Ohio's 4th congressional district

Ohio's 4th congressional district
Ohio's 4th congressional district
	Ohio's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Jim Jordan; R–Urbana
Distribution	63.02% urban; 36.98% rural;
Population (2019)	712,261
Median household; income	$60,212
Ethnicity	88.2% White; 5.2% Black; 3.4% Hispanic; 2.1% Two or more races; 0.8% Asian; 0.3% other;
Cook PVI	R+20

Ohio's 4th congressional district spans sections of the northeast, central, and southwest areas of the state.^[5] Its nickname, "the duck district," refers to its gerrymandered^[6] geographical shape being similar to a duck.^[7]^[8] The district zig-zags west and south from Cleveland's suburbs to Mercer County on the Indiana border. The largest city in the district is Elyria.^[9] It also includes Oberlin, home of Oberlin College.^[10] It is currently represented by Republican Jim Jordan, who has represented the district since 2007.^[11]

Cities and towns represented[]

History of district boundaries[]

From 2002 to 2012 the district included the counties of Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Shelby, and part of Wyandot.^{[citation needed]}

2003–2013

Gerrymandering[]

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 on the shores of Lake Erie.^[12]

In May 2019, a panel of three federal judges ruled that Ohio's congressional district map was unconstitutional and based on gerrymandering.^[13]^[14] A new map was expected ahead of the 2020 election.^[15] However, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause that courts could not review allegations of gerrymandering, the district boundaries will not change until congressional district maps are redrawn in 2022.^[16]

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1813
James Caldwell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
Samuel Herrick	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – October 9, 1821	17th	Elected in 1820. Representative-elect John C. Wright resigned before beginning of term.
David Chambers	Democratic-Republican	October 9, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected to finish Wright's term. Retired.
Joseph Vance	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.
Joseph Vance	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd
Thomas Corwin	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.
Thomas Corwin	Whig	March 4, 1837 – May 30, 1840	23rd 24th 25th 26th
Vacant		May 30, 1840 – October 13, 1840	26th
Jeremiah Morrow	Whig	October 13, 1840 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected to finish Corwin's term. Also elected to the next term in 1840. Retired.
Joseph Vance	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Retired.
Richard S. Canby	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing]
Moses Bledso Corwin	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Stanton	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing]
Matthias H. Nichols	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
William Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired.
John F. McKinney	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. Lost re-election.
William Lawrence	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Lost re-election.
John F. McKinney	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Again elected in 1870. Retired.
Lewis B. Gunckel	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.
John A. McMahon	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
J. Warren Keifer	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	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Le Fevre	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Charles Marley Anderson	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel S. Yoder	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing]
Martin K. Gantz	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing]
Fernando C. Layton	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing]
George A. Marshall	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing]
Robert B. Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing]
Harvey C. Garber	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. [data unknown/missing]
William E. Tou Velle	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th 61st	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data unknown/missing]
J. Henry Goeke	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. [data unknown/missing]
J. Edward Russell	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data unknown/missing]
Benjamin F. Welty	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing]
John L. Cable	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. [data unknown/missing]
William T. Fitzgerald	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929	69th 70th	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. [data unknown/missing]
John L. Cable	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. [data unknown/missing]
Frank Le Blond Kloeb	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.
Vacant		August 19, 1937 – November 8, 1938	75th
Walter H. Albaugh	Republican	November 8, 1938 – January 3, 1939	75th	. [data unknown/missing]
Robert Franklin Jones	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.
Vacant		September 2, 1947 – November 4, 1947	80th
William Moore McCulloch	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. {[data unknown/missing]
Tennyson Guyer	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.
Vacant		April 12, 1981 – June 25, 1981	97th
Mike Oxley	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.
Jim Jordan	Republican	January 3, 2007 – Present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	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.

Recent election results[]

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other(s)
1910^[17]	√ J. Henry Goeke: 20,865	: 13,482	Arthur A. Hensch: 1,403
1912^[17]	√ J. Henry Goeke (inc.): 21,512	John L. Cable: 10,267	William E. Rudy: 4,993 Scott Williams: 2,132 W. Rollo Boehringer: 1,091
1914^[17]	: 24,114	√ J. Edward Russell: 25,069	Samuel L. Newman: 1,737 C. C. Hobart: 1,400
1916^[17]	√ Benjamin F. Welty: 29,486	J. Edward Russell (inc.): 25,378
1918^[17]	√ Benjamin F. Welty (inc.): 22,580	J. Edward Russell: 22,136
1920	Benjamin F. Welty (inc.): 45,489	√ John L. Cable: 50,576
1922	J. Henry Goeke: 35,916	√ John L. Cable (inc.): 43,251
1924	: 42,652	√ William T. Fitzgerald: 43,984
1926	Benjamin F. Welty: 31,293	√ William T. Fitzgerald (inc.): 32,236
1928	William Klinger: 41,677	√ John L. Cable: 56,291
1930	: 37,673	√ John L. Cable (inc.): 43,104
1932	√ Frank L. Kloeb: 59,003	John L. Cable (inc.): 49,100
1934	√ Frank L. Kloeb (inc.): 48,613	: 41,504
1936	√ Frank L. Kloeb (inc.): 61,927	: 53,352
	[data unknown/missing]	√ Walter H. Albaugh:[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
1938	: 33,284	√ Robert Franklin Jones: 56,399	John C. Fisher: 4,616
1940	: 47,765	√ Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 65,534
1942	: 22,567	√ Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 39,275
1944	: 42,983	√ Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 67,829
1946	: 32,160	√ Robert Franklin Jones (inc.): 64,718
	[data unknown/missing]	√ William M. McCulloch:[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
1948	: 45,534	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 57,321
1950	: 32,686	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 65,640
1952	: 43,426	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 93,442
1954	: 32,474	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 67,762
1956	Ortha O. Barr Jr.: 42,416	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 93,607
1958	: 46,933	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 73,448
1960	: 52,797	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 99,683
1962	: 32,866	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 77,790
1964	: 64,667	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 81,204
1966	: 37,855	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 66,142
1968		√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 129,435
1970	: 45,619	√ William M. McCulloch (inc.): 82,521
1972	: 65,216	√ Tennyson Guyer: 109,612
1974	: 51,065	√ Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 81,674
1976	: 51,784	√ Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 121,173
1978	John W. Griffin: 39,360	√ Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 85,575
1980	: 51,150	√ Tennyson Guyer (inc.): 133,795
	[data unknown/missing]	√ Mike Oxley:[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
1982	Bob Moon: 57,564	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 105,087
1984	: 47,018	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 162,199
1986	: 26,320	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 115,751	Raven L. Workman: 11,997
1988		√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 160,900
1990	: 64,467	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 103,897
1992	: 92,608	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 147,346
1994		√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 139,841
1996	: 69,096	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 147,608	Michael McCaffery (N): 11,057
1998	: 63,529	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 112,011
2000	: 67,330	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 156,510	Ralph Mullinger (L): 8,278
2002	: 57,726	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 120,001
2004	Ben Konop: 115,422	√ Mike Oxley (inc.): 163,459
2006	: 83,929	√ James D. Jordan: 126,542
2008	: 93,495	√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 177,017
2010	Doug Litt: 50,533	√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 146,029	(L) 7,708
2012^[18]	: 114,214	√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 182,643	Chris Kalla (L): 16,141
2014	Janet Garrett: 60,165	√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 125,907
2016	Janet Garrett: 98,981	√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 210,227
2018	Janet Garrett: 89,412	√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 167,993
2020	Shannon Freshour: 101,897	√ James D. Jordan (inc.): 235,875	Steve Perkins: 9,584

Election results from presidential races[]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush 62% - Al Gore 35%
2004	President	George W. Bush 65% - John Kerry 34%
2008	President	John McCain 54.4% - Barack Obama 43.7%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 56% - Barack Obama 42%
2016	President	Donald Trump 64.3% - Hillary Clinton 30.7%
2020	President	Donald Trump 67% - Joe Biden 31%

References[]

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^ https://abc6onyourside.com/on-your-side/congressional-lines-to-be-drawn-with-new-bipartisan-rules-in-2021
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^ "Ohio voters may change way Congress districts drawn". The Lima News. December 28, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
^ "What Will It Take To Get Jim Jordan Out Of Congress?". Deadspin. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
^ Schultze, M. L. "How Did Ohio's Most Liberal City End Up With Its Most Conservative Congressman?". www.wksu.org. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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Coordinates: 40°30′N 83°58′W / 40.500°N 83.967°W / 40.500; -83.967

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[8] "Ohio voters may change way Congress districts drawn". The Lima News. December 28, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[9] "What Will It Take To Get Jim Jordan Out Of Congress?". Deadspin. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[10] Schultze, M. L. "How Did Ohio's Most Liberal City End Up With Its Most Conservative Congressman?". www.wksu.org. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

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