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.

"OH-5" redirects here. OH-5 may also refer to Ohio State Route 5, the military version of the Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 or the skull OH 5.

Ohio's 5th congressional district
Ohio's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Bob Latta R–Bowling Green
Distribution	62.27% urban[1] 37.73% rural
Population (2016)	720,730[2]
Median income	$56,835[3]
Ethnicity	92.05% white 4.89% Hispanic 2.64% black 1.4% Asian 0.18% Native American
Cook PVI	R+11[4]

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.

Election results from presidential races

Year	President	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush 59% - Al Gore 37%
2004	President	George W. Bush 61% - John Kerry 39%
2008	President	John McCain 52% - Barack Obama 46%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 53.9% - Barack Obama 44.1%
2016	President	Donald Trump 59.7% - Hillary Clinton 34.6%

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[5] 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 members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1813
James Kilbourne	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
Philemon Beecher	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
Joseph Vance	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 4th district.
John Wilson Campbell	Jackson Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired.
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
William Russell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Lost re-election.
Thomas L. Hamer	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	Elected in 1832. [data unknown/missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
William Doan	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Retired.
Emery D. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.
William Sawyer	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1844. Lost re-election.
Emery D. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
Alfred Edgerton	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing]
Richard Mott	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. [data unknown/missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
James Mitchell Ashley	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Francis Celeste Le Blond	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. [data unknown/missing]
William Mungen	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. [data unknown/missing]
Charles Nelson Lamison	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing]
Americus Vespucius Rice	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Le Fevre	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
George E. Seney	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
Benjamin Le Fevre	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 4th district. [data unknown/missing]
George E. Seney	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Redistricted from the 7th district. [data unknown/missing]
Fernando C. Layton	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
Dennis D. Donovan	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 6th district. [data unknown/missing]
Francis B. De Witt	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing]
David Meekison	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing]
John S. Snook	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	Elected in 1900. Retired.
William W. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected in 1904. [data unknown/missing]
Timothy T. Ansberry	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 9, 1915	60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1906. Resigned when appointed to the Ohio Court of Appeals
Vacant		January 9, 1915 – March 3, 1915	63rd
Nelson E. Matthews	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data unknown/missing]
John S. Snook	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. Retired.
Charles J. Thompson	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing]
Frank C. Kniffin	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939	72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Cliff Clevenger	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1938. Retired.
Del Latta	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1989	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1958. Retired.
Paul Gillmor	Republican	January 3, 1989 – September 5, 2007	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1988. Died.
Vacant		September 5, 2007 – December 11, 2007	110th
Bob Latta	Republican	December 11, 2007 – Present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected to finish Gillmore's term.

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1812	District created following the 1810 Census.
…
1920	Newt Bronson: 25,395	Charles J. Thompson: 40,381
1922	Frank C. Kniffin: 28,067	Charles J. Thompson: 31,700
1924	Frank C. Kniffin: 29,245	Charles J. Thompson: 31,045
1926	Frank C. Kniffin: 23,022	Charles J. Thompson: 23,638
1928	Frank C. Kniffin: 31,385	Charles J. Thompson: 36,096
1930	Frank C. Kniffin: 29,117	Charles J. Thompson: 27,497
1932	Frank C. Kniffin: 44,433	William L. Manahan: 29,605
1934	Frank C. Kniffin: 34,249	Davis B. Johnson: 27,423
1936	Frank C. Kniffin: 41,693	Stephan S. Beard: 33,212	Fred L. Hay: 3,663
1938	Frank C. Kniffin: 28,109	Cliff Clevenger: 37,027
1940	C. H. Armbruster: 31,063	Cliff Clevenger: 48,040
1942	Ferdinand E. Warren: 17,514	Cliff Clevenger: 30,667
1944	T. Walter Williams: 22,740	Cliff Clevenger: 48,490
1946	Willard Thomas: 20,163	Cliff Clevenger: 30,623
1948	Dan Batt: 32,076	Cliff Clevenger: 34,950
1950	Dan Batt: 26,689	Cliff Clevenger: 36,096
1952	Dan Batt: 42,104	Cliff Clevenger: 72,168
1954	Martin W. Feigert: 33,483	Cliff Clevenger: 49,265
1956	George E. Rafferty: 42,181	Cliff Clevenger: 69,774
1958	George E. Rafferty: 44,971	Delbert L. Latta: 52,612
1960	Tom T. McRitchie: 41,375	Delbert L. Latta: 85,175
1962	William T. Hunt: 29,114	Delbert L. Latta: 69,272
1964	Milford Landis: 41,621	Delbert L. Latta: 80,394
1966	John H. Shock: 26,503	Delbert L. Latta: 80,906
1968	Louis Richard Batzler: 45,884	Delbert L. Latta: 113,381
1970	Carl G. Sherer: 37,545	Delbert L. Latta: 92,577
1972	Bruce Edwards: 49,465	Delbert L. Latta: 132,032
1974	Bruce Edwards: 53,391	Delbert L. Latta: 89,161
1976	Bruce Edwards: 60,304	Delbert L. Latta: 124,910
1978	James R. Sherck: 51,071	Delbert L. Latta: 85,547
1980	James R. Sherck: 57,704	Delbert L. Latta: 137,003
1982	James R. Sherck: 70,120	Delbert L. Latta: 86,450
1984	James R. Sherck: 78,809	Delbert L. Latta: 132,582
1986	Tom Murray: 54,864	Delbert L. Latta: 102,016
1988	Tom Murray: 80,472	Paul E. Gillmor: 128,838
1990	P. Scott Mange: 41,693	Paul E. Gillmor: 113,615	John E. Jackson: 10,612
1992		Paul E. Gillmor: 187,860
1994	Jarrod Tudor: 49,335	Paul E. Gillmor: 135,879
1996	Annie Saunders: 81,170	Paul E. Gillmor: 145,892	David J. Schaffer (N): 11,461
1998	Susan Davenport Darrow: 61,926	Paul E. Gillmor: 123,979
2000	Dannie Edmon: 62,138	Paul E. Gillmor: 169,857	John F. Green (L): 5,464 David J. Schaffer (N): 5,881
2002	Roger Anderson: 51,872	Paul E. Gillmor: 126,286	John F. Green: 10,096
2004	Robin Weirauch: 95,481	Paul E. Gillmor: 194,559
2006	Robin Weirauch: 95,955	Paul E. Gillmor : 126,898
2007*	Robin Weirauch: 32,246	Robert E. Latta: 41,740
2008	George Mays: 105,840	Robert E. Latta: 188,905	[6]
2012[7]	Angela Zimmann: 137,806	Robert E. Latta: 201,514	Eric Eberly (L) : 12,558
2014[8]	Robert Fry: 57,328	Robert E. Latta: 132,448	Eric Eberly (L) : 9,142

2010

Ohio's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta*	140,703	67.82
	Democratic	Caleb Finkenbiner	54,919	26.47
	Libertarian	Brian Smith	11,831	5.70
Total votes			207,453	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

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

1. Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
3. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=05
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. "U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000" (PDF). census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
6. Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
7. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
8. "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

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