Ohio's 21st congressional district

The 21st congressional district of Ohio was a congressional district in the state of Ohio. It was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1990 census.

"OH-21" redirects here. OH-21 may also refer to Ohio State Route 21.

In its last decade, the district consisted of a large portion of eastern Cuyahoga county.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1843
Henry R. Brinkerhoff	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – April 30, 1844	28th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Edward S. Hamlin	Whig	October 8, 1844 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph M. Root	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th 31st	[data unknown/missing]
	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Norton Strange Townshend	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Andrew Stuart	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
John Bingham	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863
District inactive		March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1883	38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th
Martin A. Foran	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	48th 49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
Theodore E. Burton	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing]
Tom L. Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Theodore E. Burton	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1909	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected US Senator
James H. Cassidy	Republican	April 20, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	[data unknown/missing]
Robert J. Bulkley	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
Robert Crosser	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Redistricted from the at-large district.
John J. Babka	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
Harry C. Gahn	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert Crosser	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles Vanik	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1969	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 22nd district.
Louis Stokes	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
District inactive		January 3, 1993 – Present

Election results

Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	John J. Babka (incumbent): 18,252	Y Harry C. Gahn: 27,127	Henry Skinner: 558
1922	Y Robert W. Crosser: 18,645	Harry C. Gahn (incumbent): 14,024	Henry Kuhlman (S): 997 Frank Kalcec (SL): 185
1924	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 24,889	Harry C. Gahn: 21,629	John Brahtin (W): 272
1926	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 17,819	Harry C. Gahn: 10,733
1928	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 39,090	Joseph F. Lange: 26,267
1930	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 30,722	George H. Bender: 29,081	Gustave F. Ebding: 96
1932	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 49,436	Gerard Pilliod: 25,527	Joseph Schiffer (C): 672 Eugene F. Cheeks: 204
1934	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 47,540	Frank W. Sotak: 25,253	E. C. Greenfield (C): 1,684
1936	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 70,596	Harry C. Gahn: 23,811
1938	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 53,180	J. E. Chizek: 24,240
1940	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 79,602	J. E. Chizek: 23,658
1942	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 35,109	William J. Rogers: 19,137	Arnold S. Johnson: 744
1944	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 77,525	Harry C. Gahn: 22,288
1946	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 49,111	James S. Hudee: 27,657
1948	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 72,417	Harry W. Mitchell: 22,932
1950	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 66,341	William Hodge: 21,588
1952	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 100,340	Lawrence O. Payne: 45,896
1954	Y Charles A. Vanik: 76,201	Francis E. Young: 24,076
1956	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 96,106	Chales H. Loeb: 38,060
1958	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 93,987	Elmer L. Watson: 22,956
1960	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 103,460	William O. Walker: 88,389
1962	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 79,514	Leodis Harris: 20,027
1964	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 113,157	Eugene E. Smith: 12,416
1966	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 81,210	Frederick M. Coleman: 18,205
1968	Y Louis Stokes: 85,509	Charles P. Lucas: 28,931
1970	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 74,340	Bill Mack: 21,440
1972	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 99,190	James D. Johnson: 13,861	Joseph Piriacin (SL): 5,779 Cecil Lampkins: 3,509
1974	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 58,969	Bill Mack: 12,986
1976	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 91,903	Barbara Sparks: 12,434	Anthony R. Curry: 5,289
1978	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 58,934	Bill Mack: 9,533
1980	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 83,188	Robert L. Woodall: 11,103
1982	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 132,544	Alan G. Shatteen: 21,332
1984	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 165,247	Robert L. Woodall: 29,500
1986	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 99,878	Franklin H. Roski: 22,594
1988	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 148,388	Franklin H. Roski: 24,804
1990	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 103,338	Franklin H. Roski: 25,906

References

• 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

External links

• 1983 District Maps of Ohio - United States Congress, Ohio Senate, Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio Court of Appeals, Sherrod Brown, Secretary of State