Adjutants General of the State of Ohio: 1803 - present

Name of Adjutant General	County	Appointed	Remarks

Cornelius R. Sedan	Hamilton	1803
Samuel Finley	Ross	1804
David Ziegler	Hamilton	1807	Resigned.
Thomas Worthington	Ross	1807	Vice David Ziegler, resigned.
Joseph Kerr	Ross	1809	Resigned Dec. 8, 1810.
Issac Van Horn	Muskingum	1810	Appointed vice Joseph Kerr, resigned.
William Doherty	Franklin	1819
Samuel C. Andrews	Franklin	1829
William Doherty	Franklin	1836
Jacob Medary, Jr.	Franklin	1839
Edward H. Cummings	Clark	1841
H.A. Moore	Franklin	1842	Resigned Nov. 27, 1843.
Edgar Gale	Franklin	1843	Appointed vice H.A. Moore, resigned.
Thomas W.H. Mosely	Franklin	1844	Resigned.
Samuel R. Curtis (a)	Franklin	1845	Resigned June 23, 1846
Benjamin W. Brice (b)	Licking	1846	Resigned March 22, 1847
O.M. Mitchell	Hamilton	1847
John W. Milligan	Franklin	1849
Joel W. Wilson	Seneca	1850	Resigned March 18, 1851.
Cyrus Scott	Seneca	1851
George B. Merwin	Cuyahoga	1852	Resigned July 11, 1853.
Samuel Ross	Cuyahoga	1853
W. S. V. Prentiss	Knox	1854	Resigned.
Sullivan D. Harris	Franklin	1856	Appointed, vice W.S.V. Prentiss, resigned.
William Schonler	Franklin	1858	Resigned.
H.B. Carrington	Franklin	1858	Appointed, vice William Schonler, resigned.
C.P. Buckingham (c)	Franklin	1860	Resigned,April 28, 1962.
Charles W. Hill	Lucas	1862	Appointed, vice C.P. Buckingham, resigned.
Benjamin R. Cowan	Belmont	1864
Ed F. Schneider	Stark	1868	Resigned May 12, 1869.
William A. Knapp	Stark	1869	Appointed, vice Ed F. Schneider, resigned.
J.O. Amos	Monroe	1874
A.T. Wikoff	Adams	1876	Resigned August 26, 1876.
Charles W. Kerr	Franklin	1876	Appointed, vice A.T. Wikoff, resigned Dec. 18, 1876.
A. T. Wikoff	Adams	1876	Appointed, vice Charles W. Kerr, resigned Feb. 27, 1877.
Charles W. Kerr	Franklin	1877	Appointed, vice A.T. Wikoff, resigned.
L. M. Melley	Allen	1878
William H. Gibson	Seneca	1880	Resigned March 1, 1881.
Samuel B. Smith	Montgomery	1881	Appointed, vice William H. Gibson, resigned.
Ebenezer B. Finley	Crawford	1884
Henry A. Axline	Muskingum	1886
Morton L. Hawkins	Hamilton	1890	Resigned Feb. 28, 1891.
Thomas R. Hill	Richland	1891	Appointed, vice Morton L. Hawkins, resigned.
Edgar J. Pocock	Franklin	1892	Resigned March 1, 1893.
James C. Howe	Hardin	1893	Appointed, vice Edgar J. Pocock, resigned.
Henry A. Axline	Muskingum	1896	Resigned.
H.B. Kingsley	Cuyahoga	1898	Appointed, vice Henry A. Axline, resigned.
George R. Gyger	Stark	1900
A.B. Critchfield	Wayne	1904
O.H. Hughes	Highland	1906	Resigned.
A.B. Critchfield	Wayne	1906	Appointed, vice O.H. Hughes, resigned.
C.C. Weybrecht	Stark	1909
George Wood	Montgomery	1913
Benson W. Hough (d)	Delaware	1915	Resigned.
Edward S. Bryant	Wood	1916	Appointed, vice Benson W. Hough, resigned.
George Wood	Montgomery	1917	Retired.
J.E. Gimperling	Montgomery	1918	Retired.
Roy E. Layton	Auglaize	1918
George Florence	Ross	1921
Frank D. Henderson	Union	1923
Arthur L. Reynolds	Franklin	1929
Frank D. Henderson	Union	1931
Emil P. Marx	Auglaize	1935

Gilson D. Light	Lucas	1937	Died Feb. 1941.
Whittier S. Bird	Franklin	1941	Appointed 1941, vice Gilson D. Light, deceased.
D.F. Pancoast	Cuyahoga	1942	Appointed June 1942, vice Whittier S. Bird, returned to active service.
Chester W. Gable	Franklin	1947
Leo M. Kreber	Franklin	1949
Albert E. Henderson	Lake	1952	Appointed Jan. 12, 1952, vice Leo M. Kreber, returned to active service.
Leo M. Kreber	Franklin	1954	Returned from active service and resumed the office of Adjutant General of Ohio, February 1954.
Loren G. Windom	Franklin	1959
Erwin C. Hostetler	Summit	1963
S.T. DelCorso	Franklin	1968
Dana L. Stewart	Franklin	1971
James E. Clem	Franklin	1975
Raymond Galloway	Franklin	1983	Resigned.
Richard C. Alexander	Franklin	1987	Appointed December 1, 1987, vice Raymond Galloway, who resigned, retired December 31, 1998
John H. Smith	Delaware	1999
Gregory Wayt	Franklin	2004

(a) Samuel R. Curtis resigned to accept command of the Third Ohio regiment in Mexican War.

(b) Benjamin W. Brice resigned to become United States Army Paymaster under President Polk.

(d) Benson W. Hough resigned and enlisted as a Private in Company K, the old Fourth Ohio regiment, and was recommissioned Lieutenant Colonel,the commission he held in 1906.