Ohio's 12th congressional district

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Ohio's 12th congressional district
Ohio's 12th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Vacant
Population (2016)	758,614
Median income	63,046
Ethnicity	87.15% White 4.86% Black 4.43% Asian 2.77% Hispanic 0.14% Native American
Cook PVI	R+7

Ohio's 12th congressional district is currently vacant, represented by Republican (GOP) Representative Patrick J. Tiberi until his resignation on January 15, 2018. A special election will be held on August 7, 2018, to finish his term. The district includes communities north and east of Columbus including Zanesville, Mansfield and Dublin.

From 2003 to 2013 the district included eastern Columbus, including most of its heavily African-American neighborhoods. The district also took in most of its northern suburbs, including Westerville. It was one of two districts that split the capital, the other being the 15th District. For most of the time from the 1980s to the 2000s, it was considered to be less Republican than the 15th, in part due to its large black population. However, redistricting after the 2010 census drew nearly all of the 15th's black constituents into the 3rd District, while the 15th was pushed into more exurban and Republican areas north and east of the capital.

It has been in Republican hands since 1920, except for an eight-year stretch in the 1930s and a two-year term in 1980 where the Democratic Party held the seat; in both instances the Democratic incumbent was later defeated by a GOP politician. However, in the 2004 presidential election George W. Bush narrowly won the district against John Kerry, 51% to 49%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democratic candidate Barack Obama won the 12th district by a margin of 53% to 46%.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Congress(es)	Year(s)	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1823
John Sloane	Adams-Clay D-R	18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Redistricted from the 6th district
	Adams	19th 20th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
John Thomson	Jacksonian	21st 22nd	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	Redistricted to the 17th district
Robert Mitchell	Jacksonian	23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing.]
Elias Howell	Anti-Jacksonian	24th	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing.]
Alexander Harper	Whig	25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jonathan Taylor	Democratic	26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joshua Mathiot	Whig	27th	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel Finley Vinton	Whig	28th 29th 30th 31st	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Welch	Whig	32nd	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edson B. Olds	Democratic	33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Redistricted from the 9th district
Samuel Galloway	Opposition	34th	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	35th 36th 37th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to the 7th district
William E. Finck	Democratic	38th 39th	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing.]
Philadelph Van Trump	Democratic	40th 41st 42nd	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing.]
Hugh J. Jewett	Democratic	43rd	March 4, 1873 – June 23, 1874	Resigned to become President of the Erie Railroad
William E. Finck	Democratic	43rd	December 7, 1874 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing.]
Ansel T. Walling	Democratic	44th	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas Ewing, Jr.	Democratic	45th	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Redistricted to the 10th district
Henry S. Neal	Republican	46th	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Redistricted from the 11th district, Redistricted to the 11th district
George L. Converse	Democratic	47th	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Redistricted from the 9th district, Redistricted to the 13th district
Alphonso Hart	Republican	48th	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing.]
Albert C. Thompson	Republican	49th	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted to the 11th district
Jacob J. Pugsley	Republican	50th 51st	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing.]
William H. Enochs	Republican	52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 10th district
Joseph H. Outhwaite	Democratic	53rd	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Redistricted from the 9th district
David K. Watson	Republican	54th	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing.]
John J. Lentz	Democratic	55th 56th	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing.]
Emmett Tompkins	Republican	57th	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing.]
De Witt C. Badger	Democratic	58th	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edward L. Taylor, Jr.	Republican	59th 60th 61st 62nd	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing.]
Clement L. Brumbaugh	Democratic	63rd 64th 65th 66th	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]
John C. Speaks	Republican	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931	[Data unknown/missing.]
Arthur P. Lamneck	Democratic	72nd 73rd 74th 75th	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939	[Data unknown/missing.]
John M. Vorys	Republican	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel L. Devine	Republican	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1981	[Data unknown/missing.]
Bob Shamansky	Democratic	97th	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Kasich	Republican	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2001	First 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. Retired to run for U.S. President.
Pat Tiberi	Republican	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	January 3, 2001 – January 15, 2018	First 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. Resigned to lead the Ohio Business Roundtable.
Vacant		115th	January 15, 2018 – Present

Recent election results

The following chart shows historic election results.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Arthur P. Lamneck: 43,845	√ John C. Speaks: 62,247	Enoch B. Eubanks: 1,481
1922	H. Sage Valentine: 37,875	√ John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 47,265	William Garminden (SL): 632
1924	Lowry F. Sater: 41,291	√ John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 58,705
1926	H. S. Atkinson: 31,724	√ John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 41,119
1928	Carl H. Valentine: 50,216	√ John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 82,574
1930	√ Arthur P. Lamneck: 59,330	John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 43,840
1932	√ Arthur P. Lamneck (Incumbent): 63,135	John C. Speaks: 62,704
1934	√ Arthur P. Lamneck (Incumbent): 63,396	John C. Speaks: 50,386
1936	√ Arthur P. Lamneck (Incumbent): 88,222	Grant P. Ward: 64,766
1938	Arthur P. Lamneck (Incumbent): 62,026	√ Jonn M. Vorys: 64,409
1940	Arthur P. Lamneck: 87,115	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 91,767
1942	Arthur P. Lamneck: 40,290	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 56,558
1944	Forrest F. Smith: 82,503	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 97,856
1946	Arthur P. Lamneck: 45,779	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 74,691
1948	Robert M. Draper: 87,770	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 95,575
1950	John W. Guy: 65,860	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 117,396
1952	George T. Tarbutton: 81,665	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 134,693
1954	Jacob F. Myers: 59,210	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 94,585
1956	Walter J. Shapter Jr.: 79,597	√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 128,682
1958	Walter J. Shapter Jr.: 84,470	√ Samuel L. Devine: 100,684
1960	Richard E. Liming: 90,894	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 140,236
1962	Paul D. Cassidy: 60,563	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 130,316
1964	Robert L. Van Heyde: 118,299	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 146,971
1966	Robert N. Shamansky: 39,140	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 70,102
1968	Herbert J. Pfeifer: 51,202	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 106,664
1970	James W. Goodrich: 60,538	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 82,486
1972	James W. Goodrich: 81,074	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 103,655
1974	Francine Ryan: 70,818	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 73,303
1976	Francine Ryan: 89,424	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 90,987	William Roger "Bill" Moss (I): 15,429
1978	James L. Baumann: 61,698	√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 81,573
1980	√ Bob Shamansky: 108,690	Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 98,110
1982	Bob Shamansky (Incumbent): 82,753	√ John Kasich: 88,335	Russell A. Lewis (L): 3,939
1984	Richard S. Sloan: 65,215	√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 148,899
1986	Timothy C. Jochim: 42,727	√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 117,905
1988	Mark P. Brown: 50,782	√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 204,892
1990	Mike Gelpi: 50,784	√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 130,495
1992	Bob Fitrakis: 68,761	√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 170,297
1994	Cynthia L. Ruccia: 57,294	√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 114,608
1996	Cynthia L. Ruccia: 78,762	√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 151,667	Barbara Ann Edelman (N): 7,005
1998	Edward S. Brown: 60,694	√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 124,197
2000	Maryellen O'Shaughnessy: 115,432	√ Pat Tiberi: 139,242	Charles Ed Jordan: 1,566 Nick Hogan (L): 4,546 Gregory B. Richey (N): 2,600
2002	Edward S. Brown: 64,707	√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 116,982
2004	Edward S. Brown: 122,109	√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 198,912
2006	Robert N. Shamansky: 126,573	√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 198,723
2008	David Robinson: 152,234	√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 197,447	Steven Linnabary (L): 10,707
2010	Paula Brooks: 110,307	√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 150,163	Travis Irvine (L): 8,710
2012	Jim Reese: 134,614	√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 233,874
2014	David Tibbs: 61,360	√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 150,573	Bob Hart (G): 9,148
2016	Ed Albertson: 112, 638	√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 251,266	Joe Manchik (G): 13,474 Write-in: 156

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