Ohio's 14th congressional district

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The 14th congressional district of Ohio is in the far northeast corner of the state, bordering Lake Erie and Pennsylvania. It is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Dave Joyce.

Ohio's 14th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Dave Joyce R–South Russell
Distribution	74.05% urban 25.95% rural
Population (2022)	784,361^[1]
Median household income	$65,214^[2]
Ethnicity	85.9% White 5.1% Black 4.2% Two or more races 3.2% Hispanic 1.1% Asian 0.4% other
Cook PVI	R+9^[3]

As defined in January 2023, it contains all of Ashtabula, Lake, Trumbull and Geauga counties, and nearly all of Portage county.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush 52% – Al Gore 44%
2004	President	George W. Bush 53% – John Kerry 47%
2008	President	John McCain 49.3% – Barack Obama 49.1%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 51% – Barack Obama 48%
2016	President	Donald Trump 54% – Hillary Clinton 42%
2020	President	Donald Trump 53% - Joe Biden 44%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823
Mordecai Bartley (Mansfield)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. [data missing]
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
Eleutheros Cooke (Sandusky)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. [data missing]
William Patterson (Mansfield)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. [data missing]
William H. Hunter (Sandusky)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data missing]
George Sweeny (Bucyrus)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data missing]
Alexander Harper (Zanesville)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. [data missing]
Nathan Evans (Cambridge)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. [data missing]
Alexander Harper (Zanesville)	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data missing]
Harvey H. Johnson (Ashland)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [data missing]
Philemon Bliss (Elyria)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. [data missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. [data missing]
Cyrus Spink (Wooster)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – May 31, 1859	36th	Elected in 1858. Died.
Vacant		May 31, 1859 – October 11, 1859
Harrison G. O. Blake (Medina)	Republican	October 11, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected to finish Spink's term Re-elected in 1860. Retired to join the U.S. Army
George Bliss (Wooster)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. [data missing]
Martin Welker (Wooster)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing]
James Monroe (Oberlin)	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 18th district.
John Berry (Upper Sandusky)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]
Jacob P. Cowan (Ashland)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. [data missing]
Ebenezer B. Finley (Bucyrus)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Gibson Atherton (Newark)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Redistricted to the 13th district.
George W. Geddes (Mansfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 16th district.
Charles H. Grosvenor (Athens)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Redistricted to the 15th district.
Charles Preston Wickham (Norwalk)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing]
James W. Owens (Newark)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1890. [data missing]
Michael D. Harter (Mansfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1892. [data missing]
Winfield S. Kerr (Mansfield)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	54th 55th 56th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. [data missing]
William W. Skiles (Shelby)	Republican	March 4, 1901 – January 9, 1904	57th 58th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Died.
Vacant		January 9, 1904 – November 8, 1904	58th
Amos R. Webber (Elyria)	Republican	November 8, 1904 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Elected to finish Skiles's term. Re-elected in 1904. [data missing]
J. Ford Laning (Norwalk)	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	Elected in 1906. [data missing]
William Graves Sharp (Elyria)	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – July 23, 1914	61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to France.
Vacant		July 23, 1914 – March 3, 1915	63rd
Seward H. Williams (Lorain)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data missing]
Elsworth R. Bathrick (Akron)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – December 23, 1917	65th	Elected in 1916. Died.
Vacant		December 23, 1917 – November 5, 1918
Martin L. Davey (Kent)	Democratic	November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected to finish Bathrick's term. Re-elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Charles Landon Knight (Akron)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Retired to run for Governor of Ohio.
Martin L. Davey (Kent)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Retired to run for Governor of Ohio.
Francis Seiberling (Akron)	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Dow W. Harter (Akron)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost re-election.
Edmund Rowe (Akron)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election.
Walter B. Huber (Akron)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	79th 80th 81st	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Lost re-election.
William Hanes Ayres (Akron)	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	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. Lost re-election.
John F. Seiberling (Akron)	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1987	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	Elected in 1970. Re-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. Retired.
Tom Sawyer (Akron)	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2003	100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	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. Redistricted to the 17th district and lost renomination.
Steve LaTourette (Madison)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired.
Dave Joyce (South Russell)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Recent election results

The following chart shows historic election results.

• "√" indicates victor
• "(inc.)" indicates incumbent

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Martin L. Davey (inc.): 56,507	√ Charles L. Knight: 62,010	John C. Chase: 327
1922	√ Martin L. Davey: 49,935	Frank E. Whittemore: 46,087
1924	√ Martin L. Davey (inc.): 62,314	Arthur W. Doyle: 60,251
1926	√ Martin L. Davey (inc.): 53,659	Arthur W. Sweeney: 28,446
1928	A. F. O'Neil: 58,848	√ Francis Seiberling: 106,253
1930	Dow W. Harter: 60,951	√ Francis Seiberling (inc.): 61,628
1932	√ Dow W. Harter: 93,057	Francis Seiberling: 78,852	I. B. Hinman (C): 708
1934	√ Dow W. Harter (inc.): 65,152	Carl D. Sheppard: 63,274	James McCarten: 2,089 Park Sumner (S): 1,194 Frederick W. Seibert (C): 1,066
1936	√ Dow W. Harter (inc.): 118,659	Carl D. Sheppard: 77,039	Park Sumner: 8,698
1938	√ Dow W. Harter (inc.): 87,303	Edward S. Sheck: 76,346
1940	√ Dow W. Harter (inc.): 121,037	Walter B. Wanamaker: 108,016	Cornelius Kohlmyer: 2,527
1942	Dow W. Harter (inc.): 57,759	√ Edmund Rowe: 60,868
1944	√ Walter B. Huber: 117,770	Edmund Rowe (inc.): 115,145
1946	√ Walter B. Huber (inc.): 88,178	Fred W. Danner: 77,674	Harry Hurtt Jr.: 1,676
1948	√ Walter B. Huber (inc.): 125,346	Edmund Rowe: 92,535	Harry Hurtt Jr.: 1,273
1950	Walter B. Huber (inc.): 100,947	√ William H. Ayres: 102,868	Robert G. Brenneman: 7,246
1952	Walter B. Huber: 83,463	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 117,475
1954	John L. Smith: 68,204	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 82,086
1956	Bernard Rosen: 85,946	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 123,105
1958	Jack B. Arnold: 76,138	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 114,827
1960	John H. Mihaly: 91,103	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 145,526
1962	Oliver Ocasek: 86,947	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 100,909
1964	Frances McGovern: 104,547	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 126,088
1966	Charles F. Madden Jr.: 52,646	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 77,819
1968	Oliver Ocasek: 68,889	√ William H. Ayres (inc.): 84,561
1970	√ John F. Seiberling Jr.: 71,282	William H. Ayres (inc.): 55,038
1972	√ John F. Seiberling Jr. (inc.): 135,068	Norman W. Holt: 46,490
1974	√ John F. Seiberling Jr. (inc.): 93,931	Mark Figetakis: 30,603
1976	√ John F. Seiberling Jr. (inc.): 121,652	James E. Houston: 39,917	Steven P. Meyer: 2,619
1978	√ John F. Seiberling Jr. (inc.): 82,356	Walter J. Vogel: 31,311
1980	√ John F. Seiberling Jr. (inc.): 103,336	Louis A. Mangels: 55,962
1982	√ John F. Seiberling Jr. (inc.): 115,629	Louis A. Mangels: 48,421
1984	√ John F. Seiberling Jr. (inc.): 155,729	Jean E. Bender: 62,366
1986	√ Tom Sawyer: 83,257	Lynn Slaby: 71,713
1988	√ Tom Sawyer (inc.): 148,951	Loretta Lang: 50,356
1990	√ Tom Sawyer (inc.): 97,875	Jean E. Bender: 66,460
1992	√ Tom Sawyer (inc.): 165,335	Robert Morgan: 78,659
1994	√ Tom Sawyer (inc.): 96,274	Lynn Slaby: 89,106
1996	√ Tom Sawyer (inc.): 124,136	Joyce George: 95,307	Terry E. Wilkinson (N): 8,976
1998	√ Tom Sawyer (inc.): 106,046	Tom Watkins: 63,027
2000	√ Tom Sawyer*: 149,184	Rick Wood: 71,432	William C. McDaniel Jr. (L): 5,603 Walter P. Keith (N): 3,869
2002	Dale Virgil Blanchard: 51,846	√ Steve LaTourette*: 134,413	Sid Stone: 113
2004	Capri S. Cafaro: 117,197	√ Steve LaTourette (inc.): 197,779
2006	Lewis R. Katz: 92,600	√ Steve LaTourette (inc.): 136,375	Werner J. Lange (Nonpartisan): 8,500
2008^[4]	Bill O'Neill: 125,214	√ Steve LaTourette (inc.): 188,488	David Macko (L): 9,511
2010	Bill O'Neill: 72,604	√ Steve LaTourette (inc.): 149,878	John Jelenic (L): 8,383
2012^[5]	Dale Virgil Blanchard: 131,638	√ Dave Joyce:183,660	David Macko (L): 11,536 Elaine Mastromatteo (G): 13,038 Write Ins: 6
2014^[6]	Michael Wager: 70,856	√ Dave Joyce: 135,736	David Macko (L): 7,988
2016^[7]	Michael Wager: 130,907	√ Dave Joyce: 219,191
2018	Betsy Rader: 137,549	√ Dave Joyce: 169,809
2020	Hillary "Toro" O'Connor Mueri: 158,586	√ Dave Joyce: 238,864
2022	Matt Kilboy: 113,639	√ Dave Joyce: 183,389

Historical district boundaries

 

2003–2013

 

2013–2023

See also

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

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•  Ohio portal

References

1. "My Congressional District".
2. "My Congressional District".
3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
4. Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
5. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
6. "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
7. "2016 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

• 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.

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