Ohio Democratic Party

The Ohio Democratic Party is the Ohio affiliate to the national Democratic party.

Prominent Ohio Democrats of the Past

• Vern Riffe: speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1975-1995
• James M. Cox: Governor of Ohio, Democratic nominee for President of the United States (1920), U.S. representative, publisher of the Dayton Daily News, founder of Cox Communications
• Dick Celeste: Ohio state representative, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Governor of Ohio, U.S. ambassador to India
• John J. Gilligan: U.S. representative, Democratic nominee for United States Senate (1968), Governor of Ohio. Gilligan is still alive and active, serving as a member of the Cincinnati school board.
• Michael DiSalle: mayor of Toledo, Governor of Ohio, candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States (1960)
• Frank Lausche: Governor of Ohio, U.S. senator
• Martin L. Davey: U.S. representative, Governor of Ohio
• A. Victor Donahey: Ohio State Auditor, Governor of Ohio, U.S. senator
• Allen G. Thurman
• Atlee Pomerene
• Stephen M. Young
• Howard Metzenbaum
• John Glenn