Ohio's 6th congressional district
| Ohio's 6th congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | Bill Johnson (R–Marietta) | |
| Distribution | 50.16% urban, 49.84% rural | |
| Population (2010) | 716,828[1] | |
| Median income | $41,783 | |
| Ethnicity | 95.50% White, 2.28% Black, 0.33% Asian, 0.82% Hispanic, 0.19% Native American, 1.69% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+5 | |
Ohio's 6th congressional district is represented by Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH). This district runs along the southeast side of the state, bordering Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It stretches from rural Lucasville through Athens and several older Ohio River industrial towns all the way to the Youngstown city limits.[2]
Contents
History
When Robert McEwen was first elected in 1980, the Sixth District of Ohio consisted of Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike, Scioto, and Ross Counties plus Clermont County outside the city of Loveland, Harrison Township in Vinton County and the Warren County townships of Clearcreek, Deerfield, Hamilton, Harlan, Massie, Salem, and Wayne.[3] At that time, The Washington Post described the Sixth as "a fail-safe Republican district."[4]
The Ohio General Assembly redrew the Sixth District following the results of the 1980 Census. The boundaries from 1983 to 1987 included all of Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Warren Counties, plus Waterloo and York Townships in Athens County; Wayne Township in Clermont County; Concord, Jasper, Marion, Perry, Union, and Wayne Townships in Fayette County; and Washington Township and the Cities of Miamisburg and West Carrollton in Montgomery County.[5]
Beginning with the 100th Congress in 1987, adjustments were made by the legislature to the boundaries; reapportionment between censuses is unusual in American politics. A small part of the Montgomery County territory was detached, as were parts of Fayette County in Washington Court House in Union Township and the townships of Jasper and Marion. Part of Brown County was added, Jackson and Eagle Townships. These were the boundaries for the rest of McEwen's service in Congress.[6]
The district was largely rural and agricultural with no large cities. One of the major industries was the United States Department of Energy's Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Piketon, which manufactured uranium for nuclear weapons. The district was 97 per cent white with a median household income of $21,761.[7]
In 1992, the district was altered significantly to accommodate Ohio's loss of two House seats in redistricting. The state legislature anticipated that Clarence Miller of the neighboring Tenth District would retire, and thus combined the southern end of his district (which included Athens, Gallipolis, and Ironton) with most of the area previously represented by McEwen. Although the district did not include Miller's hometown of Lancaster, Miller decided not to retire and instead challenged McEwen in the Sixth District primary in 1992. The campaign was bitter, and McEwen eked out only a narrow victory. In November, McEwen was upset by Democrat Ted Strickland, a prison psychologist. Strickland himself was defeated in 1994 by Republican Frank Cremeans, but won the seat back in 1996.
For 2002 the district was shifted dramatically eastward in an attempt to create a safe seat for Strickland[citation needed] while ending James Traficant's congressional career by placing his hometown of Poland, Ohio, into the Sixth District. Traficant ran in the neighboring Seventeenth District instead, but lost. The district currently includes all of Columbiana, Gallia, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Noble and Washington counties, and portions of Athens, Belmont, Mahoning and Scioto counties.
In 2010, Republican Bill Johnson defeated incumbent Democrat Charles Wilson, returning the seat Republican for the first time since 1997. Following the 2010 United States Census, the bounds of the sixth district were changed again as Ohio lost two seats in Congress.[8]
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Year(s) | Congress(es) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | March 4, 1813 | |||
| 75px Reasin Beall | Democratic- Republican |
April 20, 1813 – June 7, 1814 |
13th | Elected after Rep-elect John Stark Edwards died before commencement of term, Resigned |
 David Clendenin |
October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1817 |
13th–14th | ||
.png) Peter Hitchcock |
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | ||
 John Sloane |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 |
16th–17th | Redistricted to the 12th district | |
 Duncan McArthur |
Adams- Clay DR |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | |
| John Thomson |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
19th | |
 William Creighton, Jr. |
Adams | March 4, 1827 – ????, 1828 |
20th | Resigned after being appointed as judge of United States District Court for the District of Ohio |
| Francis Swaine Muhlenberg |
December 19, 1828 – March 3, 1829 |
20th | ||
| William Creighton, Jr. |
Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
21st–22nd | |
| 75px Samuel Finley Vinton | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Redistricted from the 7th district | |
| Whig | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | ||
| Calvary Morris |
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
25th–27th | ||
| Henry St. John |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
28th–29th | |
 Rodolphus Dickinson |
March 4, 1847 – March 20, 1849 |
30th–31st | Died | |
| Amos E. Wood |
December 3, 1849 – November 19, 1850 |
31st | Died | |
| John Bell |
Whig | January 7, 1851 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | |
| Frederick W. Green |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Redistricted to the 9th district |
| Andrew Ellison |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | ||
 Jonas R. Emrie |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | |
| 75px Joseph R. Cockerill | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | |
| William Howard |
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | ||
| 75px Chilton A. White | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 |
37th–38th | ||
| 75px Reader W. Clarke | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
39th–40th | |
| John Armstrong Smith |
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
41st–42nd | ||
 Isaac R. Sherwood |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | ||
 Frank H. Hurd |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | |
| 75px Jacob Dolson Cox | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | |
| 75px William D. Hill | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | |
| James M. Ritchie |
Republican | March 3, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | |
| 75px William D. Hill | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th–49th | |
 Melvin M. Boothman |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
50th–51st | |
| 75px Dennis D. Donovan | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Redistricted to the 5th district |
 George W. Hulick |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd–54th | |
| 75px Seth W. Brown | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 |
55th–56th | ||
| 75px Charles Q. Hildebrant | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905 |
57th–58th | ||
| 75px Thomas E. Scroggy | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 |
59th | ||
 Matthew Denver |
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 |
60th–62nd | |
 Simeon D. Fess |
Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | Redistricted to the 7th district |
| 75px Charles Cyrus Kearns | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1931 |
64th–71st | ||
| 75px James G. Polk | Democratic | March 3, 1931 – January 3, 1941 |
72nd–76th | |
| Jacob E. Davis |
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
77th | ||
| Edward Oscar McCowen |
Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 |
78th–80th | |
| 75px James G. Polk | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – April 28, 1959 |
81st–86th | Died |
| Ward Miller |
Republican | November 8, 1960 – January 3, 1961 |
86th | [9] |
| 75px Bill Harsha | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1981 |
87th–96th | ||
| 75px Bob McEwen | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 |
97th–102nd | [10] | |
| 75px Ted Strickland | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
103rd | |
| 75px Frank Cremeans | Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
104th | |
 Ted Strickland |
Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007 |
105th–109th | Retired to become Governor of Ohio |
 Charlie Wilson |
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
110th–111th | ||
 Bill Johnson |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – Present |
112th– | |
Recent election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
Competitiveness
Election results from presidential races:
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | George W. Bush 49 - Al Gore 47% |
| 2004 | President | George W. Bush 51 - John Kerry 49% |
| 2008 | President | John McCain 50 - Barack Obama 48% |
| 2012 | President | Mitt Romney 55 - Barack Obama 43% |
Historical district boundaries
See also
Notes and references
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- ↑ http://www.ohiofreepress.com/2010/ohio-congressional-districts-map/
- ↑ Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335.
- ↑ "Election 80: New Faces in the House". The Washington Post. November 23, 1980. A15.
- ↑ Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. 1987-1988 Official Congressional Directory, 100th Congress. Duncan Nystrom, editor. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1987.
- ↑ Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory, 102d Congress. Duncan Nystrom, editor. S. Pub. 102-4. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1991.
- ↑ Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa. The Almanac of American Politics, 1994. Washington, D.C.: National Journal, 1993. ISBN 0-89234-058-4.
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A separate, special election was held to fill out Polk's unexpired term. Miller, the winner of this election, served the remainder of 1960, until Harsha's term began in 1961.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Redistricting following the 1990 census resulted in putting two Republican incumbents, Robert D. McEwen and Clarence E. Miller (incumbent in the 10th District), in the new Sixth District. McEwen defeated Miller in a bitterly fought Republican primary election in 1992.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Probable error in records: Edward H. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee in 1926, and Edward N. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee in 1924, are most probably the same person. Which name is correct is unknown.
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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