Ohio's 18th congressional district

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Ohio's 18th congressional district
Current Representative		Bob Gibbs (R–Lakeville)
Distribution	43.36% urban, 56.64% rural
Population (2000)	630,730
Median income	$34,462
Ethnicity	96.3% White, 1.9% Black, 0.3% Asian, 0.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other
Cook PVI	R+7

The 18th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Republican Bob Gibbs. The district ranges around the eastern part of Ohio, taking in a collection of small cities and rural areas. The district voted for the majority party in the House of Representatives in every election since 1954.^{[citation needed]} After the 2010 census, Ohio lost two congressional seats, and the 18th district will become obsolete after the 2012 elections.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Year	Congress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Benjamin Jones	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23 24	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Matthias Shepler	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David A. Starkweather	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ezra Dean	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845	27 28	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David A. Starkweather	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Lahm	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David K. Cartter	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31 32	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Bliss	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin F. Leiter	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Sidney Edgerton	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36 37	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Rufus P. Spalding	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38 39 40	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William H. Upson	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41 42	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Monroe	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43 44 45	Redistricted from the 14th district Redistricted to the 17th district
Jonathan T. Updegraff	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46	Redistricted to the 16th district
Addison S. McClure	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William McKinley	Republican	March 4, 1883 – May 27, 1884	48	Lost contested election
Jonathan H. Wallace	Democratic	May 27, 1884 – March 3, 1885	48	Won contested election
Isaac H. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William McKinley	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50 51	Redistricted from the 20th district
Joseph D. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52	Redistricted from the 17th district
George P. Ikirt	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert W. Tayler	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54 55 56 57	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Kennedy	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58 59 60 61	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John J. Whitacre	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62 63	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David Hollingsworth	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64 65	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
B. Frank Murphy	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	66 67 68 69 70 71 72	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lawrence E. Imhoff	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73 74 75	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Earl R. Lewis	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lawrence E. Imhoff	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Earl R. Lewis	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78 79 80	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Wayne Hays	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – September 1, 1976	81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94	Resigned
Vacant		September 1, 1976 – January 3, 1977	94
Douglas Applegate	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995	95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Bob Ney	Republican	January 3, 1995 – November 3, 2006	104 105 106 107 108 109	Resigned
Vacant		November 3, 2006 – January 3, 2007	109
Zack Space	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	110 111	Lost re-election
Bob Gibbs	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	112	Incumbent

Election results

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

Year	Democratic candidate	Republican candidate	Other candidate(s)
1832[1]	Benjamin Jones : 3,037	[ none ]	Samuel Quinby[2] : 2,379
1834[1]	Benjamin Jones : 2,746	[ none ]	Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 2,550
1836[1]	Matthias Shepler : 4,384	[ none ]	Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 3,325
1838[1]	David A. Starkweather : 6,154	[ none ]	Hiram B. Wellman (Whig) : 4,010
1840[1]	Ezra Dean : 6,508	[ none ]	Levi Cox (Whig) : 5,399
1842[1]	Ezra Dean : 3,529	[ none ]	George Wellhouse (Whig) : 1,517 John McDowell : 99
1844[1]	David A. Starkweather : 6,981	[ none ]	John Augustine (Whig) : 5,449 Arvine Wales : 162
1846[1]	Samuel Lahm : 4,651	[ none ]	David A. Starkweather (Whig) : 4,530 James Irvin : 116
1848[1]	David K. Cartter : 6,682	[ none ]	Samuel Hemphill (Whig) : 4,448
1850[1]	David K. Cartter : 5,754	[ none ]	John Brown (Whig) : 3,447
1852[1]	George Bliss : 6,140	[ none ]	Darius Lyman (Whig) : 5,307 Thomas Earl : 1,708 Lucius V. Bierce : 446
1854[3]	Ebenezer Spalding : 5,053	Benjamin F. Leiter : 8,738	[ none ]
1856[3]	Samuel Lahm : 6,794	Benjamin F. Leiter : 9,394	[ none ]
1858[3]	J. L. Ranney : 7,162	Sidney Edgerton : 8,184	[ none ]
1860[3]	David A. Starkweather : 6,956	Sidney Edgerton : 9,720	[ none ]
1862[3]	David R. Paige : 4,183	Rufus P. Spalding : 9,293	[ none ]
1864[3]	Jeptha H. Wade : 6,661	Rufus P. Spalding : 14,472	[ none ]
1866[3]	Oliver H. Payne : 7,974	Rufus P. Spalding : 14,479	[ none ]
1868[3]	Franklin T. Backus : 11,980	William H. Upson : 18,359	[ none ]
1870[3][1]	John M. Coffinberry : 6,695	William H. Upson : 11,053	John D. Taylor : 448
1872[3][1]	Norton S. Townshend : 10,298	James Monroe : 14,662	G. W. McNeil : 67
1874[3][1]	John K. McBride : 10,095	James Monroe : 12,229	H. F. Miller : 105
1876[3][1]	John J. Hall : 12,772	James Monroe : 16,906	S. H. McCollister : 52
1878[3][1]	Daniel T. Lawson : 12,593	Jonathan T. Updegraff : 15,320	George Smith : 2,231 David P. Lawson : 90 William M. Grimes : 37
1880[3][1]	David I. Wadsworth : 13,474	Addison S. McClure : 18,570	Peter J. Rice : 310 Ferdinand Schumacher : 205
1882[3][1]	Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,898	William McKinley : 16,906	Lemuel T. Foster : 976 James A. Brush : 261
1884[3][1]	Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,309	Isaac H. Taylor : 22,459	Charles Jenkins : 907 Albert R. Silver : 106 W. M. Cope : 82
1886[3][1]	Wallace H. Phelps : 16,217	William McKinley : 18,776	Isaiah S. Hahn : 1,853 Charles Jenkins : 1,419
1888[3][1]	George P. Ikirt : 21,150	William McKinley : 25,249	Lambelis P. Logan : 1,498 George W. Thornburg : 331 Isaiah Little : 38
1890[3][1]	Henry H. McFadden : 11,783	Joseph D. Taylor : 16,993	S. W. Wilkins : 1,568
1892[3][1]	George P. Ikirt : 22,600	Thomas R. Morgan : 21,389	Matthew B. Shay : 1,682 John W. Northrup : 1,218
1894[3][1]	Edward S. Raff : 11,051	Robert W. Tayler : 20,830	Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. (Pop) : 8,912 Enos H. Brosius : 1,679
1896[3][1]	Isaac R. Sherwood : 24,770	Robert W. Tayler : 29,814	James L. Swan : 476
1898[4]	Charles C. Weybrecht : 19,575	Robert Walker Tayler : 22,635	George C. Harvey (Pro) : 614 Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 686 L. B. Logan (Union Reform) : 212
1900[5]	John H. Morris : 25,026	Robert Walker Tayler : 31,479	Alvin C. Van Dyke (Union Reform) : 138 Charles F. Bough (Proh) : 909 Henry O. Bucklin (Soc Lab) : 143
1902[1]	James Kennedy : 22,461	William J. Foley : 16,472	Thomas J. Duffy : 7,923 Enos H. Brosius : 886
1904[6]	W. J. Foley : 16,472	James Kennedy : 36,939	Daniel J. Smith (Pro) : 1,861 John T. Jenkins (Socialist) : 2,522
1906[1]	John C. Welty : 17,840	James Kennedy : 19,684	Leslie Hawk : 1,299 John Evans : 932
1908[7]	John J. Whitacre : 29,040	James Kennedy : 32,287	Robert J. Wheeler (Socialist) : 2,551 Elias Jenkins (Pro) : 2,998
1910[1]	John J. Whitacre : 23,568	James Kennedy : 20,617	Thomas Williams : 4,907 Elias Jenkins : 1,462
1912[1]	John J. Whitacre : 23,936	Roscoe C. McCulloch : 23,350	George F. Lelansky : 7,617
1914[1]	William S. King : 22,476	David Hollingsworth : 23,650	Fred White : 2,936 V. A. Schreiber : 1,341 W. K. Weaver : 1,076
1916[1]	William B. Francis : 24,538	David Hollingsworth : 26,991	Robert Carson : 2,621
1918[1]	William B. Francis : 20,272	B. Frank Murphy : 22,899	[ none ]
1920	Albert O. Barnes: 32,802	B. Frank Murphy: 52,862	[ none ]
1922	Marion Huffman: 25,449	B. Frank Murphy: 41,572	Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 5,907
1924	James M. Barton: 26,656	B. Frank Murphy: 56,206	Charles Coleman: 1,931
1926	John F. Nolan: 19,341	B. Frank Murphy: 36,599	[ none ]
1928	John J. Whitacre: 31,422	B. Frank Murphy: 71,378	Frank Sepech (W): 317 Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (S): 2
1930	Emerson Campbell: 30,815	B. Frank Murphy: 47,096	[ none ]
1932	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 56,562	B. Frank Murphy: 56,010	[ none ]
1934	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 49,160	B. Frank Murphy: 39,642	[ none ]
1936	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 83,052	Earl R. Lewis: 54,119	[ none ]
1938	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 55,809	Earl R. Lewis: 56,468	[ none ]
1940	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 79,718	Earl R. Lewis: 66,666	[ none ]
1942	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 37,951	Earl R. Lewis: 43,279	[ none ]
1944	Ross Michener: 63,098	Earl R. Lewis: 65,847	[ none ]
1946	Eugene A. Blum: 38,606	Earl R. Lewis: 55,140	[ none ]
1948	Wayne Hays: 65,475	Earl R. Lewis: 55,455	[ none ]
1950	Wayne Hays: 58,295	Robert L. Quinn: 56,508	[ none ]
1952	Wayne Hays: 78,277	Clarence L. Wetzel: 62,081	[ none ]
1954	Wayne Hays: 59,165	Walter J. Hunston: 44,143	[ none ]
1956	Wayne Hays: 78,962	Joseph Miller: 53,627	[ none ]
1958	Wayne Hays: 88,813	Francis Wallace: 35,322	[ none ]
1960	Wayne Hays: 96,474	Walter J. Hunston: 50,698	[ none ]
1962	Wayne Hays: 66,327	John J. Carrigg: 42,336	[ none ]
1964	Wayne Hays: 94,768	Allen J. Dalrymple: 42,960	[ none ]
1966	Wayne Hays: 73,657	William H. Weir: 41,165	[ none ]
1968	Wayne Hays: 96,711	James F. Sutherland: 63,747	[ none ]
1970	Wayne Hays: 82,071	Robert Stewart: 38,104	[ none ]
1972	Wayne Hays: 128,663	Robert Stewart: 54,572	[ none ]
1974	Wayne Hays: 90,447	Ralph H. Romig: 47,385	[ none ]
1976	Douglas Applegate*: 116,901	Ralph R. McCoy: 45,735	William Crabbe: 21,537 John Dwight Bashline: 1,661
1978	Douglas Applegate: 71,894	William J. Ress: 48,931	[ none ]
1980	Douglas Applegate: 134,835	Gary L. Hammersley: 42,354	[ none ]
1982	Douglas Applegate: 128,665	[ none ]	[ none ]
1984	Douglas Applegate: 155,759	Kenneth P. Burt Jr.: 49,356	[ none ]
1986	Douglas Applegate: 126,526	[ none ]	[ none ]
1988	Douglas Applegate: 151,306	William C. Abraham: 43,628	[ none ]
1990	Douglas Applegate: 120,782	John A. Hales: 41,823	[ none ]
1992	Douglas Applegate: 166,189	Bill Ress: 77,229	[ none ]
1994	Gregory L. DiDonato: 87,926	Bob Ney: 103,115	[ none ]
1996	Robert L. Burch Jr.: 108,332	Bob Ney: 117,365	Margaret Chitti (N): 8,146
1998	Robert L. Burch Jr.: 74,571	Bob Ney: 113,119	[ none ]
2000	Marc D. Guthrie: 79,232	Bob Ney: 152,325	John R. Bargar Sr. (L): 4,948
2002	[ none ]	Bob Ney: 125,546	[ none ]
2004	Brian R. Thomas: 88,560	Bob Ney: 173,499	[ none ]
2006	Zack Space: 119,494	Joy Padgett: 74,475	[ none ]
2008	Zack Space: 154,396	Fred L. Dailey: 103,681	[ none ]
2010	Zack Space: 80,756	Bob Gibbs: 107,426	Lindsey Sutton: 11,244

2006 election

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2006

Padgett had won a special primary held on September 14, 2006. The rest of the Republican primary field included Holmes County Commissioner Ray Feikert; Jerry Firman of Coshocton; James Brodbelt Harris of Muskingum County; and Ralph Applegate of Columbus. When he announced his withdrawal from the race, Ney identified Padgett as his favored successor.^[8] Two other Republican candidates, Dover mayor Richard Homrighausen and Ney aide John Bennett, withdrew from the race. Candidate Greg Zelenitz was rejected by the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections.^[9]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af} Our Campaigns - OH - District 18 - History
2. ^ Douglass, Ben (1878). History of Wayne county, Ohio, from the days of the pioneers and the first settlers to the present time. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass. p. 347. http://books.google.com/books?id=rjkuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA347. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v} results of 1854-1896 from Smith, Joseph P, ed (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA694. 
4. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 1235 of pdf file
5. ^ Kinney, Charles (1900). Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the year ending November 15, 1900.. State of Ohio. p. 217. http://books.google.com/books?id=vEEAAAAAMAAJ. 
6. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 874 of pdf file
7. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 451 of pdf file
8. ^ theintelligencer.net
9. ^ theintelligencer.net

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• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present