Ohio's 2nd congressional district
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| Current Representative | Jean Schmidt (R–Miami Township) | |
| Distribution | 72.97% urban, 27.03% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 630,730 | |
| Median income | $46,813 | |
| Ethnicity | 90.3% White, 5.7% Black, 1.3% Asian, 1.0% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 1.1% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+13 | |
Ohio's 2nd congressional district 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 and the 8th District are 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.
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[edit] List of representatives
| Congress(es) | Year(s) | Notes | Representative | Party |
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| District created March 4, 1813 | ||||
| 13th–14th | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | John Alexander | Democratic-Republican | |
| 15th–17th | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 | Redistricted to the 5th district | John Wilson Campbell | |
| 18th | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the 1st district | Thomas R. Ross | Crawford D-R |
| 19th–20th | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | John Woods | Adams | |
| 21st | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | James Shields | Jacksonian | |
| 22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833) | Redistricted to the 4th district | Thomas Corwin | Anti-Jacksonian |
| 23rd–24th | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Taylor Webster | Jacksonian | |
| 25th | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Democratic | ||
| 26th–28th | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845 | John B. Weller | ||
| 29th | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Francis A. Cunningham | ||
| 30th | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | David Fisher | Whig | |
| 31st–32nd | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | Redistricted to the 3rd district | Lewis D. Campbell | |
| 33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | John Scott Harrison | ||
| 34th | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Opposition | ||
| 35th | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | William S. Groesbeck | Democratic | |
| 36th–37th | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | John A. Gurley | Republican | |
| 38th | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Alexander Long | Democratic | |
| 39th–40th | March 4, 1865 – July 20, 1867 | Nominated Governor of Ohio | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican |
| 40th | November 21, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | Samuel Fenton Cary | Independent Republican | |
| 41st–42nd | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 | Job E. Stevenson | Republican | |
| 43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Henry B. Banning | Liberal Republican | |
| 44th–45th | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | Democratic | ||
| 46th–47th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883 | Thomas L. Young | Republican | |
| 48th | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Isaac M. Jordan | Democratic | |
| 49th–50th | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Charles Elwood Brown | Republican | |
| 51st–53rd | March 4, 1889 – May 4, 1894 | Elected Mayor of Cincinnati | John A. Caldwell | |
| 53rd–57th | December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903 | Jacob H. Bromwell | ||
| 58th–61st | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911 | Herman P. Goebel | ||
| 62nd–64th | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 | Alfred G. Allen | Democratic | |
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | Victor Heintz | Republican | |
| 66th–69th | March 4, 1919 – February 12, 1927 | Died | Ambrose E. B. Stephens | |
| 70th | November 8, 1927 – March 3, 1929 | Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr. | ||
| 71st–74th | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937 | William E. Hess | ||
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | Herbert S. Bigelow | Democratic | |
| 76th–80th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949 | William E. Hess | Republican | |
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | Earl T. Wagner | Democratic | |
| 82nd–86h | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1961 | William E. Hess | Republican | |
| 84th–94th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977 | Donald D. Clancy | ||
| 95th–97th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | Redistricted to the 1st district | Tom Luken | Democratic |
| 98th–103rd | January 3, 1983 – January 31, 1993 | Redistricted from the 1st district, Resigned | Bill Gradison | Republican |
| 103rd–109th | May 4, 1993 – April 29, 2005 | Appointed U.S. Trade Representative | Rob Portman | |
| 109th–present | August 2, 2005 – Present | Jean Schmidt | ||
[edit] 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.
[edit] 2005 special election
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.
[edit] 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
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