Ohio's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	David Taylor R–Amelia
Distribution	73.38% urban[1] 26.62% rural
Population (2024)	790,454[2]
Median household income	$67,801[3]
Ethnicity	91.5%White 3.9%Two or more races 2.0%Black 1.5%Hispanic 0.6%Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+24[4]

Ohio's 2nd congressional district is a district in southernOhio. It is currently represented byRepublicanDavid Taylor.

The district includes all ofAdams,Brown,Pike,Clermont,Highland,Clinton,Ross,Pickaway,Hocking,Vinton,Jackson,Gallia,Meigs,Lawrence, andScioto counties, as well as parts ofFayette county. With aCook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+24, it is the most Republican district in Ohio^[4] and theNorthern United States overall.

For the118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:^[5]

Adams County(21)

All 21 townships and municipalities

Brown County(25)

All 25 townships and municipalities

Clermont County(25)

All 25 townships and municipalities

Clinton County(22)

All 22 townships and municipalities

Fayette County(2)

Green Township,Perry Township

Gallia County(21)

All 21 townships and municipalities

Highland County(25)

All 25 townships and municipalities

Hocking County(15)

All 15 townships and municipalities

Jackson County(16)

All 16 townships and municipalities

Lawrence County(21)

All 21 townships and municipalities

Meigs County(17)

All 17 townships and municipalities

Pickaway County(25)

All 25 townships and municipalities

Pike County(17)

All 17 townships and municipalities

Ross County(26)

All 26 townships and municipalities

Scioto County(21)

All 21 townships and municipalities

Vinton County(16)

All 16 townships and municipalities

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1813
John Alexander (Xenia)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
John Wilson Campbell (West Union)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	15th 16th 17th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the5th district.
Thomas R. Ross (Lebanon)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Redistricted from the1st district andre-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
John Woods (Hamilton)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
James Shields (Dicks Mills)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data missing]
Thomas Corwin (Lebanon)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. Redistricted to the4th district.
Taylor Webster (Hamilton)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. [data missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John B. Weller (Hamilton)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845	26th 27th 28th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Re-elected in 1843. [data missing]
Francis A. Cunningham (Eaton)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. [data missing]
David Fisher (Wilmington)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data missing]
Lewis D. Campbell (Hamilton)	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Redistricted to the3rd district.
John Scott Harrison (Cleves)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. [data missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
William S. Groesbeck (Cincinnati)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. [data missing]
John A. Gurley (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. [data missing]
Alexander Long (Cincinnati)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. [data missing]
Rutherford B. Hayes (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – July 20, 1867	39th 40th	Elected in 1864. Retired to run for Governor of Ohio.
Vacant		July 20, 1867 – November 21, 1867	40th
Samuel Fenton Cary (Cincinnati)	Independent Republican	November 21, 1867 – March 3, 1869		Elected to finish Hayes's term. Re-elected in 1866. [data missing]
Job E. Stevenson (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. [data missing]
Henry B. Banning (Cincinnati)	Liberal Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd 44th 45th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Thomas L. Young (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data missing]
Isaac M. Jordan (Cincinnati)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. [data missing]
Charles Elwood Brown (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. [data missing]
John A. Caldwell (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – May 4, 1894	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Resigned when electedMayor of Cincinnati.
Vacant		May 4, 1894 – December 3, 1894	53rd
Jacob H. Bromwell (Cincinnati)	Republican	December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected to finish Caldwell's term. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. [data missing]
Herman P. Goebel (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data missing]
Alfred G. Allen (Cincinnati)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. [data missing]
Victor Heintz (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. Retired.
Ambrose E. B. Stephens (North Bend)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – February 12, 1927	66th 67th 68th 69th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Died.
Vacant		February 12, 1927 – November 8, 1927	69th 70th
Charles Tatgenhorst Jr. (Cleves)	Republican	November 8, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	Elected to finish Stephens's term. Retired.
William E. Hess (Cincinnati)	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937	71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election.
Herbert S. Bigelow (Cincinnati)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
William E. Hess (Cincinnati)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
Earl T. Wagner (Cincinnati)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	Elected in 1948. Lost re-election.
William E. Hess (Cincinnati)	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1961	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Retired.
Donald D. Clancy (Cincinnati)	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
Tom Luken (Cincinnati)	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the1st district.
Bill Gradison (Cincinnati)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 31, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Redistricted from the1st district andre-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Resigned.
Vacant		January 31, 1993 – May 4, 1993	103rd
Rob Portman (Terrace Park)	Republican	May 4, 1993 – April 29, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Elected to finish Gradison's term. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Resigned to becomeU.S. Trade Representative.
Vacant		April 29, 2005 – August 2, 2005	109th
Jean Schmidt (Loveland)	Republican	August 2, 2005 – January 3, 2013	109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected to finish Portman's term. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Lost renomination.
Brad Wenstrup (Hillsboro)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2025	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. Retired.
David Taylor (Amelia)	Republican	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Elected in 2024.

The following chart shows historic election results.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Thomas H. Morrow: 41,781	YA. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 47,797	John Partridge: 1,291
1922	John R. Quane: 30,051	YA. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 39,898	Charles A. Herbst (FL): 4,001
1924	Robert J. O'Donnell: 34,118	YA. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 47,331
1926	Robert J. O'Donnell: 26,322	YA. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 36,608
1928	James H. Cleveland: 54,332	YWilliam E. Hess: 63,605
1930	Charles W. Sawyer: 45,761	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 46,347
1932	Edward F. Alexander: 57,258	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 58,971
1934	Charles E. Miller: 41,701	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 51,171
1936	YHerbert S. Bigelow: 67,213	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 62,546
1938	Herbert S. Bigelow (Incumbent): 42,773	YWilliam E. Hess: 61,480
1940	James E. O'Connell: 60,410	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 77,769
1942	Nicholas Bauer: 29,823	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 53,083
1944	J. Harry Moore: 61,473	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 78,185
1946	Francis G. Davis: 39,112	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 67,067
1948	YEarl T. Wagner: 75,062	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 66,968
1950	Earl T. Wagner (Incumbent): 62,542	YWilliam E. Hess: 69,543
1952	Earl T. Wagner: 69,341	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 90,417
1954	Earl T. Wagner: 49,690	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 69,695
1956	James T. Dewan: 57,554	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 109,099
1958	James O. Bradley: 71,674	YWilliam E. Hess (Incumbent): 86,656
1960	H. A. Sand: 87,531	YDonald D. Clancy: 118,046
1962	H. A. Sand: 62,733	YDonald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 105,750
1964	H. A. Sand: 79,824	YDonald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 122,487
1966	Thomas E. Anderson: 42,367	YDonald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 102,313
1968	Don Driehaus: 52,327	YDonald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 108,157
1970	Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer: 60,860	YDonald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 77,071
1972	Penny Manes: 65,237	YDonald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 109,961
1974	Edward W. Wolterman: 67,685	YDonald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 71,512
1976	YThomas A. Luken: 88,178	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 83,459
1978	YThomas A. Luken (Incumbent) (Incumbent) : 64,522	Stanley J. Aronoff: 58,716
1980	YThomas A. Luken (Incumbent) (Incumbent) : 103,423	Thearon "Tom" Atkins: 72,693
1982	William J. Luttmer: 53,169	YWillis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent):[a] 97,434	Joseph I. Lombardo: 1,827 Charles K. Shrout Jr. (L): 2,948
1984	Thomas J. Porter: 68,597	YWillis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 149,856
1986	William F. Stineman: 43,448	YWillis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 105,061
1988	Chuck R. Stidham: 58,637	YWillis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 153,162
1990	Tyrone K. Yates: 57,345	YWillis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 103,817
1992	Thomas R. Chandler: 75,924	YWillis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 177,720
1993 (Special)[b]	Lee Hornberger: 22,652	YRobert J. Portman: 53,020
1994	Les Mann: 43,730	YRobert J. Portman (Incumbent): 150,128
1996	Thomas R. Chandler: 58,715	YRobert J. Portman (Incumbent): 186,853	Kathleen M. McKnight (N): 13,905
1998	Charles W. Sanders: 49,293	YRobert J. Portman (Incumbent): 154,344
2000	Charles W. Sanders: 64,091	YRobert J. Portman (Incumbent): 204,184	Robert E. Bidwell (L): 9,266
2002	Charles W. Sanders: 48,785	YRobert J. Portman (Incumbent): 139,218
2004	Charles W. Sanders: 87,156	YRobert J. Portman (Incumbent): 221,785
2005 (Special)[c]	Paul Hackett: 55,151	YJean Schmidt: 59,132
2006	Victoria Wulsin: 117,595	YJean Schmidt (Incumbent): 120,112
2008	Victoria Wulsin: 124,076	YJean Schmidt (Incumbent): 148,500	David Krikorian: 58,650;James Condit: 30
2010	Surya Yalamanchili: 80,139	YJean Schmidt (Incumbent): 136,120	Marc Johnson (Libertarian) 15,867
2012[6]	William Smith: 137,082	YBrad Wenstrup: 194,299
2014[7]	Marek Tyszkiewicz: 68,453	YBrad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 132,658
2016[8]	William Smith: 111,694	YBrad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 221,193	Janet Everhard (write-in Dem): 7,392
2018	Jill Schiller: 119,333	YBrad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 166,714	Jim Condit Jr.: 3,608; David Baker: 8
2020	Jaime Castle: 146,781	YBrad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 230,430
2022[9]	Samantha Meadows: 64,329	YBrad Wenstrup(Incumbent): 188,289
2024[10]	Samantha Meadows: 94,751 (per Ohio Secretary of State)	YDavid Taylor: 262,843 (per Ohio Secretary of State)	Alexander David Schrank: 4

The district has not elected aDemocrat sinceTom Luken won a 1974 special election.

On August 2, 2005, elections were held to choose aUnited States representative to replaceRob Portman, who resigned his seat on April 29, 2005, to becomeUnited States Trade Representative.RepublicanJean Schmidt candidate defeatedDemocratPaul Hackett in a surprisingly close election.

Schmidt defeated DemocratVictoria Wells Wulsin, adoctor fromIndian Hill, in the November general election.

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

• 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.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

39°N84°W / 39°N 84°W /39; -84

• Congressional districts of Ohio
• Constituencies established in 1813
• 1813 establishments in Ohio

• Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use mdy dates from May 2021
• All articles with lists with data missing
• Data missing from February 2020
• Coordinates on Wikidata
• Pages using the Kartographer extension