Ohio Adjutant General's Department is in the executive branch of government in the State of Ohio concerned with the military forces of the State of Ohio in the United States of America.
| Ohio Adjutant General | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the State of Ohio | |
since 2019 | |
| Ohio National Guard | |
| Reports to | Secretary of Public Safety |
| Nominator | Governor of Ohio with advice and consent from the Ohio Senate |
| Appointer | Governor of the State of Ohio |
| Term length | indefinite |
| Formation | 1803 |
| Deputy | Deputy Adjutant General |
| Website | www.nationalguard.com |
The Adjutant General has responsibility for the Ohio Army National Guard, the Ohio Air National Guard, the Ohio Naval Militia and the Ohio Military Reserve.
List of Adjutants General
edit| Term | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1803 | Cornelius R. Sedan | Republican |
| 1803–1806 | Samuel Finley | Republican |
| 1806–1807 | David Ziegler | Federalist |
| 1807–1809 | Thomas Worthington | Federalist |
| 1809–1810 | Joseph Kerr | Republican |
| 1810–1811 | Isaac Van Horne | Republican |
| 1811–1812 | Thomas Worthington | Federalist |
| 1812–1818 | Isaac Van Horne | Republican |
| 1818–1828 | William Doherty | Republican |
| 1828–1837 | Samuel C. Andrews | Federalist |
| 1837–1839 | William Doherty | Whig |
| 1839–1841 | Joseph Medary, Jr. | Democrat |
| 1841–1845 | Edward H. Cummings | Whig |
| 1845–1851 | Thomas W.H. Mosely | Whig |
| 1851–1857 | J.W. Wilson | Democrat |
| 1857–1861 | Henry B. Carrington | Republican |
| 1861–1862 | Catharinus P. Buckingham | Republican |
| 1862–1864 | Charles W. Hill | Republican |
| 1864–1868 | Benjamin R. Cowen | Republican |
| 1868–1869 | E.P. Schneider | Republican |
| 1869–1874 | William Knapp | Republican |
| 1874–1876 | John T. Amos | Democrat |
| 1876–1877 | Allen T. Wikoff | Republican |
| 1877–1878 | Charles W. Carr | Republican |
| 1878–1880 | Luther W. Meiley | Democrat |
| 1880–1881 | William H. Gibson | Republican |
| 1881–1884 | Samuel B. Smith | Republican |
| 1884–1886 | Ebenezer B. Finley | Democrat |
| 1886–1890 | Henry A. Axline | Republican |
| 1890–1891 | Morton L. Hawkins | Democrat |
| 1891–1892 | Thomas T. Dill | Democrat |
| 1892–1893 | Edgar J. Pocock | Republican |
| 1893–1896 | James C. Howe | Republican |
| 1896–1898 | Henry A. Axline | Republican |
| 1898 | Herbert B. Kingsley | Republican |
| 1899–1900 | Henry A. Axline | Republican |
| 1900–1904 | George R. Gyger | Republican |
| 1904–1905 | Ammon B. Critchfield | Republican |
| 1906 | Oliver H. Hughes | Democrat |
| 1906–1908 | Ammon B. Critchfield | Republican |
| ... | ||
| 1941–1942 | Whittier S. Bird | |
| 1942–1949 | Donald F. Pancoast | |
| 1949–1959 | Leo M. Kreber | |
| ... | ||
| 1988–1999 | Richard Alexander | [1] |
| 1999–2004 | John H. Smith | – |
| 2004–2011 | Gregory L. Wayt | – |
| 2011–2014 | Deborah A. Ashenhurst | – |
| 2015–2019 | Mark E. Bartman | – |
| 2019–Present | John C. Harris, Jr. | – |
Notes
edit- Sandles, A P; Doty, E W, eds. (1898). The biographical annals of Ohio 1906-1907-1908 : A handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio. State of Ohio. p. 590.
(this document disagrees with the above chart, period 1810 - 1819. It does not show Worthington's second stint.) - Reid, Whitelaw (1895). Ohio in the War Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers. Vol. 1. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company. p. 600.
(This source say that before the civil war "Ormsby M. Mitchel was for two years Adjutant-General of the State of Ohio")