- Ohio's 6th congressional district
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Ohio's 6th congressional district 
Current Representative Bill Johnson (R–Poland) Distribution 50.16% urban, 49.84% rural Population (2000) 630,730 Median income $32,888 Ethnicity 95.8% White, 2.4% Black, 0.5% Asian, 0.8% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other Cook PVI R+2 Ohio's 6th congressional district is currently represented by Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH). This district runs along the southeast side of the state, bordering Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It stretches from rural Lucasville through Athens and several older Ohio River industrial towns all the way to the Youngstown city limits.
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History
When Robert McEwen was first elected in 1980, the Sixth District of Ohio consisted of Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike, Scioto, and Ross Counties plus Clermont County outside the city of Loveland, Harrison Township in Vinton County and the Warren County townships of Clearcreek, Deerfield, Hamilton, Harlan, Massie, Salem, and Wayne.[1] The Washington Post described the Sixth as "a fail-safe Republican district."[2]
The Ohio General Assembly redrew the Sixth District following the results of the 1980 Census. The boundaries from 1983 to 1987 included all of Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Warren Counties, plus Waterloo and York Townships in Athens County; Wayne Township in Clermont County; Concord, Jasper, Marion, Perry, Union, and Wayne Townships in Fayette County; and Washington Township and the Cities of Miamisburg and West Carrollton in Montgomery County.[3]
Beginning with the 100th Congress in 1987, adjustments were made by the legislature to the boundaries; reapportionment between Censuses is unusual in American politics. A small part of the Montgomery County territory was detached, as were parts of Fayette County in Washington Court House in Union Township and the townships of Jasper and Marion. Part of Brown County was added, Jackson and Eagle Townships. These were the boundaries for the rest of McEwen's service in Congress.[4]
The district was largely rural and agricultural with no large cities. One of the major industries was the United States Department of Energy's Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Piketon, which manufactured uranium for nuclear weapons. The district was 97 per cent white with a median household income of $21,761.[5]
In 1992, the district was altered significantly to accommodate Ohio's loss of two House seats in redistricting. The state legislature anticipated that Clarence Miller of the neighboring Tenth District would retire, and thus combined the southern end of his district (which included Athens, Gallipolis, and Ironton) with most of the area previously represented by McEwen. Although the district did not include Miller's hometown of Lancaster, Miller decided not to retire and instead challenged McEwen in the Sixth District primary in 1992. The campaign was bitter, and McEwen eked out only a narrow victory. In November, McEwen was upset by Democrat Ted Strickland, a prison psychologist. Strickland himself was defeated in 1994 by Republican Frank Cremeans, but won the seat back in 1996.
For 2002 the district was shifted dramatically eastward in an attempt to create a safe seat for Strickland[citation needed] while ending James Traficant's congressional career by placing his hometown of Poland, Ohio, into the Sixth District. Traficant ran in the neighboring Seventeenth District instead, but lost. The district currently includes all of Columbiana, Gallia, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Noble and Washington Counties, and portions of Athens, Belmont, Mahoning and Scioto Counties.
List of representatives
Representative Party Year(s) Congress(es) Notes District created March 4, 1813 Reasin Beall Democratic-Republican April 20, 1813 – June 7, 1814 13th Elected after Rep-elect John Stark Edwards died before commencement of term, Resigned David Clendenin Democratic-Republican October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1817 13th–14th Peter Hitchcock Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 15th John Sloane Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 16th–17th Redistricted to the 12th district Duncan McArthur Adams-Clay DR March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 18th John Thomson Jacksonian March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 19th William Creighton, Jr. Adams March 4, 1827 – ????, 1828 20th Resigned after being appointed as judge to United States District Court for the District of Ohio Francis Swaine Muhlenberg Adams December 19, 1828 – March 3, 1829 20th William Creighton, Jr. Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 21st–22nd Samuel Finley Vinton Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 23rd Redistricted from the 7th district Whig March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837) 24th Calvary Morris Whig March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 25th–27th Henry St. John Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 28th–29th Rodolphus Dickinson Democratic March 4, 1847 – March 20, 1849 30th–31st Died Amos E. Wood Democratic December 3, 1849 – November 19, 1850 31st Died John Bell Whig January 7, 1851 – March 3, 1851 31st Frederick W. Green Democratic March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 32nd Redistricted to the 9th district Andrew Ellison Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 33rd Jonas R. Emrie Opposition March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 34th Joseph R. Cockerill Democratic March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 35th William Howard Democratic March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 36th Chilton A. White Democratic March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 37th–38th Reader W. Clarke Republican March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 39th–40th John Armstrong Smith Republican March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 41st–42nd Isaac R. Sherwood Republican March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 43rd Frank H. Hurd Democratic March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 44th Jacob Dolson Cox Republican March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 45th William D. Hill Democratic March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 46th James M. Ritchie Republican March 3, 1881 – March 3, 1883 47th William D. Hill Democratic March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 48th–49th Melvin M. Boothman Republican March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 50th–51st Dennis D. Donovan Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 52nd Redistricted to the 5th district George W. Hulick Republican March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 53rd–54th Seth W. Brown Republican March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 55th–56th Charles Q. Hildebrant Republican March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905 57th–58th Thomas E. Scroggy Republican March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 59th Matthew Denver Democratic March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 60th–62nd Simeon D. Fess Republican March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 63rd Redistricted to the 7th district Charles Cyrus Kearns Republican March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1931 64th–71st James G. Polk Democratic March 3, 1931 – January 3, 1941 72nd–76th Jacob E. Davis Democratic January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 77th Edward Oscar McCowen Republican January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 78th–80th James G. Polk Democratic January 3, 1949 – April 28, 1959 81st–86th Died Ward Miller Republican November 8, 1960 – January 3, 1961) 86th [6] Bill Harsha Republican January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1981 87th–96th Bob McEwen Republican January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 97th–102nd [7] Ted Strickland Democratic January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 103rd Frank Cremeans Republican January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 104th Ted Strickland Democratic January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007 105th–109th Charlie Wilson Democratic January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 110th–111th Bill Johnson Republican January 3, 2011 – Present 112th– Recent election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
Year Democratic Republican Other 1920 Cleona Searles: 30,903 Charles C. Kearns: 38,044 1922 William N. Gableman: 28,939 Charles C. Kearns: 32,416 1924 Edward N. Kennedy[8]: 29,283 Charles C. Kearns: 33,064 1926 Edward H. Kennedy[8]: 24,730 Charles C. Kearns: 27,688 1928 George D. Nye: 33,020 Charles C. Kearns: 43,519 1930 James G. Polk: 37,158 Charles C. Kearns: 33,300 1932 James G. Polk: 50,913 Mack Sauer: 39,668 1934 James G. Polk: 42,340 Albert L. Daniels: 38,538 Mark A. Crawford: 312 1936 James G. Polk: 54,904 Emory F. Smith: 45,733 1938 James G. Polk: 43,646 Emory F. Smith: 42,847 1940 Jacob E. Davis: 52,769 Chester P. Fitch: 48,257 1942 Jacob E. Davis: 31,793 Edward O. McCowen: 33,171 1944 John W. Bush: 42,167 Edward O. McCowen: 45,284 1946 Franklin E. Smith: 33,013 Edward O. McCowen: 39,992 1948 James G. Polk: 46,944 Edward O. McCowen: 41,402 1950 James G. Polk: 40,335 Edward O. McCowen: 38,996 1952 James G. Polk: 67,220 Leo Blackburn: 66,896 1954 James G. Polk: 54,044 Leo Blackburn: 49,531 1956 James G. Polk: 72,229 Albert L. Daniels: 60,300 1958 James G. Polk: 76,566 Elmer S. Barrett: 46,924 1960 Franklin E. Smith: 65,045 William H. Harsha Jr.: 80,124 1960 s[6] Gladys E. Davis: 61,713 Ward MacL. Miller: 76,520 1962 Jerry C. Rasor: 47,737 William H. Harsha Jr.: 72,743 1964 Franklin E. Smith: 57,223 William H. Harsha Jr.: 86,015 1966 Ottie W. Reno: 35,345 William H. Harsha Jr.: 74,847 1968 Kenneth L. Kirby: 40,964 William H. Harsha Jr.: 107,289 1970 Raymond H. Stevens: 39,265 William H. Harsha Jr.: 82,772 1972 William H. Harsha Jr.: 128,394 1974 Lloyd Allan Wood: 42,316 William H. Harsha Jr.: 93,400 1976 Ted Strickland: 67,067 William H. Harsha Jr.: 107,064 1978 Ted Strickland: 46,313 William H. Harsha Jr.: 85,592 1980 Ted Strickland: 84,235 Robert D. McEwen: 101,288 1982 Lynn Alan Grimshaw: 63,435 Robert D. McEwen: 92,135 1984 Bob Smith: 52,727 Robert D. McEwen: 150,101 1986 Gordon R. Roberts: 42,155 Robert D. McEwen: 106,354 Amos Seeley: 2,829 1988 Gordon R. Roberts: 52,635 Robert D. McEwen: 152,235 1990 Ray Mitchell: 47,415 Robert D. McEwen: 117,220 1992 Ted Strickland: 122,720 Robert D. McEwen[7]: 119,252 1994 Ted Strickland: 87,861 Frank A. Cremeans: 91,263 1996 Ted Strickland: 118,003 Frank A. Cremeans: 111,907 1998 Ted Strickland: 102,852 Nancy P. Hollister: 77,711 2000 Ted Strickland: 138,849 Mike Azinger: 96,966 Kenneth R. MacCutcheon (L): 4,759 2002 Ted Strickland: 113,972 Mike Halleck: 77,643 2004 Ted Strickland: 223,884 None John Stephen Luchansky (Write-in): 145 2006 Charles A. Wilson Jr.: 131,322 Chuck Blasdel: 80,705 2008 Charles A. Wilson Jr.: 176,330 Richard Stobbs: 92,968 Dennis Spisak (G): 13,812 2010 Charles A. Wilson Jr.: 91,039 Bill Johnson: 101,580 Richard Cadle (C): 4,963
Martin Elass (L): 4,424Notes and references
- ^ Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335.
- ^ "Election 80: New Faces in the House". The Washington Post. November 23, 1980. A15.
- ^ Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. 1987-1988 Official Congressional Directory, 100th Congress. Duncan Nystrom, editor. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1987.
- ^ Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory, 102d Congress. Duncan Nystrom, editor. S. Pub. 102-4. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1991.
- ^ Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa. The Almanac of American Politics, 1994. Washington, D.C.: National Journal, 1993. ISBN 0-89234-058-4.
- ^ a b A separate, special election was held to fill out Polk's unexpired term. Miller, the winner of this election, served the remainder of 1960, until Harsha's term began in 1961.
- ^ a b Redistricting following the 1990 census resulted in putting two Republican incumbents, Robert D. McEwen and Clarence E. Miller (incumbent in the 10th District), in the new Sixth District. McEwen defeated Miller in a bitterly fought Republican primary election in 1992.
- ^ a b Probable error in records: Edward H. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee in 1926, and Edward N. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee in 1924, are most probably the same person. Which name is correct is unknown.
- 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
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