Ohio's 2nd congressional district

Ohio's 2nd congressional district
Ohio's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Congress(es)	Year(s)	Notes
District created March 4, 1813
John Alexander	Democratic-Republican	13th–14th	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817
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
John Woods	Adams	19th–20th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
James Shields	Jacksonian	21st	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
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
	Democratic	25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John B. Weller	26th–28th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845
Francis A. Cunningham	29th	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
David Fisher	Whig	30th	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
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
	Opposition	34th		March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
William S. Groesbeck	Democratic	35th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John A. Gurley	Republican	36th–37th	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
Alexander Long	Democratic	38th	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
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
Job E. Stevenson	Republican	41st–42nd	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
Henry B. Banning	Liberal Republican	43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
	Democratic	44th–45th	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Thomas L. Young	Republican	46th–47th	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883
Isaac M. Jordan	Democratic	48th	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Charles Elwood Brown	Republican	49th–50th	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
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
Herman P. Goebel	58th–61st	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911
Alfred G. Allen	Democratic	62nd–64th	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917
Victor Heintz	Republican	65th	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
Ambrose E. B. Stephens	66th–69th	March 4, 1919 – February 12, 1927	Died
Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr.	70th	November 8, 1927 – March 3, 1929
William E. Hess	71st–74th	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937
Herbert S. Bigelow	Democratic	75th	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
William E. Hess	Republican	76th–80th	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949
Earl T. Wagner	Democratic	81st	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
William E. Hess	Republican	82nd–86h	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1961
Donald D. Clancy	84th–94th	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977
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 –

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
2014[2]	Marek Tyszkiewicz: 68,453	Brad Wenstrup: 132,658
2012[3]	William Smith: 137,082	Brad Wenstrup: 194,299
2010	Surya Yalamanchili: 80,139	Jean Schmidt: 136,120	Marc Johnson (Libertarian) 15,867
2008	Victoria Wulsin: 124,076	Jean Schmidt: 148,500	David Krikorian: 58,650; James Condit: 30
2006	Victoria Wulsin: 117,595	Jean Schmidt: 120,112
2005*	Paul Hackett: 55,151	Jean Schmidt: 59,132
2004	Charles W. Sanders: 87,156	Robert J. Portman: 221,785
2002	Charles W. Sanders: 48,785	Robert J. Portman: 139,218
2000	Charles W. Sanders: 64,091	Robert J. Portman: 204,184	Robert E. Bidwell (L): 9,266
1998	Charles W. Sanders: 49,293	Robert J. Portman: 154,344
1996	Thomas R. Chandler: 58,715	Robert J. Portman: 186,853	Kathleen M. McKnight (N): 13,905
1994	Les Mann: 43,730	Robert J. Portman: 150,128
1993*	Lee Hornberger: 22,652	Robert J. Portman: 53,020
1992	Thomas R. Chandler: 75,924	Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 177,720
1990	Tyrone K. Yates: 57,345	Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 103,817
1988	Chuck R. Stidham: 58,637	Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 153,162
1986	William F. Stineman: 43,448	Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 105,061
1984	Thomas J. Porter: 68,597	Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 149,856
1982	William J. Luttmer: 53,169	Willis D. Gradison Jr.*: 97,434	Joseph I. Lombardo: 1,827 Charles K. Shrout Jr. (L): 2,948
1980	Thomas A. Luken*: 103,423	Thearon "Tom" Atkins: 72,693
1978	Thomas A. Luken: 64,522	Stanley J. Aronoff: 58,716
1976	Thomas A. Luken: 88,178	Donald D. Clancy: 83,459
1974	Edward W. Wolterman: 67,685	Donald D. Clancy: 71,512
1972	Penny Manes: 65,237	Donald D. Clancy: 109,961
1970	Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer: 60,860	Donald D. Clancy: 77,071
1968	Don Driehaus: 52,327	Donald D. Clancy: 108,157
1966	Thomas E. Anderson: 42,367	Donald D. Clancy: 102,313
1964	H. A. Sand: 79,824	Donald D. Clancy: 122,487
1962	H. A. Sand: 62,733	Donald D. Clancy: 105,750
1960	H. A. Sand: 87,531	Donald D. Clancy: 118,046
1958	James O. Bradley: 71,674	William E. Hess: 86,656
1956	James T. Dewan: 57,554	William E. Hess: 109,099
1954	Earl T. Wagner: 49,690	William E. Hess: 69,695
1952	Earl T. Wagner: 69,341	William E. Hess: 90,417
1950	Earl T. Wagner: 62,542	William E. Hess: 69,543
1948	Earl T. Wagner: 75,062	William E. Hess: 66,968
1946	Francis G. Davis: 39,112	William E. Hess: 67,067
1944	J. Harry Moore: 61,473	William E. Hess: 78,185
1942	Nicholas Bauer: 29,823	William E. Hess: 53,083
1940	James E. O'Connell: 60,410	William E. Hess: 77,769
1938	Herbert S. Bigelow: 42,773	William E. Hess: 61,480
1936	Herbert S. Bigelow: 67,213	William E. Hess: 62,546
1934	Charles E. Miller: 41,701	William E. Hess: 51,171
1932	Edward F. Alexander: 57,258	William E. Hess: 58,971
1930	Charles W. Sawyer: 45,761	William E. Hess: 46,347
1928	James H. Cleveland: 54,332	William E. Hess: 63,605
1926	Robert J. O'Donnell: 26,322	A. E. B. Stephens: 36,608
1924	Robert J. O'Donnell: 34,118	A. E. B. Stephens: 47,331
1922	John R. Quane: 30,051	A. E. B. Stephens: 39,898	Charles A. Herbst (FL): 4,001
1920	Thomas H. Morrow: 41,781	A. E. B. Stephens: 47,797	John Partridge: 1,291

• 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

The state of Ohio, showing the second district in 2005.

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

Schmidt defeated Democrat Victoria Wells Wulsin, a doctor from Indian Hill, in the November general election.

2010

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)
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
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

2003 - 2013

See also

• Ohio's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
2. "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
3. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

• 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

Coordinates: 39°N 84°W / 39°N 84°W