Ohio's 19th congressional district

"OH-19" redirects here. OH-19 may also refer to Ohio State Route 19.

Ohio's 19th congressional district was created following the 1830 census and was eliminated after the 2000 census. Between 1863 and 1880, it was represented by future US President James A. Garfield, who became the only sitting House member ever to be elected to the Presidency.

Ohio's 19th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1830
Eliminated	2010
Years active	1813-2013

From 1992–2002 it included all of Lake County and Ashtabula County together with a collection of eastern suburbs of Cleveland. After 2002 it was replaced by the 14th district.^[1] Parts of its old territory were redistricted into the 10th, 11th, and 13th districts.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Humphrey H. Leavitt	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – July 10, 1834	23rd	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1832. Resigned to become U.S. District Judge.
Vacant		July 10, 1834 – December 1, 1834
Daniel Kilgore	Jacksonian	December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	Elected to finish Leavitt's term. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Resigned.
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – July 4, 1838
Vacant		July 4, 1838 – December 3, 1838	25th
Henry Swearingen	Democratic	December 3, 1838 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	Elected to finish Kilgore's term. Re-elected in 1838. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Stokely	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1840. [data unknown/missing]
Daniel R. Tilden	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing]
John Crowell	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
Eben Newton	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing]
Edward Wade	Free Soil	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th
Albert G. Riddle	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data unknown/missing]
James A. Garfield	Republican	March 4, 1863 – November 8, 1880	38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired to run for U.S. President. Resigned to become U.S. President.
Vacant		November 8, 1880 – December 13, 1880	46th
Ezra B. Taylor	Republican	December 13, 1880 – March 3, 1893	46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected to finish Garfield's term. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing]
Stephen A. Northway	Republican	March 4, 1893 – September 8, 1898	53rd 54th 55th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		September 8, 1898 – November 8, 1898	55th
Charles W. F. Dick	Republican	November 8, 1898 – March 23, 1904	55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected to finish Northway's term. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Resigned to become U.S. Senator.
Vacant		March 23, 1904 – November 8, 1904	58th
W. Aubrey Thomas	Republican	November 8, 1904 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	Elected to finish Dick's term. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data unknown/missing]
Ellsworth R. Bathrick	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. [data unknown/missing]
John G. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1937	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-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. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election.
Michael J. Kirwan	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – July 27, 1970	75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. 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. Died.
Vacant		July 27, 1970 – November 3, 1970	91st
Charles J. Carney	Democratic	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1979	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Elected to finish Kirwan's term. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. [data unknown/missing]
Lyle Williams	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 17th district.
Ed Feighan	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired.
Eric Fingerhut	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Lost re-election.
Steve LaTourette	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 14th district.
District inactive since January 3, 2003

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1832
…	…	…	…
1920	James Kennedy: 25,250	John G. Cooper: 60,147
1922	W. B. Kilpatrick: 27,836	John G. Cooper: 40,492
1924	Phebe T. Sutliff: 21,926	John G. Cooper: 67,581
1926	James Kennedy: 17,513	John G. Cooper: 45,788
1928	Locke Miller: 40,948	John G. Cooper: 89,731
1930	W. B. Kilpatrick: 40,960	John G. Cooper: 53,996
1932	D. F. Dunlavy: 65,024	John G. Cooper: 74,534	John S. Ruth: 166 Harold G. Bickler: 37
1934	Locke Miller: 52,023	John G. Cooper: 56,200	Harry K. Collins (S): 769 Joe Dallet (C): 769
1936	Michael J. Kirwan: 93,636	John G. Cooper: 65,926	Joe Dallet (C): 756
1938	Michael J. Kirwan: 76,268	William P. Barnum: 69,214
1940	Michael J. Kirwan: 122,075	Charles H. Anderson: 75,016
1942	Michael J. Kirwan: 60,248	James T. Begg: 46,567
1944	Michael J. Kirwan: 120,191	Herschel Hunt: 69,403
1946	Michael J. Kirwan: 88,872	Norman W. Adams: 59,607
1948	Michael J. Kirwan: 134,408	William Bacon: 63,079
1950	Michael J. Kirwan: 119,245	Henry P. Kosling: 67,661
1952	Michael J. Kirwan: 91,074	Allen Russell: 46,202
1954	Michael J. Kirwan: 81,304	David S. Edwards: 33,352
1956	Michael J. Kirwan: 92,924	Ralph E. Turner: 42,293
1958	Michael J. Kirwan: 93,660	Loren E. Van Brocklin: 31,192
1960	Michael J. Kirwan: 102,874	Paul E. Stevens: 46,537
1962	Michael J. Kirwan: 75,967	William Vincent Williams: 46,200
1964^[2]	Michael J. Kirwan: 111,682	Albert James: 34,654
1966	Michael J. Kirwan: 86,975	Donald J. Lewis: 34,037
1968	Michael J. Kirwan: 101,813	Donald J. Lewis: 44,363
1970	Charles J. Carney:^[3] 73,222	Margaret Dennison: 52,057
1972	Charles J. Carney: 109,979	Normal M. Parr: 61,934
1974	Charles J. Carney: 97,709	James L. Ripple: 36,649
1976	Charles J. Carney: 90,386	Jack C. Hunter: 86,162	Karl T. Untch: 1089 Kenneth Zurbrugg: 2,258
1978	Charles J. Carney: 69,977	Lyle Williams: 71,890
1980	Harry Meshel: 77,272	Lyle Williams:^[4] 107,032
1982	Edward F. Feighan: 111,760	Richard G. Anter II: 72,682	Kevin G. Killeen: 2,371 Thomas Pekarek (L): 2,844
1984	Edward F. Feighan: 139,605	Matthew J. Hatchadorian: 107,957	Others: 5,277
1986	Edward F. Feighan: 97,814	Gary C. Suhadolnik: 80,743
1988	Edward F. Feighan: 168,065	Noel F. Roberts: 70,359
1990	Edward F. Feighan: 132,951	Susan M. Lawko: 72,315
1992	Eric D. Fingerhut: 138,465	Robert A. Gardner: 124,606
1994	Eric D. Fingerhut: 89,701	Steven C. LaTourette: 99,997	Ronald E. Young: 11,364 Jerome A. Brentar: 5,180
1996	Thomas J. Coyne Jr.: 101,152	Steven C. LaTourette: 135,012	Thomas A. Martin (N): 10,655
1998	Elizabeth Kelley: 64,090	Steven C. LaTourette: 126,786
2000	Dale Virgil Blanchard: 101,842	Steven C. LaTourette: 206,639	Sid Stone (L): 10,367

References

1. Almanac of American Politics 2002, p1237
2. "Our Campaigns - OH District 19 - Nov 03, 1964".
3. Following the death of Kirwan in office in 1970, Carney was elected in a special election to fill out Kirwan's term.
4. Redistricting following the 1980 census moved Williams from the 19th district to the 17th district.

• 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.
• "Ohio's 19th congressional district". OurCampaigns.com.