This was the first time an Ohio governor has ever been charged with a crime while in office.
He served as the 64th Governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991.
Between 1867 and 1876 he served three terms as Governor of Ohio.
Taft is the only Ohio governor to be convicted of a crime while in office.
More recently, Ohio governors have generally named the lieutenant governor to head an agency of state government.
The next year he was elected Governor of Ohio, serving two terms.
Jackson was a Democratic candidate for Ohio governor in the 1958 primary.
In the years before his presidency he was the Governor of Ohio for two separate terms.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Ohio in 1998.
The executive branch is headed by the Governor of Ohio.