Ohio's 17th congressional district

The 17th congressional district of Ohio is an obsolete congressional district last represented by Representative Tim Ryan.

"OH-17" redirects here. OH-17 may also refer to Ohio State Route 17.

This district became obsolete for the 113th Congress in 2013 as congressional district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat as a result of the 2010 Census. Most of the territory within the current 17th district has been merged into the Akron-based 13th district.

The district from 2003 to 2013

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
John Thomson	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Redistricted from the 12th district. [data unknown/missing]
Andrew W. Loomis	Whig	March 4, 1837 – October 20, 1837	25th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		October 20, 1837 – December 20, 1837	25th
Charles D. Coffin	Whig	December 20, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected November 30, 1837 to finish Loomis's term and seated December 20, 1837. [data unknown/missing]
John Hastings	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing]
William C. McCauslen	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]
George Fries	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph Cable	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Wilson Shannon	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles J. Albright	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
William Lawrence	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas Clarke Theaker	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing]
James R. Morris	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 15th district.
Ephraim R. Eckley	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
Jacob A. Ambler	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Laurin D. Woodworth	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	[data unknown/missing]
William McKinley	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 16th district.
James Monroe	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Redistricted from the 18th district. [data unknown/missing]
William McKinley	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Redistricted from the 16th district. [data unknown/missing]
Joseph D. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Jonathan T. Updegraff had been redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1882. However, Updegraff died November 30, 1882 and Taylor was then elected to start Updegraff's term. Lost re-election.
Adoniram J. Warner	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 15th district. [data unknown/missing]
Joseph D. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 18th district.
Albert J. Pearson	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 16th district.
James A. D. Richards	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Addison S. McClure	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
John A. McDowell	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	[data unknown/missing]
John W. Cassingham	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	[data unknown/missing]
Martin L. Smyser	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]
William A. Ashbrook	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
William M. Morgan	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	[data unknown/missing]
Charles F. West	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935	72nd 73rd	[data unknown/missing]
William A. Ashbrook	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 1, 1940	74th 75th 76th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		January 1, 1940 – February 27, 1940	76th
J. Harry McGregor	Republican	February 27, 1940 – October 7, 1958	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected to finish Ashbrook's term. Died.
Vacant		October 7, 1958 – January 3, 1959	86th
Robert W. Levering	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data unknown/missing]
John M. Ashbrook	Republican	January 3, 1961 – April 24, 1982	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 24, 1982 – June 29, 1982	97th
Jean Spencer Ashbrook	Republican	June 29, 1982 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected to finish her husband's term. [data unknown/missing]
Lyle Williams	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985	98th	Redistricted from the 19th district. [data unknown/missing]
Jim Traficant	Democratic	January 3, 1985 – July 24, 2002	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] Expelled.
Vacant		July 24, 2002 – January 3, 2003	107th
Tim Ryan	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district.
District eliminated January 3, 2013

Recent election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	William A. Ashbrook (inc.): 46,675	√ William M. Morgan: 46,968	(none)
1922	William A. Ashbrook: 41,745	√ William M. Morgan (inc.): 42,331	(none)
1924	J. Freer Bittinger: 36,532	√ William M. Morgan (inc.): 50,226	(none)
1926	J. Freer Bittinger: 29,674	√ William M. Morgan (inc.): 36,249	(none)
1928	Charles F. West: 40,846	√ William M. Morgan (inc.): 56,823	(none)
1930	√ Charles F. West: 45,633	William M. Morgan (inc.): 43,197	(none)
1932	√ Charles F. West (inc.): 55,296	William M. Morgan: 51,601	(none)
1934	√ William A. Ashbrook: 49,211	James A. Glenn: 41,954	(none)
1936	√ William A. Ashbrook (inc.): 69,446	James A. Glenn: 48,270	William Edward Lyle: 2,618
1938	√ William A. Ashbrook (inc.): 51,305	Walter B. Woodward: 46,300	(none)
1940	Ralph C. Lutz: 56,343	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.):[1] 69,102	(none)
1942	Samuel A. Anderson: 28,235	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.): 47,565	(none)
1944	Thomas A. Wilson: 43,271	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.): 73,206	(none)
1946	Wesley W. Purdy: 30,406	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.): 57,167	(none)
1948	Robert W. Levering: 53,651	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.): 60,234	(none)
1950	Robert W. Levering: 39,726	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.): 71,382	(none)
1952	James J. Mayor: 44,117	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.): 94,624	(none)
1954	Robert W. Levering: 34,638	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.): 63,301	(none)
1956	Robert W. Levering: 44,806	√ J. Harry McGregor (inc.):[2] 88,931	(none)
1958	√ Robert W. Levering: 63,650	Laurence Burns: 59,490	(none)
1960	Robert W. Levering (inc.): 70,470	√ John M. Ashbrook: 79,609	(none)
1962	Robert W. Levering: 49,415	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 69,976	(none)
1964	Robert W. Levering: 71,291	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 75,674	(none)
1966	Robert T. Secrest: 59,031	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 73,132	(none)
1968	Robert W. Levering: 54,127	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 100,148	(none)
1970	James C. Hood: 44,066	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 79,472	Clifford J. Simpson (AI): 4,253
1972	Raymond C. Beck: 62,512	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 92,666	Clifford J. Simpson (AI): 6,376
1974	David D. Noble: 63,342	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 70,708	Clifford J. Simpson: 3
1976	John C. McDonald: 72,168	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 94,874	(none)
1978	Kenneth Robert Grier: 42,117	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.): 87,010	(none)
1980	Donald E. Yunker: 47,900	√ John M. Ashbrook (inc.):[3] 128,870	(none)
1982	George D. Tablack: 80,375	√ Lyle Williams:[4] 98,476	(none)
1984	√ Jim Traficant: 123,014	Lyle Williams (inc.): 105,449	Other: 2,198
1986	√ Jim Traficant (inc.): 112,855	James H. Fulks: 43,334	(none)
1988	√ Jim Traficant (inc.): 162,526	Frederick W. Lenz: 47,929	(none)
1990	√ Jim Traficant (inc.): 133,207	Robert R. DeJulio Jr.: 38,199	(none)
1992	√ Jim Traficant (inc.): 216,503	Salvatore Pansino: 40,745	(none)
1994	√ Jim Traficant (inc.): 149,004	Mike G. Meister: 43,490	(none)
1996	√ Jim Traficant (inc.): 218,283	(none)	James M. Cahaney (N): 21,685
1998	√ Jim Traficant (inc.): 123,718	Paul H. Alberty: 57,703	(none)
2000	√ Jim Traficant (inc.): 120,333	Paul H. Alberty: 54,751	Randy D. Walter: 51,793 Lou D'Apolito: 9,568 Milton R. Norris (L): 1,278 Carol Ann McCoy (N): 3,154
2002	√ Tim Ryan:[5] 94,441 (Redistricted from the 14th district)	Ann Womer Benjamin: 62,188	Jim Traficant[5] 28,045
2004	√ Tim Ryan (inc.): 208,331	Frank V. Cusimano: 61,727	Randy Walter
2006	√ Tim Ryan (inc.): 166,279	Don Manning II: 41,004	(none)
2008	√ Tim Ryan (inc.): 204,028	Duane Grassell: 56,003[6]	(none)
2010	√ Tim Ryan (inc.): 100,295	Jim Graham: 56,441	Jim Traficant: 29,969 [7]

References

1. In 1940, after the death in office of William Ashbrook, McGregor was elected in a special election to fill out Ashbrook's term.
2. McGregor died in office in October 1958.
3. John Ashbrook died in office in April 1982. His wife, Jean Spencer Ashbrook was elected in a special election in June 1982 to fill out his term.
4. Redistricting following the 1980 census moved Lyle Williams from the 19th district to the 17th district.
5. After being convicted on criminal charges, the previously Democratic Representative Traficant decided to run for re-election as an independent. The new district created after the 2000 census brought incumbent Thomas C. Sawyer, who had been the incumbent in the 14th district, into the new 17th district. However, incumbent Sawyer (seen as anti-labor in a very blue-collar district) lost in the Democratic primary to Ryan, leaving Traficant the only incumbent in the race.
6. http://www.wkyc.com/news/elections/results/20081104/race2026.htm%5B%5D
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-11-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

• 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