Ohio's At-large congressional district

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The Ohio's At-large congressional district existed from 1803 to 1813, from 1943 to 1953 and from 1963 to 1965 when it was banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

From statehood in 1803 until the 1813 redistricting following the 1810 census, Ohio had only one member of the United States House of Representatives: Jeremiah Morrow.

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Congresses/Dates	Representative	Party	District home
8th–12th 1803-10-17 – 1813-03-03	Jeremiah Morrow	Democratic-Republican	Montgomery

After the 1810 census, the at-large seat was eliminated. It was reinstated after the 1910 census.

Congresses/Dates	Representative	Party	District home
63rd 1913–1915	Robert Crosser	Democratic	Cleveland

From the 1930 census to the 1940 census, there were two seats elected at-large, on a general ticket.

Seat one						Seat two
Dates	Representative	Party	District home	Note		Years	Representative	Party	District home	Note
1933-03-04 – 1935-08-09	Charles V. Truax	Democratic	Bucyrus	Died		1933–1937	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	Cleveland	Retired to run for Governor
1935-08-10 – 1936-11-03	Vacant
1936-11-03 – 1937-01-03	Daniel S. Earhart	Democratic	Columbus	Retired
1937–1939	John McSweeney	Democratic	Wooster	Lost re-election		1937–1939	Harold G. Mosier	Democratic	Cleveland	Lost renomination
1939–1949	George H. Bender	Republican	Cleveland Heights			1939–1941	L. L. Marshall	Republican	Euclid
						1941–1943	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	Cleveland	Seat eliminated
				Lost re-election		Seat two was eliminated after the 1940 census.
1949–1951	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	Cleveland
1951–1953	George H. Bender	Republican	Chagrin Falls	Redistricted to 23rd district

In 1953, the seat was eliminated. It was restored in 1963.

Years	Representative	Party	District home	Note
1963–1965	Robert Taft, Jr.	Republican	Indian Hill
1965–1967	Robert E. Sweeney	Democratic	Bay Village	Seat eliminated

In 1967, the seat was eliminated.

[edit] Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
From 1933 to 1941, there were two seats elected at large, on a general ticket. All the candidates ran in one race and the top two vote-getters won the two seats.
1932	Charles V. Truax: 1,206,631 Stephen M. Young: 1,200,946	George H. Bender: 1,109,562 L. T. Palmer: 1,102,567	Edward R. Stafford (P): 24,625 Alfred H. Stratton (P): 17,844 John Rehms (C): 7,050 William Hughey (C): 6,010
1934	Charles V. Truax[1]: 1,061,857 Stephen M. Young: 1,050,089	George H. Bender: 905,233 L. L. Marshall: 871,432	Ben Atkins (C): 13,972 John Marshall (C): 13,808
1936	John McSweeney: 1,553,059 Harold G. Mosier: 1,493,152	George H. Bender: 1,226,147 L. L. Marshall: 1,121,370	William C. Sandberg (C): 8,947
1938	John McSweeney: 1,068,916 Stephen M. Young: 1,015,041	George H. Bender: 1,177,982 L. L. Marshall: 1,101,193
1940	Stephen M. Young: 1,483,879 Francis W. Durbin: 1,384,745	George H. Bender: 1,519,559 L. L. Marshall: 1,386,627
From 1943 through 1953 there was one member of the House from Ohio elected at large.
1942	Stephen M. Young[2]: 717,692	George H. Bender: 945,995
1944	William Glass: 1,362,843	George H. Bender: 1,542,422
1946	William M. Boyd: 871,660	George H. Bender: 1,281,864
1948	Stephen M. Young: 1,455,972	George H. Bender: 1,342,388
1950	Stephen M. Young: 1,237,409	George H. Bender: 1,447,154
From 1953 through 1963 , the at-large seat became the 23rd district. The at-large seat was created again after the 1960 census.
1962	Richard D. Kennedy: 1,164,628	Robert Taft (Jr.): 1,786,018
1964	Robert E. Sweeney: 1,872,351	Oliver P. Bolton: 1,716,480

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