Ohio's 7th congressional district

Ohio's 7th congressional district is represented by Bob Gibbs. It is currently located in the northeastern section of the state, including the city of Canton. It was redrawn in 2012, following the 2010 United States Census, and was previously located in southwest Ohio, including the city of Springfield.

Ohio's 7th congressional district
Ohio's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Bob Gibbs R–Lakeville
Population (2019)	727,011[1]
Median household income	$57,897[2]
Ethnicity	92.83% White 3.95% Black 2.12% Hispanic 0.43% Asian 0.08% Native American
Cook PVI	R+12[3]

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush 56% - Al Gore 42%
2004	President	George W. Bush 57% - John Kerry 43%
2008	President	John McCain 50.9% - Barack Obama 46.9%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 53.7% - Barack Obama 44.2%
2016	President	Donald Trump 62.5% - Hillary Clinton 32.8%
2020	President	Donald Trump 65% - Joe Biden 33%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1823
Samuel Finley Vinton	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833
William Allen	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing]
William K. Bond	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th	[data unknown/missing]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
William Russell	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph J. McDowell	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]
Jonathan D. Morris	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected after Rep-elect Thomas L. Hamer died before start of term
Nelson Barrere	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Aaron Harlan	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Thomas Corwin	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 12, 1861	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Mexico.
Vacant		March 12, 1861 – July 4, 1861	37th
Richard A. Harrison	Unionist	July 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863		Elected to finish Corwin's term. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 12th district. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Shellabarger	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
James J. Winans	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel Shellabarger	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Lawrence T. Neal	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry L. Dickey	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
Frank H. Hurd	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
John P. Leedom	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry Lee Morey	Republican	March 4, 1883 – June 20, 1884	48th	Lost contested election
James E. Campbell	Democratic	June 20, 1884 – March 3, 1885	48th	Won contested election Redistricted to the 3rd district.
George E. Seney	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 5th district. Redistricted to the 5th district.
James E. Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Redistricted from the 3rd district. [data unknown/missing]
Henry Lee Morey	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing]
William E. Haynes	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Redistricted from the 10th district. [data unknown/missing]
George W. Wilson	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	[data unknown/missing]
Walter L. Weaver	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas B. Kyle	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	[data unknown/missing]
J. Warren Keifer	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
James D. Post	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
Simeon D. Fess	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	64th 65th 66th 67th	Redistricted from the 6th district. [data unknown/missing]
Charles Brand	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Leroy T. Marshall	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	[data unknown/missing]
Arthur W. Aleshire	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	[data unknown/missing]
Clarence J. Brown	Republican	January 3, 1939 – August 23, 1965	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		August 23, 1965 – November 2, 1965	89th
Bud Brown	Republican	November 2, 1965 – January 3, 1983	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected to finish his father's term. [data unknown/missing]
Mike DeWine	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	98th 99th 100th 101st	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.
Dave Hobson	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	[data unknown/missing]
Steve Austria	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	[data unknown/missing]
Bob Gibbs	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 18th district. [data unknown/missing]

Recent election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Paul F. Dye: 47,196	Simeon D. Fess: 73,794
1922	Charles B. Zimmerman: 38,522	Charles Brand: 53,182
1924	C. K. Wolf: 34,709	Charles Brand: 61,557
1926	Harry E. Rice: 22,314	Charles Brand: 45,699
1928	Harry E. Rice: 34,323	Charles Brand: 75,753
1930	John L. Zimmerman Jr.: 35,663	Charles Brand: 50,595
1932	Aaron J. Halloran: 57,715	Leroy T. Marshall: 65,064
1934	C. W. Rich: 43,226	Leroy T. Marshall: 46,453
1936	Arthur W. Aleshire: 68,456	Leroy T. Marshall: 67,454
1938	Arthur W. Aleshire: 50,163	Clarence J. Brown: 68,185
1940	J. Fuller Trump: 59,667	Clarence J. Brown: 83,415
1942	George H. Smith: 23,384	Clarence J. Brown: 52,270
1944	John L. Cashim: 52,403	Clarence J. Brown: 84,770	Carl H. Ehl: 211
1946	Carl H. Ehl: 29,824	Clarence J. Brown: 63,390
1948		Clarence J. Brown: 71,737
1950	Ben J. Goldman: 35,818	Clarence J. Brown: 77,660
1952		Clarence J. Brown: 98,354
1954	G. Louis Wren: 35,504	Clarence J. Brown: 62,821
1956	Joseph A. Sullivan: 47,220	Clarence J. Brown: 91,439
1958	Joseph A. Sullivan: 48,994	Clarence J. Brown: 75,085
1960	Joseph A. Sullivan: 55,451	Clarence J. Brown: 105,026
1962	Robert A. Riley: 39,908	Clarence J. Brown: 83,680
1964	Jerry R. Graham: 70,857	Bud Brown*: 93,022
1966		Bud Brown: 81,225
1968	Robert E. Cecile: 55,386	Bud Brown: 97,581
1970	Joseph D. Lewis: 37,294	Bud Brown: 84,448
1972		Bud Brown: 112,350	Dorothy Franke: 40,945
1974	Patrick L. Nelson: 34,828	Bud Brown: 73,503	Dorothy Franke: 13,088
1976	Dorothy Franke: 54,755	Bud Brown: 101,027
1978		Bud Brown: 92,507
1980	Donald Hollister: 38,952	Bud Brown: 124,137
1982	Roger D. Tackett: 65,543	Mike DeWine: 87,842	John B. Winer (L): 2,761
1984	Donald E. Scott: 40,621	Mike DeWine: 147,885	Others: 4,352
1986		Mike DeWine: 119,238
1988	Jack Schira: 50,423	Mike DeWine: 142,597
1990	Jack Schira: 59,349	Dave Hobson: 97,123
1992	Clifford S. Heskett: 66,237	Dave Hobson: 164,195
1994		Dave Hobson: 140,124
1996	Richard K. Blain: 61,419	Dave Hobson: 158,087	Dawn Marie Johnson (N): 13,478
1998	Donald E. Minor Jr.: 49,780	Dave Hobson: 120,765	James A. Schrader (L): 9,146
2000	Donald E. Minor Jr.: 60,755	Dave Hobson: 163,646	John Mitchel: 13,983 Jack D. Null (L): 3,802
2002	Kara Anastasio: 45,568	Dave Hobson: 113,252	Frank Doden (G): 8,812
2004	Kara Anastasio: 97,972	Dave Hobson: 182,621
2006	William R. Conner: 85,202	Dave Hobson: 133,112
2008	Sharen Neuhardt: 113,099	Steve Austria: 159,265
2010	William R. Conner: 70,400	Steve Austria: 135,721	John Anderson (L): 9,381 David Easton (C): 2,811
2012[4]	Joyce Healy-Abrams: 137,708	Bob Gibbs: 178,104
2014[5]		Bob Gibbs: 143,959
2016[6]	Roy Rich: 89,638	Bob Gibbs: 198,221	Dan Phillip: 21,694
2018[7]	Ken Harbaugh: 107,536	Bob Gibbs: 153,117
2020	Quentin Potter: 102,271	Bob Gibbs: 236,607	Brandon Lape (L): 11,671

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=07
2. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=07
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
5. "2014 Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
6. "2016 Official Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
7. "2018 Official Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

• 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