Ohio's 20th congressional district

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The 20th Congressional district of Ohio was created after the 1840 census. It was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1990 census.

[edit] List of Representatives

Congress(es)/Year(s) Representative Party
28th–30th (1843–1849) Joshua Reed Giddings Whig
31st–33rd (1849–1855) Free Soil
34th (1855–1857) Opposition
35th (1857–1859) Republican
36th–37th (1859–1863) John Hutchins
38th–42nd (1863–1873) District eliminated
43rd (1873–1875) Richard C. Parsons Republican
44th (1875–1877) Henry B. Payne Democratic
45th–47th (1877–1883) Amos Townsend Republican
48th (1883–1885) David R. Paige Democratic
49th (1885–1887) William McKinley Republican
50th (1887–1889) George W. Crouse
51st (1889–1891) Martin L. Smyser
52nd (1891–1893) Vincent A. Taylor
53rd (1893–1895) William J. White
54th–55th (1895–1899) Clifton B. Beach
56th (1899–1901) Fremont O. Phillips
57th–59th (1901–1907) Jacob A. Beidler
60th–62nd (1907–1913) L. Paul Howland
63rd–65th (1913–1919) William Gordon Democratic
66th (1919–1921) Charles A. Mooney
67th (1921–1923) Miner G. Norton Republican
68th–72nd (1923 – 1931-05-29) Charles A. Mooney Democratic
72nd–77th (1931-11-03 – 1943) Martin L. Sweeney
78th–91st (1943–1971) Michael A. Feighan
92nd–94th (1971–1977) James V. Stanton
95th–102nd (1977–1993) Mary Rose Oakar
103rd–present (1993–present) District eliminated

[edit] Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year Democratic Republican Other
1990 Mary Rose Oakar*: 109,390 Bill Smith: 39,749  
1988 Mary Rose Oakar: 146,715 Michael Sajna: 30,944  
1986 Mary Rose Oakar: 110,976 Bill Smith: 19,794  
1984 Mary Rose Oakar: 167,115    
1982 Mary Rose Oakar: 133,603 Paris T. LeJeune: 17,675 Louis Haberbush: 1,930
MIlton R. Norris (L): 2,844
1980 Mary Rose Oakar: 96,217    
1978 Mary Rose Oakar: 76,973    
1976 Mary Rose Oakar: 98,785   Raymond J. Grabow: 20,553
Theodore Held III: 2,638
1974 James Vincent Stanton: 86,405 Robert A. Frantz: 12,991  
1972 James Vincent Stanton: 117,302 Thomas E. Vilt: 16,624 Richard B. Kay (AI): 5,285
1970 James Vincent Stanton: 70,140 J. William Petro: 16,118  
1968 Michael A. Feighan: 72,918 J. William Petro: 27,827  
1966 Michael A. Feighan: 63,629 Clarence E. McLeod: 20,034  
1964 Michael A. Feighan: 115,675 Joseph A. Cipollone: 39,747  
1962 Michael A. Feighan: 91,544 Leonard G. Richter: 37,325  
1960 Michael A. Feighan: 113,302 Leonard G. Richter: 53,845  
1958 Michael A. Feighan: 113,200 Malvern E. Schultz: 29,308  
1956 Michael A. Feighan: 105,562 John H. Ferguson: 56,209  
1954 Michael A. Feighan: 81,304 John H. Ferguson: 38,865  
1952 Michael A. Feighan: 109,211 John H. Ferguson: 58,271  
1950 Michael A. Feighan: 60,565 Paul W. Cassidy: 21,044  
1948 Michael A. Feighan: 64,241    
1946 Michael A. Feighan: 49,670 Walter E. Obert: 24,476  
1944 Michael A. Feigan: 75,218 A. R. McNamara: 23,945  
1942 Michael A. Feighan: 34,462 Harry T. Marshall: 14,001 Marie R. Sweeney: 7,289
1940 Martin L. Sweeney: 72,395 George Pillersdorf: 34,605  
1938 Martin L. Sweeney: 54,185 Thomas F. McCafferty: 22,775  
1936 Martin L. Sweeney: 54,295 Blase A. Buonpane: 23,367 John L. Mihelich: 22,158
1934 Martin L. Sweeney: 50,611 Joseph E. Cassidy: 21,952 A. Landy (C): 1,562
Sidney Yellen (S): 433
1932 Martin L. Sweeney**: 52,933   John Fromholz (C): 650
1930 Charles A. Mooney: 42,123 Max D. Gustin: 13,824  
1928 Charles A. Mooney: 47,313 Oscar V. Hensley: 28,381 John Foley (W): 261
1926 Charles A. Mooney: 22,050    
1924 Charles A. Mooney: 34,173 Harvey Drucker: 22,507 C. E. Ruthenberg (W): 569
1922 Charles A. Mooney: 23,469 Miner G. Norton: 17,968 John G. Willett (S): 1,381
James Goward (SL): 198
James A. Murphy: 128
1920 Charles A. Mooney: 27,223 Miner G. Norton: 35,483 Nicholas P. Geiger: 711

*Redistricting following the 1990 census eliminated the 20th district and put Oakar in the 10th district. In 1992, she lost the 10th district race to Republican Martin R. Hoke.

**After Mooney's death in office in 1931, Sweeney was elected in a special election to fill out the remainder of Mooney's term.

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