Ohio's 20th congressional district

The 20th Congressional district of Ohio was created after the 1840 census. It was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1990 census, and redistricted and renumbered as the 10th district.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Congress(es)	Year(s)	Notes
District created March 4, 1843
75px Joshua Reed Giddings	Whig	28th–30th	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Redistricted from the 16th district
	Free Soil	31st–33rd	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855
	Opposition	34th	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	35th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John Hutchins		36th–37th	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
District inactive		38th–42nd	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1873	District inactive
75px Richard C. Parsons	Republican	43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
75px Henry B. Payne	Democratic	44th	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
75px Amos Townsend	Republican	45th–47th	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
75px David R. Paige	Democratic	48th	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885
William McKinley	Republican	49th	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted to the 18th district
75px George W. Crouse		50th	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
75px Martin L. Smyser		51st	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
75px Vincent A. Taylor		52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
75px William J. White		53rd	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Clifton B. Beach		54th–55th	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
75px Fremont O. Phillips		56th	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901
75px Jacob A. Beidler		57th–59th	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907
75px L. Paul Howland		60th–62nd	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913
75px William Gordon	Democratic	63rd–65th	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919
75px Charles A. Mooney		66th	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
75px Miner G. Norton	Republican	67th	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
75px Charles A. Mooney	Democratic	68th–72nd	March 4, 1923 – May 29, 1931	Died
Martin L. Sweeney		72nd–77th	November 3, 1931 – January 3, 1943
75px Michael A. Feighan		78th–91st	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1971
75px James V. Stanton		92nd–94th	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977
Mary Rose Oakar		95th–102nd	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993
District inactive		103rd– present	January 3, 1993 – Present	District inactive

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1990	Mary Rose Oakar*: 109,390	Bill Smith: 39,749
1988	Mary Rose Oakar: 146,715	Michael Sajna: 30,944
1986	Mary Rose Oakar: 110,976	Bill Smith: 19,794
1984	Mary Rose Oakar: 167,115
1982	Mary Rose Oakar: 133,603	Paris T. LeJeune: 17,675	Louis Haberbush: 1,930 MIlton R. Norris (L): 2,844
1980	Mary Rose Oakar: 96,217
1978	Mary Rose Oakar: 76,973
1976	Mary Rose Oakar: 98,785		Raymond J. Grabow: 20,553 Theodore Held III: 2,638
1974	James Vincent Stanton: 86,405	Robert A. Frantz: 12,991
1972	James Vincent Stanton: 117,302	Thomas E. Vilt: 16,624	Richard B. Kay (AI): 5,285
1970	James Vincent Stanton: 70,140	J. William Petro: 16,118
1968	Michael A. Feighan: 72,918	J. William Petro: 27,827
1966	Michael A. Feighan: 63,629	Clarence E. McLeod: 20,034
1964	Michael A. Feighan: 115,675	Joseph A. Cipollone: 39,747
1962	Michael A. Feighan: 91,544	Leonard G. Richter: 37,325
1960	Michael A. Feighan: 113,302	Leonard G. Richter: 53,845
1958	Michael A. Feighan: 113,200	Malvern E. Schultz: 29,308
1956	Michael A. Feighan: 105,562	John H. Ferguson: 56,209
1954	Michael A. Feighan: 81,304	John H. Ferguson: 38,865
1952	Michael A. Feighan: 109,211	John H. Ferguson: 58,271
1950	Michael A. Feighan: 60,565	Paul W. Cassidy: 21,044
1948	Michael A. Feighan: 64,241
1946	Michael A. Feighan: 49,670	Walter E. Obert: 24,476
1944	Michael A. Feigan: 75,218	A. R. McNamara: 23,945
1942	Michael A. Feighan: 34,462	Harry T. Marshall: 14,001	Marie R. Sweeney: 7,289
1940	Martin L. Sweeney: 72,395	George Pillersdorf: 34,605
1938	Martin L. Sweeney: 54,185	Thomas F. McCafferty: 22,775
1936	Martin L. Sweeney: 54,295	Blase A. Buonpane: 23,367	John L. Mihelich: 22,158
1934	Martin L. Sweeney: 50,611	Joseph E. Cassidy: 21,952	A. Landy (C): 1,562 Sidney Yellen (S): 433
1932	Martin L. Sweeney**: 52,933		John Fromholz (C): 650
1930	Charles A. Mooney: 42,123	Max D. Gustin: 13,824
1928	Charles A. Mooney: 47,313	Oscar V. Hensley: 28,381	John Foley (W): 261
1926	Charles A. Mooney: 22,050
1924	Charles A. Mooney: 34,173	Harvey Drucker: 22,507	C. E. Ruthenberg (W): 569
1922	Charles A. Mooney: 23,469	Miner G. Norton: 17,968	John G. Willett (S): 1,381 James Goward (SL): 198 James A. Murphy: 128
1920	Charles A. Mooney: 27,223	Miner G. Norton: 35,483	Nicholas P. Geiger: 711

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present