Ohio's 1st congressional district

Ohio's 1st congressional district is represented by Republican Steve Chabot. This district includes the western four-fifths of Cincinnati, and borders both Kentucky and Indiana. This district was once represented by President William Henry Harrison. Since redistricting in 2010, the district is widely seen by democrats as heavily gerrymandered by state Republicans to protect the incumbent, Steve Chabot.[3] The new district includes all of Warren County, a much more heavily Republican area. Previous iterations of the district did not include Warren County.[4]

Ohio's 1st congressional district
Ohio's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Steve Chabot R–Cincinnati
Distribution	92.5% urban[1] 7.5% rural
Population (2019)	749,773[1]
Median household income	$63,648[1]
Ethnicity	70.37% White 21.97% Black 3.73% Asian 3.04% Hispanic 0.07% Native American
Cook PVI	R+5[2]

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. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 8% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 34% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

Cities

• Cincinnati (partial)
• Springboro (partial)
• Cheviot
• Forest Park
• Franklin
• Harrison
• Indian Hill
• Springdale
• St. Bernard
• Mason
• Lebanon
• Sharonville
• Middletown (partial)
• Carlisle

List of members representing the district

Member	Party		Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1813
John McLean		Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – April 1816	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Resigned to become Associate Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Vacant			1816 – October 8, 1816	14th
William Henry Harrison		Democratic-Republican	October 8, 1816 – March 3, 1819	14th 15th	Elected to finish McLean's term. Also elected the same day in 1816 to the next term. Retired.
Thomas R. Ross		Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th	Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 2nd district.
James W. Gazlay		Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
James Findlay		Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	19th 20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing]
Robert Todd Lytle		Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 10, 1834	23rd	Elected in 1832. Resigned.
Vacant			March 10, 1834 – December 27, 1834
Robert Todd Lytle		Jacksonian	December 27, 1834 – March 3, 1835		Re-elected in 1834 to finish the vacant term. Was not elected to the next term.
Bellamy Storer		Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1834. [data unknown/missing]
Alexander Duncan		Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	[data unknown/missing]
Nathanael G. Pendleton		Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
Alexander Duncan		Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]
James J. Faran		Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	[data unknown/missing]
David T. Disney		Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	31st 32nd 33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Timothy C. Day		Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
George H. Pendleton		Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1865	35th 36th 37th 38th	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Eggleston		Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Peter W. Strader		Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
Aaron F. Perry		Republican	March 4, 1871 – 1872	42nd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant			1872 – October 8, 1872
Ozro J. Dodds		Democratic	October 8, 1872 – March 3, 1873		[data unknown/missing]
Milton Sayler		Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Butterworth		Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
John F. Follett		Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Butterworth		Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
Bellamy Storer		Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles Phelps Taft		Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
William B. Shattuc		Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
Nicholas Longworth		Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing]
Stanley E. Bowdle		Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data unknown/missing]
Nicholas Longworth		Republican	March 4, 1915 – April 9, 1931	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1914. Died.
Vacant			April 9, 1931 – November 3, 1931	72nd
John B. Hollister		Republican	November 3, 1931 – January 3, 1937	72nd 73rd 74th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph A. Dixon		Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Elston		Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing]
Gordon H. Scherer		Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	[data unknown/missing]
Carl West Rich		Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	[data unknown/missing]
John J. Gilligan		Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert Taft Jr.		Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	90th 91st	[data unknown/missing]
William J. Keating		Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1974	92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant			January 3, 1974 – March 5, 1974	93rd
Tom Luken		Democratic	March 5, 1974 – January 3, 1975		[data unknown/missing]
Bill Gradison		Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Tom Luken		Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	98th 99th 100th 101st	Redistricted from the 2nd district. [data unknown/missing]
Charlie Luken		Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993	102nd	[data unknown/missing]
David S. Mann		Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	[data unknown/missing]
Steve Chabot		Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	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.
Steve Driehaus		Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Steve Chabot		Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Again elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	John H. Allen: 40,195	√ Nicholas Longworth (Incumbent): 57,328	Edward L. Hutchins (FL): 926 Eli G. Frankenstein: 1,134
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: 2000
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

2010

Ohio's 1st Congressional district election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Chabot	103,770	51.49
	Democratic	Steve Driehaus (Incumbent)	92,672	45.99
	Libertarian	Jim Berns	3,076	1.53
	Green	Rich Stevenson	2,000	0.99
Total votes			201,518	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Source: "Representative to Congress: November 2, 2010". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.

2012

Ohio's 1st congressional district (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Chabot (incumbent)	201,907	57.7
	Democratic	Jeff Sinnard	131,490	37.6
	Libertarian	Jim Berns	9,674	2.8
	Green	Rich Stevenson	6,645	1.9
Total votes			349,716	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

Ohio's 1st congressional district (2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Chabot (incumbent)	124,779	63.2
	Democratic	Fred Kundrata	72,604	36.8
Total votes			197,383	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

Ohio's 1st congressional district (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Chabot (incumbent)	210,014	59.2
	Democratic	Michele Young	144,644	40.8
	Independent	Sholom D. Keller (write-in)	114	0.0
	Independent	Kiumars G. Kiani (Write-in)	16	0.0
Total votes			354,788	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

Ohio's 1st congressional district (2018)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Chabot (incumbent)	154,409	51.3
	Democratic	Aftab Pureval	141,118	46.9
	Libertarian	Dirk Kubala	5,339	1.8
	Independent	Kiumars Kiani (write-in)	5	0.0
Total votes			300,871	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Ohio's 1st congressional district (2020)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Chabot (incumbent)	199,560	51.8
	Democratic	Kate Schroder	172,022	44.7
	Libertarian	Kevin David Kahn	13,692	3.5
	Write-in		11	0.0
Total votes			385,285	100.0
	Republican hold

Competitiveness

Election results from presidential races:

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 51 - Al Gore 46%
2004	President	George W. Bush 51 - John Kerry 49%
2008	President	Barack Obama 55 - John McCain 44%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 52 - Barack Obama 46%
2016	President	Donald Trump 51 - Hillary Clinton 45%
2020	President	Donald Trump 51 - Joe Biden 48%

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

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

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=01
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. Press, DAN SEWELL and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated. "Democrats hope to unseat GOP congressional members in Ohio". Omaha.com. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
4. "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): 1144–1144. December 1983. doi:10.2307/1957746. ISSN 0003-0554.
5. "Representing US: 2020 Voter Profiles". APM Research Lab. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
6. "2008 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
7. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
8. Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved February 27, 2015
9. https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio%27s_1st_Congressional_District
10. "2018 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

Further reading

• Amber Phillips (September 25, 2020), "The House seats most likely to flip in November", Washingtonpost.com

External links

• Comprehensive 1st district election returns since the creation of the district