Ohio's 5th congressional district

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Ohio's 5th congressional district
Current Representative		Bob Latta (R–Bowling Green)
Distribution	48.81% urban, 51.19% rural
Population (2000)	630,730
Median income	$41,701
Ethnicity	95.5% White, 1.1% Black, 0.5% Asian, 3.8% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+8

Ohio's 5th congressional district is in northwestern and north central Ohio and borders Michigan and Indiana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bob Latta. The district borders have changed somewhat from the previous redistrict as some of the easternmost counties were redistricted to other districts.

From 2003 to 2013 all of Crawford, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Huron, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood Counties weree included in this district. Portions of Ashland, Lucas, Mercer, and Wyandot Counties were also a part of the 5th District.

The district from 2003 to 2013

List of Largest Municipalities

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

The largest municipalities represented in this district include:

• Bowling Green, population 29,636
• Tiffin, population 18,135
• Fremont, population 17,375
• Perrysburg, population 16,945
• Defiance, population 16,465
• Norwalk, population 16,238
• Fostoria(*), population 13,931
• Bucyrus, population 13,224
• Galion(*), population 11,341
• Van Wert, population 10,690
• Napoleon, population 9,318
• Bryan, population 8,333
• Bellevue(*), population 8,193
• Wauseon, population 7,091
• Willard, population 6,806
• Upper Sandusky(*), population 6,533
• Rossford, population 6,406
• Clyde, population 6,064
• Northwood, population 5,471
• Crestline(*), population 5,088

(*) Denotes that areas of the city are located in another Congressional District.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1813
James Kilbourne	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13 14	First elected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Philemon Beecher		March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15 16	First elected in 1816 Lost re-election
Joseph Vance		March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17	Elected in 1820 Redistricted to the 4th district
John Wilson Campbell	Jacksonian Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18	Redistricted from the 2nd district Did not seek re-election.
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19
William Russell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20 21 22	First elected in 1826 Lost re-election
Thomas L. Hamer		March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23 24	First elected in 1832 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25
William Doan		March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26 27	First elected in 1838 Did not seek re-election
Emery D. Potter		March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28	Elected in 1842 Did not seek re-election
William Sawyer		March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29 30	First elected in 1844 Lost re-election
Emery D. Potter		March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31	Elected in 1848 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Alfred Edgerton		March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32 33	First elected in 1850 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard Mott	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34	First elected in 1854 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35
James Mitchell Ashley		March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36 37	First elected in 1858 Redistricted to the 10th district
Francis Celeste Le Blond	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38 39	First elected in 1862 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Mungen		March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40 41	First elected in 1866 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles Nelson Lamison		March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42 43	First elected in 1870 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Americus Vespucius Rice		March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44 45	First elected in 1874 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin Le Fevre		March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883	46 47	Redistricted to the 4th district
George E. Seney		March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48	Redistricted to the 7th district
Benjamin Le Fevre		March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49	Redistricted from the 4th district
George E. Seney		March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50 51	Redistricted from the 7th district
Fernando C. Layton		March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52	Redistricted to the 4th district
Dennis D. Donovan		March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53	Redistricted from the 6th district
Francis B. De Witt	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54	Elected in 1894 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David Meekison	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55 56	First elected in 1896 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John S. Snook		March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57 58	First elected in 1900 Retired
William W. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59	Elected in 1904 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Timothy T. Ansberry	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 9, 1915	60 61 62 63	First elected in 1906 Resigned when appointed to the Ohio Court of Appeals
Vacant		January 9, 1915 – March 4, 1915	63
Nelson E. Matthews	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64	Elected in 1914 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John S. Snook	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65	Elected in 1916 Retired
Charles J. Thompson	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931	66 67 68 69 70 71	First elected in 1918 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frank C. Kniffin	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939	72 73 74 75	First elected in 1900 Lost re-election
Cliff Clevenger	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959	76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85	First elected in 1938 Retired
Del Latta		January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1989	86 87 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100	First elected in 1958 Retired
Paul Gillmor		January 3, 1989 – September 5, 2007	101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110	First elected in 1988 Died
Vacant		September 5, 2007 – December 11, 2007	110
Bob Latta	Republican	December 11, 2007 – Present	110 111 112 113	First elected in a 2007 special election

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1812	District created following the 1810 Census.
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1920	Newt Bronson: 25,395	Charles J. Thompson: 40,381
1922	Frank C. Kniffin: 28,067	Charles J. Thompson: 31,700
1924	Frank C. Kniffin: 29,245	Charles J. Thompson: 31,045
1926	Frank C. Kniffin: 23,022	Charles J. Thompson: 23,638
1928	Frank C. Kniffin: 31,385	Charles J. Thompson: 36,096
1930	Frank C. Kniffin: 29,117	Charles J. Thompson: 27,497
1932	Frank C. Kniffin: 44,433	William L. Manahan: 29,605
1934	Frank C. Kniffin: 34,249	Davis B. Johnson: 27,423
1936	Frank C. Kniffin: 41,693	Stephan S. Beard: 33,212	Fred L. Hay: 3,663
1938	Frank C. Kniffin: 28,109	Cliff Clevenger: 37,027
1940	C. H. Armbruster: 31,063	Cliff Clevenger: 48,040
1942	Ferdinand E. Warren: 17,514	Cliff Clevenger: 30,667
1944	T. Walter Williams: 22,740	Cliff Clevenger: 48,490
1946	Willard Thomas: 20,163	Cliff Clevenger: 30,623
1948	Dan Batt: 32,076	Cliff Clevenger: 34,950
1950	Dan Batt: 26,689	Cliff Clevenger: 36,096
1952	Dan Batt: 42,104	Cliff Clevenger: 72,168
1954	Martin W. Feigert: 33,483	Cliff Clevenger: 49,265
1956	George E. Rafferty: 42,181	Cliff Clevenger: 69,774
1958	George E. Rafferty: 44,971	Delbert L. Latta: 52,612
1960	Tom T. McRitchie: 41,375	Delbert L. Latta: 85,175
1962	William T. Hunt: 29,114	Delbert L. Latta: 69,272
1964	Milford Landis: 41,621	Delbert L. Latta: 80,394
1966	John H. Shock: 26,503	Delbert L. Latta: 80,906
1968	Louis Richard Batzler: 45,884	Delbert L. Latta: 113,381
1970	Carl G. Sherer: 37,545	Delbert L. Latta: 92,577
1972	Bruce Edwards: 49,465	Delbert L. Latta: 132,032
1974	Bruce Edwards: 53,391	Delbert L. Latta: 89,161
1976	Bruce Edwards: 60,304	Delbert L. Latta: 124,910
1978	James R. Sherck: 51,071	Delbert L. Latta: 85,547
1980	James R. Sherck: 57,704	Delbert L. Latta: 137,003
1982	James R. Sherck: 70,120	Delbert L. Latta: 86,450
1984	James R. Sherck: 78,809	Delbert L. Latta: 132,582
1986	Tom Murray: 54,864	Delbert L. Latta: 102,016
1988	Tom Murray: 80,472	Paul E. Gillmor: 128,838
1990	P. Scott Mange: 41,693	Paul E. Gillmor: 113,615	John E. Jackson: 10,612
1992		Paul E. Gillmor: 187,860
1994	Jarrod Tudor: 49,335	Paul E. Gillmor: 135,879
1996	Annie Saunders: 81,170	Paul E. Gillmor: 145,892	David J. Schaffer (N): 11,461
1998	Susan Davenport Darrow: 61,926	Paul E. Gillmor: 123,979
2000	Dannie Edmon: 62,138	Paul E. Gillmor: 169,857	John F. Green (L): 5,464 David J. Schaffer (N): 5,881
2002	Roger Anderson: 51,872	Paul E. Gillmor: 126,286	John F. Green: 10,096
2004	Robin Weirauch: 95,481	Paul E. Gillmor: 194,559
2006	Robin Weirauch: 95,955	Paul E. Gillmor : 126,898
2007*	Robin Weirauch: 32,246	Robert E. Latta: 41,740
2008	George Mays: 105,840	Robert E. Latta: 188,905
2012	Angela Zimmann: 133,471	Robert E. Latta: 197,435

2010

Ohio's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Latta*	140,703	67.82%
	Democratic	Caleb Finkenbiner	54,919	26.47%
	Libertarian	Brian Smith	11,831	5.70%
Totals			207,453	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2012

Ohio's 5th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Latta*	197,435	57.6%
	Democratic	Angela Zimmann	133,471	38.9%
	Libertarian	Eric Eberly	11,971	3.5%
Totals			342,877	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

See also

• Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007

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