Ohio's 18th congressional district

The 18th congressional district of Ohio is an obsolete congressional district last represented by Republican Bob Gibbs. The district voted for the majority party in the House of Representatives in every election since 1954.

"OH-18" redirects here. OH-18 may also refer to Ohio State Route 18.

The district from 2003 to 2013

After the 2010 census, Ohio lost two congressional seats, and the 18th district became obsolete after the 2012 elections. The territory of the 18th district was divided and placed into several other Ohio districts. A large portion of this district, including Congressman Gibbs' home in Holmes County, became part of the new 7th district in 2013.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party		Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Benjamin Jones		Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing]
Matthias Shepler		Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
David A. Starkweather		Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	[data unknown/missing]
Ezra Dean		Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845	27th 28th	[data unknown/missing]
David A. Starkweather		Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel Lahm		Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
David K. Cartter		Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing]
George Bliss		Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin F. Leiter		Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
Sidney Edgerton		Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
Rufus P. Spalding		Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
William H. Upson		Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing]
James Monroe		Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	Redistricted from the 14th district. Redistricted to the 17th district.
Jonathan T. Updegraff		Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 16th district.
Addison S. McClure		Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
William McKinley		Republican	March 4, 1883 – May 27, 1884	48th	Lost contested election
Jonathan H. Wallace		Democratic	May 27, 1884 – March 3, 1885	48th	Won contested election
Isaac H. Taylor		Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing]
William McKinley		Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Redistricted from the 20th district. [data unknown/missing]
Joseph D. Taylor		Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Redistricted from the 17th district. [data unknown/missing]
George P. Ikirt		Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Robert W. Tayler		Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
James Kennedy		Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
John J. Whitacre		Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
David Hollingsworth		Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
B. Frank Murphy		Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Lawrence E. Imhoff		Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
Earl Ramage Lewis		Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	[data unknown/missing]
Lawrence E. Imhoff		Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	[data unknown/missing]
Earl R. Lewis		Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
Wayne Hays		Democratic	January 3, 1949 – September 1, 1976	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant			September 1, 1976 – January 3, 1977	94th
Douglas Applegate		Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Bob Ney		Republican	January 3, 1995 – November 3, 2006	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Resigned.
Vacant			November 3, 2006 – January 3, 2007	109th
Zack Space		Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	110th 111th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Bob Gibbs		Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 7th district.
District eliminated January 3, 2013

Election results

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

Year	Democratic candidate	Republican candidate	Other candidate(s)
1832[1]	Benjamin Jones : 3,037	[ none ]	Samuel Quinby:[2] 2,379
1834[1]	Benjamin Jones : 2,746	[ none ]	Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 2,550
1836[1]	Matthias Shepler : 4,384	[ none ]	Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 3,325
1838[1]	David A. Starkweather : 6,154	[ none ]	Hiram B. Wellman (Whig) : 4,010
1840[1]	Ezra Dean : 6,508	[ none ]	Levi Cox (Whig) : 5,399
1842[1]	Ezra Dean : 3,529	[ none ]	George Wellhouse (Whig) : 1,517 John McDowell : 99
1844[1]	David A. Starkweather : 6,981	[ none ]	John Augustine (Whig) : 5,449 Arvine Wales : 162
1846[1]	Samuel Lahm : 4,651	[ none ]	David A. Starkweather (Whig) : 4,530 James Irvin : 116
1848[1]	David K. Cartter : 6,682	[ none ]	Samuel Hemphill (Whig) : 4,448
1850[1]	David K. Cartter : 5,754	[ none ]	John Brown (Whig) : 3,447
1852[1]	George Bliss : 6,140	[ none ]	Darius Lyman (Whig) : 5,307 Thomas Earl : 1,708 Lucius V. Bierce : 446
1854[3]	Ebenezer Spalding : 5,053	Benjamin F. Leiter : 8,738	[ none ]
1856[3]	Samuel Lahm : 6,794	Benjamin F. Leiter : 9,394	[ none ]
1858[3]	J. L. Ranney : 7,162	Sidney Edgerton : 8,184	[ none ]
1860[3]	David A. Starkweather : 6,956	Sidney Edgerton : 9,720	[ none ]
1862[3]	David R. Paige, Sr. : 4,183	Rufus P. Spalding : 9,293	[ none ]
1864[3]	Jeptha H. Wade : 6,661	Rufus P. Spalding : 14,472	[ none ]
1866[3]	Oliver H. Payne : 7,974	Rufus P. Spalding : 14,479	[ none ]
1868[3]	Franklin T. Backus : 11,980	William H. Upson : 18,359	[ none ]
1870[1][3]	John M. Coffinberry : 6,695	William H. Upson : 11,053	John D. Taylor : 448
1872[1][3]	Norton S. Townshend : 10,298	James Monroe : 14,662	G. W. McNeil : 67
1874[1][3]	John K. McBride : 10,095	James Monroe : 12,229	H. F. Miller : 105
1876[1][3]	John J. Hall : 12,772	James Monroe : 16,906	S. H. McCollister : 52
1878[1][3]	Daniel T. Lawson : 12,593	Jonathan T. Updegraff : 15,320	George Smith : 2,231 David P. Lawson : 90 William M. Grimes : 37
1880[1][3]	David I. Wadsworth : 13,474	Addison S. McClure : 18,570	Peter J. Rice : 310 Ferdinand Schumacher : 205
1882[1][3]	Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,898	William McKinley : 16,906	Lemuel T. Foster : 976 James A. Brush : 261
1884[1][3]	Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,309	Isaac H. Taylor : 22,459	Charles Jenkins : 907 Albert R. Silver : 106 W. M. Cope : 82
1886[1][3]	Wallace H. Phelps : 16,217	William McKinley : 18,776	Isaiah S. Hahn : 1,853 Charles Jenkins : 1,419
1888[1][3]	George P. Ikirt : 21,150	William McKinley : 25,249	Lambelis P. Logan : 1,498 George W. Thornburg : 331 Isaiah Little : 38
1890[1][3]	Henry H. McFadden : 11,783	Joseph D. Taylor : 16,993	S. W. Wilkins : 1,568
1892[1][3]	George P. Ikirt : 22,600	Thomas R. Morgan : 21,389	Matthew B. Shay : 1,682 John W. Northrup : 1,218
1894[1][3]	Edward S. Raff : 11,051	Robert W. Tayler : 20,830	Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. (Pop) : 8,912 Enos H. Brosius : 1,679
1896[1][3]	Isaac R. Sherwood : 24,770	Robert W. Tayler : 29,814	James L. Swan : 476
1898[4]	Charles C. Weybrecht : 19,575	Robert Walker Tayler : 22,635	George C. Harvey (Pro) : 614 Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 686 L. B. Logan (Union Reform) : 212
1900[5]	John H. Morris : 25,026	Robert Walker Tayler : 31,479	Alvin C. Van Dyke (Union Reform) : 138 Charles F. Bough (Proh) : 909 Henry O. Bucklin (Soc Lab) : 143
1902[1]	William J. Foley : 16,472	James Kennedy : 22,461	Thomas J. Duffy : 7,923 Enos H. Brosius : 886
1904[6]	W. J. Foley : 16,472	James Kennedy : 36,939	Daniel J. Smith (Pro) : 1,861 John T. Jenkins (Socialist) : 2,522
1906[1]	John C. Welty : 17,840	James Kennedy : 19,684	Leslie Hawk : 1,299 John Evans : 932
1908[7]	John J. Whitacre : 29,040	James Kennedy : 32,287	Robert J. Wheeler (Socialist) : 2,551 Elias Jenkins (Pro) : 2,998
1910[1]	John J. Whitacre : 23,568	James Kennedy : 20,617	Thomas Williams : 4,907 Elias Jenkins : 1,462
1912[1]	John J. Whitacre : 23,936	Roscoe C. McCulloch : 23,350	George F. Lelansky : 7,617
1914[1]	William S. King : 22,476	David Hollingsworth : 23,650	Fred White : 2,936 V. A. Schreiber : 1,341 W. K. Weaver : 1,076
1916[1]	William B. Francis : 24,538	David Hollingsworth : 26,991	Robert Carson : 2,621
1918[1]	William B. Francis : 20,272	B. Frank Murphy : 22,899	[ none ]
1920	Albert O. Barnes: 32,802	B. Frank Murphy: 52,862	[ none ]
1922	Marion Huffman: 25,449	B. Frank Murphy: 41,572	Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 5,907
1924	James M. Barton: 26,656	B. Frank Murphy: 56,206	Charles Coleman: 1,931
1926	John F. Nolan: 19,341	B. Frank Murphy: 36,599	[ none ]
1928	John J. Whitacre: 31,422	B. Frank Murphy: 71,378	Frank Sepech (W): 317 Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (S): 2
1930	Emerson Campbell: 30,815	B. Frank Murphy: 47,096	[ none ]
1932	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 56,562	B. Frank Murphy: 56,010	[ none ]
1934	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 49,160	B. Frank Murphy: 39,642	[ none ]
1936	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 83,052	Earl R. Lewis: 54,119	[ none ]
1938	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 55,809	Earl R. Lewis: 56,468	[ none ]
1940	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 79,718	Earl R. Lewis: 66,666	[ none ]
1942	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 37,951	Earl R. Lewis: 43,279	[ none ]
1944	Ross Michener: 63,098	Earl R. Lewis: 65,847	[ none ]
1946	Eugene A. Blum: 38,606	Earl R. Lewis: 55,140	[ none ]
1948	Wayne Hays: 65,475	Earl R. Lewis: 55,455	[ none ]
1950	Wayne Hays: 58,295	Robert L. Quinn: 56,508	[ none ]
1952	Wayne Hays: 78,277	Clarence L. Wetzel: 62,081	[ none ]
1954	Wayne Hays: 59,165	Walter J. Hunston: 44,143	[ none ]
1956	Wayne Hays: 78,962	Joseph Miller: 53,627	[ none ]
1958	Wayne Hays: 88,813	Francis Wallace: 35,322	[ none ]
1960	Wayne Hays: 96,474	Walter J. Hunston: 50,698	[ none ]
1962	Wayne Hays: 66,327	John J. Carrigg: 42,336	[ none ]
1964[8]	Wayne Hays: 94,768	Allen J. Dalrymple: 42,960	[ none ]
1966	Wayne Hays: 73,657	William H. Weir: 41,165	[ none ]
1968	Wayne Hays: 96,711	James F. Sutherland: 63,747	[ none ]
1970	Wayne Hays: 82,071	Robert Stewart: 38,104	[ none ]
1972	Wayne Hays: 128,663	Robert Stewart: 54,572	[ none ]
1974	Wayne Hays: 90,447	Ralph H. Romig: 47,385	[ none ]
1976	Douglas Applegate*: 116,901	Ralph R. McCoy: 45,735	William Crabbe: 21,537 John Dwight Bashline: 1,661
1978	Douglas Applegate: 71,894	William J. Ress: 48,931	[ none ]
1980	Douglas Applegate: 134,835	Gary L. Hammersley: 42,354	[ none ]
1982	Douglas Applegate: 128,665	[ none ]	[ none ]
1984	Douglas Applegate: 155,759	Kenneth P. Burt Jr.: 49,356	[ none ]
1986	Douglas Applegate: 126,526	[ none ]	[ none ]
1988	Douglas Applegate: 151,306	William C. Abraham: 43,628	[ none ]
1990	Douglas Applegate: 120,782	John A. Hales: 41,823	[ none ]
1992	Douglas Applegate: 166,189	Bill Ress: 77,229	[ none ]
1994	Gregory L. DiDonato: 87,926	Bob Ney: 103,115	[ none ]
1996	Robert L. Burch Jr.: 108,332	Bob Ney: 117,365	Margaret Chitti (N): 8,146
1998	Robert L. Burch Jr.: 74,571	Bob Ney: 113,119	[ none ]
2000	Marc D. Guthrie: 79,232	Bob Ney: 152,325	John R. Bargar Sr. (L): 4,948
2002	[ none ]	Bob Ney: 125,546	[ none ]
2004	Brian R. Thomas: 88,560	Bob Ney: 173,499	[ none ]
2006	Zack Space: 119,494	Joy Padgett: 74,475	[ none ]
2008	Zack Space: 154,396	Fred L. Dailey: 103,681	[ none ]
2010	Zack Space: 80,756	Bob Gibbs: 107,426	Lindsey Sutton: 11,244

2006 election

Padgett had won a special primary held on September 14, 2006. The rest of the Republican primary field included Holmes County Commissioner Ray Feikert; Jerry Firman of Coshocton; James Brodbelt Harris of Muskingum County; and Ralph Applegate of Columbus. When he announced his withdrawal from the race, Ney identified Padgett as his favored successor.[9] Two other Republican candidates, Dover mayor Richard Homrighausen and Ney aide John Bennett, withdrew from the race. Candidate Greg Zelenitz was rejected by the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections.[10]

References

1. Our Campaigns - OH - District 18 - History
2. Douglass, Ben (1878). History of Wayne county, Ohio, from the days of the pioneers and the first settlers to the present time. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass. p. 347.
3. results of 1854-1896 from Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
4. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 1235 of pdf file
5. Kinney, Charles (1900). Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the year ending November 15, 1900. State of Ohio. p. 217.
6. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 874 of pdf file
7. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics:. page 451 of pdf file
8. "Our Campaigns - OH District 18 - Nov 03, 1964".
9. theintelligencer.net
10. theintelligencer.net

• 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