Ohio's 2nd congressional district

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Ohio's 2nd congressional district
Population (2000) 630,730
Median income $46,813
Ethnic composition 92.3% White, 4.7% Black, 1.3% Asian, 1.0% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI R+13

The Second Congressional District of Ohio is a district in southern Ohio. It is currently represented by Jean Schmidt.

The district stretches along the Ohio River from the Hamilton County suburbs of Cincinnati east to Scioto County. It is the 57th most Republican district in the nation by the reckoning of the Cook Political Report and includes all of Adams, Brown, Pike, and Clermont counties and parts of Hamilton, Scioto and Warren counties. Among Ohio's districts, only the 4th District is considered to be more Republican.


It includes all of the Warren County municipalities of Lebanon, South Lebanon, Loveland (also in Hamilton and Clermont Counties), Maineville, Morrow, Butlerville, and Pleasant Plain, and parts of the municipalities of Mason and Blanchester. All of Union, Hamilton, Harlan, Salem, and Washington Townships are in the district, as well as parts of Turtlecreek Township immediately adjacent to the city of Lebanon, and southern Deerfield Township. The Hamilton County municipalities of Sharonville, Blue Ash, Deer Park, Loveland, Madeira, Montgomery, Newtown, Terrace Park, and Indian Hill are in the district, along with eastern parts of Cincinnati. All of Anderson and Symmes Townships and parts of Sycamore Township and the city of Springdale are also in the district.

The last Democrat to win a full term in this district was John J. Gilligan in 1964 and the district (known as the first district before 1982) has been in Republican hands for all but nine years since 1879. Portman won the seat in a 1993 special election with 77 percent of the vote and in six subsequent campaigns never received less than 70 percent.

Contents

[edit] List of Representatives

Congress(es)/Year(s) Representative Party
13th14th (1813–1817) John Alexander Democratic-Republican
15th17th (1817–1823) John Wilson Campbell
18th (1823–1825) Thomas R. Ross Crawford Republican
19th20th (1825–1829) John Woods Adams
21st (1829–1831) James Shields Jacksonian
22nd (1831–1833) Thomas Corwin National Republican
23rd25th (1833–1839) Taylor Webster Democratic
26th28th (1839–1845) John B. Weller
29th (1845–1847) Francis A. Cunningham
30th (1847–1849) David Fisher Whig
31st32nd (1849–1853) Lewis D. Campbell
33rd (1853–1855) John Scott Harrison
34th (1855–1857) Opposition
35th (1857–1859) William S. Groesbeck Democratic
36th37th (1859–1863) John A. Gurley Republican
38th (1863–1865) Alexander Long Democratic
39th40th (1865 – 1867-07-20) Rutherford B. Hayes Republican
40th (1867-11-21 – 1869) Samuel Fenton Cary Independent Republican
41st42nd (1869–1873) Job E. Stevenson Republican
43rd (1873–1875) Henry B. Banning Liberal Republican
44th45th (1875–1879) Democratic
46th47th (1879–1883) Thomas L. Young Republican
48th (1883–1885) Isaac M. Jordan Democratic
49th50th (1885–1889) Charles Elwood Brown Republican
51st53rd (1889 – 1894-05-04) John A. Caldwell
53rd57th (1894-12-03 – 1903) Jacob H. Bromwell
58th61st (1903–1911) Herman P. Goebel
62nd64th (1911–1917) Alfred G. Allen Democratic
65th (1917–1919) Victor Heintz Republican
66th69th (1919 – 1927-02-12) Ambrose E. B. Stephens
70th (1927-11-08 – 1929) Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr.
71st74th (1929–1937) William E. Hess
75th (1937–1939) Herbert S. Bigelow Democratic
76th80th (1939–1949) William E. Hess Republican
81st (1949–1951) Earl T. Wagner Democratic
82nd86th (1951–1961) William E. Hess Republican
87th94th (1961–1977) Donald D. Clancy
95th97th (1977–1983) Tom Luken Democratic
98th103rd (1983 – 1993-01-31) Bill Gradison Republican
103rd109th (1993-05-042005-04-29) Rob Portman
109th–present (2005-08-02 – present) Jean Schmidt

[edit] Election results

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

Year Democratic Republican Other
2006 Victoria Wulsin: 117,595 Jean Schmidt: 120,112  
2005* Paul Hackett: 55,151 Jean Schmidt: 59,132 James Condit Jr.: 10, James E. Constable Jr.: 3
2004 Charles W. Sanders: 87,156 Robert J. Portman: 221,785 James Condit Jr.
2002 Charles W. Sanders: 48,785 Robert J. Portman: 139,218 James Condit Jr.: 13
2000 Charles W. Sanders: 64,091 Robert J. Portman: 204,184 Robert E. Bidwell (L): 9,266
1998 Charles W. Sanders: 49,293 Robert J. Portman: 154,344  
1996 Thomas R. Chandler: 58,715 Robert J. Portman: 186,853 Kathleen M. McKnight (N): 13,905
1994 Les Mann: 43,730 Robert J. Portman: 150,128  
1993* Lee Hornberger: 22,652 Robert J. Portman: 53,020  
1992 Thomas R. Chandler: 75,924 Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 177,720  
1990 Tyrone K. Yates: 57,345 Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 103,817  
1988 Chuck R. Stidman: 58,637 Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 153,162  
1986 William F. Stineman: 43,448 Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 105,061  
1984 Thomas J. Porter: 68,597 Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 149,856  
1982 William J. Luttmer: 53,169 Willis D. Gradison Jr.*: 97,434 Joseph I. Lombardo: 1,827
Charles K. Shrout Jr. (L): 2,948
1980 Thomas A. Luken*: 103,423 Thearon "Tom" Atkins: 72,693  
1978 Thomas A. Luken: 64,522 Stanley J. Aronoff: 58,716  
1976 Thomas A. Luken: 88,178 Donald D. Clancy: 83,459  
1974 Edward W. Wolterman: 67,685 Donald D. Clancy: 71,512  
1972 Penny Manes: 65,237 Donald D. Clancy: 109,961  
1970 Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer: 60,860 Donald D. Clancy: 77,071  
1968 Don Driehaus: 52,327 Donald D. Clancy: 108,157  
1966 Thomas E. Anderson: 42,367 Donald D. Clancy: 102,313  
1964 H. A. Sand: 79,824 Donald D. Clancy: 122,487  
1962 H. A. Sand: 62,733 Donald D. Clancy: 105,750  
1960 H. A. Sand: 87,531 Donald D. Clancy: 118,046  
1958 James O. Bradley: 71,674 William E. Hess: 86,656  
1956 James T. Dewan: 57,554 William E. Hess: 109,099  
1954 Earl T. Wagner: 49,690 William E. Hess: 69,695  
1952 Earl T. Wagner: 69,341 William E. Hess: 90,417  
1950 Earl T. Wagner: 62,542 William E. Hess: 69,543  
1948 Earl T. Wagner: 75,062 William E. Hess: 66,968  
1946 Francis G. Davis: 39,112 William E. Hess: 67,067  
1944 J. Harry Moore: 61,473 William E. Hess: 78,185  
1942 Nicholas Bauer: 29,823 William E. Hess: 53,083  
1940 James E. O'Connell: 60,410 William E. Hess: 77,769  
1938 Herbert S. Bigelow: 42,773 William E. Hess: 61,480  
1936 Herbert S. Bigelow: 67,213 William E. Hess: 62,546  
1934 Charles E. Miller: 41,701 William E. Hess: 51,171  
1932 Edward F. Alexander: 57,258 William E. Hess: 58,971  
1930 Charles Sawyer: 45,761 William E. Hess: 46,347  
1928 James H. Cleveland: 54,332 William E. Hess: 63,605  
1926 Robert J. O'Donnell: 26,322 A. E. B. Stephens: 36,608  
1924 Robert J. O'Donnell: 34,118 A. E. B. Stephens: 47,331  
1922 John R. Quane: 30,051 A. E. B. Stephens: 39,898 Charles A. Herbst (FL): 4,001
1920 Thomas H. Morrow: 41,781 A. E. B. Stephens: 47,797 John Partridge: 1,291
  • In May 1993, a special election was held to fill the seat to replace Willis D. Gradison Jr. who, three months after his re-election, resigned on 31 January 1993, to become a lobbyist for the insurance industry as president of the Health Insurance Association of America.
  • Redistricting following the 1980 census moved Luken from the second district to the first district and Gradison from the first district to the second district.

[edit] 2005 special election

The state of Ohio, showing the second district.
The state of Ohio, showing the second district.

The district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 special election.

On August 2, 2005, elections were held to choose a United States Representative to replace Rob Portman, who resigned his seat on April 29, 2005, to become United States Trade Representative. Republican Party Jean Schmidt candidate, defeated Democrat Paul Hackett, in a surprisingly close election as the district.

[edit] Re-election bid in 2006

Schmidt defeated Democrat Victoria Wells Wulsin, a Doctor from Indian Hill in the November general election.