Ohio's 18th congressional district

The 18th congressional district of Ohio is an obsolete congressional district last represented by Republican Bob Gibbs. The district voted for the majority party in the House of Representatives in every election since 1954.

After the 2010 census, Ohio lost two congressional seats, and the 18th district became obsolete after the 2012 elections. The territory of the 18th district was divided and placed into several other Ohio districts. A large portion of this district, including Congressman Gibbs' home in Holmes County, became part of the new 7th district in 2013. William McKinley also represented this district from March 4, 1883 till May 27, 1884.

List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District established March 4, 1833 Benjamin Jones Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1832.Re-elected in 1834. Matthias Shepler Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Elected in 1836. David A. Starkweather Democratic March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1841 Elected in 1838. Ezra Dean Democratic March 4, 1841 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1840.Re-elected in 1843. David A. Starkweather Democratic March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1844. Samuel Lahm Democratic March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1849 Elected in 1846. David K. Cartter Democratic March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1848.Re-elected in 1850. George Bliss Democratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852. Benjamin F. Leiter Opposition March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856. Sidney Edgerton Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1858.Re-elected in 1860. Rufus P. Spalding Republican March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1869 Elected in 1862.Re-elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866. William H. Upson Republican March 4, 1869 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1868.Re-elected in 1870. James Monroe Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1879 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872.Re-elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876.Redistricted to the . Jonathan T. Updegraff Republican March 4, 1879 –March 3, 1881 Elected in 1878.Redistricted to the . Addison S. McClure Republican March 4, 1881 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1880. William McKinley Republican March 4, 1883 –May 27, 1884 Elected in 1882, but lost contested election. Jonathan H. Wallace Democratic May 27, 1884 –March 3, 1885 Won contested election. Isaac H. Taylor Republican March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1887 Elected in 1884. William McKinley Republican March 4, 1887 –March 3, 1891 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888. Joseph D. Taylor Republican March 4, 1891 –March 3, 1893 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1890. George P. Ikirt Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Elected in 1892. Robert W. Tayler Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1903 Elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900. James Kennedy Republican March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1911 Elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908. John J. Whitacre Democratic March 4, 1911 –March 3, 1915 Elected in 1910.Re-elected in 1912. David Hollingsworth Republican March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1919 Elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916. B. Frank Murphy Republican March 4, 1919 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Lost re-election. Lawrence E. Imhoff Democratic March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1939 Elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Lost re-election. Earl Ramage Lewis Republican January 3, 1939 –January 3, 1941 Elected in 1938. Lost re-election. Lawrence E. Imhoff Democratic January 3, 1941 –January 3, 1943 Elected in 1940.Lost re-election. Earl R. Lewis Republican January 3, 1943 –January 3, 1949 Elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Lost re-election. Wayne Hays Democratic January 3, 1949 –September 1, 1976 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.Re-elected in 1972.Re-elected in 1974.Resigned. Vacant September 1, 1976 –January 3, 1977 Douglas Applegate Democratic January 3, 1977 –January 3, 1995 Elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Re-elected in 1992.Retired. Bob Ney Republican January 3, 1995 –November 3, 2006 Elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Resigned. Vacant November 3, 2006 –January 3, 2007 Zack Space Democratic January 3, 2007 –January 3, 2011 Elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Lost re-election. Bob Gibbs Republican January 3, 2011 –January 3, 2013 Elected in 2010.Redistricted to the . District dissolved January 3, 2013

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

Year Democratic candidate Republican candidate Other candidate(s) 1832Our Campaigns - OH - District 18 - History Benjamin Jones : 3,037 [ none ] Samuel Quinby: 2,379 1834 Benjamin Jones : 2,746 [ none ] Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 2,550 1836 Matthias Shepler : 4,384 [ none ] Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 3,325 1838 David A. Starkweather : 6,154 [ none ] Hiram B. Wellman (Whig) : 4,010 1840 Ezra Dean : 6,508 [ none ] Levi Cox (Whig) : 5,399 1842 Ezra Dean : 3,529 [ none ] George Wellhouse (Whig) : 1,517John McDowell : 99 1844 David A. Starkweather : 6,981 [ none ] John Augustine (Whig) : 5,449Arvine Wales : 162 1846 Samuel Lahm : 4,651 [ none ] David A. Starkweather (Whig) : 4,530James Irvin : 116 1848 David K. Cartter : 6,682 [ none ] Samuel Hemphill (Whig) : 4,448 1850 David K. Cartter : 5,754 [ none ] John Brown (Whig) : 3,447 1852 George Bliss : 6,140 [ none ] Darius Lyman (Whig) : 5,307Thomas Earl : 1,708Lucius V. Bierce : 446 1854 Ebenezer Spalding : 5,053 Benjamin F. Leiter : 8,738 [ none ] 1856 Samuel Lahm : 6,794 Benjamin F. Leiter : 9,394 [ none ] 1858 J. L. Ranney : 7,162 Sidney Edgerton : 8,184 [ none ] 1860 David A. Starkweather : 6,956 Sidney Edgerton : 9,720 [ none ] 1862 David R. Paige, Sr. : 4,183 Rufus P. Spalding : 9,293 [ none ] 1864 Jeptha H. Wade : 6,661 Rufus P. Spalding : 14,472 [ none ] 1866 Oliver H. Payne : 7,974 Rufus P. Spalding : 14,479 [ none ] 1868 Franklin T. Backus : 11,980 William H. Upson : 18,359 [ none ] 1870 John M. Coffinberry : 6,695 William H. Upson : 11,053 John D. Taylor : 448 1872 Norton S. Townshend : 10,298 James Monroe : 14,662 G. W. McNeil : 67 1874 John K. McBride : 10,095 James Monroe : 12,229 H. F. Miller : 105 1876 John J. Hall : 12,772 James Monroe : 16,906 S. H. McCollister : 52 1878 Daniel T. Lawson : 12,593 Jonathan T. Updegraff : 15,320 George Smith : 2,231David P. Lawson : 90William M. Grimes : 37 1880 David I. Wadsworth : 13,474 Addison S. McClure : 18,570 Peter J. Rice : 310Ferdinand Schumacher : 205 1882 Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,898 William McKinley : 16,906 Lemuel T. Foster : 976James A. Brush : 261 1884 Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,309 Isaac H. Taylor : 22,459 Charles Jenkins : 907Albert R. Silver : 106W. M. Cope : 82 1886 Wallace H. Phelps : 16,217 William McKinley : 18,776 Isaiah S. Hahn : 1,853Charles Jenkins : 1,419 1888 George P. Ikirt : 21,150 William McKinley : 25,249 Lambelis P. Logan : 1,498George W. Thornburg : 331Isaiah Little : 38 1890 Henry H. McFadden : 11,783 Joseph D. Taylor : 16,993 S. W. Wilkins : 1,568 1892 George P. Ikirt : 22,600 Thomas R. Morgan : 21,389 Matthew B. Shay : 1,682John W. Northrup : 1,218 1894 Edward S. Raff : 11,051 Robert W. Tayler : 20,830 Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. (Pop) : 8,912Enos H. Brosius : 1,679 1896results of 1854-1896 from Isaac R. Sherwood : 24,770 Robert W. Tayler : 29,814 James L. Swan : 476 1898 page 1235 of pdf file Charles C. Weybrecht : 19,575 Robert Walker Tayler : 22,635 George C. Harvey (Pro) : 614Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 686L. B. Logan (Union Reform) : 212 1900 John H. Morris : 25,026 Robert Walker Tayler : 31,479 Alvin C. Van Dyke (Union Reform) : 138Charles F. Bough (Proh) : 909Henry O. Bucklin (Soc Lab) : 143 1902 William J. Foley : 16,472 James Kennedy : 22,461 Thomas J. Duffy : 7,923Enos H. Brosius : 886 1904 page 874 of pdf file W. J. Foley : 16,472 James Kennedy : 36,939 Daniel J. Smith (Pro) : 1,861John T. Jenkins (Socialist) : 2,522 1906 John C. Welty : 17,840 James Kennedy : 19,684 Leslie Hawk : 1,299John Evans : 932 1908 page 451 of pdf file John J. Whitacre : 29,040 James Kennedy : 32,287 Robert J. Wheeler (Socialist) : 2,551Elias Jenkins (Pro) : 2,998 1910 John J. Whitacre : 23,568 James Kennedy : 20,617 Thomas Williams : 4,907Elias Jenkins : 1,462 1912 John J. Whitacre : 23,936 Roscoe C. McCulloch : 23,350 George F. Lelansky : 7,617 1914 William S. King : 22,476 David Hollingsworth : 23,650 Fred White : 2,936V. A. Schreiber : 1,341W. K. Weaver : 1,076 1916 William B. Francis : 24,538 David Hollingsworth : 26,991 Robert Carson : 2,621 1918 William B. Francis : 20,272 B. Frank Murphy : 22,899 [ none ] 1920 Albert O. Barnes: 32,802 B. Frank Murphy: 52,862 [ none ] 1922 Marion Huffman: 25,449 B. Frank Murphy: 41,572 Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 5,907 1924 James M. Barton: 26,656 B. Frank Murphy: 56,206 Charles Coleman: 1,931 1926 John F. Nolan: 19,341 B. Frank Murphy: 36,599 [ none ] 1928 John J. Whitacre: 31,422 B. Frank Murphy: 71,378 Frank Sepech (W): 317Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (S): 2 1930 Emerson Campbell: 30,815 B. Frank Murphy: 47,096 [ none ] 1932 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 56,562 B. Frank Murphy: 56,010 [ none ] 1934 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 49,160 B. Frank Murphy: 39,642 [ none ] 1936 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 83,052 Earl R. Lewis: 54,119 [ none ] 1938 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 55,809 Earl R. Lewis: 56,468 [ none ] 1940 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 79,718 Earl R. Lewis: 66,666 [ none ] 1942 Lawrence E. Imhoff: 37,951 Earl R. Lewis: 43,279 [ none ] 1944 Ross Michener: 63,098 Earl R. Lewis: 65,847 [ none ] 1946 Eugene A. Blum: 38,606 Earl R. Lewis: 55,140 [ none ] 1948 Wayne Hays: 65,475 Earl R. Lewis: 55,455 [ none ] 1950 Wayne Hays: 58,295 Robert L. Quinn: 56,508 [ none ] 1952 Wayne Hays: 78,277 Clarence L. Wetzel: 62,081 [ none ] 1954 Wayne Hays: 59,165 Walter J. Hunston: 44,143 [ none ] 1956 Wayne Hays: 78,962 Joseph Miller: 53,627 [ none ] 1958 Wayne Hays: 88,813 Francis Wallace: 35,322 [ none ] 1960 Wayne Hays: 96,474 Walter J. Hunston: 50,698 [ none ] 1962 Wayne Hays: 66,327 John J. Carrigg: 42,336 [ none ] 1964 Wayne Hays: 94,768 Allen J. Dalrymple: 42,960 [ none ] 1966 Wayne Hays: 73,657 William H. Weir: 41,165 [ none ] 1968 Wayne Hays: 96,711 James F. Sutherland: 63,747 [ none ] 1970 Wayne Hays: 82,071 Robert Stewart: 38,104 [ none ] 1972 Wayne Hays: 128,663 Robert Stewart: 54,572 [ none ] 1974 Wayne Hays: 90,447 Ralph H. Romig: 47,385 [ none ] 1976 Douglas Applegate*: 116,901 Ralph R. McCoy: 45,735 William Crabbe: 21,537John Dwight Bashline: 1,661 1978 Douglas Applegate: 71,894 William J. Ress: 48,931 [ none ] 1980 Douglas Applegate: 134,835 Gary L. Hammersley: 42,354 [ none ] 1982 Douglas Applegate: 128,665 [ none ] [ none ] 1984 Douglas Applegate: 155,759 Kenneth P. Burt Jr.: 49,356 [ none ] 1986 Douglas Applegate: 126,526 [ none ] [ none ] 1988 Douglas Applegate: 151,306 William C. Abraham: 43,628 [ none ] 1990 Douglas Applegate: 120,782 John A. Hales: 41,823 [ none ] 1992 Douglas Applegate: 166,189 Bill Ress: 77,229 [ none ] 1994 Gregory L. DiDonato: 87,926 Bob Ney: 103,115 [ none ] 1996 Robert L. Burch Jr.: 108,332 Bob Ney: 117,365 Margaret Chitti (N): 8,146 1998 Robert L. Burch Jr.: 74,571 Bob Ney: 113,119 [ none ] 2000 Marc D. Guthrie: 79,232 Bob Ney: 152,325 John R. Bargar Sr. (L): 4,948 2002 [ none ] Bob Ney: 125,546 [ none ] 2004 Brian R. Thomas: 88,560 Bob Ney: 173,499 [ none ] 2006 Zack Space: 119,494 Joy Padgett: 74,475 [ none ] 2008 Zack Space: 154,396 Fred L. Dailey: 103,681 [ none ] 2010 Zack Space: 80,756 Bob Gibbs: 107,426 Lindsey Sutton: 11,244