Ohio's 9th congressional district

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Ohio's 9th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Marcy Kaptur
DToledo
Distribution
  • 86.02% urban
  • 13.98% rural
Population (2022)780,071
Median household
income
$62,077[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+3[2]

Ohio's 9th congressional district has been represented by Representative Marcy Kaptur (D) since 1983. It was one of five districts that would have voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Democrat in 2022.

This district is located in the northwestern part of the state, bordering Michigan, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada (via Lake Erie), and includes all of Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Erie counties, and a portion of northern Wood County.

The previous iteration of the 9th district stretched along Lake Erie from Toledo to Cleveland, and was called "The Snake by the Lake" due to its long and skinny appearance on the map.[3] The two parts of the district were connected only via the Thomas Edison Memorial Bridge between Erie and Ottawa counties, as well as Crane Creek State Park. Some Ohio Democrats argued that when the beach floods, the district was not contiguous.[4]

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map as unconstitutional gerrymandering.[5] According to the lawsuit, the 9th "eats its way across the southern border of Lake Erie" while fragmenting Cleveland and Toledo.[6] In 2019, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case meaning that Ohio's congressional districts, including District 9, would not need to be redrawn.[7]

Geography[edit]

All or part of ten cities (whose population is greater than 5,000) are in the district.

The largest municipalities[8] represented in this district include:

Election results from statewide races[edit]

Results under current lines (since 2023)[9]
Year Office Result
2012 President Barack Obama 57.5% - Mitt Romney 40.7%
2016 President Donald Trump 47.7% - Hillary Clinton 46.8%
2020 President Donald Trump 50.6% - Joe Biden 47.7%
2022 Senate Tim Ryan 50.2% - J. D. Vance 49.8%
2022 Governor Mike DeWine 63% - Nan Whaley 37%

List of members representing the district[edit]

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823
Philemon Beecher
(Lancaster)
Adams-Clay
Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Lost re-election.
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829

William W. Irvin
(Lancaster)
Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833
21st
22nd
Elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
[data missing]

John Chaney
(Courtwright)
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
23rd
24th
25th
Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
[data missing]
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839

William Medill
(Lancaster)
Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[data missing]

Elias Florence
(Circleville)
Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1843.
[data missing]
Augustus L. Perrill
(Lithopolis)
Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected in 1844.
[data missing]
Thomas O. Edwards
(Lancaster)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
[data missing]

Edson B. Olds
(Circleville)
Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
31st
32nd
Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the 12th district.
Frederick W. Green
(Tiffin)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1852.
[data missing]

Cooper K. Watson
(Tiffin)
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1854.
[data missing]
Lawrence W. Hall
(Bucyrus)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th Elected in 1856.
[data missing]

John Carey
(Carey)
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
36th Elected in 1858.
[data missing]

Warren P. Noble
(Tiffin)
Democratic March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1865
37th
38th
Elected in 1860.
Re-elected in 1862.
[data missing]

Ralph P. Buckland
(Fremont)
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869
39th
40th
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[data missing]
Edward F. Dickinson
(Fremont)
Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41st Elected in 1868.
[data missing]

Charles Foster
(Fostoria)
Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 10th district.

James W. Robinson
(Marysville)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
[data missing]
Earley F. Poppleton
(Delaware)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

John S. Jones
(Delaware)
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879
45th Elected in 1876.
[data missing]

George L. Converse
(Columbus)
Democratic March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th Elected in 1878.
Redistricted to the 12th district.

James S. Robinson
(Kenton)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
January 12, 1885
47th
48th
Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Resigned to become Ohio Secretary of State.
Vacant January 12, 1885 –
March 3, 1885
48th

William C. Cooper
(Mount Vernon)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891
49th
50th
51st
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[data missing]

Joseph H. Outhwaite
(Columbus)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 12th district.

Byron F. Ritchie
(Toledo)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
[data missing]

James H. Southard
(Toledo)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1907
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[data missing]

Isaac R. Sherwood
(Toledo)
Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1921
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost re-election.

William W. Chalmers
(Toledo)
Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923
67th Elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.

Isaac R. Sherwood
(Toledo)
Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925
68th Elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.

William W. Chalmers
(Toledo)
Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1931
69th
70th
71st
Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost renomination.

Wilbur M. White
(Toledo)
Republican March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
72nd Elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.

Warren J. Duffey
(Toledo)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
July 7, 1936
73rd
74th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
Vacant July 7, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
74th
John F. Hunter
(Toledo)
Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1943
75th
76th
77th
Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.

Homer A. Ramey
(Toledo)
Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1949
78th
79th
80th
Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
Thomas Henry Burke
(Toledo)
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
81st Elected in 1948.
Lost renomination.

Frazier Reams
(Toledo)
Independent January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1955
82nd
83rd
Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost re-election.

Thomas L. Ashley
(Maumee)
Democratic January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1981
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Lost re-election.

Ed Weber
(Toledo)
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
97th Elected in 1980.
Lost re-election.

Marcy Kaptur
(Toledo)
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
present
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

Election results[edit]

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

Year Democratic Republican Other
1920 Isaac R. Sherwood: 38,292 Green tickY William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 49,732 Karl E. Pauli: 47
1922 Green tickY Isaac R. Sherwood: 45,059 William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 42,712 (none)
1924 Isaac R. Sherwood (Incumbent): 48,482 Green tickY William W. Chalmers: 54,792 Millard Price (Prohibition): 2,159
John Kocinski: 747
1926 C. W. Davis: 23,947 Green tickY William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 47,331 George F. Parrish (TRI): 1,110
Millard Price (Socialist): 1,018
1928 William P. Clarke: 50,601 Green tickY William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 82,560 Charles V. Stephenson (Workers): 190
1930 Scott Stahl: 36,375 Green tickY Wilbur M. White: 49,498 (none)
1932 Green tickY Warren J. Duffey: 56,755 Wilbur M. White (Incumbent): 54,078 Silas E. Hurin: 4,200
Clyde E. Kiker: 2,135
Karl Pauli (Socialist): 1,314
Eugene Stoll (Communist): 620
1934 Green tickY Warren J. Duffey (Incumbent): 61,037 Frank L. Mulholland: 35,732 Kenneth Eggert (Communist): 684
Karl Pauli (Socialist): 510
1936 Green tickY John F. Hunter: 75,737 Raymond E. Hildebrand: 55,043 Earl O. Lehman: 3,739
1938 Green tickY John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 56,306 Homer A. Ramey: 55,441 (none)
1940 Green tickY John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 86,956 Wilbur M. White: 71,927 (none)
1942 John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 44,027 Green tickY Homer A. Ramey: 47,377 (none)
1944 John F. Hunter: 77,693 Green tickY Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 82,735 (none)
1946 Michael DiSalle: 59,057 Green tickY Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 59,394 (none)
1948 Green tickY Thomas H. Burke: 85,409 Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 73,394 (none)
1950 Thomas H. Burke (Incumbent): 45,268 Homer A. Ramey: 43,301 Green tickY Frazier Reams (Independent): 51,024
1952 Thomas H. Burke: 61,047 Gilmore Flues: 46,989 Green tickY Frazier Reams (Independent, Incumbent): 74,821
1954 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley: 48,471 Irving C. Reynolds: 39,933 Frazier Reams (Independent, Incumbent): 44,656
1956 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): Harvey G. Straub: 81,562 (none)
1958 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 102,115 William K. Gernheuser: 63,660 (none)
1960 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 108,688 Howard C. Cook: 82,433 (none)
1962 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 86,443 Martin A. Janis: 64,279 (none)
1964 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 109,167 John O. Celusta: 64,401 (none)
1966 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 83,261 Jane M. Kuebbeler: 53,777 (none)
1968 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 85,280 Ben Marsh: 63,290 (none)
1970 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 82,777 Allen H. Shapiro: 33,947 (none)
1972 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 110,450 Joseph C. Richards: 49,388 (none)
1974 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 64,831 Carty Finkbeiner: 57,892 (none)
1976 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 91,040 Carty Finkbeiner: 73,919 Edward S. Emery: 1,533
Lynn Galonsky: 1,477
1978 Green tickY Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 71,709 John C. Hoyt: 34,326 Edward S. Emery: 2,563
Michael James Lewinski: 4,530
1980 Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 68,728 Green tickY Ed Weber: 96,927 Edward S. Emery: 4,357
Toby Elizabeth Emmerich: 2,411
1982 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur: 95,162 Ed Weber (Incumbent): 64,459 David Muir (Libertarian): 1,217
Susan A. Skinner: 1,785
James J. Somers: 1,594
1984 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 117,985 Frank Venner: 93,210 Other: 3,714
1986 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 105,646 Mike Shufeldt: 30,643 (none)
1988 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 157,557 Al Hawkins: 36,183 (none)
1990 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 117,681 Jerry D. Lammers: 33,791 (none)
1992 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 178,879 Ken D. Brown: 53,011 Edward Howard: 11,162
1994 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 118,120 R. Randy Whitman: 38,665 (none)
1996 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 170,617 R. Randy Whitman: 46,040 Elizabeth A. Slotnick (Natural Law): 4,677
1998 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 130,793 Edward S. Emery: 30,312 (none)
2000 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 168,547 Dwight E. Bryan: 49,446 Galen Fries (Libertarian): 4,239
Dennis Slotnick (Natural Law): 3,096
2002 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 132,236 Edward S. Emery: 46,481 (none)
2004 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 199,528 Larry A. Kaczala: 93,930 (none)
2006 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 153,880 Brad Leavitt: 55,119 (none)
2008 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 210,822 Brad Leavitt: 73,610 (none)
2010 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 121,819 Rich Iott: 83,423 (none)
2012 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 217,775 Joe Wurzelbacher: 68,666 Sean Stipe (Libertarian): 11,725
2014[10] Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 106,338 Richard May: 50,792 Cory Hoffman (Write-in): 112
George A. Skalsky (Write-in): 29
2016 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 193,966 Donald P. Larson: 88,427 George Skalsky (Write-in): 5
2018 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 157,219 Steve Kraus: 74,670 McKenzie Levindofske (Write-in): 48
2020 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 190,328 Rob Weber: 111,385 Other: 39
2022 Green tickY Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 150,655 J.R. Majewski: 115,362 (none)

Historical district boundaries[edit]

2003–2013
2013–2023

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kill the Snake by the Lake", Toledo Blade, Jan. 16, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Shira Toeplitz (November 10, 2011). "Top 5 Ugliest Districts: Partisan Gerrymandering 101". Roll Call.
  5. ^ Todd Ruger, "Voters Challenge Ohio Congressional Map as Partisan Gerrymander", Roll Call, May 23, 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. ^ Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute et al., v. John Kasich, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, filed 05/23/2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  7. ^ "U.S. Supreme Court tosses challenge to Republican-drawn Ohio congressional maps". Reuters. October 7, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  9. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  10. ^ Election results 2014 state.oh.us