Secretary_of_State_of_Ohio

Ohio Secretary of State

Ohio Secretary of State

Elected statewide official in the State of Ohio

The secretary of state of Ohio is an elected statewide official in the State of Ohio. The secretary of state is responsible for overseeing elections in the state; registering business entities (corporations, etc.) and granting them the authority to do business within the state; registering secured transactions; and granting access to public documents.

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From 1803 to 1851, the Ohio secretary of state was elected by the Ohio General Assembly to a three-year term. The 1851 Ohio Constitution made the office elective, with a two-year term. In 1954, the office's term was extended to four years. The secretary of state is elected in even-numbered, off cycle years, (no Presidential elections), after partisan primary elections.

List of Ohio secretaries of state

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  1. Resigned February 12, 1836.[1]
  2. Died in office.
  3. Resigned.
  4. Resigned April 1891.[2]
  5. Resigned December 31, 1936.

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References

  1. [1]
    Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... State of Ohio. p. 170.
  2. [2]
    Gilkey, Elliott Howard, ed. (1901). The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Handbook of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... State of Ohio. p. 425.
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