Ohio's 7th congressional district

Ohio's 7th congressional district
Ohio's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Bob Gibbs (R)
Distribution	% urban % rural
Population (2010)	726,927[1]
Median income	47,805
Ethnicity	93.18% White 3.88% Black 0.46% Asian 1.82% Hispanic 0.16% Native American 2.31% other
Occupation	% Blue-collar % White-collar % Gray-collar
Cook PVI	R+5

Ohio's 7th congressional district is represented by Bob Gibbs. It is currently located in the northeastern section of the state, including the city of Canton. It was redrawn in 2012, following the 2010 United States Census, and was previously located in southwest Ohio, including the city of Springfield.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Cong ress	Years	Notes
District created March 4, 1823
Samuel Finley Vinton	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	18	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Redistricted to the 6th district
	Adams	19 20	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	21 22	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
William Allen	Jacksonian	23	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William K. Bond	Anti-Jacksonian	24	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Whig	25 26	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
William Russell	Whig	27	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph J. McDowell	Democratic	28 29	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jonathan D. Morris	Democratic	30 31	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	Elected after Rep-elect Thomas L. Hamer died before start of term
Nelson Barrere	Whig	32	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Aaron Harlan	Whig	33	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Opposition	34	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	35	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Thomas Corwin	Republican	36 37	March 4, 1859 – March 12, 1861	Resigned to become Minister to Mexico
Richard A. Harrison	Unionist	37	July 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	38	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Redistricted from the 12th district
Samuel Shellabarger	Republican	39 40	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James J. Winans	Republican	41	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Shellabarger	Republican	42	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lawrence T. Neal	Democratic	43 44	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry L. Dickey	Democratic	45	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Redistricted to the 11th district
Frank H. Hurd	Democratic	46	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John P. Leedom	Democratic	47	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry Lee Morey	Republican	48	March 4, 1883 – June 20, 1884	Lost contested election
James E. Campbell	Democratic	48	June 20, 1884 – March 3, 1885	Won contested election Redistricted to the 3rd district
George E. Seney	Democratic	49	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted from the 5th district Redistricted to the 5th district
James E. Campbell	Democratic	50	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Redistricted from the 3rd district
Henry Lee Morey	Republican	51	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William E. Haynes	Democratic	52	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted from the 10th district
George W. Wilson	Republican	53 54	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Walter L. Weaver	Republican	55 56	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas B. Kyle	Republican	57 58	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
J. Warren Keifer	Republican	59 60 61	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James D. Post	Democratic	62 63	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Simeon D. Fess	Republican	64 65 66 67	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	Redistricted from the 6th district
Charles Brand	Republican	68 69 70 71 72	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Leroy T. Marshall	Republican	73 74	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Arthur W. Aleshire	Democratic	75	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Clarence J. Brown	Republican	76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89	January 3, 1939 – August 23, 1965	Died
Bud Brown	Republican	89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97	November 2, 1965 – January 3, 1983	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Mike DeWine	Republican	98 99 100 101	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
Dave Hobson	Republican	102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Steve Austria	Republican	111 112	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Bob Gibbs	Republican	113 114	January 3, 2013 – Present	Redistricted from the 18th district

Recent election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Paul F. Dye: 47,196	Simeon D. Fess: 73,794
1922	Charles B. Zimmerman: 38,522	Charles Brand: 53,182
1924	C. K. Wolf: 34,709	Charles Brand: 61,557
1926	Harry E. Rice: 22,314	Charles Brand: 45,699
1928	Harry E. Rice: 34,323	Charles Brand: 75,753
1930	John L. Zimmerman Jr.: 35,663	Charles Brand: 50,595
1932	Aaron J. Halloran: 57,715	Leroy T. Marshall: 65,064
1934	C. W. Rich: 43,226	Leroy T. Marshall: 46,453
1936	Arthur W. Aleshire: 68,456	Leroy T. Marshall: 67,454
1938	Arthur W. Aleshire: 50,163	Clarence J. Brown: 68,185
1940	J. Fuller Trump: 59,667	Clarence J. Brown: 83,415
1942	George H. Smith: 23,384	Clarence J. Brown: 52,270
1944	John L. Cashim: 52,403	Clarence J. Brown: 84,770	Carl H. Ehl: 211
1946	Carl H. Ehl: 29,824	Clarence J. Brown: 63,390
1948		Clarence J. Brown: 71,737
1950	Ben J. Goldman: 35,818	Clarence J. Brown: 77,660
1952		Clarence J. Brown: 98,354
1954	G. Louis Wren: 35,504	Clarence J. Brown: 62,821
1956	Joseph A. Sullivan: 47,220	Clarence J. Brown: 91,439
1958	Joseph A. Sullivan: 48,994	Clarence J. Brown: 75,085
1960	Joseph A. Sullivan: 55,451	Clarence J. Brown: 105,026
1962	Robert A. Riley: 39,908	Clarence J. Brown: 83,680
1964	Jerry R. Graham: 70,857	Bud Brown*: 93,022
1966		Bud Brown: 81,225
1968	Robert E. Cecile: 55,386	Bud Brown: 97,581
1970	Joseph D. Lewis: 37,294	Bud Brown: 84,448
1972		Bud Brown: 112,350	Dorothy Franke: 40,945
1974	Patrick L. Nelson: 34,828	Bud Brown: 73,503	Dorothy Franke: 13,088
1976	Dorothy Franke: 54,755	Bud Brown: 101,027
1978		Bud Brown: 92,507
1980	Donald Hollister: 38,952	Bud Brown: 124,137
1982	Roger D. Tackett: 65,543	Mike DeWine: 87,842	John B. Winer (L): 2,761
1984	Donald E. Scott: 40,621	Mike DeWine: 147,885	Others: 4,352
1986		Mike DeWine: 119,238
1988	Jack Schira: 50,423	Mike DeWine: 142,597
1990	Jack Schira: 59,349	Dave Hobson: 97,123
1992	Clifford S. Heskett: 66,237	Dave Hobson: 164,195
1994		Dave Hobson: 140,124
1996	Richard K. Blain: 61,419	Dave Hobson: 158,087	Dawn Marie Johnson (N): 13,478
1998	Donald E. Minor Jr.: 49,780	Dave Hobson: 120,765	James A. Schrader (L): 9,146
2000	Donald E. Minor Jr.: 60,755	Dave Hobson: 163,646	John Mitchel: 13,983 Jack D. Null (L): 3,802
2002	Kara Anastasio: 45,568	Dave Hobson: 113,252	Frank Doden (G): 8,812
2004	Kara Anastasio: 97,972	Dave Hobson: 182,621
2006	William R. Conner: 85,202	Dave Hobson: 133,112
2008	Sharen Neuhardt: 113,099	Steve Austria: 159,265
2010	William R. Conner: 70,400	Steve Austria: 135,721	John Anderson (L): 9,381 David Easton (C): 2,811
2012[2]	Joyce Healy-Abrams : 137,708	Bob Gibbs : 178,104

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

References

1. "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
2. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

• 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: 40°28′52″N 82°23′35″W / 40.48111°N 82.39306°W