Ted Strickland

39th Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governors: Jane E Norton | Joe Rogers | Gail Schoettler | Sam Cassidy | Mike Callihan | Nancy E Dick | George L Brown | Ted Strickland | John D Vanderhoof | Mark Anthony Hogan | Robert Lee Knous | Frank L Hays | Stephen LR McNichols | Gordon Llewellyn Allott | Charles Murphy | Walter Walford Johnson | Homer L Pearson | William Eugene Higby | John C Vivian | Frank J Hayes | Raymond Herbert Talbot | Edwin C Johnson | George Milton Corlett | Sterling Byrd Lacy | Robert Fay Rockwell | Earl Cooley | George Stephan | James A Pulliam | Moses E Lewis | Stephen R Fitzgarrald | Erastus R Harper | Fred W Parks | Arthur Cornforth | Jesse F McDonald | Warren Armstrong Haggott | David Courtney Coates | Francis Patrick Carney | Jared L Brush | David Hopkinson Nichols | William Story | William Grover Smith | Norman H Meldrum | Peter W Breene | William H Meyer | Horace Austin Warner Tabor | Lafayette Head |

Biography

Westminster 1973-1975 Republican

Born: Austin, Texas (September 17, 1932)

Petroleum information specialist and politician. Educated in Oklahoma before serving in the U.S. Army for 2 years. Active in Geology and Petroleum Associations and served as Director for Denver Rescue Mission, Colorado Humane Society and President of Young Republicans. Elected as a Representative in 1966 and as a Senator in 1968. Served as Lieutenant Governor for one and one half years when John Vanderhoof succeeded Governor John Love. Vanderhoof and Strickland were unsuccessful in the next election, but Strickland continued to represent Adams County in the Senate until 1992 and served as President of the Senate from 1983-1992. Now serving as County Commissioner in Adams County.