Ohio's At-large congressional district

The Ohio's At-large congressional district existed from 1803 to 1813, from 1943 to 1953 and from 1963 to 1967 when it was banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

From statehood in 1803 until the 1813 redistricting following the 1810 census, Ohio had only one member of the United States House of Representatives: Jeremiah Morrow.

List of representatives

Years	Congress	Representative	Party	Electoral history
October 17, 1803 – March 3, 1813	8th	Jeremiah Morrow	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1803
	9th			Re-elected in 1804
	10th			Re-elected in 1806
	11th			Re-elected in 1808
	12th			Re-elected in 1810 Retired to run for U.S. Senate

After the 1810 census, the at-large seat was eliminated. It was reinstated after the 1910 census.

Years	Congress	Representative	Party	Electoral history
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Robert Crosser	Democratic	Elected in 1912 Redistricted to the 21st district

From the 1930 census to the 1940 census, there were two seats elected at-large, on a general ticket.

Years	Congress	Seat one			Seat two
		Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1935	73rd	Charles V. Truax	Democratic	First elected in 1932	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	First elected in 1932
March 4, 1935 – August 9, 1935	74th			Re-elected in 1934 Died			Re-elected in 1934 Retired to run for Governor
August 9, 1935 – November 3, 1936		Vacant
November 3, 1936 – January 3, 1937		Daniel S. Earhart	Democratic	Retired
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	John McSweeney	Democratic	Elected in 1936 Lost re-election	Harold G. Mosier	Democratic	Elected in 1936 Lost renomination
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	George H. Bender	Republican	First elected in 1938	L. L. Marshall	Republican	Elected in 1938 Lost re-election
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th			Re-elected in 1940	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	Elected in 1940 Lost re-election
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th			Re-elected in 1942	Seat two was eliminated after the 1940 census.
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th			Re-elected in 1944
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th			Re-elected in 1946 Lost re-election
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	Elected in 1948 Lost re-election
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	82nd	George H. Bender	Republican	Elected in 1950 Redistricted to the 23rd district

In 1953, the seat was eliminated. It was restored in 1963.

Years	Congress	Representative	Party	Electoral history
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Robert Taft, Jr.	Republican	Elected in 1962 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	Robert E. Sweeney	Democratic	Elected in 1964 Retired to run for Ohio Attorney General

In 1967, the seat was eliminated.

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
From 1933 to 1941, there were two seats elected at large, on a general ticket. All the candidates ran in one race and the top two vote-getters won the two seats.
1932	Charles V. Truax: 1,206,631 Stephen M. Young: 1,200,946	George H. Bender: 1,109,562 L. T. Palmer: 1,102,567	Edward R. Stafford (P): 24,625 Alfred H. Stratton (P): 17,844 John Rehms (C): 7,050 William Hughey (C): 6,010
1934	Charles V. Truax[1]: 1,061,857 Stephen M. Young: 1,050,089	George H. Bender: 905,233 L. L. Marshall: 871,432	Ben Atkins (C): 13,972 John Marshall (C): 13,808
1936	John McSweeney: 1,553,059 Harold G. Mosier: 1,493,152	George H. Bender: 1,226,147 L. L. Marshall: 1,121,370	William C. Sandberg (C): 8,947
1938	John McSweeney: 1,068,916 Stephen M. Young: 1,015,041	George H. Bender: 1,177,982 L. L. Marshall: 1,101,193
1940	Stephen M. Young: 1,483,879 Francis W. Durbin: 1,384,745	George H. Bender: 1,519,559 L. L. Marshall: 1,386,627
From 1943 through 1953 there was one member of the House from Ohio elected at large.
1942	Stephen M. Young[2]: 717,692	George H. Bender: 945,995
1944	William Glass: 1,362,843	George H. Bender: 1,542,422
1946	William M. Boyd: 871,660	George H. Bender: 1,281,864
1948	Stephen M. Young: 1,455,972	George H. Bender: 1,342,388
1950	Stephen M. Young: 1,237,409	George H. Bender: 1,447,154
From 1953 through 1963 , the at-large seat became the 23rd district. The at-large seat was created again after the 1960 census.
1962	Richard D. Kennedy: 1,164,628	Robert Taft (Jr.): 1,786,018
1964	Robert E. Sweeney: 1,872,351	Oliver P. Bolton: 1,716,480

References

1. ^ Truax died in office in 1936. In a 1936 special election, Daniel S. Earhart was elected to fill out the remainder of Truax's term. Earhart did not run for re-election in 1936 for the full term beginning in 1937.
2. ^ Young held an incumbency in the second at-large seat, which was eliminated for the 1942 election . Thus, there were two incumbents vying for this seat.

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• 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