Ohio State Presidents of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
Compiled by Gerry Curran, Past National Historian, Past National
Director and Past National Organizer
Revised: July 2, 2013
by Pete Doyle, Web and Publicit/Press Chairman
Dates
20132011-2013
2009-2011
2007-2009
2005-2007
2003-2005
2001-2003
1999-2001
1997-1999
1995-1997
1993-1995
1991-1993
1989-1991
1987-1989
1985-1987
1983-1985
1981-1983
1979-1981
1977-1979
1978-1977
1973-1975
1972-1973
1970-1972
1968-1972
1966-1968
1964-1966
1962-1964
1960-1962
1958-1960
1956-1958
1954-1956
1952-1954
1950-1952
1948-1950
1945
1943
1941-1946
1939-1941
1937-1939
1935-1937
1933-1935
1931-1933
1929-1931
1927-1929
Name
President Home
Thomas Michael McKenzie
Joseph Casey
Brunswick
Joseph Casey
Brunswick
James Magee
Cincinnati
Daniel O’Connell
Youngstown
Thomas K. O’Mahoney, PhD
Columbus
Daniel J. MacDonald
Hudson
Edward J. McNeill
Cincinnati
John C. O’Connor
Columbus
Michael W. Hall
Cincinnati
Richard B. Masterson
Akron
Roger S. Weist
Cleveland
Gary F. Smith
Akron
Thomas J. Murphy
Mingo Junction
Kevin W. Reynolds
Cleveland
Michael M. Muldowney
Bridgeport
John J. Hoswell
Dayton
John K. Charles
Akron
John A. Keaton, Jr.
Dayton
Thomas C. Jeffers
Akron
John McSorley (1)
Cincinnati
John McSorley
Cincinnati
Michael J. Killgallen
Dayton
David A. Clark
Akron
Richard H. Ormond
Cincinnati
Paul C. Jeffers, Jr.
Akron
Lawrence T. Purdy
Akron
Michael James Coogan (2)
Dayton
William M. Quigley
Akron
T. Carl Walsh
Youngstown
Edward J. Garrity, DDS
Dayton
Edward J. Garrity, DDS
Dayton
John J. Quinn
Cleveland
John J. Quinn
Cleveland
Convention not held during World War II
Convention not held during World War II
Joseph M. Cogan
Dayton
Joseph M. Cogan
Dayton
Simon Malone
Middletown
Thomas J. Walsh
Dayton
William J. Gavin
Cleveland
William J. Gavin
Cleveland
William J. Gavin
Cleveland
William J. Gavin
Cleveland
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Convention Site
Columbus
Dayton
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
Columbus
Akron
Dayton
Cleveland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Dayton
Akron
Columbus
Cincinnati
Bridgeport
Cleveland
Dayton
Akron
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Dayton
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Akron
Dayton
Youngstown
Akron
Cleveland
Lorain
Dayton
Cleveland
Youngstown
Columbus 1941
Columbus?
Columbus?
Columbus?
Sandusky/Cedar Point?
Sandusky/Cedar Point
Sandusky/Cedar Point
Sandusky/Cedar Point
1925-1927
1923-1925
1921-1923
1919-1921
1918
1916-1918
1914-1916
1912-1914
1910-1912
1908-1910
1906-1908
1904-1906
1902-1904
1900-1902
1898-1900
1896-1898
1894-1896
1892-1894
1890-1892
1888-1890
1886-1888
1884-1886
1881-1884
1880-1881
1879-1880
1878-1879
1877-1878
1879-1876
Notes:
(1)
James E. Donovan?
Dayton
P. J. Carney
Youngstown
P. J. Carney
Youngstown
Martin L. Sweeney, Esq.
Cleveland
Convention not held during World War I
Edward W. Dowling
Dayton
Michael J. O’Connor
Akron
Michael J. O’Connor
Akron
Michael J. Barry
Columbus
Michael J. Barry
Columbus
John F. Cantwell
Youngstown
John F. Cantwell
Youngstown
Timothy Sylvester Hogan
Wellston
Timothy Sylvester Hogan
Wellston
John P. Hughes
Michael Stanton
Portsmouth
J. H. Conway, S.D. (3)
Dayton
Michael Stanton, S.D.
Portsmouth
Thomas J. Dundon, S.D.
Columbus
Thomas J. Dundon, S.D.
Columbus
Michael Stanton, S.D.
Portsmouth
Michael Stanton, S.D.
Portsmouth
Michael Donnelly, S.D.
Youngstown
Timothy Buckley, S.S. (4)
John Hegarty, S. D.
Cincinnati
John Hegarty, S.D.
Cincinnati
John Hegarty, S.D.
Cincinnati
Peter Dumphey, S.D.
Cincinnati
?
Columbus
Sandusky/Cedar Point
Sandusky/Cedar Point
Zanesville
Toledo
Sandusky/Cedar Point
Dayton
Lima
Akron
Youngstown
Springfield
Toledo
?
Columbus
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Columbus
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At the 1973 Youngstown State Convention, Ohio began holding biennial state conventions in
the years between national conventions. Previously, state conventions were held in the same
year as national conventions.
(2)
Michael James Coogan of Dayton subsequently served as AOH National President from 1988
to 1990. Martin L. Sweeney, Esq. of Cleveland also served as AOH National President from
1927 to 1931. In addition, Thomas J. Dundon of Columbus served as AOH National Treasurer
from 1890 to 1898.
(3)
S.D. denotes State Delegate. Prior to 1894 the elected head of the AOH in America was
referred to as the National Delegate. Theoretically he represented the American AOH in
Ireland at the national conventions held there of all the AOH jurisdictions in the world. In
1894 the AOH in America severed its administrative ties to the AOH in Ireland and our
national leader assumed the title President. Following the precedent of the AOH national
Board the title President was likewise adopted by the state jurisdictions.
(4)
The 1882 AOH National Convention in Chicago established the current format of biennial
national and state conventions. Previous national and state conventions were held annually.
According to John Ridge: “Although a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1873 in the city of Akron is the site of
the first recorded public appearance of a division of Hibernians in Ohio, the origin of the division can be
traced to 1867 in South Akron when it was organized with 20 members by Michael McFarland, a county
Leitrim native, who first joined the Order in Ireland in 1850. This may very well have been Ohio’s first
division.” See John T. Ridge, Erin’s Sons in America: The Ancient Order of Hibernians (Brooklyn AOH
Publications) 1986, p. 93.
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Produced by: Gerry Curran – A.O.H. Past National Historian, Past National Director, and Past National
Organizer, 1820 Tucker Trail, Lewis Center, Ohio 43035-8104. gerrycurran@insight.rr.com
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