1874, 1879, 1884, 1889, 1894 (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate[17]
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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1854 | Shepherd F. Norris : 109,075 | Joseph Rockwell Swan : 188,498 | |
1859 | Henry C. Whitman : 170,895 | William Y. Gholson : 182,888 | |
1864 | Philadelph Van Trump | Luther Day | |
1869 | William J. Gilmore : 228,523 | Luther Day : 236,300 | |
1874 | William J. Gilmore : 237,556 | Luther Day : 221,701 | |
1879 | William J. Gilmore : 316,994 | William Wartenbee Johnson : 336,009 | |
1884 | Charles D. Martin : 378,965 | William Wartenbee Johnson : 392,918 | |
1887 s | Virgil P. Kline : 328,137 | Franklin J. Dickman : 357,039 | |
1889 | Martin Dewey Follett : 373,895 | Franklin J. Dickman : 376,649 | |
1894[18] | James D. Ermston : 274,635 | John Allen Shauck : 410,011 | |
1900[19] | Allen Smalley : 474,138 | John Allen Shauck : 543,418 | Lambertis B. Logan : (Union Reform) : 4,561 E. Jay Pinney (Prohibition) : 9,898 Daniel W. Wallace (Soc Lab) : 1,690 Albert Corbin (Soc Dem) : 4,628 |
Five-year term beginning February: 1854, 1859, 1864, 1869, 1874, 1879, 1884, 1889, 1894
Elections scheduled: 1853, 1858, 1863, 1868, 1873, 1878, 1883, 1888, 1893 (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate[20]
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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1853[7] | Thomas Welles Bartley | unknown | |
1858 | Thomas Welles Bartley : 162,610 | William Virgil Peck : 182,942 | |
1863 | Philadelph Van Trump : 190,992 | Hocking H. Hunter : 287,507 | |
1864 s | Philadelph Van Trump | William White | |
1868 | William E. Finck | William White | |
1873 | Henry C. Whitman : 213,705 | William White : 214,333 | |
1878 | Alexander F. Hume : 270,839 | William White : 274,337 | Chilton A. White (NGL) : 38,033 William F. Ross (Pro) : 5,607 |
1883 | Selwyn N. Owen : 360,295 | John H. Doyle : 347,091 | |
1888 | Lyman R. Critchfield : 396,236 | Joseph Perry Bradbury : 415,842 | |
1893[21] | John W. Sater : 346,823 | Joseph Perry Bradbury : 422,256 | |
1899[22] | De Witt C. Badger | William Z. Davis | |
1905[23] | Hugh T. Mathers : 417,420 | William Z. Davis : 462,115 | Elihu J. Zeigler (Socialist) : 18,233 James Sterling (Pro) : 13,785 Max Eisenberg (Soc Lab) : 1,821 |
Five-year term beginning February: 1853, 1858, 1863, 1868, 1873, 1878, 1883, 1888, 1893
Elections scheduled: 1852, 1857, 1862, 1867, 1872, 1877, 1882, 1887, 1892 (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate[24]
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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1852 | William B. Caldwell : 147,976 | Milton Sutliff (Freesoil) : 22,518 |
Daniel A. Haynes (Whig) : 130,507 |
1855 s | Robert B. Warden : 132,039 | Charles Cleveland Convers : 169,555 | |
1856 s | Carrington W. Seal : 156,604 | Ozias Bowen : 175,892 | Samuel Brush (American) : 23,329 |
1857 | Henry C. Whitman : 159,103 | Milton Sutliff : 160,342 | |
1862 | Rufus P. Ranney : 185,078 | Franklin T. Backus : 178,115 | |
1865 s | Thomas M. Key : 193,422 | John Welch : 225,182 | |
1867 | Thomas M. Key : 240,941 | John Welch : 243,480 | |
1872 | John L. Green : 252,036 | John Welch : 263,223 | |
1877 | John W. Okey : 271,393 | William Wartenbee Johnson : 251,758 | |
1882 | John W. Okey : 315,753 | John H. Doyle : 299,389 | |
1885 s | Gibson Atherton : 335,383 | William T. Spear : 363,770 | |
1887 | Lyman R. Critchfield : 327,887 | William T. Spear : 357,137 | |
1892[25] | John B. Driggs : 400,953 | William T. Spear : 402,932 | |
1898[26] | Hugh L. Nichols : 345,883 | William T. Spear : 408,879 | Mahlon Rouch (Prohibition) : 7,597 Daniel L. Wallace (Soc Lab) : 5,787 Arthur A. Brown (Union Reform) : 10,550 |
1904[27] | Phillip J. Renner : 357,331 | William T. Spear : 587,448 | George L. Case (Pro) : 19,239 Harry Lavin (Socialist) : 33,507 Edward Polster (Soc Lab) : 2,502 Osmon S. Ferris (Peoples) : 1,080 |
Five-year term beginning February: 1893, six-year terms beginning 1898, 1904[8]
Elections scheduled: 1892, 1897, 1903 (s = Special election held to fill the seat of a justice who did not complete a term.)
BOLD TYPE indicates winning candidate[28]
Year | Democrat | Republican | Other |
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1892 | Thomas Beer : 401,048 | Jacob F. Burket : 402,847 | |
1897[29] | J. P. Spriggs | Jacob F. Burket | |
1903[30] | Edward J. Dempsey : 358,898 | Augustus N. Summers : 471,742 | Jeremiah C. Cavanaugh (Socialist) : 14,041 E. Jay Pinney (Pro) : 13,493 Francis Henry (Soc Lab) : 2,152 |