Ohio's 16th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1830
Eliminated2020
Years active1833–2023
The district from 2013 to 2023

The 16th congressional district of Ohio is an obsolete United States congressional district last represented by Representative Anthony Gonzalez (R). It was last located in the northeast of the state, covering Wayne County and with arms extending north into the suburbs of Cleveland, and east into Greater Akron and Stark County. The district was eliminated upon the swearing in of the 118th United States Congress on January 3, 2023, as the reapportionment after the 2020 census reduced the number of congressional districts in Ohio to fifteen.[1]

History

From 2003 to 2013, the district was based in Stark County and the Canton area, and also included Wayne County and most of Medina and Ashland counties. It also includes some rural communities east of Akron, as well as some of the western suburbs of Cleveland.

On November 2, 2010, Democrat John Boccieri lost his bid for a second term to Republican Jim Renacci, who was seated in January 2011. In January 2018, Renacci announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Anthony Gonzalez was elected on November 6 to succeed him.

Election results from presidential races

Year Office Result
2000 President George W. Bush 53% - Al Gore 42%
2004 President George W. Bush 54% - John Kerry 46%
2008 President John McCain 50% - Barack Obama 48%
2012 President Mitt Romney 53% - Barack Obama 45%
2016 President Donald Trump 56% - Hillary Clinton 40%
2020 President Donald Trump 56% - Joe Biden 42%

List of members representing the district

Member Party Year(s) Cong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1833

Elisha Whittlesey
(Canfield)
Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd
24th
25th
Redistricted from the 13th district re-elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Resigned.
Whig March 4, 1835 –
July 9, 1838
Vacant July 9, 1838 –
December 3, 1838
25th

Joshua Reed Giddings
(Jefferson)
Whig December 3, 1838 –
March 22, 1842
25th
26th
27th
Elected to finish Whittlesey's term.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Resigned.
Vacant March 22, 1842 –
December 5, 1842
27th

Joshua Reed Giddings
(Jefferson)
Whig December 5, 1842 –
March 3, 1843
27th Elected to finish his own term.
Redistricted to the 20th district.
James Mathews
(Coshocton)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1843.
[data missing]
John D. Cummins
(New Philadelphia)
Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1849
29th
30th
Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
[data missing]

Moses Hoagland
(Millersburg)
Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st Elected in 1848.
[data missing]
John Johnson
(Coshocton)
Independent Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
[data missing]
Edward Ball
(Zanesville)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd
34th
Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
[data missing]
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857

Cydnor B. Tompkins
(McConnellsville)
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861
35th
36th
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[data missing]

William P. Cutler
(Constitution)
Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Elected in 1860.
[data missing]

Joseph W. White
(Cambridge)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
[data missing]

John Bingham
(Cadiz)
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1873
39th
40th
41st
42nd
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
[data missing]

Lorenzo Danford
(St. Clairsville)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1879
43rd
44th
45th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
[data missing]

William McKinley
(Canton)
Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 1878.
Redistricted to the 17th district.

Jonathan T. Updegraff
(Mount Pleasant)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
November 30, 1882
47th Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1880.
Died.
Vacant November 30, 1882 –
January 2, 1883

Joseph D. Taylor
(Cambridge)
Republican January 2, 1883 –
March 3, 1883
Elected to finish Updegraff's term.
Redistricted to the 17th district.

Beriah Wilkins
(Uhrichsville)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
Redistricted to the 15th district.

George W. Geddes
(Mansfield)
Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49th Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1884.
[data missing]

Beriah Wilkins
(Uhrichsville)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1886.
[data missing]
James W. Owens
(Newark)
Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51st Elected in 1888.
Redistricted to the 14th district.

John G. Warwick
(Massillon)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
August 14, 1892
52nd Elected in 1890.
Died.
Vacant August 14, 1892 –
December 5, 1892

Lewis P. Ohliger
(Wooster)
Democratic December 5, 1892 –
March 3, 1893
Elected to finish Warwick's term.
[data missing]

Albert J. Pearson
(Woodsfield)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 1892.
[data missing]

Lorenzo Danford
(St. Clairsville)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
June 19, 1899
54th
55th
56th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Died.
Vacant June 19, 1899 –
December 4, 1899
56th

Joseph J. Gill
(Steubenville)
Republican December 4, 1899 –
October 31, 1903
56th
57th
58th
Elected to finish Danford's term.
Re-elected in 1900.
Resigned.
Vacant October 31, 1903 –
November 3, 1903
58th

Capell L. Weems
(St. Clairsville)
Republican November 3, 1903 –
March 3, 1909
58th
59th
60th
Elected to finish Gill's term.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
[data missing]

David Hollingsworth
(Cadiz)
Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911
61st Elected in 1908.
[data missing]

William B. Francis
(Martins Ferry)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1915
62nd
63rd
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
[data missing]

Roscoe C. McCulloch
(Canton)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1921
64th
65th
66th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Retired to run for Governor of Ohio.

Joseph H. Himes
(Canton)
Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923
67th Elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.

John McSweeney
(Wooster)
Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1929
68th
69th
70th
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.

Charles B. McClintock
(Canton)
Republican March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1933
71st
72nd
Elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.

William R. Thom
(Canton)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
73rd
74th
75th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Lost re-election.

James Seccombe
(Canton)
Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
76th Elected in 1938.

Lost re-election.


William R. Thom
(Canton)
Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
77th Elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.

Henderson H. Carson
(Canton)
Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
78th Elected in 1942.
Lost re-election.

William R. Thom
(Canton)
Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
79th Elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.

Henderson H. Carson
(Canton)
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
80th Elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.

John McSweeney
(Wooster)
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
81st Elected in 1948.
Lost re-election.

Frank T. Bow
(Canton)
Republican January 3, 1951 –
November 13, 1972
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
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 but died.
Vacant November 13, 1972 –
January 3, 1973
92nd

Ralph Regula
(Navarre)
Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 2009
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-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.
Re-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.
Retired.

John Boccieri
(Poland)
Democratic January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
111th Elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.

Jim Renacci
(Wadsworth)
Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2019
112th
113th
114th
115th
Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Anthony Gonzalez
(Rocky River)
Republican January 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2023
116th
117th
Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 7th district and retired at the end of his term.
District dissolved January 3, 2023

Election results

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Renacci 112,902 52.1
Democratic John Boccieri (incumbent) 89,008 41.1
Libertarian Jeffery Blevins 14,342 6.6
Independent Robert Ross 128 0
Total votes 216,380
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Renacci (incumbent) 185,165 52.0
Democratic Betty Sutton (incumbent) 170,600 48.0
Total votes 355,765 100.0
Republican hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Renacci (incumbent) 132,176 63.7
Democratic Pete Crossland 75,199 36.3
Total votes 207,375 100.0
Republican hold

2016

United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Renacci (incumbent) 225,794 65.3
Democratic Keith Mundy 119,830 34.7
Total votes 345,624 100.0
Republican hold

2018

United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony Gonzalez 170,029 56.7
Democratic Susan Moran Palmer 129,681 43.3
Total votes 299,710 100.0
Republican hold

2020

United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony Gonzalez (incumbent) 247,335 63.2
Democratic Aaron Paul Godfrey 144,071 36.8
Total votes 391,406 100.0
Republican hold

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

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
2020 Aaron Paul Godfrey: 144,071 Anthony Gonzalez: 247,335
2018[3]Susan Moran Palmer: 129,681Anthony Gonzalez: 170,029 
2016[4]Keith Mundy: 119,830James B. Renacci: 225,794 
2014[5]Pete Crossland: 75,199James B. Renacci: 132,176 
2012[6]Betty S. Sutton: 170,604James B. Renacci: 185,167 
2010John Boccieri: 89,008James B. Renacci: 112,902Jeffery Blevins (L):14,342
Robert Ross(I): 128
2008[7]John Boccieri: 169,044Kirk Schuring: 136,293 
2006Thomas Shaw: 88,089Ralph S. Regula: 124,886 
2004Jeff Seemann: 99,210Ralph S. Regula: 197,990 
2002Jim Rice: 58,644Ralph S. Regula: 129,734 
2000William Smith: 62,709Ralph S. Regula: 162,294Richard L. Shetler (L): 6,166
Brad Graef (N): 3,231
1998Peter D. Ferguson: 66,047Ralph S. Regula: 117,426 
1996Thomas E. Burkhart: 64,902Ralph S. Regula: 159,314Brad Graef (N): 7,611
1994J. Michael Finn: 45,781Ralph S. Regula: 137,322 
1992Warner D. Mendenhall: 90,224Ralph S. Regula: 158,489 
1990Warner D. Mendenhall: 70,516Ralph S. Regula: 101,097 
1988Melvin J. Gravely: 43,356Ralph S. Regula: 158,824 
1986William J. Kennick: 36,639Ralph S. Regula: 118,206 
1984James Gwin: 58,048Ralph S. Regula: 152,399 
1982Jeffrey R. Orenstein: 57,386Ralph S. Regula: 110,485 
1980Larry V. Slagle: 39,219Ralph S. Regula: 149,960 
1978Owen S. Hand Jr.: 29,640Ralph S. Regula: 105,152 
1976John G. Freedom: 55,671Ralph S. Regula: 116,374Harold B. Festerly (A): 1,969
Mark F. Vanvoorhis (W): 77
1974John G. Freedom: 48,754Ralph S. Regula: 92,986 
1972Virgil L. Musser: 75,929Ralph S. Regula: 102,013 
1970Virgil L. Musser: 63,187Frank T. Bow: 81,208 
1968Virgil L. Musser: 68,916Frank T. Bow: 101,495 
1966Robert D. Freeman: 55,775Frank T. Bow: 87,597 
1964Robert D. Freeman: 93,255Frank T. Bow: 101,808 
1962Ed Witmer: 64,213Frank T. Bow: 96,512 
1960John G. Freedom: 78,257Frank T. Bow: 130,542 
1958John G. Freedom: 74,660Frank T. Bow: 100,678 
1956John McSweeney: 82,206Frank T. Bow: 101,324 
1954Thomas H. Nichols: 56,787Frank T. Bow: 79,371 
1952John McSweeney: 82,522Frank T. Bow: 98,447 
1950John McSweeney: 75,255Frank T. Bow: 77,306 
1948John McSweeney: 79,859Henderson H. Carson: 71,871 
1946William R. Thom: 51,934Henderson H. Carson: 65,639 
1944William R. Thom: 85,755Henderson H. Carson: 75,921Harry T. Whiteleather: 1,149
1942William R. Thom: 45,531Henderson H. Carson: 50,657 
1940William R. Thom: 92,469James Seccombe: 71,629 
1938William R. Thom: 60,382James Seccombe: 62,176 
1936William R. Thom: 89,911H. Ross Ake: 54,979A. M. Hickey: 4,552
Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (U): 2,384
1934William R. Thom: 59,354Charles B. McClintock: 45,390 
1932William R. Thom: 67,670Charles B. McClintock: 63,609 
1930William R. Thom: 47,237Charles B. McClintock: 51,113 
1928John McSweeney: 55,778Charles B. McClintock: 73,966Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 1,428
Carl Guillod (W): 92
1926John McSweeney: 40,283Charles B. McClintock: 27,116 
1924John McSweeney: 51,491Thomas C. Hunsicker: 45,559Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 2,901
1922John McSweeney: 43,590Joseph H. Himes: 39,881 
1920John McSweeney: 42,799Joseph H. Himes: 56,584 

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

References

Specific
  1. Exner, Rich (April 26, 2021). "Ohio loses a congressional seat in apportionment from census 2020 results". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  2. "House Results Map". The New York Times.
  3. "2018 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
  4. "2016 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
  5. "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
  6. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
  7. "2008 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
General

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