Ohio's 4th congressional district

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Ohio's 4th congressional district
Ohio's 4th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Ohio's 4th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Distribution
  • 63.02% urban [1]
  • 36.98% rural
Population (2023)803,311 [2]
Median household
income
$74,281 [2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+20 [3]

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. [4]

Contents

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. [5]

In May 2019, a panel of three federal judges ruled that Ohio's congressional district map was unconstitutional and based on gerrymandering. [6] [7] A new map was expected ahead of the 2020 election. [8] 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. [9]

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities: [10]

Allen County (21)

All 21 townships and municipalities

Ashland County (24)

All 24 townships and municipalities

Auglaize County (22)

All 22 townships and municipalities

Champaign County (19)

All 19 townships and municipalities

Delaware County (21)

Ashley, Berlin Township, Brown Township, Columbus (part; also 3rd, 12th, and 15th; shared with Fairfield and Franklin counties), Concord Township, Delaware, Delaware Township, Dublin (shared with Union County), Liberty Township, Marlboro Township, Orange Township, Ostrander, Oxford Township, Powell, Radnor Township, Scioto Township, Shawnee Hills, Thompson Township, Troy Township, Washington Township, Westerville (part; also 3rd; shared with Franklin County)

Hardin County (24)

All 24 townships and municipalities

Logan County (30)

All 30 townships and municipalities

Marion County (23)

All 23 townships and municipalities

Morrow County (24)

All 24 townships and municipalities

Richland County (29)

All 29 townships and municipalities

Shelby County (13)

Anna, Botkins, Dinsmore Township, Fort Loramie, Franklin Township, Jackson Township, Jackson Center, Kettlersville, McLean Township, Port Jefferson, Salem Township, Turtle Creek Township (part; also 15th), Van Buren Township

Union County (21)

All 21 townships and municipalities

Wyandot County (4)

Jackson Township, Kirby, Marseilles, Marseilles Township

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYear(s)Cong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1813
James Caldwell
(St. Clairsville)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817
13th
14th
Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.
Samuel Herrick
(Zanesville)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821
15th
16th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Retired.
VacantMarch 4, 1821 –
October 9, 1821
17th Elected in 1820.
Representative-elect John C. Wright resigned before beginning of term.
David Chambers
(Zanesville)
Democratic-Republican October 9, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Elected to finish Wright's term.
Retired.
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Joseph Vance
(Urbana)
Adams-Clay
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Redistricted to the 10th district .
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1833
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Thomas Corwin
(Lebanon)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
23rd
24th
25th
26th
Redistricted from the 2nd district 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 March 4, 1837 –
May 30, 1840
VacantMay 30, 1840 –
October 13, 1840
26th
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Jeremiah Morrow
(Twenty Mile Stand)
Whig October 13, 1840 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected to finish Corwin's term.
Also elected to the next term in 1840.
Retired.
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Joseph Vance
(Urbana)
Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847
28th
29th
Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1844.
Retired.
Richard S. Canby
(Bellefontaine)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
[ data missing ]
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Moses Bledso Corwin
(Urbana)
Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st Elected in 1848.
[ data missing ]
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Benjamin Stanton
(Bellefontaine)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
[ data missing ]
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Matthias H. Nichols
(Lima)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd
34th
35th
Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Lost re-election.
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
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William Allen
(Greenville)
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Retired.
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John F. McKinney
(Piqua)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
Lost re-election.
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William Lawrence
(Bellefontaine)
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1871
39th
40th
41st
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Lost re-election.
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John F. McKinney
(Piqua)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Again elected in 1870.
Retired.
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Lewis B. Gunckel
(Dayton)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
Lost re-election.
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John A. McMahon
(Dayton)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Redistricted to the 3rd district .
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J. Warren Keifer
(Springfield)
Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th Redistricted from the 8th district and Re-elected in 1878.
Redistricted to the 8th district .
Emanuel Shultz
(Dayton)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
[ data missing ]
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Benjamin Le Fevre
(Maplewood)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1882.
Redistricted to the 5th district .
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Charles Marley Anderson
(Greenville)
Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49th Elected in 1884.
[ data missing ]
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Samuel S. Yoder
(Lima)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891
50th
51st
Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[ data missing ]
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Martin K. Gantz
(Troy)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
[ data missing ]
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Fernando C. Layton
(Wapakoneta)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897
53rd
54th
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[ data missing ]
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George A. Marshall
(Sidney)
Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899
55th Elected in 1896.
[ data missing ]
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Robert B. Gordon
(St. Marys)
Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903
56th
57th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
[ data missing ]
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Harvey C. Garber
(Greenville)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
58th
59th
Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[ data missing ]
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William E. Tou Velle
(Celina)
Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911
60th
61st
Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[ data missing ]
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J. Henry Goeke
(Wapakoneta)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1915
62nd
63rd
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
[ data missing ]
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J. Edward Russell
(Sidney)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1917
64th Elected in 1914.
[ data missing ]
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Benjamin F. Welty
(Lima)
Democratic March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1921
65th
66th
Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost re-election.
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John L. Cable
(Lima)
Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1925
67th
68th
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Retired.
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William T. Fitzgerald
(Greenville)
Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1929
69th
70th
Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Retired.
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John L. Cable
(Lima)
Republican March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1933
71st
72nd
Elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.
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Frank Le Blond Kloeb
(Celina)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
August 19, 1937
73rd
74th
75th
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.
VacantAugust 19, 1937 –
November 8, 1938
75th

Walter H. Albaugh
(Troy)
Republican November 8, 1938 –
January 3, 1939
Elected to finish Kloeb's term.
Was not a candidate for the next term.
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Robert Franklin Jones
(Lima)
Republican January 3, 1939 –
September 2, 1947
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
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.
VacantSeptember 2, 1947 –
November 4, 1947
80th
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William Moore McCulloch
(Piqua)
Republican November 4, 1947 –
January 3, 1973
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
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.
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Tennyson Guyer
(Findlay)
Republican January 3, 1973 –
April 12, 1981
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Died.
VacantApril 12, 1981 –
June 25, 1981
97th
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Mike Oxley
(Findlay)
Republican June 25, 1981 –
January 3, 2007
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
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.
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Jim Jordan
(Urbana)
Republican January 3, 2007 –
present
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
119th
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.
Re-elected in 2024.

Recent election results

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther(s)
1910 [11] J. Henry Goeke : 20,865C. E. Johnston: 13,482Arthur A. Hensch: 1,403
1912 [11] J. Henry Goeke (inc.): 21,512 John L. Cable: 10,267William E. Rudy: 4,993
Scott Williams: 2,132
W. Rollo Boehringer: 1,091
1914 [11] N. W. Cunningham: 24,114J. Edward Russell : 25,069Samuel L. Newman: 1,737
C. C. Hobart: 1,400
1916 [11] Benjamin F. Welty : 29,486 J. Edward Russell (inc.): 25,378 
1918 [11] Benjamin F. Welty (inc.): 22,580 J. Edward Russell: 22,136 
1920 Benjamin F. Welty (inc.): 45,489John L. Cable : 50,576 
1922 J. Henry Goeke: 35,916John L. Cable (inc.): 43,251 
1924 Hugh T. Mathers: 42,652William T. Fitzgerald : 43,984 
1926 Benjamin F. Welty: 31,293William T. Fitzgerald (inc.): 32,236 
1928 William Klinger: 41,677John L. Cable : 56,291 
1930 Gainor Jennings: 37,673John L. Cable (inc.): 43,104 
1932 Frank L. Kloeb : 59,003 John L. Cable (inc.): 49,100 
1934 Frank L. Kloeb (inc.): 48,613Guy D. Hawley: 41,504 
1936 Frank L. Kloeb (inc.): 61,927Robert W. Yurner: 53,352 
1938 (Special) [ data missing ]Walter H. Albaugh : [ data missing ][ data missing ]
1938 [

William B. Swonger: 33,284

Robert Franklin Jones : 56,399John C. Fisher: 4,616
1940 Clarence C. Miller: 47,765Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 65,534 
1942 Clarence C. Miller: 22,567Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 39,275 
1944 Earl Ludwig: 42,983Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 67,829 
1946 Merl J. Bragg: 32,160Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 64,718 
1947 (Special) [ data missing ]William M. McCulloch : [ data missing ][ data missing ]
1948 Earl Ludwig: 45,534William M. McCulloch (inc.): 57,321 
1950 Carleton Carl Reiser: 32,686William M. McCulloch (inc.): 65,640 
1952 Carleton Carl Reiser: 43,426William M. McCulloch (inc.): 93,442 
1954 Forrest L. Blankenship: 32,474William M. McCulloch (inc.): 67,762 
1956 Ortha O. Barr Jr.: 42,416William M. McCulloch (inc.): 93,607 
1958 Marjorie Conrad Struns: 46,933William M. McCulloch (inc.): 73,448 
1960 Joseph J. Murphy: 52,797William M. McCulloch (inc.): 99,683 
1962 Marjorie Conrad Struns: 32,866William M. McCulloch (inc.): 77,790 
1964 Robert H. Mihlbaugh: 64,667William M. McCulloch (inc.): 81,204 
1966 Robert H. Mihlbaugh: 37,855William M. McCulloch (inc.): 66,142 
1968  William M. McCulloch (inc.): 129,435 
1970 Donald B. Laws: 45,619William M. McCulloch (inc.): 82,521 
1972 Dimitri Nicholas: 65,216Tennyson Guyer : 109,612 
1974 James L. Gehrlich: 51,065Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 81,674 
1976 Clinton G. Dorsey: 51,784Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 121,173 
1978 John W. Griffin: 39,360Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 85,575 
1980 Gerry Tebben: 51,150Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 133,795 
1981 (Special) Dale Locker: 41,526Mike Oxley : 41.904
1982 Bob Moon: 57,564Mike Oxley (inc.): 105,087 
1984 William O. Sutton: 47,018Mike Oxley (inc.): 162,199 
1986 Clem T. Cratty: 26,320Mike Oxley (inc.): 115,751Raven L. Workman: 11,997
1988  Mike Oxley (inc.): 160,900 
1990 Thomas E. Burkhart: 64,467Mike Oxley (inc.): 103,897 
1992 Raymond M. Ball: 92,608Mike Oxley (inc.): 147,346 
1994  Mike Oxley (inc.): 139,841 
1996 Paul Anthony McClain: 69,096Mike Oxley (inc.): 147,608Michael McCaffery (N): 11,057
1998 Paul Anthony McClain: 63,529Mike Oxley (inc.): 112,011 
2000 Daniel L. Dickman: 67,330Mike Oxley (inc.): 156,510Ralph Mullinger (L): 8,278
2002 Jim Clark: 57,726Mike Oxley (inc.): 120,001 
2004 Ben Konop: 115,422Mike Oxley (inc.): 163,459 
2006 Richard E. Siferd: 83,929Jim Jordan : 126,542 
2008 Mike Carroll: 93,495Jim Jordan (inc.): 177,017 
2010 Doug Litt: 50,533Jim Jordan (inc.): 146,029 Donald Kissick (L) 7,708
2012 [12] Jim Slone: 114,214Jim Jordan (inc.): 182,643Chris Kalla (L): 16,141
2014 Janet Garrett: 60,165Jim Jordan (inc.): 125,907
2016 Janet Garrett: 98,981Jim Jordan (inc.): 210,227
2018 Janet Garrett: 89,412Jim Jordan (inc.): 167,993
2020 Shannon Freshour: 101,897Jim Jordan (inc.): 235,875Steve Perkins: 9,584
2022 Tamie Wilson: 89,383Jim Jordan (inc.): 200,773
2024 Tamie Wilson: 125,905Jim Jordan (inc.): 273,297

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [13]
2008 President McCain 59% - 38%
2012 President Romney 63% - 37%
2016 President Trump 66% - 29%
Senate Portman 71% - 24%
2018 Senate Renacci 60% - 40%
Governor DeWine 65% - 32%
Attorney General Yost 68% - 32%
2020 President Trump 67% - 31%
2022 Senate Vance 67% - 33%
Governor DeWine 74% - 26%
Secretary of State LaRose 72% - 27%
Treasurer Sprague 71% - 29%
Auditor Faber 72% - 28%
Attorney General Yost 73% - 27%
2024 President Trump 68% - 31%
Senate Moreno 62% - 34%

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.[ citation needed ]

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2003–2013
2013-2023 Ohio US Congressional District 4 (since 2013).tif
2013–2023

See also

References

  1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "My Congressional District".
  3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. Romo, Vanessa (July 3, 2018). "Rep. Jim Jordan Denies He Knew Of Decades-Long Sexual Abuse At Ohio State". NPR. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. "Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio learns who his dem opponent will be in November after primary". Fox News . April 29, 2020.
  6. "Judges declare Ohio's congressional map unconstitutional". Associated Press . April 20, 2021.
  7. "Federal judges toss out Ohio's congressional map as illegal gerrymander". May 3, 2019.
  8. Exner, Rich (May 3, 2019). "Federal judges toss out Ohio's congressional map as illegal gerrymander". cleveland. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  9. Balmert, Jessie; Borchardt, Jackie (June 27, 2019). "No new maps for Ohio till 2022 after U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering decision" . Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  10. https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST39/CD118_OH04.pdf
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 our campaigns OH - District 4 - History
  12. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
  13. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::64d56870-70ea-4f4d-b667-9a4fd60ac511

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