Ohio's 20th congressional district

The 20th congressional district of Ohio was created after the 1840 census. It was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1990 census, and redistricted and renumbered as the 10th district.

In its last decade, the district consisted of central Cuyahoga county.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1843
Joshua Reed Giddings	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th	Redistricted from the 16th district. [data unknown/missing]
	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John Hutchins	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
District inactive		March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1873	38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd
Richard C. Parsons	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Henry B. Payne	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Amos Townsend	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
David R. Paige	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
William McKinley	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted to the 18th district.
George W. Crouse	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing]
Martin L. Smyser	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing]
Vincent A. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
William J. White	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Clifton B. Beach	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing]
Fremont O. Phillips	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	[data unknown/missing]
Jacob A. Beidler	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	57th 58th 59th	[data unknown/missing]
L. Paul Howland	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing]
William Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles A. Mooney	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
Miner G. Norton	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles A. Mooney	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – May 29, 1931	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Died.
Martin L. Sweeney	Democratic	November 3, 1931 – January 3, 1943	72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	[data unknown/missing]
Michael A. Feighan	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1971	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	[data unknown/missing]
James V. Stanton	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	92nd 93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing]
Mary Rose Oakar	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing]
District inactive since January 3, 1993

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1990	Mary Rose Oakar*: 109,390	Bill Smith: 39,749
1988	Mary Rose Oakar: 146,715	Michael Sajna: 30,944
1986	Mary Rose Oakar: 110,976	Bill Smith: 19,794
1984	Mary Rose Oakar: 167,115
1982	Mary Rose Oakar: 133,603	Paris T. LeJeune: 17,675	Louis Haberbush: 1,930 MIlton R. Norris (L): 2,844
1980	Mary Rose Oakar: 96,217
1978	Mary Rose Oakar: 76,973
1976	Mary Rose Oakar: 98,785		Raymond J. Grabow: 20,553 Theodore Held III: 2,638
1974	James Vincent Stanton: 86,405	Robert A. Frantz: 12,991
1972	James Vincent Stanton: 117,302	Thomas E. Vilt: 16,624	Richard B. Kay (AI): 5,285
1970	James Vincent Stanton: 70,140	J. William Petro: 16,118
1968	Michael A. Feighan: 72,918	J. William Petro: 27,827
1966	Michael A. Feighan: 63,629	Clarence E. McLeod: 20,034
1964	Michael A. Feighan: 115,675	Joseph A. Cipollone: 39,747
1962	Michael A. Feighan: 91,544	Leonard G. Richter: 37,325
1960	Michael A. Feighan: 113,302	Leonard G. Richter: 53,845
1958	Michael A. Feighan: 113,200	Malvern E. Schultz: 29,308
1956	Michael A. Feighan: 105,562	John H. Ferguson: 56,209
1954	Michael A. Feighan: 81,304	John H. Ferguson: 38,865
1952	Michael A. Feighan: 109,211	John H. Ferguson: 58,271
1950	Michael A. Feighan: 60,565	Paul W. Cassidy: 21,044
1948	Michael A. Feighan: 64,241
1946	Michael A. Feighan: 49,670	Walter E. Obert: 24,476
1944	Michael A. Feigan: 75,218	A. R. McNamara: 23,945
1942	Michael A. Feighan: 34,462	Harry T. Marshall: 14,001	Marie R. Sweeney: 7,289
1940	Martin L. Sweeney: 72,395	George Pillersdorf: 34,605
1938	Martin L. Sweeney: 54,185	Thomas F. McCafferty: 22,775
1936	Martin L. Sweeney: 54,295	Blase A. Buonpane: 23,367	John L. Mihelich: 22,158
1934	Martin L. Sweeney: 50,611	Joseph E. Cassidy: 21,952	A. Landy (C): 1,562 Sidney Yellen (S): 433
1932	Martin L. Sweeney**: 52,933		John Fromholz (C): 650
1930	Charles A. Mooney: 42,123	Max D. Gustin: 13,824
1928	Charles A. Mooney: 47,313	Oscar V. Hensley: 28,381	John Foley (W): 261
1926	Charles A. Mooney: 22,050
1924	Charles A. Mooney: 34,173	Harvey Drucker: 22,507	C. E. Ruthenberg (W): 569
1922	Charles A. Mooney: 23,469	Miner G. Norton: 17,968	John G. Willett (S): 1,381 James Goward (SL): 198 James A. Murphy: 128
1920	Charles A. Mooney: 27,223	Miner G. Norton: 35,483	Nicholas P. Geiger: 711

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