Ohio's 2nd congressional district

Ohio's 2nd congressional district is a district in southern Ohio. It is currently represented by Brad Wenstrup.

The district stretches along the Ohio River from the Hamilton County suburbs of Cincinnati east to Scioto County. It includes all of Adams, Brown, Pike, Clermont, and Highland counties, as well as parts of Hamilton, Scioto, and Ross counties.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Congress(es)	Year(s)	Notes
District created March 4, 1813
John Alexander	Democratic-Republican	13th–14th	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817
John Wilson Campbell	15th–17th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	Redistricted to the 5th district
Thomas R. Ross	Crawford D-R	18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Redistricted from the 1st district
John Woods	Adams	19th–20th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
James Shields	Jacksonian	21st	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Thomas Corwin	Anti-Jacksonian	22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Redistricted to the 4th district
Taylor Webster	Jacksonian	23rd–24th	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
	Democratic	25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John B. Weller	26th–28th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845
Francis A. Cunningham	29th	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
David Fisher	Whig	30th	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
Lewis D. Campbell	31st–32nd	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 3rd district
John Scott Harrison	33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
	Opposition	34th		March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
William S. Groesbeck	Democratic	35th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John A. Gurley	Republican	36th–37th	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
Alexander Long	Democratic	38th	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	39th–40th	March 4, 1865 – July 20, 1867	Nominated Governor of Ohio
Samuel Fenton Cary	Independent Republican	40th	November 21, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Job E. Stevenson	Republican	41st–42nd	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
Henry B. Banning	Liberal Republican	43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
	Democratic	44th–45th	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Thomas L. Young	Republican	46th–47th	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883
Isaac M. Jordan	Democratic	48th	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Charles Elwood Brown	Republican	49th–50th	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
John A. Caldwell	51st–53rd	March 4, 1889 – May 4, 1894	Elected Mayor of Cincinnati
Jacob H. Bromwell	53rd–57th	December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903
Herman P. Goebel	58th–61st	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911
Alfred G. Allen	Democratic	62nd–64th	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917
Victor Heintz	Republican	65th	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
Ambrose E. B. Stephens	66th–69th	March 4, 1919 – February 12, 1927	Died
Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr.	70th	November 8, 1927 – March 3, 1929
William E. Hess	71st–74th	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937
Herbert S. Bigelow	Democratic	75th	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
William E. Hess	Republican	76th–80th	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949
Earl T. Wagner	Democratic	81st	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
William E. Hess	Republican	82nd–86h	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1961
Donald D. Clancy	84th–94th	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977
Tom Luken	Democratic	95th–97th	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 1st district
Bill Gradison	Republican	98th–103rd	January 3, 1983 – January 31, 1993	Redistricted from the 1st district, Resigned
Rob Portman	103rd–109th	May 4, 1993 – April 29, 2005	Appointed U.S. Trade Representative
Jean Schmidt	109th– 112th	August 2, 2005 – January 3, 2013	Lost re-nomination.
Brad Wenstrup	113th–	January 3, 2013 –

Election results

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

• In 2005, a special election was required to fill the seat following Portman's resignation to accept nomination to the office of United States Trade Representative.
• 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.

2005 special election

The state of Ohio, showing the second district in 2005.

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 Jean Schmidt candidate defeated Democrat Paul Hackett in a surprisingly close election.

Re-election bid in 2006

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

2010

Competitiveness

Election results from presidential races:

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Ohio's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 39°N 84°W / 39°N 84°W / 39; -84