Capital: Columbus

State Nickname: Buckeye State

State Bird: Cardinal

State Flower: Scarlet Carnation

Admitted to the Union: March 1, 1803

March 3, 1803 to March 4, 1807:

Edward Tiffin*

* Resigned from office

March 4, 1807 to December 12, 1808:

Thomas Kirker

December 12, 1808 to December 8, 1810:

Samuel Huntington

December 8, 1810 to March 24, 1814:

Return Jonathan Meigs*

* Resigned from office

March 24, 1814 to Decemer 8, 1814:

Othneil Looker

December 8, 1814 to December 14, 1818:

Thomas Worthington

December 14, 1818 to January 4, 1822:

Ethan Allen Brown

January 4, 1822 to December 28, 1822:

Allen Trimble*

* Resigned from office

December 28, 1822 to December 19, 1826:

Jeremiah Morrow

December 19, 1826 to December 18, 1830:

Allen Trimble

December 18, 1830 to December 7, 1832:

Duncan McArthur

December 7, 1832 to December 12, 1836:

Robert Lucas

December 12, 1836 to December 13, 1838:

Joseph Vance

December 13, 1838 to December 6, 1840:

Wilson Shannon

December 16, 1840 to December 14, 1842:

Thomas Crown

December 14, 1842 to April 15, 1844:

Wilson Shannon

* Resigned from office

April 15, 1844 to December 3, 1844:

Thomas W. Bartley

December 3, 1844 to December 12, 1846:

Mordecai Bartley

December 12, 1846 to January 22, 1849:

William Bebb

January 22, 1849 to December 12, 1850:

Seabury Ford

December 12, 1850 to July 13, 1853:

Rueben Wood*

* Resigned from office

July 13, 1853 to January 14, 1856:

William Medill

January 14, 1856 to January 9, 1860:

Salmon P. Chase

January 9, 1860 to January 13, 1862:

William Dennison

January 13, 1862 to January 11, 1864:

David Tod

January 11, 1864 to August 29, 1865:

John Brough*

* Resigned from office

August 29, 1865 to January 8, 1866:

Charles Anderson

January 8, 1866 to January 13, 1868:

Jacob D. Cox

January 13, 1868 to January 8, 1872:

Rutherford B. Hayes*

* Resigned from office due to winning the Presidential Election

January 6, 1872 to January 12, 1874:

Edward F. Noves

January 12, 1874 to January 10, 1876:

William Allen

March 2, 1876 to January 14, 1878:

Thomas L. Young

January 14, 1878 to January 12, 1880:

Richard M. Bishop

January 12, 1880 to January 14, 1884:

Charles Foster

January 14, 1884 to January 11, 1886:

George Hoadly

January 11, 1886 to January 13, 1890:

Joseph B. Foraker

January 13, 1890 to January 11, 1892:

James E. Campbell

January 11, 1892 to January 13, 1896:

William McKinley, Jr.

January 13, 1896 to January 8, 1900:

Asa S. Bushnell

January 8, 1900 to January 11, 1904:

George K. Nash

January 11, 1904 to January 8, 1906:

Myron T. Herrick

January 8, 1906 to June 18, 1906:

John M. Pattison*

* Died in office

June 18, 1906 to January 11, 1909:

Andrew L. Harris

January 11, 1911 to January 13, 1913:

Judson Harmon

January 13, 1913 to January 11, 1915:

James M. Cox

January 11, 1915 to January 8, 1917:

Frank B. Willis

January 8, 1917 to January 10, 1921:

James M. Cox

January 10, 1921 to January 8, 1923:

Harry L. Davis

January 8, 1923 to January 14, 1929:

Alvin Victor Donahey

January 14, 1929 to January 12, 1931:

Myers Y. Cooper

January 12, 1931 to January 14, 1935:

George White

January 14, 1935 to January 9, 1939:

Martin L. Davey

January 9, 1939 to January 8, 1945:

John W. Bricker

January 8, 1945 to January 13, 1947:

Frank J. Lausche

January 13, 1947 to January 10, 1949:

Thomas J. Herbert

January 10, 1949 to January 3, 1957:

Frank J. Lausche*

* Resigned from office

January 3, 1957 to January 14, 1957:

John W. Brown

January 14, 1957 to January 12, 1959:

C. William O'Neill

January 12, 1959 to January 14, 1963:

Michael V. Disalle

January 14, 1963 to January 11, 1971:

James A. Rhodes

January 11, 1971 to January 13, 1975:

John J. Gilligan

January 13, 1975 to January 10, 1983:

James A. Rhodes

January 10, 1983 to January 14, 1991:

Richard F. Celeste

January 14, 1991 to 1998:

George W. Voinovich

1998 to 1999:

Nancy Putnam Hollister

1999 --

Bob Taft

Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Wilbert B. McBride
Music by Mary Earl

1810: 230,760

1820: 518,434

1830: 937,903

1840: 1,519,467

1850: 1,980,329

1860: 2,339,502

1870: 2,665,260

1880: 3,198,062

1890: 3,672,316

1900: 4,157,545

1910: 4,767,121

1920: 5,759,394

1930: 6,646,697

1940: 6,907,612

1950: 7,946,627

1960: 9,767,397

1970: 10,657,423

1980: 10,797,630

1990: 10,847,115

2000: 11,353,143