Ohio's 15th congressional district

The 15th congressional district of Ohio is represented by Republican Steve Stivers. The district includes the southern portions of Columbus as well as communities west and south of the City. It also includes the college towns of Athens and Wilmington.

"OH-15" redirects here. OH-15 may also refer to Ohio State Route 15.

Ohio's 15th congressional district
Ohio's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Steve Stivers R–Upper Arlington
Distribution	60% rural 40% urban
Population (2016)	743,623
Median income	$66,694[1]
Ethnicity	90.38% white 4.36% black 2.02% Asian 1.96% Hispanic 0.15% Native American
Cook PVI	R+7[2]

From 2003 to 2013 Union County and Madison County were entirely within the district's boundaries as is approximately half of Franklin County. The 15th district included the cities of Upper Arlington, Hilliard, Grove City, Grandview Heights, Plain City, London, and Wilmington. As well as the downtown and western portions of Columbus.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Republican		Democrat
2000	Bush	52%	Gore	44%
2004	Bush	50%	Kerry	50%
2008	McCain	45%	Obama	54%
2012	Romney	52%	Obama	46%
2016	Trump	55%	Clinton	40%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Jonathan Sloane	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing]
John William Allen	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	[data unknown/missing]
Sherlock J. Andrews	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph Morris	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]
William Kennon Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
William F. Hunter	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing]
William R. Sapp	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Joseph Burns	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
William Helmick	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert H. Nugen	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
James R. Morris	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 17th district. [data unknown/missing]
Tobias A. Plants	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
Eliakim H. Moore	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
William P. Sprague	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Nelson H. Van Vorhes	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
George W. Geddes	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 14th district.
Rufus Dawes	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
Adoniram J. Warner	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 17th district.
Beriah Wilkins	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 16th district, Redistricted to the 16th district.
Charles H. Grosvenor	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Redistricted from the 14th district. [data unknown/missing]
Michael D. Harter	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 14th district.
H. Clay Van Voorhis	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th	[data unknown/missing]
Beman G. Dawes	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	[data unknown/missing]
James Joyce	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	[data unknown/missing]
George White	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
William C. Mooney	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	[data unknown/missing]
George White	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	[data unknown/missing]
C. Ellis Moore	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Robert T. Secrest	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – August 3, 1942	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Resigned to enter the United States Navy
Percy W. Griffiths	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert T. Secrest	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – September 26, 1954	81st 82nd 83rd	Resigned to become a member of the Federal Trade Commission
John E. Henderson	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961	84th 85th 86th	[data unknown/missing]
Tom V. Moorehead	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert T. Secrest	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 30, 1966	88th 89th	Resigned.
Chalmers P. Wylie	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1993	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing]
Deborah Pryce	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	[data unknown/missing]
Mary Jo Kilroy	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	[data unknown/missing]
Steve Stivers	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Incumbent

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
2018[3]	Rick Neal: 116,112	Steve Stivers: 170,593	Johnathan Miller (L): 5,738
2016[4]	Scott Wharton: 113,960	Steve Stivers: 222,847
2014[5]	Scott Wharton: 66,125	Steve Stivers: 128,496
2012[6]	Pat Lang: 128,188	Steve Stivers: 205,277
2010	Mary Jo Kilroy: 86,815	Steve Stivers: 116,290	William Kammerer (L): 5,831 David Ryon (Constitution): 3,728 Bill Buckel (Write-In): 240  [7]
2008	Mary Jo Kilroy: 139,584	Steve Stivers: 137,272	Mark M. Noble (L): 14,061 Don Eckhart: 12,915 Travis Casper: 6  [8]
2006	Mary Jo Kilroy: 109,677[9]	Deborah D. Pryce: 110,739[9]
2004	Mark P. Brown: 117,324	Deborah D. Pryce: 189,024
2002	Mark P. Brown: 54,286	Deborah D. Pryce: 108,193
2000	William L. Buckel: 64,805	Deborah D. Pryce: 156,792	Scott T. Smith (L): 10,700
1998	Adam Clay Miller: 49,334	Deborah D. Pryce: 113,846	Kevin Nestor: 9,996
1996	Cliff Arnebeck Jr.: 64,665	Deborah D. Pryce: 156,776
1994	William L. Buckel: 46,480	Deborah D. Pryce: 112,912
1992	Richard Cordray: 94,907	Deborah D. Pryce: 110,390	Linda Reidelbach: 44,906
1990	Thomas V. Erney: 68,510	Chalmers P. Wylie: 99,251	William L. Buckel (WI): 158
1988	Mark S. Froehlich: 51,172	Chalmers P. Wylie: 154,694
1986	David L. Jackson: 55,750	Chalmers P. Wylie: 97,745
1984	Duane Jager: 58,870	Chalmers P. Wylie: 148,311
1982	Greg Kostelac: 47,070	Chalmers P. Wylie: 104,678	Steve Kender (L): 6,139
1980	Terry Freeman: 48,708	Chalmers P. Wylie: 129,025
1978	Henry W. Eckhart: 37,000	Chalmers P. Wylie: 91,023
1976	Manley L. "Mike" McGee: 57,741	Chalmers P. Wylie: 109,630
1974	Manley L. "Mike" McGee: 49,683	Chalmers P. Wylie: 79,376
1972	Manley L. "Mike" McGee: 55,314	Chalmers P. Wylie: 115,779	Edward Price (AI): 4,820
1970	Manley L. "Mike" McGee: 34,018	Chalmers P. Wylie: 81,536
1968	Russell H. Volkema: 35,861	Chalmers P. Wylie: 98,499
1966	Robert L. Van Heyde: 38,805	Chalmers P. Wylie: 57,993
1964	Robert T. Secrest: 62,438	Randall Metcalf: 31,803
1962	Robert T. Secrest: 41,856	Tom Van Horn Moorehead: 38,095
1960	Herbert U. Smith: 47,366	Tom Van Horn Moorehead: 49,742
1958	Herbert U. Smith: 36,026	John E. Henderson: 48,316
1956	Herbert U. Smith: 35,954	John E. Henderson: 55,126
1954	Max L. Underwood: 32,795	John E. Henderson: 38,524
1952	Robert T. Secrest: 62,913	Percy W. Griffiths: 34,966
1950	Robert T. Secrest: 47,448	Holland M. Gary: 29,573
1948	Robert T. Secrest: 45,575	Percy W. Griffiths: 35,294
1946	Robert T. Secrest: 32,159	Percy W. Griffiths: 36,564
1944	Olney R. Gillogly: 31,756	Percy W. Griffiths: 47,710
1942	Charles W. Lynch: 23,213	Percy W. Griffiths: 35,137
1940	Robert T. Secrest: 57,359	Clair A. Young: 40,233
1938	Robert T. Secrest: 42,573	Percy W. Griffiths: 38,903
1936	Robert T. Secrest: 53,263	Kenneth C. Ray: 42,053	Joe I. Clarke: 333
1934	Robert T. Secrest: 42,722	Kenneth C. Ray: 33,950
1932	Robert T. Secrest: 50,313	C. Ellis Moore: 38,113	Joseph H. Ewing: 444
1930	H. R. McClintock: 33,968	C. Ellis Moore: 35,611
1928	Frank H. Ward: 26,441	C. Ellis Moore: 50,941
1926	E. B. Schneider: 23,703	C. Ellis Moore: 28,519
1924	James R. Alexander: 30,608	C. Ellis Moore: 39,155
1922	James R. Alexander: 30,120	C. Ellis Moore: 32,894	F. J. Ash: 1,003
1920	John S. Talbott: 30,326	C. Ellis Moore: 42,419

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

In popular culture

The character Deanna Monroe, from AMC's The Walking Dead was a former Congresswoman from Ohio's 15th congressional district.

See also

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

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=15
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. "2018 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
4. "2016 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
5. "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
6. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
7. "Election Statistics". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
8. Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
9. Julie Carr Smyth, "Recount confirms Republican won Ohio congressional district, The Beacon Journal, December 11, 2006.

Sources

• 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