Ohio's 13th congressional district

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Ohio's 13th congressional district
Ohio's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Tim Ryan D–Niles
Population (2016)	709,683
Median income	$45,177
Ethnicity	82.72% white 11.76% black 1.91% Asian 2.85% Hispanic 0.15% Native American
Cook PVI	D+7

The 13th congressional district of Ohio is represented by Representative Tim Ryan, who defeated Republican Dr. Marisha Agana of Warren on November 6, 2012. Due to reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census, Ohio lost its 17th and 18th congressional districts, necessitating redrawing of district lines. Following the 2012 elections, the 13th district changed to take in much of the territory in the former 17th district, including the city of Youngstown and areas east of Akron.

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map as an unconstitutional gerrymander. According to the lawsuit, the 13th resembles a "jigsaw puzzle piece" that reaches out to grab the portion of Akron not taken in by the Cleveland-based 11th District.

From 2003 to 2013 the district ran from Lorain to include part of Akron, also taking in the suburban areas in between.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1823
Elisha Whittlesey	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Redistricted to the 16th district.
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833
David Spangler	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	[Data unknown/missing.]
James Mathews	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 16th district.
Perley B. Johnson	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Isaac Parrish	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas Ritchey	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[Data unknown/missing.]
William A. Whittlesey	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[Data unknown/missing.]
James M. Gaylord	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[Data unknown/missing.]
William D. Lindsley	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Sherman	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th 37th	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 21, 1861
Vacant		March 21, 1861 – July 4, 1861	37th
Samuel T. Worcester	Republican	July 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863		37th
John O'Neill	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Columbus Delano	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[Data unknown/missing.]
George W. Morgan	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – June 3, 1868	40th	Lost contested election
Columbus Delano	Republican	June 3, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Won contested election
George W. Morgan	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 9th district and lost re-election there.
Milton I. Southard	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Adoniram J. Warner	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Gibson Atherton	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Redistricted from the 14th district. [Data unknown/missing.]
George L. Converse	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from the 12th district. [Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph H. Outhwaite	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 9th district.
James I. Dungan	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[Data unknown/missing.]
Darius D. Hare	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 8th district. [Data unknown/missing.]
Stephen Ross Harris	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[Data unknown/missing.]
James A. Norton	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Amos H. Jackson	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Grant E. Mouser	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Carl C. Anderson	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – October 1, 1912	61st 62nd	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		October 1, 1912 – March 3, 1913	62nd
John A. Key	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 8th district.
Arthur W. Overmyer	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	[Data unknown/missing.]
James T. Begg	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1929	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph E. Baird	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	[Data unknown/missing.]
William L. Fiesinger	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937	72nd 73rd 74th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Dudley A. White	Republican	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941	75th 76th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Albert David Baumhart Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1941 – September 2, 1942	77th	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned after receiving a commission in the United States Navy
Vacant		September 2, 1942 – January 3, 1943	77th
Alvin F. Weichel	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Retired.
Albert David Baumhart Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961	84th 85th 86th	Retired.
Charles Adams Mosher	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Retired.
Don Pease	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Retired.
Sherrod Brown	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Betty Sutton	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	110th 111th 112th	Redistricted to the 16th district and lost re-election there.
Tim Ryan	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 17th district.

Recent election results

The following chart shows historic election results since 1920.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Alfred Waggoner: 26,646	Y James T. Begg (Incumbent): 48,416
1922	Arthur W. Overmyer: 30,199	Y James T. Begg (Incumbent): 38,994
1924	John Dreitzler: 27,623	Y James T. Begg (Incumbent): 45,307
1926	G. C. Steineman: 19,571	Y James T. Begg (Incumbent): 36,444
1928	William C. Martin: 34,015	Y Joe E. Baird: 54,174
1930	Y William L. Fiesinger: 35,199	Joe E. Baird (Incumbent): 35,199
1932	Y William L. Fiesinger (Incumbent): 56,070	Walter E. Kruger: 39,122
1934	Y William L. Fiesinger (Incumbent): 43,617	Walter E. Kruger: 35,889	Charles C. Few: 764
1936	Forrest R. Black: 39,042	Y Dudley A. White: 46,623	Merrell E. Martin: 12,959
1938	William L. Fiesinger: 24,749	Y Dudley A. White (Incumbent): 56,204
1940	Werner S. Haslinger: 40,274	Y A. David Baumhart Jr.: 62,442
1942	E. C. Alexander: 23,618	Y Alvin F. Weichel: 37,923
1944		Y Alvin F. Weichel (Incumbent): 67,298
1946	Frank W. Thomas: 19,237	Y Alvin F. Weichel (Incumbent): 49,725
1948	Dwight A. Blackmore: 38,264	Y Alvin F. Weichel (Incumbent): 55,408
1950	Dwight A. Blackmore: 24,042	Y Alvin F. Weichel (Incumbent): 58,484
1952	George C. Steinemann: 44,467	Y Alvin F. Weichel (Incumbent): 63,344
1954	George C. Steinemann: 32,177	Y A. David Baumhart Jr.: 56,524
1956	J. P. Henderson: 32,900	Y A. David Baumhart Jr. (Incumbent): 79,324
1958	J. William McCray: 45,390	Y A. David Baumhart Jr. (Incumbent): 65,169
1960	J. William McCray: 69,033	Y Charles A. Mosher: 73,100
1962	J. Grant Keys: 52,030	Y Charles A. Mosher (Incumbent): 63,858
1964	Louis Frey: 62,780	Y Charles A. Mosher (Incumbent): 75,945
1966	Thomas E. Wolfe: 36,751	Y Charles A. Mosher (Incumbent): 69,862
1968	Adrian F. Betleski: 59,864	Y Charles A. Mosher (Incumbent): 97,158
1970	Joseph J. Bartolomeo: 53,271	Y Charles A. Mosher (Incumbent): 85,858
1972	John M. Ryan: 51,991	Y Charles A. Mosher (Incumbent): 111,242
1974	Fred M. Ritenauer: 53,766	Y Charles A. Mosher (Incumbent): 72,881
1976	Y Don Pease: 108,061	Woodrow W. Mathna: 49,828	Patricia A. Cortez: 5,794
1978	Y Don Pease (Incumbent): 80,875	Mark W. Whitfield: 43,269
1980	Y Don Pease (Incumbent): 113,439	David Earl Armstrong: 64,296
1982	Y Don Pease (Incumbent): 92,296	Timothy Paul Martin: 53,376	James S. Patton: 5,053
1984	Y Don Pease (Incumbent): 131,923	William G. Schaffner: 59,610	Other: 7,223
1986	Y Don Pease (Incumbent): 88,612	William D. Nielsen Jr.: 52,452
1988	Y Don Pease (Incumbent): 137,074	Dwight Brown: 59,287
1990	Y Don Pease (Incumbent): 93,431	William D. Nielsen Jr.: 60,925	John Michael Ryan: 10,506
1992	Y Sherrod Brown: 134,486	Margaret R. Mueller: 88,889	Mark Miller: 20,320 Tom Lawson: 4,719 Werner J. Lange: 3,844
1994	Y Sherrod Brown (Incumbent): 93,147	Gregory A. White: 86,422	Howard Mason: 7,777 John Michael Ryan: 2,430
1996	Y Sherrod Brown (Incumbent): 148,690	Kenneth C. Blair Jr.: 87,108	David C. Kluter (N): 8,707
1998	Y Sherrod Brown (Incumbent): 116,309	Grace L. Drake: 72,666
2000	Y Sherrod Brown (Incumbent): 170,058	Rick H. Jeric: 84,295	Michael A. Chmura (L): 5,837 David C. Kluter (N): 3,108
2002	Y Sherrod Brown (Incumbent): 123,025	Ed Oliveros: 55,357
2004	Y Sherrod Brown (Incumbent): 196,139	Robert Lucas: 95,025
2006	Y Betty Sutton: 135,639	Craig L. Foltin: 85,922
2008	Y Betty Sutton (Incumbent): 189,542	David Potter: 104,066	Robert Crow: 37
2010	Y Betty Sutton (Incumbent): 118,806	Tom Ganley: 94,367
2012	Y Tim Ryan : 235,492	Marisha Agana : 88,120
2014	Y Tim Ryan (Incumbent): 120,230	Thomas Pekarek: 55,233	David Allen Pastorius (write-in): 86
2016	Y Tim Ryan (Incumbent): 208,610	Richard A. Morckel: 99,377	Calvin Hill Sr. (write-in): 17
2018	Y Tim Ryan (Incumbent): 153,323	Chris DePizzo: 98,047

Recent election results from statewide races

Under its current lines, the 13th district is usually strongly Democratic, although Republicans have carried it in statewide races.

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 53 - George W. Bush 44%
2004	President	John Kerry 56 - George W. Bush 44%
2008	President	Barack Obama 62 - John McCain 36%
2012	President	Barack Obama 63 - Mitt Romney 36%
2014	Governor	John Kasich 53 - Ed FitzGerald 43%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 51 - Donald Trump 45%
	Senate	Rob Portman 48 - Ted Strickland 46%

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