Ohio's 19th congressional district

Ohio's 19th congressional district was created following the 1830 census and was eliminated after the 2000 census.

From 1992-2002 it included all of Lake County and Ashtabula County together with a collection of eastern suburbs of Cleveland. After 2002 it was replaced by the 14th district.^[1] Parts of its old territory were redistricted into the 10th, 11th, and 13th districts.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Cong ress	Years	Notes
District created March 4, 1833
Humphrey H. Leavitt	Jacksonian	23	March 4, 1833 – July 10, 1834	Redistricted from the 11th district, Resigned to become U.S. District Judge
Daniel Kilgore	23– 24	December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1837	Resigned
	Democratic	25		March 4, 1837 – July 4, 1838
Henry Swearingen	25– 26	December 3, 1838 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Stokely	Whig	27	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel R. Tilden	28– 29	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Crowell	30– 31	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Eben Newton	32	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward Wade	Free Soil	33	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Opposition	34	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	35– 36	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Albert G. Riddle	37	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James A. Garfield	38– 46	March 4, 1863 – November 8, 1880	Resigned to become U.S. President
Ezra B. Taylor	46– 52	December 13, 1880 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Stephen A. Northway	53– 55	March 4, 1893 – September 8, 1898	Died
Charles W. F. Dick	55– 58	November 8, 1898 – March 23, 1904	Resigned to become U.S. Senator
W. Aubrey Thomas	58– 61	November 8, 1904 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ellsworth R. Bathrick	Democratic	62– 63	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John G. Cooper	Republican	64– 74	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1937	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Michael J. Kirwan	Democratic	75– 91	January 3, 1937 – July 27, 1970	Died
Charles J. Carney	91– 95	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1979	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lyle Williams	Republican	96– 97	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 17th district
Ed Feighan	Democratic	98– 102	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	retired
Eric Fingerhut	103	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost Re-election
Steve LaTourette	Republican	104– 107	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 14th district
District inactive	108– present	January 3, 2003 – Present	District inactive

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1832
…	…	…	…
1920	James Kennedy: 25,250	John G. Cooper: 60,147
1922	W. B. Kilpatrick: 27,836	John G. Cooper: 40,492
1924	Phebe T. Sutliff: 21,926	John G. Cooper: 67,581
1926	James Kennedy: 17,513	John G. Cooper: 45,788
1928	Locke Miller: 40,948	John G. Cooper: 89,731
1930	W. B. Kilpatrick: 40,960	John G. Cooper: 53,996
1932	D. F. Dunlavy: 65,024	John G. Cooper: 74,534	John S. Ruth: 166 Harold G. Bickler: 37
1934	Locke Miller: 52,023	John G. Cooper: 56,200	Harry K. Collins (S): 769 Joe Dallet (C): 769
1936	Michael J. Kirwan: 93,636	John G. Cooper: 65,926	Joe Dallet (C): 756
1938	Michael J. Kirwan: 76,268	William P. Barnum: 69,214
1940	Michael J. Kirwan: 122,075	Charles H. Anderson: 75,016
1942	Michael J. Kirwan: 60,248	James T. Begg: 46,567
1944	Michael J. Kirwan: 120,191	Herschel Hunt: 69,403
1946	Michael J. Kirwan: 88,872	Norman W. Adams: 59,607
1948	Michael J. Kirwan: 134,408	William Bacon: 63,079
1950	Michael J. Kirwan: 119,245	Henry P. Kosling: 67,661
1952	Michael J. Kirwan: 91,074	Allen Russell: 46,202
1954	Michael J. Kirwan: 81,304	David S. Edwards: 33,352
1956	Michael J. Kirwan: 92,924	Ralph E. Turner: 42,293
1958	Michael J. Kirwan: 93,660	Loren E. Van Brocklin: 31,192
1960	Michael J. Kirwan: 102,874	Paul E. Stevens: 46,537
1962	Michael J. Kirwan: 75,967	William Vincent Williams: 46,200
1964	Michael J. Kirwan: 111,682	Albert James: 34,654
1966	Michael J. Kirwan: 86,975	Donald J. Lewis: 34,037
1968	Michael J. Kirwan: 101,813	Donald J. Lewis: 44,363
1970	Charles J. Carney:[2] 73,222	Margaret Dennison: 52,057
1972	Charles J. Carney: 109,979	Normal M. Parr: 61,934
1974	Charles J. Carney: 97,709	James L. Ripple: 36,649
1976	Charles J. Carney: 90,386	Jack C. Hunter: 86,162	Karl T. Untch: 1089 Kenneth Zurbrugg: 2,258
1978	Charles J. Carney: 69,977	Lyle Williams: 71,890
1980	Harry Meshel: 77,272	Lyle Williams:[3] 107,032
1982	Edward F. Feighan: 111,760	Richard G. Anter II: 72,682	Kevin G. Killeen: 2,371 Thomas Pekarek (L): 2,844
1984	Edward F. Feighan: 139,605	Matthew J. Hatchadorian: 107,957	Others: 5,277
1986	Edward F. Feighan: 97,814	Gary C. Suhadolnik: 80,743
1988	Edward F. Feighan: 168,065	Noel F. Roberts: 70,359
1990	Edward F. Feighan: 132,951	Susan M. Lawko: 72,315
1992	Eric D. Fingerhut: 138,465	Robert A. Gardner: 124,606
1994	Eric D. Fingerhut: 89,701	Steven C. LaTourette: 99,997	Ronald E. Young: 11,364 Jerome A. Brentar: 5,180
1996	Thomas J. Coyne Jr.: 101,152	Steven C. LaTourette: 135,012	Thomas A. Martin (N): 10,655
1998	Elizabeth Kelley: 64,090	Steven C. LaTourette: 126,786
2000	Dale Virgil Blanchard: 101,842	Steven C. LaTourette: 206,639	Sid Stone (L): 10,367

References

1. Almanac of American Politics 2002, p1237
2. Following the death of Kirwan in office in 1970, Carney was elected in a special election to fill out Kirwan's term.
3. Redistricting following the 1980 census moved Williams from the 19th district to the 17th district.

• 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

• "Ohio's 19th congressional district". OurCampaigns.com.