Ohio's 1st congressional district explained

State:	Ohio
District Number:	1
Image Caption:	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative:	Greg Landsman
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Cincinnati
Percent Urban:	92.5
Percent Rural:	7.5
Population:	790,801^[1]
Population Year:	2022
Median Income:	$74,773
Percent White:	67.4
Percent Hispanic:	4.0
Percent Black:	19.2
Percent Asian:	4.4
Percent More Than One Race:	4.2
Percent Other Race:	0.6
Cpvi:	D+2^[2]

Ohio's 1st congressional district is represented by Democrat Greg Landsman. The district includes the city of Cincinnati, all of Warren County and borders the state of Kentucky. This district was once represented by President William Henry Harrison. After redistricting in 2010, the district was widely seen as heavily gerrymandered by state Republicans to protect the incumbent, Steve Chabot.^[3] Chabot lost the seat in 2022 to Landsman, after redistricting unified the city of Cincinnati into the district. The city was previously split between the 1st and 2nd districts.

The district includes all of Warren County, a much more heavily Republican area. Previous iterations of the district (before 2013) did not include Warren County.^[4]

Demographics

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools^[5] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 551,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 74% are White and 21% are Black. Immigrants make up 4% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $64,000, while 11% of households live below the poverty line. 8% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 34% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

Cities

• Cincinnati
• Springboro (partial)
• Franklin
• Indian Hill
• St. Bernard
• Mason
• Lebanon
• Sharonville (partial)
• Middletown (partial)
• Carlisle (partial)
• Blue Ash
• Norwood
• Kenwood
• Dehli
• Madeira
• Milford (partial)
• Sycamore
• Loveland
• Harveysburg
• Blanchester
• Clearkcreek Township
• Wayne Township
• Turtlecreek Township
• Hamilton Township
• Harlan Township
• Deerfield Township
• Symmes Township
• Montgomery
• Dry Run
• Anderson Township

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1813
align=left	John McLean		Democratic- Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1813 – April 1816		Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Resigned to become Associate Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Vacant		nowrap	April 1816 – October 8, 1816
align=left	William Henry Harrison		Democratic- Republican	nowrap	October 8, 1816 – March 3, 1819		Elected to finish McLean's term. Also elected the same day in 1816 to the next term. Retired.
align=left	Thomas R. Ross		Democratic- Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823		Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the .
align=left	James W. Gazlay		Democratic- Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
align=left	James Findlay		Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833		Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830.
align=left	Robert Todd Lytle		Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1833 – March 10, 1834		Elected in 1832. Resigned.
Vacant		nowrap	March 10, 1834 – December 27, 1834
align=left	Robert Todd Lytle		Jacksonian	nowrap	December 27, 1834 – March 3, 1835		Re-elected in 1834 to finish the vacant term. Was not elected to the next term.
align=left	Bellamy Storer		Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837		Elected in 1834.
align=left	Alexander Duncan		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841		Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838.
align=left	Nathanael G. Pendleton		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Elected in 1840.
align=left	Alexander Duncan		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845		Elected in 1843.
align=left	James J. Faran		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849		Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846.
align=left	David T. Disney		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855		Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852.
align=left	Timothy C. Day		Opposition	nowrap	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		Elected in 1854.
align=left	George H. Pendleton		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1865		Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862.
align=left	Benjamin Eggleston		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869		Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Lost re-election.
align=left	Peter W. Strader		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871		Elected in 1868.
align=left	Aaron F. Perry		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1871 – 1872		Elected in 1870. Resigned.
Vacant		nowrap	1872 – October 8, 1872
align=left	Ozro J. Dodds		Democratic	nowrap	October 8, 1872 – March 3, 1873		Elected to finish Perry's term.
align=left	Milton Sayler		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879		Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876.
align=left	Benjamin Butterworth		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883		Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880.
align=left	John F. Follett		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885		Elected in 1882.
align=left	Benjamin Butterworth		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891		Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888.
align=left	Bellamy Storer		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895		Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892.
align=left	Charles Phelps Taft		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897		Elected in 1894.
align=left	William B. Shattuc		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903		Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900.
align=left	Nicholas Longworth		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913		Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election.
align=left	Stanley E. Bowdle		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915		Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
align=left	Nicholas Longworth		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1915 – April 9, 1931		Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died.
Vacant		nowrap	April 9, 1931 – November 3, 1931
align=left	John B. Hollister		Republican	nowrap	November 3, 1931 – January 3, 1937		Elected to finish Longworth's term. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election.
align=left	Joseph A. Dixon		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939		Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
align=left	Charles H. Elston		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953		Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired.
align=left	Gordon H. Scherer		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963		Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Retired.
align=left	Carl West Rich		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965		Elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
align=left	John J. Gilligan		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967		Elected in 1964. Lost re-election.
align=left	Robert Taft Jr.		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971		Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
align=left	William J. Keating		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1974		Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Resigned.
Vacant		nowrap	January 3, 1974 – March 5, 1974
align=left	Tom Luken		Democratic		nowrap	March 5, 1974 – January 3, 1975	Elected to finish Keating's term. Lost re-election.
align=left	Bill Gradison		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983		Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the .
align=left	Tom Luken		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired.
align=left	Charlie Luken		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993		Elected in 1990. Retired.
align=left	David S. Mann		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995		Elected in 1992. Lost re-election.
align=left	Steve Chabot		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009		Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Lost re-election.
align=left	Steve Driehaus		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011		Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
align=left	Steve Chabot		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2023		Elected again in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Lost re-election.
align=left	Greg Landsman		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2023 – present		Elected in 2022.

Recent election results

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	John H. Allen: 40,195	√ Nicholas Longworth (Incumbent): 57,328	Eli G. Frankenstein: 1,134 Edward L. Hutchins (FL): 926
1922	Sidney G. Stricker: 30,945	√ Nicholas Longworth (Incumbent): 45,253	Edward L. Hutchins (FL): 3,094
1924	Thomas B. Paxton: 36,065	√ Nicholas Longworth (Incumbent): 58,125
1926	John C. Rogers 26,511	√ Nicholas Longworth (Incumbent): 45,317	Edward D. Colley: 268
1928	Arthur Espy: 49,880	√ Nicholas Longworth (Incumbent): 80,812
1930	John W. Pattison: 46,974	√ Nicholas Longworth (Incumbent): 50,481
1932	Edward H. Brink: 55,416	√ John B. Hollister (Incumbent): 66,018
1934	Edwin G. Becker: 42,723	√ John B. Hollister (Incumbent): 53,985
1936	√ Joseph A. Dixon: 71,935	John B. Hollister (Incumbent): 66,082
1938	Joseph A. Dixon (Incumbent): 45,536	√ Charles H. Elston: 63,285
1940	Joseph A. Dixon 61,382	√ Charles H. Elston (Incumbent): 84,622
1942	William H. Hessler: 33,884	√ Charles H. Elston (Incumbent): 54,120
1944	Frank J. Richter: 62,617	√ Charles H. Elston (Incumbent): 82,373
1946	G. Andrews Espy: 40,594	√ Charles H. Elston (Incumbent): 72,909
1948	Morse Johnson: 69,240	√ Charles H. Elston (Incumbent): 73,952
1950	Rollin H. Everett: 53,760	√ Charles H. Elston (Incumbent): 77,507
1952	Walter A. Kelly: 60,015	√ Gordon H. Scherer: 96,385
1954	Mrs. Warwick B. Hobart: 39,421	√ Gordon H. Scherer (Incumbent): 71,042
1956	Leonard D. Slutz: 49,701	√ Gordon H. Scherer (Incumbent): 91,181
1958	W. Ted Osborne 54,119	√ Gordon H. Scherer (Incumbent): 70,686
1960	W. Ted Osborne 62,043	√ Gordon H. Scherer (Incumbent): 88,899
1962	Monica Nolan 44,264	√ Carl W. Rich: 74,320
1964	√ John J. Gilligan: 74,525	Carl W. Rich (Incumbent): 69,114
1966	John J. Gilligan (Incumbent): 62,580	√ Robert Taft Jr.: 70,366
1968	Carl F. Heiser 49,830	√ Robert Taft Jr. (Incumbent): 102,219
1970	Bailey W. Turner 39,820	√ William J. Keating: 89,169
1972	Carl F. Heiser 50,575	√ William J. Keating (Incumbent): 119,469
1974	Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent): 67,685	√ Willis D. Gradison Jr.: 70,284
1976	William F. Bowen 56,995	√ Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 109,789	Christopher L. Martinson: 2,732
1978	Timothy M. Burke 38,669	√ Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 73,593	Joseph E. May: 1,907
1980	Donald J. Zwick 38,529	√ Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 124,080	Scott A. Breen: 3,571
1982	√ Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent): 99,143	John E. Held 52,658	Jim Berms (L): 4,386
1984	√ Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent): 121,577	Norman A. Murdock 88,859	Other: 10,222
1986	√ Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent): 90,477	Fred E. Morr 56,100
1988	√ Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent): 117,628	Steve Chabot 90,738
1990	√ Charles J. Luken: 83,932	Ken Blackwell 80,362
1992	√ David S. Mann: 120,190	Stephen Grote 101,498	Jim Berns 12,734
1994	David S. Mann (Incumbent): 72,822	√ Steve Chabot: 92,997
1996	Mark P. Longabaugh 94,719	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 118,324	John G. Halley (N): 5,381
1998	Roxanne Qualls 82,003	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 92,421
2000	John Cranley 98,328	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 116,768	David A. Groshoff (L): 3,399 Richard L. Stevenson (N): 1,933
2002	Greg Harris 60,168	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 110,760
2004	Greg Harris 116,320	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 167,991
2006	John Cranley 90,963	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 101,838
2008^[6]	√ Steve Driehaus: 155,089	Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 140,469	Eric Wilson 84 Rich Stevenson: 67
2010	Steve Driehaus (Incumbent): 92,672	√ Steve Chabot: 103,770	Jim Berns: 3,076 Rich Stevenson: 2,000
2012^[7]	Jeff Sinnard 131,490	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 201,907	Jim Berns (L): 9,674 Rich Stevenson (G): 6,654
2014^[8]	Fred Kundrata: 72,604	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 124,779
2016^[9]	Michele Young: 144,644	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 210,014
2018^[10]	Aftab Pureval 141,118	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 154,409	Dirk Kubala (L): 5,339
2020	Kate Schroder: 172,022	√ Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 199,560	Kevin David Kahn: 13,692
2022	√ Greg Landsman: 156,416	Steve Chabot (Incumbent): 140,058

2010

Source: Web site: Representative to Congress: November 2, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227141807/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2010results/20101102congress.aspx . dead . December 27, 2010 . . April 1, 2011 .

2022

Recent statewide election results

Results under current lines (since 2023)^[11]

Year	Office	Results
Rowspan=2	2016	President	Hillary Clinton 49.7% - Donald Trump 45.7%
Senate	Rob Portman 57.2% - Ted Strickland 38.8%
Rowspan=2	2018	Senate	Sherrod Brown 55.7% - Jim Renacci 44.3%
Governor	Richard Cordray 50.2% - Mike DeWine 47.0%
2020	President	Joe Biden 53.5% - Donald Trump 45.0%
Rowspan=2	2022	Senate	Tim Ryan 54.2% - J. D. Vance 45.8%
Governor	Mike DeWine 54.8% - Nan Whaley 45.2%

Historical district boundaries

See also

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

References

• Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. 1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
• Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. 1982. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Notes and References

1. Web site: My Congressional District.
2. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List. 2023-01-10. Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022 . en.
3. Web site: DAN SEWELL and JULIE CARR SMYTH. Associated Press. Democrats hope to unseat GOP congressional members in Ohio. 2020-11-07. Omaha.com. en.
4. December 1983. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. By Kenneth C. Martis. (New York: Free Press, 1982. Pp. 302. $150.00.). American Political Science Review. 77. 4. 1144. 10.2307/1957746. 1957746. 153328024 . 0003-0554.
5. Web site: Representing US: 2020 Voter Profiles. 2020-10-22. APM Research Lab. en-US.
6. Web site: 2008 Election Results . Ohio Secretary of State .
7. Web site: 2012 Election Results . Ohio Secretary of State .
8. http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain.aspx Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved February 27, 2015
9. Web site: Ohio's 1st Congressional District . Ballotpedia . 2022-08-01.
10. Web site: 2018 Election Results. Ohio Secretary of State.
11. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List . 2023-01-22 . Cook Political Report . July 12, 2022 . en.