Ohio's At-large congressional district
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The Ohio's At-large congressional district existed from 1803 to 1813, from 1943 to 1953 and from 1963 to 1965 when it was banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
From statehood in 1803 until the 1813 redistricting following the 1810 census, Ohio had only one member of the United States House of Representatives: Jeremiah Morrow.
Representatives
| Seat one | Seat two | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note | Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
| Jeremiah Morrow (At Large) | 1803–1813 | ||||||||
| After the 1810 census, the at-large seats eliminated | |||||||||
| … | |||||||||
| From the 1930 census to the 1940 census, there were two seats elected at-large, on a general ticket. | |||||||||
| Charles V. Truax | 1933–1936 | Died in office | Stephen M. Young | 1933 – 1937 | |||||
| Daniel S. Earhart | 1936–1937 | ||||||||
| John McSweeney | 1937–1939 | Harold G. Mosier | 1937–1939 | ||||||
| George H. Bender | 1939–1949 | L. L. Marshall | 1939–1941 | ||||||
| Stephen M. Young | 1941–1943 | ||||||||
| Seat two eliminated after 1940 census | |||||||||
| Stephen M. Young | 1949–1951 | ||||||||
| George H. Bender | 1951–1953 | ||||||||
| Robert Taft, Jr. | 1963–1965 | ||||||||
| Robert E. Sweeney | 1965–1967 | ||||||||
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Election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| From 1933 to 1941, there were two seats elected at large, on a general ticket. All the candidates ran in one race and the top two vote-getters won the two seats. | |||
| 1932 | Charles V. Truax: 1,206,631 Stephen M. Young: 1,200,946 | George H. Bender: 1,109,562 L. T. Palmer: 1,102,567 | Edward R. Stafford (P): 24,625 Alfred H. Stratton (P): 17,844 John Rehms (C): 7,050 William Hughey (C): 6,010 |
| 1934 | Charles V. TruaxTruax died in office in 1936. In a 1936 special election, Daniel S. Earhart was elected to fill out the remainder of Truax's term. Earhart did not run for re-election in 1936 for the full term beginning in 1937.: 1,061,857 Stephen M. Young: 1,050,089 | George H. Bender: 905,233 L. L. Marshall: 871,432 | Ben Atkins (C): 13,972 John Marshall (C): 13,808 |
| 1936 | John McSweeney: 1,553,059 Harold G. Mosier: 1,493,152 | George H. Bender: 1,226,147 L. L. Marshall: 1,121,370 | William C. Sandberg (C): 8,947 |
| 1938 | John McSweeney: 1,068,916 Stephen M. Young: 1,015,041 | George H. Bender: 1,177,982 L. L. Marshall: 1,101,193 | |
| 1940 | Stephen M. Young: 1,483,879 Francis W. Durbin: 1,384,745 | George H. Bender: 1,519,559 L. L. Marshall: 1,386,627 | |
| From 1943 through 1953 there was one member of the House from Ohio elected at large. | |||
| 1942 | Stephen M. YoungYoung held an incumbency in the second at-large seat, which was eliminated for the 1942 election . Thus, there were two incumbents vying for this seat.: 717,692 | George H. Bender: 945,995 | |
| 1944 | William Glass: 1,362,843 | George H. Bender: 1,542,422 | |
| 1946 | William M. Boyd: 871,660 | George H. Bender: 1,281,864 | |
| 1948 | Stephen M. Young: 1,455,972 | George H. Bender: 1,342,388 | |
| 1950 | Stephen M. Young: 1,237,409 | George H. Bender: 1,447,154 | |
| From 1953 through 1963 , the at-large seat became the . The at-large seat was created again after the 1960 census. | |||
| 1962 | Richard D. Kennedy: 1,164,628 | Robert Taft (Jr.): 1,786,018 | |
| 1964 | Robert E. Sweeney: 1,872,351 | Oliver P. Bolton: 1,716,480 | |
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