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Adjutants General of the State of Ohio: 1803 - present
Name of Adjutant General | County | Appointed | Remarks |
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| 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 |
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| 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. (c) C.P. Buckingham resigned to accept Special Mission to Washington under orders of the Governor. (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.
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