Ohio's 2nd congressional district
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| Ohio's 2nd congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | Brad Wenstrup (R–Cincinnati) | |
| Distribution | 72.97% urban, 27.03% rural | |
| Population (2010) | 713,709[1] | |
| Median income | $48,260 | |
| Ethnicity | 87.66% White, 8.74% Black, 1.06% Asian, 1.52% Hispanic, 0.15% Native American, 2.39% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+9 | |
Ohio's 2nd congressional district is a district in southern Ohio. It is currently represented by Brad Wenstrup.
The district stretches along the Ohio River from the Hamilton County suburbs of Cincinnati east to Scioto County. It includes all of Adams, Brown, Pike, Clermont, and Highland counties, as well as parts of Hamilton, Scioto, and Ross counties.
Contents
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Congress(es) | Year(s) | Notes |
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| District created March 4, 1813 | ||||
 John Alexander |
Democratic-Republican | 13th–14th | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
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 John Wilson Campbell |
15th–17th | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
Redistricted to the 5th district | |
 Thomas R. Ross |
Crawford D-R | 18th | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
Redistricted from the 1st district |
.jpg) John Woods |
Adams | 19th–20th | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
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| James Shields |
Jacksonian | 21st | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
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 Thomas Corwin |
Anti-Jacksonian | 22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
Redistricted to the 4th district |
| Taylor Webster |
Jacksonian | 23rd–24th | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
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| Democratic | 25th | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
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 John B. Weller |
26th–28th | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845 |
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| Francis A. Cunningham |
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
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.jpg) David Fisher |
Whig | 30th | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
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 Lewis D. Campbell |
31st–32nd | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
Redistricted to the 3rd district | |
 John Scott Harrison |
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Opposition | 34th | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
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 William S. Groesbeck |
Democratic | 35th | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
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 John A. Gurley |
Republican | 36th–37th | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
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 Alexander Long |
Democratic | 38th | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
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 Rutherford B. Hayes |
Republican | 39th–40th | March 4, 1865 – July 20, 1867 |
Nominated Governor of Ohio |
 Samuel Fenton Cary |
Independent Republican | 40th | November 21, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
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 Job E. Stevenson |
Republican | 41st–42nd | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
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 Henry B. Banning |
Liberal Republican | 43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
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| Democratic | 44th–45th | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
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 Thomas L. Young |
Republican | 46th–47th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883 |
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 Isaac M. Jordan |
Democratic | 48th | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
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 Charles Elwood Brown |
Republican | 49th–50th | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
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 John A. Caldwell |
51st–53rd | March 4, 1889 – May 4, 1894 |
Elected Mayor of Cincinnati | |
 Jacob H. Bromwell |
53rd–57th | December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903 |
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 Herman P. Goebel |
58th–61st | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911 |
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 Alfred G. Allen |
Democratic | 62nd–64th | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
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 Victor Heintz |
Republican | 65th | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
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 Ambrose E. B. Stephens |
66th–69th | March 4, 1919 – February 12, 1927 |
Died | |
| Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr. |
70th | November 8, 1927 – March 3, 1929 |
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 William E. Hess |
71st–74th | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937 |
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 Herbert S. Bigelow |
Democratic | 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
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 William E. Hess |
Republican | 76th–80th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Earl T. Wagner |
Democratic | 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
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| William E. Hess |
Republican | 82nd–86h | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1961 |
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 Donald D. Clancy |
84th–94th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977 |
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 Tom Luken |
Democratic | 95th–97th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 |
Redistricted to the 1st district |
 Bill Gradison |
Republican | 98th–103rd | January 3, 1983 – January 31, 1993 |
Redistricted from the 1st district, Resigned |
 Rob Portman |
103rd–109th | May 4, 1993 – April 29, 2005 |
Appointed U.S. Trade Representative | |
 Jean Schmidt |
109th– 112th |
August 2, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost re-nomination. | |
 Brad Wenstrup |
113th– |
January 3, 2013 – |
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Election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
- In 2005, a special election was required to fill the seat following Portman's resignation to accept nomination to the office of United States Trade Representative.
- In May 1993, a special election was held to fill the seat to replace Willis D. Gradison Jr. who, three months after his re-election, resigned on 31 January 1993, to become a lobbyist for the insurance industry as president of the Health Insurance Association of America.
- Redistricting following the 1980 census moved Luken from the second district to the first district and Gradison from the first district to the second district.
2005 special election
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The district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 special election.
On August 2, 2005, elections were held to choose a United States Representative to replace Rob Portman, who resigned his seat on April 29, 2005, to become United States Trade Representative. Republican Jean Schmidt candidate defeated Democrat Paul Hackett in a surprisingly close election.
Re-election bid in 2006
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Schmidt defeated Democrat Victoria Wells Wulsin, a doctor from Indian Hill, in the November general election.
2010
| Ohio's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010) | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jean Schmidt* | 139,027 | 58.45 | |
| Democratic | Surya Yalamanchili | 82,431 | 34.66 | |
| Libertarian | Marc Johnston | 16,259 | 6.84 | |
| Total votes | 237,717 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
Competitiveness
Election results from presidential races:
| Year | Office | Results |
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| 2000 | President | George W. Bush 63 - Al Gore 34% |
| 2004 | President | George W. Bush 64 - John Kerry 36% |
| 2008 | President | John McCain 59 - Barack Obama 40% |
| 2012 | President | Mitt Romney 55 - Barack Obama 44% |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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