List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, N-Z
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Like all U.S. states, the state of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 elects a certain number of representatives to the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

. The following table lists all the Democratic and Republican nominees for U.S. representative from Ohio, as well as some minor party and independent candidates (full information not available for elections prior to 1920). The table lists the years in which the person ran as a candidate in the general election (An s following the year indicates a special election), the district in whose race the candidate stood, and years of service in the House of Representatives (if applicable).

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Name Life Dates Party Candidate District Term(s) of service
Patrick L. Nelson    Democratic  1974 7th   
Dimitri Nicholas    Democratic  1972 4th   
Monica Nolan
Monica Nolan
Monica Nolan was an outstanding American tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s.Nolan made six finals appearances at the Cincinnati Masters...

 
  Democratic  1962 1st   
Jack D. Null   Libertarian  2000 7th   
George D. Nye
George D. Nye
George D. Nye , born and died in Waverly, Ohio, was an American politician of the Democratic party.During the World War I, Nye served in the United States Navy. In 1928, Nye ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, losing to incumbent Republican Charles C. Kearns...

 
  Democratic  1928 6th   
Mary Rose Oakar
Mary Rose Oakar
Mary Rose Oakar is an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from that state....

 
  Democratic  1992 10th   
James E. O'Connell    Democratic  1940 2nd   
Robert J. O'Donnell    Democratic  1924, 1926 2nd   
W. Ted Osborne    Democratic  1958, 1960 1st   
Joe Ortega  1949- Republican  2004, 2006 13th   
Michael G. Oxley
Mike Oxley
Michael Garver "Mike" Oxley is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio....

 
1944- Republican  1981s, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 4th  1981-present

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Name Life Dates Party Candidate District Term(s) of service
Patrick A. Pappano    Republican  2002 11th   
John G. Parks    Democratic  2000 8th   
George F. Parrish    TRI 1926 9th   
John Partridge     1920 2nd   
Edith McClure Patterson    Republican  1932 3rd   
R. William Patterson
R. William Patterson
R. William Patterson , a U.S. politician and member of the Democratic party, was mayor of Dayton, Ohio, from 1958 to 1962....

 
  Democratic  1956, 1960 3rd   
John W. Pattison    Democratic  1930 1st   
Karl E. Pauli    Socialist  1920, 1932, 1934 9th   
Thomas B. Paxton    Democratic  1924 1st   
Joseph F. Payton      1976 8th   
Robert Dean Penny     1978 11th   
Kenneth M. Petri    Democratic  1940 8th   
Ron Petrie   Libertarian  2000 10th   
William G. Pickerel    Democratic  1920 3rd   
James A. Plummer    Democratic  1976, 1978 10th   
James G. Polk
James G. Polk
James Gould Polk was a prominent U.S. politician of the Democratic Party during the middle of the 20th century....

 
1896-1959 Democratic  1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 6th  1931-1941, 1949-1959
Thomas J. Porter    Democratic  1984 2nd   
Robert J. Portman
Rob Portman
Robert Jones "Rob" Portman is the junior United States Senator from Ohio. He is a member of the Republican Party. He succeeded retiring Senator George Voinovich....

 
1955- Republican  1993s, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 2nd  1993-2005
Charles E. Poston    Democratic  1928 10th   
Walter E. Powell
Walter E. Powell
Walter Eugene Powell was an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1971 to 1975. Powell began his career as the city clerk of Fairfield, Ohio in 1956, and became a member of Fairfield City Council in 1958. In 1960, Powell successfully ran...

 
1931- Republican  1972 8th  1971-1975
Millard Price    Socialist, Prohibition  1924, 1926 9th   
Roxanne Qualls
Roxanne Qualls
Roxanne Qualls is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, having served from December 1993 to November 1999. She also served a two-year term on the Cincinnati City Council prior to her service as mayor, having been elected in 1991. On August 8, 2007, the Charter Committee announced her...

 
  Democratic  1998 1st   
John R. Quane    Democratic  1922 2nd   
George E. Rafferty    Democratic  1956, 1958 5th   
Homer A. Ramey
Homer A. Ramey
Homer Alonzo Ramey was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born on a farm near Sparta, South Bloomfield Township, Ohio, Ramey attended the grade and high schools....

 
1891-1960 Republican  1938, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950 9th  1943-1949
Henry Frazier Reams Sr.
Frazier Reams
Henry Frazier Reams Sr., generally known as Frazier Reams, was an American politician of the United States Democratic Party from Toledo, Ohio. Reams served as a U.S. Congressman from Ohio from 1951 to 1955....

 
1897-1971 Democratic (elected as independent) 1950, 1952, 1954 9th  1951-1955
Lester S. Reid    Democratic  1946 11th   
Carleton Carl Reiser    Democratic  1950, 1952 4th   
Ottie W. Reno    Democratic  1966 6th   
Benjamin F. Reynolds    Democratic  1920 10th   
Irving C. Reynolds    Republican  1954 9th   
Harry E. Rice    Democratic  1926, 1928 7th   
C. W. Rich    Democratic  1934 7th   
Carl W. Rich    Republican  1962, 1964 1st  1963-1965
Harold V. Richard Jr.     1980 11th   
Joseph C. Richards    Republican  1972 9th   
Frank J. Richter    Democratic  1942 1st   
Edwin D. Ricketts
Edwin D. Ricketts
Edwin Darlington Ricketts was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Maxville, Ohio, Ricketts attended the public schools.For twelve years was a teacher and superintendent of schools.He studied law....

 
1867-1937 Republican  1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1928 11th  1915-1917, 1919-1923
Richard L. Righter     1980 3rd   
Robert A. Riley    Democratic  1962 7th   
John C. Rogers    Democratic  1926 1st   
John P. Rogers    Democratic  1924 3rd   
Roy Warren Roof    Democratic  1944 8th   
Beryl E. Rothschild    Republican  1992 11th   
Harry N. Routzohn
Harry N. Routzohn
Harry Nelson Routzohn was an attorney, jurist and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio....

 
1881-1953 Republican  1938, 1940 3rd  1939-1941
Ralph Rudd    Democratic  1970 11th   
James D. Ruppert    Democratic  1972 8th   
Jim Russell   Libertarian  1982 11th   
W. F. Rutherford    Democratic  1924 10th   
H. A. Sand    Democratic  1960, 1962, 1964 2nd   
Charles W. Sanders
Charles W. Sanders
Charles W. Sanders is an insurance agent, tour bus driver, and retired Ohio auto worker who has run as a Democrat for the U.S. House of Representatives four times in Ohio's heavily Republican Second Congressional District from 1998 to 2004, losing four times to incumbent Congressman Robert J....

 
  Democratic  1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 2nd   
Mack Sauer    Republican  1932 6th   
Annie Saunders    Democratic  1996 5th   
Charles Sawyer
Charles W. Sawyer
Charles W. Sawyer was United States Secretary of Commerce from May 6, 1948 to January 20, 1953 in the administration of Harry Truman....

 
  Democratic  1930 2nd   
David J. Schaffer   Natural Law
United States Natural Law Party
The Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. It was founded in 1992 and mostly dissolved in 2004...

 
1996, 2000 5th   
Paul F. Schenck
Paul F. Schenck
Paul Fornshell Schenck was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Miamisburg, Ohio, his family moved to Dayton, Ohio in 1908 where he graduated from Steele High School in 1917. He received two years of college training, a student teacher at Steele from 1917 to 1919. He then worked in the...

 
1899-1968 Republican  1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 3rd  1951-1965
Gordon H. Scherer
Gordon H. Scherer
Gordon Harry Scherer was an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1953 to 1963. Scherer earned a law degree in 1929 from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law and practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio...

 
  Republican  1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960 1st  1953-1963
Jack Schira    Democratic  1988, 1990 7th   
James A. Schrader   Libertarian  1998 7th   
Luella R. Schroeder    Democratic  1978 8th   
Donald E. Scott   Democratic  1984 7th   
Albert H. Sealy    Republican  1980 3rd   
Cleona Searles    Democratic  1920 6th   
Amos Seeley     1986 6th   
Fred Sennet    Democratic  1992 8th   
James Sharp    Democratic  1922 10th   
Allen H. Shapiro    Republican  1970 9th   
James R. Sherck
James R. Sherck
James Robert Sherck is an American politician of the Democratic party in Ohio. He stood for election to the United States House of Representatives four times—in 1978, 1980, 1982, and 1984, each time losing to Republican incumbent Del Latta. He served as a city prosecutor in Fremont, Ohio. He was...

 
  Democratic  1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 5th   
Carl G. Sherer    Democratic  1970 5th   
Isaac R. Sherwood
Isaac R. Sherwood
Isaac Ruth Sherwood was an American politician and newspaper editor from Toledo, Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union army during the Civil War. He served nine terms in the United States Congress, and was a noted pacifist during World War I.-Early life and career:Sherwood was born in...

 
1835-1925 Republican, Democratic  1876, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924 6th, 9th  1873-1875 (R), 1907-1921 (D), 1923-1925 (D)
David R. Shock    Libertarian  2000 8th   
John H. Shock    Democratic  1966 5th   
John S. Shondell    Republican  1998 3rd   
Charles K. Shrout Jr.   Libertarian  1982 2nd   
Mike Shufeldt    Republican  1986 9th   
John T. Siemon    Democratic  1946 8th   
Susan A. Skinner      1982 9th   
Dennis Slotnick    Natural Law
United States Natural Law Party
The Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. It was founded in 1992 and mostly dissolved in 2004...

 
2000 9th   
Elizabeth A. Slotnick    Natural Law
United States Natural Law Party
The Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. It was founded in 1992 and mostly dissolved in 2004...

 
1996 9th   
Joe Slovenec    Republican  1998 10th   
Leonard D. Slutz    Democratic  1956 1st   
Bill Smith    Republican  2000 10th   
Carl W. Smith    Democratic  1930 8th   
Emory F. Smith    Republican  1936, 1938 6th   
Franklin E. Smith    Democratic  1946, 1960, 1964 6th   
Frederick C. Smith  1884-1956 Republican  1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948 8th  1939-1951
George H. Smith
George H. Smith
George Hamilton Smith is an American author, editor, educator and speaker.-Biography:Smith grew up mostly in Tucson, Arizona, and attended the University of Arizona for several years before leaving without a degree; he relocated to Los Angeles during 1971. With the help of libertarian editor Roy A...

 
  Democratic  1942 7th   
Michael R. Smitley    Republican  2007 5th   
James J. Somers      1982 9th   
Leonidas E. Speer     1936 3rd   
Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer
Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer is a British-born American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991...

 
  Democratic  1970 2nd   
Scott Stahl    Democratic  1930 9th   
Elsie Stanton    Democratic  1938, 1946 10th   
J. William Stanton
J. William Stanton
John William Stanton was a Republican congressman from Ohio who served in the United States Congress from 1965 until his retirement in 1983. Stanton died in Jacksonville, Florida, April 11, 2002 at the age of 78.-External links:* Library of Congress...

 
1924-2002 Republican  1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980 11th  1965-1983
Jack E. Stecher    Democratic  1980 10th   
A. E. B. Stephens  1862-1927 Republican  1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926 2nd  1919-1927
Charles V. Stephenson    Workers  1928 9th   
Raymond H. Stevens    Democratic  1970 6th   
Guy Stevenson    Democratic  1926 10th   
Richard L. Stevenson   Natural Law
United States Natural Law Party
The Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. It was founded in 1992 and mostly dissolved in 2004...

 
2000 1st   
Chuck R. Stidman    Democratic  1988 2nd   
William F. Stineman    Democratic  1986 2nd   
Louis Stokes
Louis Stokes
Louis Stokes is a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives....

 
1925- Democratic  1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996 11th  1969-1999
Eugene Stoll    Communist  1932 9th   
Harvey G. Straub    Republican  1956 9th   
Sidney G. Stricker    Democratic  1922 1st   
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....

 
1941- Democratic  1976, 1978, 1980, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 6th  1993-1995, 1997-2007
T. Edward Strinko    Democratic  1974 8th   
Marjorie Conrad Struns    Democratic  1958, 1962 4th   
Leonard E. Stubbs Jr.    Democratic  1976 3rd   
Joseph A. Sullivan
Joseph A. Sullivan
Joseph A. Sullivan is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-References:...

 
  Democratic  1956, 1958, 1960 7th   
William O. Sutton    Democratic  1984 4th   
William B. Swonger    Democratic  1938 4th   
James J. Sykora    Republican  1994, 1996, 2000 11th   

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Name Life Dates Party Candidate District Term(s) of service
Roger D. Tackett    Democratic  1982 7th   
Robert Taft Jr.
Robert Taft, Jr.
Robert Taft Jr. was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971. He also served as a U.S. Senator between 1971 and 1976....

 
  Republican  1966, 1968 1st  1967-1971
Thomas B. Talbot    Democratic  1952, 1954, 1958 3rd   
Gerry Tebben    Democratic  1980 4th   
Ned Thacher    Republican  1930 11th   
Robert E. Tharpe     1980 3rd   
Willard Thomas    Democratic  1944 5th   
Charles J. Thompson
Charles J. Thompson
Charles James Thompson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Thompson attended the public schools and the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.Learned the art of printing 1876-1879....

 
1862-1932 Republican  1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930 5th  1919-1931
Paul Tipps    Democratic  1968 3rd   
J. Fuller Trump    Democratic  1940 7th   
Jarrod Tudor    Democratic  1994 5th   
Bailey W. Turner    Democratic  1970 1st   
Joel C. Turner   Libertarian  2000 11th   
Michael R. Turner
Mike Turner
Michael R. Turner is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers most of the city of Dayton and includes most of Montgomery County, much of Warren County, and is home to all of Highland and Clinton Counties.-Early life, education...

 
1960- Republican  2002, 2004 3rd  2003-present
Mell G. Underwood Sr.
Mell G. Underwood
Mell Gilbert Underwood was a United States Representative from Ohio and a United States federal judge....

 
1892-1972 Democratic  1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934 11th  1923-1936
Mell G. Underwood Jr.    Democratic  1944, 1950 11th   

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Name Life Dates Party Candidate District Term(s) of service
Earl T. Wagner
Earl T. Wagner
Earl Thomas Wagner was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wagner attended parochial and public schools.He was graduated from the Salmon P...

 
1908-1990 Democratic  1948, 1950, 1952, 1954 2nd  1949-1951
Glen W. Warner    Republican  1982 11th   
Ferdinand E. Warren    Democratic  1942 5th   
Edward F. Weber
Ed Weber
Edward Ford "Ed" Weber was an American politician from Ohio. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican....

 
1931 Republican  1980, 1982 9th  1981-1983
Robin Weirauch
Robin Weirauch
Robin Weirauch is an American politician of the Democratic party who was the party's 2004 and 2006 nominee to challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Paul Gillmor for the seat in Ohio's 5th congressional district.Weirauch is the daughter of a retired Master Staff Sergeant in the United...

 
  Democratic  2004 5th   
Benjamin F. Welty  1870-1962 Democratic  1916, 1918, 1920, 1926 4th  1917-1921
Thomas R. West Jr.    Democratic  1976 11th   
David A. Westbrock    Republican  1994, 1996 3rd   
Charles W. Whalen Jr.  1920- Republican  1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976 3rd  1967-1979
Robert H. Whealey    Democratic  1972 10th   
Tom P. White    Republican  1938 11th   
Wilbur McK. White
Wilbur M. White
Wilbur McKee White was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Hillsboro, Ohio, White was educated in the millionaire schools and the Hillsboro High School.Marietta College, M.A., 1914....

 
1890-1973 Republican  1930, 1932, 1940 9th  1931-1933
R. Randy Whitman    Republican  1994, 1996 9th   
Ronald Williamitis      2002 3rd   
T. Walter Williams    Democratic  1944 5th   
John B. Winer   Libertarian  1982 7th   
Edward W. Wolterman    Democratic  1974 2nd   
C. K. Wolf    Democratic  1924 7th   
Lloyd Allan Wood    Democratic  1974 6th   
Joseph Woodward   Socialist  1922, 1924 3rd   
Raven L. Workman     1986 4th   
G. Louis Wren    Democratic  1954 7th   
Alan D. Wright    Democratic  1968 11th   
Tyrone K. Yates    Democratic  1990 2nd   
Robert W. Yurner    Republican  1936 4th   
Charles B. Zimmerman    Democratic  1922 7th   
John L. Zimmerman Jr.    Democratic  1930 7th   
Donald J. Zwick    Democratic  1980 1st  
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