Ohio's 5th congressional district

Ohio's 5th congressional district
Ohio's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Bob Latta (R–Bowling Green)
Distribution	48.81% urban, 51.19% rural
Population (2010)	726,090[1]
Median income	$49,793
Ethnicity	92.41% White, 3.03% Black, 1.32% Asian, 4.32% Hispanic, 0.16% Native American, 3.08% other
Cook PVI	R+8

Ohio's 5th congressional district is in northwestern and north central Ohio and borders Michigan and Indiana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bob Latta. The district borders have changed somewhat from the previous redistrict as some of the easternmost counties were redistricted to other districts.

From 2003 to 2013 all of Crawford, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Huron, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood Counties were included in this district. Portions of Ashland, Lucas, Mercer, and Wyandot Counties were also a part of the 5th District.

List of Largest Municipalities

All or part of twenty-one cities (whose population is greater than 5,000) are in the district.

The largest municipalities^[2] represented in this district include:

• Bowling Green, population 29,636
• Perrysburg, population 16,945
• Sandusky, population 16,734
• Defiance, population 16,465
• Norwalk, population 16,238
• Fostoria(*), population 13,931
• Bucyrus, population 13,224
• Galion(*), population 11,341
• Van Wert, population 10,690
• Napoleon, population 9,318
• Bryan, population 8,333
• Wauseon, population 7,091
• Upper Sandusky(*), population 6,533
• Rossford, population 6,406
• Northwood, population 5,471

(*) Denotes that areas of the city are located in another Congressional District.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1813
James Kilbourne	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13 14	First elected in 1812
Philemon Beecher		March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15 16	First elected in 1816 Lost re-election
Joseph Vance		March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17	Elected in 1820 Redistricted to the 4th district
John Wilson Campbell	Jacksonian Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18	Redistricted from the 2nd district Did not seek re-election.
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19
William Russell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20 21 22	First elected in 1826 Lost re-election
Thomas L. Hamer		March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23 24	First elected in 1832
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25
William Doan		March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26 27	First elected in 1838 Did not seek re-election
Emery D. Potter		March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28	Elected in 1842 Did not seek re-election
William Sawyer		March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29 30	First elected in 1844 Lost re-election
Emery D. Potter		March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31	Elected in 1848
Alfred Edgerton		March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32 33	First elected in 1850
Richard Mott	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34	First elected in 1854
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35
James Mitchell Ashley		March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36 37	First elected in 1858 Redistricted to the 10th district
Francis Celeste Le Blond	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38 39	First elected in 1862
William Mungen		March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40 41	First elected in 1866
Charles Nelson Lamison		March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42 43	First elected in 1870
Americus Vespucius Rice		March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44 45	First elected in 1874
Benjamin Le Fevre		March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883	46 47	Redistricted to the 4th district
George E. Seney		March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48	Redistricted to the 7th district
Benjamin Le Fevre		March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49	Redistricted from the 4th district
George E. Seney		March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50 51	Redistricted from the 7th district
Fernando C. Layton		March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52	Redistricted to the 4th district
Dennis D. Donovan		March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53	Redistricted from the 6th district
Francis B. De Witt	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54	Elected in 1894
David Meekison	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55 56	First elected in 1896
John S. Snook		March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57 58	First elected in 1900 Retired
William W. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59	Elected in 1904
Timothy T. Ansberry	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 9, 1915	60 61 62 63	First elected in 1906 Resigned when appointed to the Ohio Court of Appeals
Vacant		January 9, 1915 – March 4, 1915	63
Nelson E. Matthews	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64	Elected in 1914
John S. Snook	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65	Elected in 1916 Retired
Charles J. Thompson	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931	66 67 68 69 70 71	First elected in 1918
Frank C. Kniffin	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939	72 73 74 75	First elected in 1900 Lost re-election
Cliff Clevenger	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959	76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85	First elected in 1938 Retired
Del Latta		January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1989	86 87 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100	First elected in 1958 Retired
Paul Gillmor		January 3, 1989 – September 5, 2007	101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110	First elected in 1988 Died
Vacant		September 5, 2007 – December 11, 2007	110
Bob Latta	Republican	December 11, 2007 – Present	110 111 112 113	First elected in a 2007 special election

Election results

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

2010

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Ohio's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007

References

• 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