Ohio's 4th congressional district explained

State:	Ohio
District Number:	4
Image Caption:	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative:	Jim Jordan
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Urbana
Distribution Ref:	^[1]
Percent Urban:	63.02
Percent Rural:	36.98
Population:	799,350^[2]
Population Year:	2022
Median Income:	$72,537^[3]
Percent White:	85.1
Percent Hispanic:	2.5
Percent Black:	4.8
Percent Asian:	3.0
Percent More Than One Race:	4.0
Percent Other Race:	0.5
Cpvi:	R+20^[4]

Ohio's 4th congressional district spans sections of the central part of the state. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Jordan, the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee, who has represented the district since 2007.^[5]

As part of the 2010 redistricting process, it was redrawn from the previous district to stretch from Lima, to include the northwestern suburbs of Columbus, up to Tiffin and Elyria.^[6]

In May 2019, a panel of three federal judges ruled that Ohio's congressional district map was unconstitutional and based on gerrymandering.^{[7] [8]} A new map was expected ahead of the 2020 election.^[9] However, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause that courts could not review allegations of gerrymandering, the district boundaries would not change until congressional district maps were redrawn in 2022.^[10]

Geography

Counties

• Allen
• Ashland
• Auglaize
• Champaign
• Delaware (partial)
• Logan
• Hardin
• Marion
• Morrow
• Richland
• Shelby (partial)
• Union
• Wyandot (partial)

Cities within the district

• Ashland
• Bellefontaine
• Columbus (partial)
• Delaware
• Dublin (partial)
• Lima
• Mansfield
• Marion
• Marysville
• Westerville (partial)

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1813
align=left	James Caldwell		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817		Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
align=left	Samuel Herrick		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821		Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
Vacant		nowrap	March 4, 1821 – October 9, 1821		Elected in 1820. Representative-elect John C. Wright resigned before beginning of term.
align=left	David Chambers		Democratic-Republican		nowrap	October 9, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Elected to finish Wright's term. Retired.
Joseph Vance		Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Redistricted to the .
	Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833
Thomas Corwin		Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Resigned when nominated Governor of Ohio.
	Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1837 – May 30, 1840
Vacant		nowrap	May 30, 1840 – October 13, 1840
align=left	Jeremiah Morrow		Whig	nowrap	October 13, 1840 – March 3, 1843		Elected to finish Corwin's term. Also elected to the next term in 1840. Retired.
align=left	Joseph Vance		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847		Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Retired.
align=left	Richard S. Canby		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849		Elected in 1846.
align=left	Moses Bledso Corwin		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851		Elected in 1848.
align=left	Benjamin Stanton		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853		Elected in 1850.
Matthias H. Nichols		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855		Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
	Opposition	nowrap	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
align=left	William Allen		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863		Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired.
align=left	John F. McKinney		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865		Elected in 1862. Lost re-election.
align=left	William Lawrence		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871		Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Lost re-election.
align=left	John F. McKinney		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873		Again elected in 1870. Retired.
align=left	Lewis B. Gunckel		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875		Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.
align=left	John A. McMahon		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879		Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Redistricted to the .
align=left	J. Warren Keifer		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881		Redistricted from the and Re-elected in 1878. Redistricted to the .
align=left	Emanuel Shultz		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883		Elected in 1880.
align=left	Benjamin Le Fevre		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1882. Redistricted to the .
align=left	Charles Marley Anderson		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887		Elected in 1884.
align=left	Samuel S. Yoder		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891		Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888.
align=left	Martin K. Gantz		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893		Elected in 1890.
align=left	Fernando C. Layton		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894.
align=left	George A. Marshall		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899		Elected in 1896.
align=left	Robert B. Gordon		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903		Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900.
align=left	Harvey C. Garber		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907		Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904.
align=left	William E. Tou Velle		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911		Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908.
align=left	J. Henry Goeke		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915		Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912.
align=left	J. Edward Russell		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917		Elected in 1914.
align=left	Benjamin F. Welty		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921		Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
align=left	John L. Cable		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925		Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Retired.
align=left	William T. Fitzgerald		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929		Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Retired.
align=left	John L. Cable		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933		Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
align=left	Frank Le Blond Kloeb		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1933 – August 19, 1937		Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Resigned when appointed judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Vacant		nowrap	August 19, 1937 – November 8, 1938
align=left	Walter H. Albaugh		Republican		nowrap	November 8, 1938 – January 3, 1939	Elected to finish Kloeb's term. Was not a candidate for the next term.
align=left	Robert Franklin Jones		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1939 – September 2, 1947		Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Resigned when appointed a member of the Federal Communications Commission.
Vacant		nowrap	September 2, 1947 – November 4, 1947
align=left	William Moore McCulloch		Republican	nowrap	November 4, 1947 – January 3, 1973		Elected to finish Jones's term. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired.
align=left	Tennyson Guyer		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1973 – April 12, 1981		Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Died.
Vacant		nowrap	April 12, 1981 – June 25, 1981
align=left	Mike Oxley		Republican	nowrap	June 25, 1981 – January 3, 2007		Elected to finish Guyer's term. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Retired.
align=left	Jim Jordan		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 2007 – present		Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Recent election results

Year		Democratic		Republican	Other(s)
1910	√ J. Henry Goeke: 20,865	C. E. Johnston: 13,482	Arthur A. Hensch: 1,403
1912	nowrap	√ J. Henry Goeke (inc.): 21,512	John L. Cable 10,267	William E. Rudy: 4,993 Scott Williams: 2,132 W. Rollo Boehringer: 1,091
1914	N. W. Cunningham: 24,114	√ J. Edward Russell: 25,069	Samuel L. Newman: 1,737 C. C. Hobart: 1,400
1916	√ Benjamin F. Welty: 29,486	J. Edward Russell (inc.): 25,378
1918^[11]	nowrap	√ Benjamin F. Welty (inc.): 22,580	J. Edward Russell 22,136
1920	Benjamin F. Welty (inc.): 45,489	√ John L. Cable: 50,576
1922	J. Henry Goeke 35,916	nowrap	√ John L. Cable (inc.): 43,251
1924	Hugh T. Mathers: 42,652	√ William T. Fitzgerald: 43,984
1926	Benjamin F. Welty 31,293	nowrap	√ William T. Fitzgerald (inc.): 32,236
1928	William Klinger 41,677	√ John L. Cable: 56,291
1930	Gainor Jennings: 37,673	nowrap	√ John L. Cable (inc.): 43,104
1932	√ Frank L. Kloeb: 59,003	John L. Cable (inc.): 49,100
1934	nowrap	√ Frank L. Kloeb (inc.): 48,613	Guy D. Hawley: 41,504
1936	nowrap	√ Frank L. Kloeb (inc.): 61,927	Robert W. Yurner: 53,352
1938 (Special)		√ Walter H. Albaugh:
1938	[William B. Swonger: 33,284 | '''√ [[Robert Franklin Jones]]: 56,399| John C. Fisher: 4,616 |-| 1940| Clarence C. Miller: 47,765| nowrap | √ Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 65,534|   |-| 1942| Clarence C. Miller: 22,567| nowrap | √ Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 39,275|   |-| 1944| Earl Ludwig: 42,983| nowrap | √ Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 67,829|   |-| 1946| Merl J. Bragg: 32,160| nowrap | √ Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 64,718|   |-| 1947 (Special)| | √ William M. McCulloch: | |-| 1948| Earl Ludwig: 45,534| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 57,321|   |-| 1950| Carleton Carl Reiser: 32,686| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 65,640|   |-| 1952| Carleton Carl Reiser: 43,426| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 93,442|   |-| 1954| Forrest L. Blankenship: 32,474| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 67,762|   |-| 1956| Ortha O. Barr Jr.: 42,416| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 93,607|   |-| 1958| Marjorie Conrad Struns: 46,933| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 73,448|   |-| 1960| Joseph J. Murphy: 52,797| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 99,683|   |-| 1962| Marjorie Conrad Struns: 32,866| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 77,790|   |-| 1964| Robert H. Mihlbaugh: 64,667| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 81,204|   |-| 1966| Robert H. Mihlbaugh: 37,855| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 66,142|   |-| 1968|  | nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 129,435|   |-| 1970| Donald B. Laws: 45,619| nowrap | √ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 82,521|   |-| 1972| Dimitri Nicholas: 65,216| √ Tennyson Guyer: 109,612|   |-| 1974| James L. Gehrlich: 51,065| nowrap | √ Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 81,674|   |-| 1976| Clinton G. Dorsey: 51,784| nowrap | √ Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 121,173|   |-| 1978| John W. Griffin: 39,360| nowrap | √ Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 85,575|   |-| 1980| Gerry Tebben: 51,150| nowrap | √ Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 133,795|   |-| 1981 (Special)| Dale Locker: 41,526| √ Mike Oxley: 41.904| |-| 1982| Bob Moon: 57,564| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 105,087|   |-| 1984| William O. Sutton: 47,018| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 162,199|   |-| 1986| Clem T. Cratty: 26,320| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 115,751| Raven L. Workman: 11,997 |-| 1988|  | nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 160,900|   |-| 1990| Thomas E. Burkhart: 64,467| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 103,897|   |-| 1992| Raymond M. Ball: 92,608| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 147,346|   |-| 1994|  | nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 139,841|   |-| 1996| Paul Anthony McClain: 69,096| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 147,608| Michael McCaffery (N): 11,057 |-| 1998| Paul Anthony McClain: 63,529| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 112,011|   |-| 2000| Daniel L. Dickman: 67,330| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 156,510| Ralph Mullinger (L): 8,278 |-| 2002| Jim Clark: 57,726| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 120,001|   |-| 2004| Ben Konop: 115,422| nowrap | √ Mike Oxley (inc.): 163,459|   |-| 2006| Richard E. Siferd: 83,929| √ James D. Jordan: 126,542|   |-| 2008| Mike Carroll: 93,495| nowrap | √ James D. Jordan (inc.): 177,017|   |-| 2010| Doug Litt: 50,533| nowrap | √ James D. Jordan (inc.): 146,029| Donald Kissick (L) 7,708 |-| 2012^[12] | Jim Slone: 114,214| nowrap | √ James D. Jordan (inc.): 182,643| Chris Kalla (L): 16,141 |-| 2014| Janet Garrett: 60,165| √ James D. Jordan (inc.): 125,907||-| 2016| Janet Garrett: 98,981| √ James D. Jordan (inc.): 210,227||-| 2018| Janet Garrett: 89,412| √ James D. Jordan (inc.): 167,993| |-|2020|Shannon Freshour: 101,897|√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 235,875|Steve Perkins: 9,584|-|2022|Tamie Wilson: 89,383|√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 200,773||} Election results from statewide races Year Office Result 2000 President George W. Bush 62% - Al Gore 35% 2004 President George W. Bush 65% - John Kerry 34% 2008 President John McCain 54.4% - Barack Obama 43.7% 2012 President Mitt Romney 56% - Barack Obama 42% 2016 President Donald Trump 64.3% - Hillary Clinton 30.7% 2020 President Donald Trump 67% - Joe Biden 31% Historical district boundaries From 2003 to 2013 the district included the counties of Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Shelby, and part of Wyandot. See also 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 40.5°N -141°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) . . April 2, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130402141525/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html . dead.
2. Web site: My Congressional District.
3. Web site: My Congressional District.
4. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List. 2023-01-10. Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022 . en.
5. News: Rep. Jim Jordan Denies He Knew Of Decades-Long Sexual Abuse At Ohio State. NPR. July 3, 2018. en. 2019-11-13. Romo. Vanessa.
6. Web site: Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio learns who his dem opponent will be in November after primary. Fox News. April 29, 2020.
7. Web site: Judges declare Ohio's congressional map unconstitutional. Associated Press. April 20, 2021.
8. Web site: Federal judges toss out Ohio's congressional map as illegal gerrymander. May 3, 2019.
9. Web site: Federal judges toss out Ohio's congressional map as illegal gerrymander. Exner. Rich. 2019-05-03. cleveland. en. 2019-11-13.
10. Web site: No new maps for Ohio till 2022 after U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering decision. Balmert. Jessie. Borchardt. Jackie. 2019-06-27. 2020-02-08.
11. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=588 our campaigns OH - District 4 - History
12. Web site: 2012 Election Results . Ohio Secretary of State .