Ohio's 5th congressional district

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:

• Findlay, population 41,202
• Bowling Green, population 29,636
• Perrysburg, population 16,945
• Fremont, population 16,734
• Defiance, population 17,400
• 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 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	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 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Alfred Edgerton	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32 33	First elected in 1850 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard Mott	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34	First elected in 1854 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	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 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Mungen	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40 41	First elected in 1866 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles Nelson Lamison	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42 43	First elected in 1870 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Americus Vespucius Rice	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44 45	First elected in 1874 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David Meekison	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55 56	First elected in 1896 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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	110 111 112 113 114	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

Coordinates: 41°09′21″N 84°02′41″W / 41.15583°N 84.04472°W / 41.15583; -84.04472