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U.S. Senate seat, Ohio (class 1)

37 members have held this seat since Oct 17, 1803. Now: Bernie Moreno R.

Holders
37
21 R · 11 D · 2 A · 2 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
18 years
Howard Morton Metzenbaum
Current
21 months
Bernie Moreno, since Jan 3, 2025
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Smith · 1803-10-17 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Worthington · 1810-01-01 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Ruggles · 1815-12-04 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Ruggles · 1821-12-03 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsBenjamin Ruggles · 1827-12-03 – 1833-03-04 · AdamsThomas Morris · 1833-12-02 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Tappan · 1839-12-02 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratThomas Corwin · 1845-12-01 – 1851-03-04 · WhigBenjamin Franklin Wade · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratBenjamin Franklin Wade · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Wade · 1863-12-07 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanAllen Granberry Thurman · 1869-03-04 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratAllen Granberry Thurman · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJohn Sherman · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Sherman · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Sherman · 1893-08-07 – 1898-01-01 · RepublicanMarcus Alonzo Hanna · 1899-12-04 – 1904-02-16 · RepublicanCharles William Frederick Dick · 1904-03-24 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanAtlee Pomerene · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratAtlee Pomerene · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratSimeon Davison Fess · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanSimeon Davison Fess · 1929-04-15 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanHarold Hitz Burton · 1941-01-03 – 1945-10-01 · RepublicanJames Wylie Huffman · 1945-10-08 – 1946-11-06 · DemocratKingsley Arter Taft · 1946-11-06 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanStephen Marvin Young · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRobert Taft Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1976-12-29 · RepublicanHoward Morton Metzenbaum · 1976-12-29 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratMichael DeWine · 1995-01-04 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanSherrod Brown · 2007-01-04 – 2025-01-04 · DemocratReturn Jonathan Meigs Jr. · 1808-12-12 – 1810-12-09 · RepublicanJoseph Kerr · 1814-01-01 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Ewing · 1850-01-01 – 1851-03-04 · WhigMarcus Alonzo Hanna · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanAlvin Victor Donahey · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratJohn William Bricker · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanBernie Moreno · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
Bernie Moreno R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Sherrod Brown D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2025 · 18 years
Michael DeWine R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 2007 · 12 years
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D
Dec 29, 1976 – Jan 4, 1995 · 18 years
Robert Taft Jr. R
Jan 21, 1971 – Dec 29, 1976 · 5.9 years
Stephen Marvin Young D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
John William Bricker R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Kingsley Arter Taft R
Nov 6, 1946 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 months
James Wylie Huffman D
Oct 8, 1945 – Nov 6, 1946 · 13 months
Harold Hitz Burton R
Jan 3, 1941 – Oct 1, 1945 · 4.7 years
Alvin Victor Donahey D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
Simeon Davison Fess R
Apr 15, 1929 – Jan 4, 1935 · 5.7 years
Simeon Davison Fess R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
Atlee Pomerene D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Atlee Pomerene D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Charles William Frederick Dick R
Mar 24, 1904 – Mar 4, 1911 · 6.9 years
Marcus Alonzo Hanna R
Dec 4, 1899 – Feb 16, 1904 · 4.2 years
Marcus Alonzo Hanna R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Sherman R
Aug 7, 1893 – Jan 1, 1898 · 4.4 years
John Sherman R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
John Sherman R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Allen Granberry Thurman D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
Allen Granberry Thurman D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1875 · 6 years
Benjamin Franklin Wade R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1869 · 5.2 years
Benjamin Franklin Wade R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
Benjamin Franklin Wade IRD
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
Thomas Ewing W
Jan 1, 1850 – Mar 4, 1851 · 14 months
Thomas Corwin W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1851 · 5.3 years
Benjamin Tappan D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1845 · 5.3 years
Thomas Morris D
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1839 · 5.3 years
Benjamin Ruggles A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1833 · 5.3 years
Benjamin Ruggles A
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1827 · 5.2 years
Benjamin Ruggles R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1821 · 5.2 years
Joseph Kerr R
Jan 1, 1814 – Mar 4, 1815 · 14 months
Thomas Worthington R
Jan 1, 1810 – Mar 4, 1815 · 5.2 years
Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. R
Dec 12, 1808 – Dec 9, 1810 · 2 years
John Smith R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1809 · 5.4 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.