The 6th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Representative Charlie Wilson (D-OH). This district runs along the southeast side of the state, bordering Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

List of Representatives

Congress(es)	Year(s)	Notes	Representative	Party
District created March 4, 1813
13th	April 20, 1813 – June 7, 1814	elected after Rep-elect John Stark Edwards died before commencement of term, Resigned	Reasin Beall	Democratic-Republican
13th–14th	October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1817		David Clendenin
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Peter Hitchcock
16th–17th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	Redistricted to the 12th district	John Sloane
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Duncan McArthur	Adams-Clay DR
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827		John Thomson	Jacksonian
20th	March 4, 1827 – ????, 1828	Resigned after being appointed as judge to United States District Court for the District of Ohio	William Creighton, Jr.	Adams
20th	December 19, 1828 – March 3, 1829		Francis Swaine Muhlenberg
21st–22nd	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833		William Creighton, Jr.	Anti-Jacksonian
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Redistricted from the 7th district	Samuel Finley Vinton
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837)			Whig
25th–27th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843		Calvary Morris
28th–29th	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847		Henry St. John	Democratic
30th–31st	March 4, 1847 – March 20, 1849	Died	Rodolphus Dickinson
31st	December 3, 1849 – November 19, 1850	Died	Amos E. Wood
31st	January 7, 1851 – March 3, 1851		John Bell	Whig
32nd	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 9th district	Frederick W. Green	Democratic
33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855		Andrew Ellison
34th	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		Jonas R. Emrie	Opposition
35th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859		Joseph R. Cockerill	Democratic
36th	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861		William Howard
37th–38th	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865		Chilton A. White
39th–40th	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869		Reader W. Clarke	Republican
41st–42nd	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873		John Armstrong Smith
43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875		Isaac R. Sherwood
44th	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877		Frank H. Hurd	Democratic
45th	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879		Jacob Dolson Cox	Republican
46th	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881		William D. Hill	Democratic
47th	March 3, 1881 – March 3, 1883		James M. Ritchie	Republican
48th–49th	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887		William D. Hill	Democratic
50th–51st	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891		Melvin M. Boothman	Republican
52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 5th district	Dennis D. Donovan	Democratic
53rd–54th	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895		George W. Hulick	Republican
55th–56th	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901		Seth W. Brown
57th–58th	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905		Charles Q. Hildebrant
59th	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907		Thomas E. Scroggy
60th–62nd	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913		Matthew Denver	Democratic
63rd	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Redistricted to the 7th district	Simeon D. Fess	Republican
64th–71st	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1931		Charles Cyrus Kearns
72nd–76th	March 3, 1931 – January 3, 1941		James G. Polk	Democratic
77th	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943		Jacob E. Davis
78th–80th	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949		Edward Oscar McCowen	Republican
81st–86th	January 3, 1949 – April 28, 1959	Died	James G. Polk	Democratic
86th	November 8, 1960 – January 3, 1961)		Ward Miller	Republican
87th–96th	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1981		Bill Harsha
97th–102nd	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993		Bob McEwen
103rd	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995		Ted Strickland	Democratic
104th	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997		Frank Cremeans	Republican
105th–109th	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007		Ted Strickland	Democratic
110th–present	January 3, 2007 – Present		Charlie Wilson

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
2008	'Charles A. Wilson Jr.: 176,330	Richard Stobbs: 92,968	Dennis Spisak : 13,812
2006	'Charles A. Wilson Jr.: 131,322	Chuck Blasdel: 80,705
2004	'Ted Strickland: 223,884	None	John Stephen Luchansky (Write-in): 145
2002	'Ted Strickland: 113,972	Mike Halleck: 77,643
2000	'Ted Strickland: 138,849	Mike Azinger: 96,966	Kenneth R. MacCutcheon (L): 4,759
1998	'Ted Strickland: 102,852	Nancy P. Hollister: 77,711
1996	Ted Strickland: 118,003	Frank A. Cremeans: 111,907
1994	Ted Strickland: 87,861	Frank A. Cremeans: 91,263
1992	Ted Strickland: 122,720	Robert D. McEwen*: 119,252
1990	Ray Mitchell: 47,415	'Robert D. McEwen: 117,220
1988	Gordon R. Roberts: 52,635	'Robert D. McEwen: 152,235
1986	Gordon R. Roberts: 42,155	'Robert D. McEwen: 106,354	Amos Seeley: 2,829
1984	Bob Smith: 52,727	'Robert D. McEwen: 150,101
1982	Lynn Alan Grimshaw: 63,435	'Robert D. McEwen: 92,135
1980	Ted Strickland: 84,235	Robert D. McEwen: 101,288
1978	Ted Strickland: 46,313	'William H. Harsha Jr.: 85,592
1976	Ted Strickland: 67,067	'William H. Harsha Jr.: 107,064
1974	Lloyd Allan Wood: 42,316	'William H. Harsha Jr.: 93,400
1972		'William H. Harsha Jr.: 128,394
1970	Raymond H. Stevens: 39,265	'William H. Harsha Jr.: 82,772
1968	Kenneth L. Kirby: 40,964	'William H. Harsha Jr.: 107,289
1966	Ottie W. Reno: 35,345	'William H. Harsha Jr.: 74,847
1964	Franklin E. Smith: 57,223	'William H. Harsha Jr.: 86,015
1962	Jerry C. Rasor: 47,737	'William H. Harsha Jr.: 72,743
1960	Franklin E. Smith: 65,045	William H. Harsha Jr.: 80,124
1960 s*	Gladys E. Davis: 61,713	Ward MacL. Miller: 76,520
1958	'James G. Polk: 76,566	Elmer S. Barrett: 46,924
1956	'James G. Polk: 72,229	Albert L. Daniels: 60,300
1954	'James G. Polk: 54,044	Leo Blackburn: 49,531
1952	'James G. Polk: 67,220	Leo Blackburn: 66,896
1950	'James G. Polk: 40,335	Edward O. McCowen: 38,996
1948	James G. Polk: 46,944	Edward O. McCowen: 41,402
1946	Franklin E. Smith: 33,013	'Edward O. McCowen: 39,992
1944	John W. Bush: 42,167	'Edward O. McCowen: 45,284
1942	Jacob E. Davis: 31,793	Edward O. McCowen: 33,171
1940	Jacob E. Davis: 52,769	Chester P. Fitch: 48,257
1938	'James G. Polk: 43,646	Emory F. Smith: 42,847
1936	'James G. Polk: 54,904	Emory F. Smith: 45,733
1934	'James G. Polk: 42,340	Albert L. Daniels: 38,538	Mark A. Crawford: 312
1932	'James G. Polk: 50,913	Mack Sauer: 39,668
1930	James G. Polk: 37,158	Charles C. Kearns: 33,300
1928	George D. Nye: 33,020	'Charles C. Kearns: 43,519
1926	Edward H. Kennedy*: 24,730	'Charles C. Kearns: 27,688
1924	Edward N. Kennedy*: 29,283	'Charles C. Kearns: 33,064
1922	William N. Gableman: 28,939	'Charles C. Kearns: 32,416
1920	Cleona Searles: 30,903	'Charles C. Kearns: 38,044

• Redistricting following the 1990 census resulted in putting two Republican incumbents, Robert D. McEwen and Clarence E. Miller (incumbent in the 10th District), in the new Sixth District. McEwen defeated Miller in a bitterly fought Republican primary election in 1992.

• A separate, special election was held to fill out Polk's unexpired term. Miller, the winner of this election, served the remainder of 1960, until Harsha's term began in 1961.

• Probable error in records: Edward H. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee in 1926, and Edward N. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee in 1924, are most probably the same person. Which name is correct is unknown.

History

When Robert McEwen was first elected in 1980, the Sixth District of Ohio consisted of Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike, Scioto, and Ross Counties plus Clermont County outside the city of Loveland, Harrison Township in Vinton County and the Warren County townships of Clearcreek, Deerfield, Hamilton, Harlan, Massie, Salem, and Wayne. The Washington Post described the Sixth as "a fail-safe Republican district."

The Ohio General Assembly redrew the Sixth District following the results of the 1980 Census. The boundaries from 1983 to 1987 included all of Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Warren Counties, plus Waterloo and York Townships in Athens County; Wayne Township in Clermont County; Concord, Jasper, Marion, Perry, Union, and Wayne Townships in Fayette County; and Washington Township and the Cities of Miamisburg and West Carrollton in Montgomery County.

Beginning with the 100th Congress in 1987, adjustments were made by the legislature to the boundaries; reapportionment between Censuses is unusual in American politics. A small part of the Montgomery County territory was detached, as were parts of Fayette County in Washington Court House in Union Township and the townships of Jasper and Marion. Part of Brown County was added, Jackson and Eagle Townships. These were the boundaries for the rest of McEwen's service in Congress.

The district was largely rural and agricultural with no large cities. One of the major industries was the United States Department of Energy's Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Piketon, which manufactured uranium for nuclear weapons. The district was 97 per cent white with a median household income of $21,761.

References

1. Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335.
2. "Election 80: New Faces in the House". The Washington Post. November 23 1980. A15.
3. Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. 1987-1988 Official Congressional Directory, 100th Congress. Duncan Nystrom, editor. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1987.
4. Ohio. Secretary of State. Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers and Departmental Information for 1991-1992. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 1991. 330-335; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory, 102d Congress. Duncan Nystrom, editor. S. Pub. 102-4. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1991.
5. Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa. The Almanac of American Politics, 1994. Washington, D.C.: National Journal, 1993. ISBN 0-89234-058-4.

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present