Ohio's 18th congressional district

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Ohio's 18th congressional district
Current Representative Bob Gibbs (R–Lakeville)
Distribution 43.36% urban, 56.64% rural
Population (2000) 630,730
Median income $34,462
Ethnicity 96.3% White, 1.9% Black, 0.3% Asian, 0.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other
Cook PVI R+7

The 18th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Republican Bob Gibbs. The district ranges around the eastern part of Ohio, taking in a collection of small cities and rural areas. The district voted for the majority party in the House of Representatives in every election since 1954. After the 2010 census, Ohio lost two congressional seats, and the 18th district will become obsolete after the 2012 elections.

Contents

List of representatives

Representative Party Year Congress Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Benjamin Jones Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837		 23
24		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Matthias Shepler Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839		 25 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David A. Starkweather Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841		 26 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ezra Dean Democratic March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1845		 27
28		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David A. Starkweather Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847		 29 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Lahm Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David K. Cartter Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853		 31
32		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Bliss Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 33 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin F. Leiter Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857		 34 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859		 35 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Sidney Edgerton Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863		 36
37		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Rufus P. Spalding Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869		 38
39
40		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William H. Upson Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873		 41
42		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Monroe Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1879		 43
44
45		 Redistricted from the 14th district

Redistricted to the 17th district
Jonathan T. Updegraff Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881		 46 Redistricted to the 16th district
Addison S. McClure Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		 47 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William McKinley Republican March 4, 1883 –
May 27, 1884		 48 Lost contested election
Jonathan H. Wallace Democratic May 27, 1884 –
March 3, 1885		 48 Won contested election
Isaac H. Taylor Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887		 49 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William McKinley Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891		 50
51		 Redistricted from the 20th district
Joseph D. Taylor Republican March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893		 52 Redistricted from the 17th district
George P. Ikirt Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 53 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert W. Tayler Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903		 54
55
56
57		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Kennedy Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911		 58
59
60
61		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John J. Whitacre Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1915		 62
63		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David Hollingsworth Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919		 64
65		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
B. Frank Murphy Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1933		 66
67
68
69
70
71
72		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lawrence E. Imhoff Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939		 73
74
75		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Earl R. Lewis Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941		 76 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lawrence E. Imhoff Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943		 77 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Earl R. Lewis Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1949		 78
79
80		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Wayne Hays Democratic January 3, 1949 –
September 1, 1976		 81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94		 Resigned
Vacant September 1, 1976 –
January 3, 1977		 94
Douglas Applegate Democratic January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1995		 95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Bob Ney Republican January 3, 1995 –
November 3, 2006		 104
105
106
107
108
109		 Resigned
Vacant November 3, 2006 –
January 3, 2007		 109
Zack Space Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2011		 110
111		 Lost re-election
Bob Gibbs Republican January 3, 2011 –
Present		 112 Incumbent
Will be redistricted to another district if re-elected

Election results

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

Year Democratic candidate Republican candidate Other candidate(s)
1832[1] Benjamin Jones : 3,037 [ none ] Samuel Quinby[2] : 2,379
1834[1] Benjamin Jones : 2,746 [ none ] Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 2,550
1836[1] Matthias Shepler : 4,384 [ none ] Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 3,325
1838[1] David A. Starkweather : 6,154 [ none ] Hiram B. Wellman (Whig) : 4,010
1840[1] Ezra Dean : 6,508 [ none ] Levi Cox (Whig) : 5,399
1842[1] Ezra Dean : 3,529 [ none ] George Wellhouse (Whig) : 1,517
John McDowell : 99
1844[1] David A. Starkweather : 6,981 [ none ] John Augustine (Whig) : 5,449
Arvine Wales : 162
1846[1] Samuel Lahm : 4,651 [ none ] David A. Starkweather (Whig) : 4,530
James Irvin : 116
1848[1] David K. Cartter : 6,682 [ none ] Samuel Hemphill (Whig) : 4,448
1850[1] David K. Cartter : 5,754 [ none ] John Brown (Whig) : 3,447
1852[1] George Bliss : 6,140 [ none ] Darius Lyman (Whig) : 5,307
Thomas Earl : 1,708
Lucius V. Bierce : 446
1854[3] Ebenezer Spalding : 5,053 Benjamin F. Leiter : 8,738 [ none ]
1856[3] Samuel Lahm : 6,794 Benjamin F. Leiter : 9,394 [ none ]
1858[3] J. L. Ranney : 7,162 Sidney Edgerton : 8,184 [ none ]
1860[3] David A. Starkweather : 6,956 Sidney Edgerton : 9,720 [ none ]
1862[3] David R. Paige : 4,183 Rufus P. Spalding : 9,293 [ none ]
1864[3] Jeptha H. Wade : 6,661 Rufus P. Spalding : 14,472 [ none ]
1866[3] Oliver H. Payne : 7,974 Rufus P. Spalding : 14,479 [ none ]
1868[3] Franklin T. Backus : 11,980 William H. Upson : 18,359 [ none ]
1870[3][1] John M. Coffinberry : 6,695 William H. Upson : 11,053 John D. Taylor : 448
1872[3][1] Norton S. Townshend : 10,298 James Monroe : 14,662 G. W. McNeil : 67
1874[3][1] John K. McBride : 10,095 James Monroe : 12,229 H. F. Miller : 105
1876[3][1] John J. Hall : 12,772 James Monroe : 16,906 S. H. McCollister : 52
1878[3][1] Daniel T. Lawson : 12,593 Jonathan T. Updegraff : 15,320 George Smith : 2,231
David P. Lawson : 90
William M. Grimes : 37
1880[3][1] David I. Wadsworth : 13,474 Addison S. McClure : 18,570 Peter J. Rice : 310
Ferdinand Schumacher : 205
1882[3][1] Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,898 William McKinley : 16,906 Lemuel T. Foster : 976
James A. Brush : 261
1884[3][1] Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,309 Isaac H. Taylor : 22,459 Charles Jenkins : 907
Albert R. Silver : 106
W. M. Cope : 82
1886[3][1] Wallace H. Phelps : 16,217 William McKinley : 18,776 Isaiah S. Hahn : 1,853
Charles Jenkins : 1,419
1888[3][1] George P. Ikirt : 21,150 William McKinley : 25,249 Lambelis P. Logan : 1,498
George W. Thornburg : 331
Isaiah Little : 38
1890[3][1] Henry H. McFadden : 11,783 Joseph D. Taylor : 16,993 S. W. Wilkins : 1,568
1892[3][1] George P. Ikirt : 22,600 Thomas R. Morgan : 21,389 Matthew B. Shay : 1,682
John W. Northrup : 1,218
1894[3][1] Edward S. Raff : 11,051 Robert W. Tayler : 20,830 Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. (Pop) : 8,912
Enos H. Brosius : 1,679
1896[3][1] Isaac R. Sherwood : 24,770 Robert W. Tayler : 29,814 James L. Swan : 476
1898[4] Charles C. Weybrecht : 19,575 Robert Walker Tayler : 22,635 George C. Harvey (Pro) : 614
Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 686
L. B. Logan (Union Reform) : 212
1900[5] John H. Morris : 25,026 Robert Walker Tayler : 31,479 Alvin C. Van Dyke (Union Reform) : 138
Charles F. Bough (Proh) : 909
Henry O. Bucklin (Soc Lab) : 143
1902[1] James Kennedy : 22,461 William J. Foley : 16,472 Thomas J. Duffy : 7,923
Enos H. Brosius : 886
1904[6] W. J. Foley : 16,472 James Kennedy : 36,939 Daniel J. Smith (Pro) : 1,861
John T. Jenkins (Socialist) : 2,522
1906[1] John C. Welty : 17,840 James Kennedy : 19,684 Leslie Hawk : 1,299
John Evans : 932
1908[7] John J. Whitacre : 29,040 James Kennedy : 32,287 Robert J. Wheeler (Socialist) : 2,551
Elias Jenkins (Pro) : 2,998
1910[1] John J. Whitacre : 23,568 James Kennedy : 20,617 Thomas Williams : 4,907
Elias Jenkins : 1,462
1912[1] John J. Whitacre : 23,936 Roscoe C. McCulloch : 23,350 George F. Lelansky : 7,617
1914[1] William S. King : 22,476 David Hollingsworth : 23,650 Fred White : 2,936
V. A. Schreiber : 1,341
W. K. Weaver : 1,076
1916[1] William B. Francis : 24,538 David Hollingsworth : 26,991 Robert Carson : 2,621
1918[1] William B. Francis : 20,272 B. Frank Murphy : 22,899 [ none ]
1920 Albert O. Barnes: 32,802 B. Frank Murphy: 52,862 [ none ]
1922 Marion Huffman: 25,449 B. Frank Murphy: 41,572 Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 5,907
1924 James M. Barton: 26,656 B. Frank Murphy: 56,206 Charles Coleman: 1,931
1926 John F. Nolan: 19,341 B. Frank Murphy: 36,599 [ none ]
1928 John J. Whitacre: 31,422 B. Frank Murphy: 71,378 Frank Sepech (W): 317
Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (S): 2
1930 Emerson Campbell: 30,815 B. Frank Murphy: 47,096 [ none ]
1932 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 56,562 B. Frank Murphy: 56,010 [ none ]
1934 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 49,160 B. Frank Murphy: 39,642 [ none ]
1936 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 83,052 Earl R. Lewis: 54,119 [ none ]
1938 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 55,809 Earl R. Lewis: 56,468 [ none ]
1940 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 79,718 Earl R. Lewis: 66,666 [ none ]
1942 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 37,951 Earl R. Lewis: 43,279 [ none ]
1944 Ross Michener: 63,098 Earl R. Lewis: 65,847 [ none ]
1946 Eugene A. Blum: 38,606 Earl R. Lewis: 55,140 [ none ]
1948 Wayne Hays: 65,475 Earl R. Lewis: 55,455 [ none ]
1950 Wayne Hays: 58,295 Robert L. Quinn: 56,508 [ none ]
1952 Wayne Hays: 78,277 Clarence L. Wetzel: 62,081 [ none ]
1954 Wayne Hays: 59,165 Walter J. Hunston: 44,143 [ none ]
1956 Wayne Hays: 78,962 Joseph Miller: 53,627 [ none ]
1958 Wayne Hays: 88,813 Francis Wallace: 35,322 [ none ]
1960 Wayne Hays: 96,474 Walter J. Hunston: 50,698 [ none ]
1962 Wayne Hays: 66,327 John J. Carrigg: 42,336 [ none ]
1964 Wayne Hays: 94,768 Allen J. Dalrymple: 42,960 [ none ]
1966 Wayne Hays: 73,657 William H. Weir: 41,165 [ none ]
1968 Wayne Hays: 96,711 James F. Sutherland: 63,747 [ none ]
1970 Wayne Hays: 82,071 Robert Stewart: 38,104 [ none ]
1972 Wayne Hays: 128,663 Robert Stewart: 54,572 [ none ]
1974 Wayne Hays: 90,447 Ralph H. Romig: 47,385 [ none ]
1976 Douglas Applegate*: 116,901 Ralph R. McCoy: 45,735 William Crabbe: 21,537
John Dwight Bashline: 1,661
1978 Douglas Applegate: 71,894 William J. Ress: 48,931 [ none ]
1980 Douglas Applegate: 134,835 Gary L. Hammersley: 42,354 [ none ]
1982 Douglas Applegate: 128,665 [ none ] [ none ]
1984 Douglas Applegate: 155,759 Kenneth P. Burt Jr.: 49,356 [ none ]
1986 Douglas Applegate: 126,526 [ none ] [ none ]
1988 Douglas Applegate: 151,306 William C. Abraham: 43,628 [ none ]
1990 Douglas Applegate: 120,782 John A. Hales: 41,823 [ none ]
1992 Douglas Applegate: 166,189 Bill Ress: 77,229 [ none ]
1994 Gregory L. DiDonato: 87,926 Bob Ney: 103,115 [ none ]
1996 Robert L. Burch Jr.: 108,332 Bob Ney: 117,365 Margaret Chitti (N): 8,146
1998 Robert L. Burch Jr.: 74,571 Bob Ney: 113,119 [ none ]
2000 Marc D. Guthrie: 79,232 Bob Ney: 152,325 John R. Bargar Sr. (L): 4,948
2002 [ none ] Bob Ney: 125,546 [ none ]
2004 Brian R. Thomas: 88,560 Bob Ney: 173,499 [ none ]
2006 Zack Space: 119,494 Joy Padgett: 74,475 [ none ]
2008 Zack Space: 154,396 Fred L. Dailey: 103,681 [ none ]
2010 Zack Space: 80,756 Bob Gibbs: 107,426 Lindsey Sutton: 11,244

2006 election

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2006

Padgett had won a special primary held on September 14, 2006. The rest of the Republican primary field included Holmes County Commissioner Ray Feikert; Jerry Firman of Coshocton; James Brodbelt Harris of Muskingum County; and Ralph Applegate of Columbus. When he announced his withdrawal from the race, Ney identified Padgett as his favored successor.[8] Two other Republican candidates, Dover mayor Richard Homrighausen and Ney aide John Bennett, withdrew from the race. Candidate Greg Zelenitz was rejected by the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Our Campaigns - OH - District 18 - History
  2. ^ Douglass, Ben (1878). History of Wayne county, Ohio, from the days of the pioneers and the first settlers to the present time. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass. p. 347. http://books.google.com/books?id=rjkuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA347. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v results of 1854-1896 from Smith, Joseph P, ed (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA694. 
  4. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 1235 of pdf file
  5. ^ Kinney, Charles (1900). Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the year ending November 15, 1900.. State of Ohio. p. 217. http://books.google.com/books?id=vEEAAAAAMAAJ. 
  6. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 874 of pdf file
  7. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 451 of pdf file
  8. ^ theintelligencer.net
  9. ^ theintelligencer.net
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