Ohio Attorney General Elections

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The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect an attorney general for a four-year term. The winning candidate is shown in bold.

Year Democrat Republican Other
2010 Richard Cordray : 1,772,728 Mike DeWine : 1,821,414 Marc Allan Feldman
(Lib) : 107,521
Robert M. Owens
(Constitution) : 130,065
2008 Richard Cordray Michael Crites Robert M. Owens (I)
2006 Marc Dann Betty D. Montgomery
2002 Leigh Herington James M. Petro
1998 Richard Cordray Betty D. Montgomery
1994 Lee Fisher Betty D. Montgomery
1990 Lee Fisher Paul E. Pfeifer
1986 Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr. Barry Levey
1986 Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr. Charles R. Saxbe
1978 William J. Brown George C. Smith
1974 William J. Brown George C. Smith
1970 William J. Brown John D. Herbert
1966 Robert E. Sweeney William B. Saxbe
1962 Robert E. Sweeney William B. Saxbe
1958 Mark McElroy William B. Saxbe
1956 Stephen M. Young William B. Saxbe
1954 Paul F. Ward C. William O'Neill
1952 Paul F. Ward C. William O'Neill
1950 Herbert S. Duffy C. William O'Neill
1948 Herbert S. Duffy Hugh S. Jenkins
1946 Timothy S. Hogan Hugh S. Jenkins
1944 George A. Hurley Hugh S. Jenkins
1942 Herbert S. Duffy Thomas J. Herbert
1940 George D. Nye Thomas J. Herbert
1926 Charles B. Zimmerman Edward C. Turner
1920 Joseph McGhee : 824,172 John G. Price : 1,058,561 Joseph W. Sharts : 44,180
George Edwards : 1,720
1916 Joseph McGhee : 558,719 Edward C. Turner : 549,169 Jacob L. Bachman : 38,432
George Hawke : 6,839
1912 Timothy S. Hogan Freeman T. Eagleson Robert R. Nevin (Progressive)
1910 Timothy S. Hogan Ulysses G. Denman
1908 Timothy S. Hogan : 521,819 Ulysses G. Denman : 551,084 John C. Madden (Soc) : 31,804
George S. Hawke (Pro) : 10,854
John P. Turner (Ind) : 586
Joseph A. Meyer (Peo) : 178
Max Eisenberg (Soc Lab) : 851
1905 James A. Rice : 418,954 Wade H. Ellis : 461,402 John C. Madden (Soc) : 18,669
Walter S. Lister (Pro) : 13,636
James Matthews (Soc Lab) : 1,836
1903 Frank S. Monnette : 360,916 Wade H. Ellis : 470,589 John C. Madden (Soc) : 19,922
Thomas W. Shreve (Pro) : 13,313
Otto Steinhoff (Soc Lab) : 2,145
1901 W. B. McCarty John M. Sheets
1899 William H. Dore John M. Sheets
1897 William H. Dore : 401,338 Frank S. Monnette : 427,337 Olin J. Ross : 7,585
Cyrus A. Reider : 5,935
Daniel Wilson : 1,512
Charles F. Armistead : 453
John W. Roseborough : 3,112
1895 George A. Fairbanks 329,252 Frank S. Monnette 427,485
1893 John P. Bailey 346,707 John K. Richards 422,449
1891 John P. Bailey 345,245 John K. Richards 373,816
1889 Jesse M. Lewis 373,335 David K. Watson 377,140
1887 William H. Leete 327,551 David K. Watson 357,433
1885 James Lawrence 341,762 Jacob A. Kohler 360,802
1883 James Lawrence 360,184 Moses B. Earnhart 347,589
1881 Frank C. Daugherty 287,470 George K. Nash 315,655
1879 Isaiah Pillars 316,778 George K. Nash 336,100
1877 Isaiah Pillars 269,506 George K. Nash 252,155
1875 Thomas E. Powell 292,487 John Little 296,858
1873 Michael A. Daugherty 213,413 John Little 213,983
1871 Edward S. Wallace 218,077 Francis Bates Pond 237,718
1869 John M. Connell 227,903 Francis Bates Pond 235,285
1867 Frank H. Hurd : 240,847 William H. West : 243,449
1865 David M. Wilson : 193,466 William H. West : 225,278
1864 Lyman R. Critchfield : 183,747 William P. Richardson : 238,104
1862 Lyman R. Critchfield : 183,232 Chauncey N. Olds : 178,855
1860 David W. Stambaugh : 189,999 James Murray : 215,277
1858 Durbin Ward : 162,136 Christopher Wolcott : 182,985
1856 Samuel M. Hart : 154,313 Christopher Wolcott : 176,155 John M. Buselfreed (Amer)
23,095
1855 George W. McCook : 132,216 Francis D. Kimball : 168,868
1853 George W. McCook : 149,957 Cooper K. Watson
(Freesoil) : 35,504		 William Harvey Gibson
(Whig) : 97,394
1851 George E. Pugh : 147,059 William A. Rogers
(Freesoil) : 12,883		 Henry Stanbery
(Whig) : 119,429

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