Ohio's 16th congressional district

The 16th congressional district of Ohio is represented by Representative Anthony Gonzalez (R). It also includes some rural communities east of Akron, as well as some of the western suburbs of Cleveland.

"OH-16" redirects here. OH-16 may also refer to Ohio State Route 16.

Ohio's 16th congressional district
Ohio's 16th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Anthony Gonzalez R–Rocky River
Population (2016)	727,600
Median income	$66,504[1]
Ethnicity	93.33% white 2.38% black 2.35% Hispanic 1.78% Asian 0.13% Native American
Cook PVI	R+8[2]

From 2003 to 2013 the district was based in Stark County and the Canton area and also included Wayne County and most of Medina and Ashland counties.

On November 2, 2010, John Boccieri lost his bid for a second term to Republican Jim Renacci, who was seated in January 2011. In January 2018, Renacci announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Anthony Gonzalez was elected on November 6th to succeed him.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush 53% - Al Gore 42%
2004	President	George W. Bush 54% - John Kerry 46%
2008	President	John McCain 50% - Barack Obama 48%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 53% - Barack Obama 45%
2016	President	Donald Trump 56% - Hillary Clinton 40%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Elisha Whittlesey	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd 24th 25th	Redistricted from the 13th district. Resigned.
	Whig	March 4, 1835 – July 9, 1838
Vacant		July 9, 1838 – December 3, 1838	25th
Joshua Reed Giddings	Whig	December 3, 1838 – March 22, 1842	25th 26th 27th	Elected to finish Whittlesey's term. Resigned.
Vacant		March 22, 1842 – December 5, 1842	27th
Joshua Reed Giddings	Whig	December 5, 1842 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected to finish his own term. Redistricted to the 20th district.
James Mathews	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 13th district. [data unknown/missing]
John D. Cummins	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	[data unknown/missing]
Moses Hoagland	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
John Johnson	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Edward Ball	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Cydnor B. Tompkins	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
William P. Cutler	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph W. White	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]
John Bingham	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873	39th 40th 41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Lorenzo Danford	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
William McKinley	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Redistricted from the 17th district, Redistricted to the 17th district.
Jonathan T. Updegraff	Republican	March 4, 1881 – November 30, 1882	47th	Redistricted from the 18th district. Died.
Vacant		November 30, 1882 – January 2, 1883
Joseph D. Taylor	Republican	January 2, 1883 – March 3, 1883		Elected to finish Updegraff's term. Redistricted to the 17th district.
Beriah Wilkins	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 15th district.
George W. Geddes	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 14th district. [data unknown/missing]
Beriah Wilkins	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Redistricted from the 15th district. [data unknown/missing]
James W. Owens	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 14th district.
John G. Warwick	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – August 14, 1892	52nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		August 14, 1892 – December 5, 1892
Lewis P. Ohliger	Democratic	December 5, 1892 – March 3, 1893		Elected to finish Warwick's term. [data unknown/missing]
Albert J. Pearson	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 17th district. [data unknown/missing]
Lorenzo Danford	Republican	March 4, 1895 – June 19, 1899	54th 55th 56th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		June 19, 1899 – December 4, 1899	56th
Joseph J. Gill	Republican	December 4, 1899 – October 31, 1903	56th 57th 58th	Elected to finish Danford's term. Resigned.
Vacant		October 31, 1903 – November 3, 1903	58th
Capell L. Weems	Republican	November 3, 1903 – March 3, 1909	58th 59th 60th	Elected to finish Gill's term. [data unknown/missing]
David Hollingsworth	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	[data unknown/missing]
William B. Francis	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
Roscoe C. McCulloch	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph H. Himes	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
John McSweeney	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles B. McClintock	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
William R. Thom	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
James Seccombe	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	[data unknown/missing]
William R. Thom	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	[data unknown/missing]
Henderson H. Carson	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data unknown/missing]
William R. Thom	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	[data unknown/missing]
Henderson H. Carson	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing]
John McSweeney	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[data unknown/missing]
Frank T. Bow	Republican	January 3, 1951 – November 13, 1972	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired but died.
Vacant		November 13, 1972 – January 3, 1973	92nd
Ralph Regula	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1972. Retired.
John Boccieri	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Jim Renacci	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019	112th 113th 114th 115th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Anthony Gonzalez	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th	Elected in 2018.

Election results

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Renacci	112,902	52.1
	Democratic	John Boccieri (incumbent)	89,008	41.1
	Libertarian	Jeffery Blevins	14,342	6.6
	Independent	Robert Ross	128	0
Total votes			216,380
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
2018[4]	Susan Moran Palmer: 129,681	Anthony Gonzalez: 170,029
2016[5]	Keith Mundy: 119,830	James B. Renacci: 225,794
2014[6]	Pete Crossland: 75,199	James B. Renacci: 132,176
2012[7]	Betty S. Sutton: 170,604	James B. Renacci: 185,167
2010	John Boccieri: 89,008	James B. Renacci: 112,902	Jeffery Blevins (L):14,342 Robert Ross(I): 128
2008[8]	John Boccieri: 169,044	Kirk Schuring: 136,293
2006	Thomas Shaw: 88,089	Ralph S. Regula: 124,886
2004	Jeff Seemann: 99,210	Ralph S. Regula: 197,990
2002	Jim Rice: 58,644	Ralph S. Regula: 129,734
2000	William Smith: 62,709	Ralph S. Regula: 162,294	Richard L. Shetler (L): 6,166 Brad Graef (N): 3,231
1998	Peter D. Ferguson: 66,047	Ralph S. Regula: 117,426
1996	Thomas E. Burkhart: 64,902	Ralph S. Regula: 159,314	Brad Graef (N): 7,611
1994	J. Michael Finn: 45,781	Ralph S. Regula: 137,322
1992	Warner D. Mendenhall: 90,224	Ralph S. Regula: 158,489
1990	Warner D. Mendenhall: 70,516	Ralph S. Regula: 101,097
1988	Melvin J. Gravely: 43,356	Ralph S. Regula: 158,824
1986	William J. Kennick: 36,639	Ralph S. Regula: 118,206
1984	James Gwin: 58,048	Ralph S. Regula: 152,399
1982	Jeffrey R. Orenstein: 57,386	Ralph S. Regula: 110,485
1980	Larry V. Slagle: 39,219	Ralph S. Regula: 149,960
1978	Owen S. Hand Jr.: 29,640	Ralph S. Regula: 105,152
1976	John G. Freedom: 55,671	Ralph S. Regula: 116,374	Harold B. Festerly (A): 1,969 Mark F. Vanvoorhis (W): 77
1974	John G. Freedom: 48,754	Ralph S. Regula: 92,986
1972	Virgil L. Musser: 75,929	Ralph S. Regula: 102,013
1970	Virgil L. Musser: 63,187	Frank T. Bow: 81,208
1968	Virgil L. Musser: 68,916	Frank T. Bow: 101,495
1966	Robert D. Freeman: 55,775	Frank T. Bow: 87,597
1964	Robert D. Freeman: 93,255	Frank T. Bow: 101,808
1962	Ed Witmer: 64,213	Frank T. Bow: 96,512
1960	John G. Freedom: 78,257	Frank T. Bow: 130,542
1958	John G. Freedom: 74,660	Frank T. Bow: 100,678
1956	John McSweeney: 82,206	Frank T. Bow: 101,324
1954	Thomas H. Nichols: 56,787	Frank T. Bow: 79,371
1952	John McSweeney: 82,522	Frank T. Bow: 98,447
1950	John McSweeney: 75,255	Frank T. Bow: 77,306
1948	John McSweeney: 79,859	Henderson H. Carson: 71,871
1946	William R. Thom: 51,934	Henderson H. Carson: 65,639
1944	William R. Thom: 85,755	Henderson H. Carson: 75,921	Harry T. Whiteleather: 1,149
1942	William R. Thom: 45,531	Henderson H. Carson: 50,657
1940	William R. Thom: 92,469	James Seccombe: 71,629
1938	William R. Thom: 60,382	James Seccombe: 62,176
1936	William R. Thom: 89,911	H. Ross Ake: 54,979	A. M. Hickey: 4,552 Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (U): 2,384
1934	William R. Thom: 59,354	Charles B. McClintock: 45,390
1932	William R. Thom: 67,670	Charles B. McClintock: 63,609
1930	William R. Thom: 47,237	Charles B. McClintock: 51,113
1928	John McSweeney: 55,778	Charles B. McClintock: 73,966	Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 1,428 Carl Guillod (W): 92
1926	John McSweeney: 40,283	Charles B. McClintock: 27,116
1924	John McSweeney: 51,491	Thomas C. Hunsicker: 45,559	Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 2,901
1922	John McSweeney: 43,590	Joseph H. Himes: 39,881
1920	John McSweeney: 42,799	Joseph H. Himes: 56,584

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Ohio's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=16
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. "House Results Map". The New York Times.
4. "2018 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
5. "2016 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
6. "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
7. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
8. "2008 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

• 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