Description: Governors portrait of Othniel Looker (1757-1845) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives (1807-1809) and in the Ohio Senate (1810-1812, 1813-1817). He became acting governor when Governor Return J. Meigs, Jr., resigned to become Postmaster General of the United States. Looker served as Ohio's fifth governor from March 25 to December 8, 1814. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03990
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Robert Lucas (1781-1853) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as Ohio's 12th governor from 1832 to 1836. In 1838, President Martin Van Buren named Lucas the governor of the new Iowa Territory. He held this position until 1841. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03993
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Return Jonathan Meigs (1765-1824) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He was elected United States Senator from Ohio in 1808 to fill a vacant seat. In 1810 he was elected the fourth governor of Ohio. Meigs served two consecutive two-year terms as governor and left office in 1814. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04008
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He became Ohio's first governor in 1803. He also served as senator in the United States Senate (1807), member of the House of Representatives (1809), chief commissioner of the United States General Land Office (1812), and Surveyor General of the Northwest (1814). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04046
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of General Jacob D. Cox (1828-1900) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868. Cox campaigned hard, making Reconstruction policies and African-American civil rights key elements of his platform. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_20
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. Hayes served serve three, two-year terms as Governor of Ohio from 1868-1872 and 1875-1876. The Republican Party had nominated him for governor of Ohio in 1867, in part because of his position on Reconstruction. The opposition candidate was Democrat Allen G. Thurman. The key issue of the campaign was whether African Americans should be given the right to vote. Supporting African-American suffrage, Hayes was successful in his campaign for governor. He also won reelection against George H. Pendleton in 1869. During his two terms as governor, Hayes supported Ohio's ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He did not finish his third term because he was elected President in 1876. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_21
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.(1765-1824) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He was elected United States Senator from Ohio in 1808 to fill a vacant seat. In 1810 he was elected the fourth governor of Ohio. Meigs served two, two-year terms as governor and left office in 1814. As governor, Meigs played a major role in the War of 1812. In 1812, he recruited more than one thousand men to attack the British in Canada as well as the villages of Indians loyal to England. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_3
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Othniel Looker (1757-1845) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives (1807-1809) and in the Ohio Senate (1810-1812, 1813-1817). He became acting governor when Governor Return J. Meigs, Jr., resigned to become Postmaster General of the United States. Looker served as Ohio's fifth governor from March 25 to December 8, 1814. Othniel Looker was the only governor of Ohio who actually fought in the American Revolution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_4
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. Hayes served serve three, two year terms as Governor of Ohio from 1868-1872 and 1875-1876. He did not finish his third term because he was elected President in 1876. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04250
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Robert Lucas (1781-1853) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as Ohio's 12th governor from 1832 to 1836. During his term in office, Lucas took part in the controversy surrounding the border with Michigan. The border between the two states was in dispute and Toledo's status lay in the balance. In 1838, President Martin Van Buren named Lucas the governor of the new Iowa Territory. He held this position until 1841. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_10
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Wilson Shannon (1803-1877) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as the 13th and 15th Governor of Ohio, from 1838-1840 and 1842-1844. He was elected Governor of Ohio in 1838 after receiving the Democratic Party nomination. The following election he lost to Thomas Corwin, but was reelected in 1842. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_11
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a portrait of William Bebb, born in Butler County, Ohio. He served as governor of Ohio from 1846 to 1849. The original painting hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04503
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Governors--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)