Ohio's 11th congressional district

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ohio's 11th district
Enlarge
Ohio's 11th district

The 11th congressional district of Ohio has been represented by Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones since 1999. The district was created following the 1820 Census. This district includes the East Side of Cleveland and much of the eastern suburbs in Cuyahoga County, and borders Lake Erie. The district was featured in The Colbert Report's Better Know a District on November 3, 2005.


[edit] Election results

This is an incomplete list of historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year Democratic Republican Other
2006 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Lindsey N. String  
2004 Stephanie Tubbs Jones: (unopposed)    
2002 Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 116,590 Patrick A. Pappano: 36,146  
2000 Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 164,134 James J. Sykora: 21,630 Joel C. Turner (L): 4,230
Sonja K. Glavina (N): 3,525
1998 Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 115,226 James D. Hereford: 18,592 Jean Murrell Capers: 9,477
1996 Louis Stokes: 153,546 James J. Sykora: 28,821 Sonja K. Glavina (N): 6,665
1994 Louis Stokes: 114,220 James J. Sykora: 33,705  
1992 Louis Stokes*: 154,718 Beryl E. Rothschild: 43,866 Edward Gudenas: 19,773
Gerald Henley: 5,267
1990 Dennis E. Eckart: 111,923 Margaret R. Mueller: 58,372  
1988 Dennis E. Eckart: 124,600 Margaret R. Mueller: 78,028  
1986 Dennis E. Eckart: 104,740 Margaret R. Mueller: 35,944 Werner J. Lange: 3,884
1984 Dennis E. Eckart: 133,096 Dean Beagle: 66,278  
1982 Dennis E. Eckart**: 93,302 Glen W. Warner: 56,616 Jim Russell (L): 3,324
1980 Patrick James Donlin: 51,224 J. William Stanton: 128,507 Harold V. Richard Jr.: 5,742
1978 Patrick James Donlin: 37,131 J. William Stanton: 89,327 Robert Dean Penny: 4,723
1976 Thomas R. West Jr.: 47,548 J. William Stanton: 120,716  
1974 Michael D. Coffey: 52,017 J. William Stanton: 79,756  
1972 Dennis M. Callahan: 49,891 J. William Stanton: 106,841  
1970 Ralph Rudd: 42,542 J. William Stanton: 91,437  
1968 Alan D. Wright: 38,063 J. William Stanton: 116,323  
1966 James F. Henderson: 38,206 J. William Stanton: 86,273  
1964 C. D. Lambros: 82,728 J. William Stanton: 102,619  
1962 Robert E. Cook: 72,936 Oliver P. Bolton: 74,573  
1960 Robert E. Cook: 104,183 David S. Dennison Jr.: 99,991  
1958 Robert E. Cook: 79,468 David S. Dennison Jr.: 78,501  
1956 James P. Bennett: 68,831 David S. Dennison Jr.: 96,707  
1954 Edward C. Kaley: 39,404 Oliver P. Bolton: 74,065  
1952 Robert J. Kilpatrick: 63,930 Oliver P. Bolton: 91,204  
1950 Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 29,687 Walter E. Brehm: 33,648  
1948 Joseph C. Allen: 32,667 Walter E. Brehm: 33,796  
1946 Lester S. Reid: 20,543 Walter E. Brehm: 31,576  
1944 Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 33,098 Walter E. Brehm: 28,263  
1942 Harold K. Claypool: 19,817 Walter E. Brehm: 31,385  
1940 Harold K. Claypool: 43,548 Ray W. Davis: 37,398  
1938 Harold K. Claypool: 33,764 Tom P. White: 31,004  
1936 Harold K. Claypool***: 41,773 L. P. Mooney: 33,249  
1934 Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 36,020 Renick W. Dunlap: 26,723  
1932 Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 44,380 David J. Lewis: 26,075  
1930 Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 37,887 Ned Thacher: 21,339  
1928 Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 34,257 Edwin D. Ricketts: 30,574  
1926 Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 29,950 Walter S. Barrett: 18,300  
1924 Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 35,696 Edwin D. Ricketts: 24,270  
1922 Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 29,058 Edwin D. Ricketts: 27,162  
1920 Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 31,359 Edwin D. Ricketts: 33,524  
1918      
1916      
1914      
1912      
1910      
1908      
1906      
1904      
1902      
1900      
1898      
1896      
1894      
1892      
1890      
1888      
1886      
1884      
1882      
1880      
1878      
1876      
1874      
1872      
1870      
1868      
1866      
1864      
1862      
1860      
1858      
1856      
1854      
1852      
1850      
1848      
1846      
1844      
1842      
1840      
1838      
1836      
1834      
1832      
1830      
1828      
1826      
1824      
1822      

[edit] Past Represenatives

Years Congress Congressman Party
1823-1829 18th-20th John C. Wright
1829-1831 21st John M. Goodenow Jacksonian
1831-1833 22nd Humphrey H. Leavitt Jacksonian
1833-1835 23rd James M. Bell National Republican
1835-1837 24th William Kenno Sr. Jacksonian
1837-1839 25th James Alexander Jr. Whig
1839-1841 26th Isaac Parrish Democrat
1841-1843 27th Benjamin S. Cowan Whig
1843-1847 28th-29th Jacob Brinkerhoff Democrat
1847-1851 30th-31st John K. Miller Democrat
1851-1853 32nd George H. Busby Democrat
1853-1855 33rd Thomas Ritchey Democrat
1855-1857 34th Valentine B. Horton
1857-1859 35th Valentine B. Horton Republican
1859-1861 36th Charles D. Martin Democrat
1861-1863 37th Valentine B. Horton Republican
1863-1865 38th Wells A. Hutchins Democrat
1865-1867 39th Hezakiah S. Bundy Republican
1867-1873 40th-42nd John T. Wilson Republican
1873-1875 43rd Hezakiah S. Bundy Republican
1875-1877 44th John L. Vance Democrat
1877-1879 45th Henry S. Neal Republican
1879-1881 46th Henry L. Dickey Democrat
1881-1883 47th Henry S. Neal Republican
1883-1885 48th John W. McCormick Republican
1885-1887 49th William W. Ellsbury Democrat
1887-1891 50th-51st Albert C. Thompson Republican
1891-1893 52nd John M. Pattison Democrat
1893-1907 53rd-59th Charles H. Grosvenor Republican
1907-1911 60th-61st Albert Douglas Republican
1911-1915 62nd-63rd Horatio C. Claypool Democrat
1915-1917 64th Edwin D. Ricketts Republican
1917-1919 65th Horatio C. Claypool Democrat
1919-1923 66th-67th Edwin D. Ricketts Republican
1923-1937 68th-74th Mell G. Underwood Democrat
1937-1943 75th-77th Horatio K. Claypool Democrat
1943-1953 78th-82nd Walter E. Brehm Republican
1953-1957 83rd-84th Oliver P. Bolton Republican
1957-1959 85th David S. Dennison Republican
1959-1963 86th-87th Robert E. Cook Democrat
1963-1965 88th Oliver P. Bolton Republican
1965-1983 89th-97th J. William Stanton Republican
1983-1993 98th-107th Dennis E. Eckart Democrat
1993-1999 103rd-105th Louis Stokes Democrat
1999- 106th- Stephanie Tubbs Jones Democrat


* Redistricting after the 1990 Census resulted in shifting incumbent Rep. Louis Stokes from the eliminated 21st district to the 11th district.

** Redistricting after the 1980 Census resulting in shifting incumbent Rep. Dennis Eckart from the eliminated 22nd District to the 11th district.

*** In 1936, Underwood resigned his seat to accept an appointment to the federal bench. Claypool was elected in a special election to fill out the remainder of Underwood's term.