List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, A–G
Like all U.S. states, the state of Ohio elects a certain number of representatives to the United States House of Representatives. 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).
See also:
- List of Candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio
- List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, A-G
- List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, H-M
- List of candidates for U.S. Representative from Ohio, N-Z
A–C
Name |
Life dates |
Party |
Candidate |
District |
Term(s) of service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Homer E. "Pete" Abele |
1916–2000 |
Republican |
1958, 1962, 1964 |
10th |
1963–1965 |
Walter H. Albaugh |
1890–1942 |
Republican |
1938s |
4th |
1938–1939 |
Arthur W. Aleshire |
1900–1940 |
Democratic |
1936, 1938 |
7th |
1937–1939 |
John H. Allen |
|
Democratic |
1920 |
1st |
|
Joseph C. Allen |
|
Democratic |
1948 |
11th |
|
Edward F. Alexander |
|
Democratic |
1932 |
2nd |
|
Kara Anastasio |
|
Democratic |
2002, 2004 |
7th |
|
John Anderson |
|
Libertarian |
2010 |
7th |
|
Roger Anderson |
|
Democratic |
2002 |
5th |
|
Thomas E. Anderson |
|
Democratic |
1966 |
2nd |
|
C. H. Armbruster |
|
Democratic |
1940 |
5th |
|
Doug Arnett |
|
Democratic |
1970 |
10th |
|
Stanley J. Aronoff |
|
Republican |
1978 |
2nd |
|
Thomas W. L. Ashley |
1923— |
Democratic |
1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980 |
9th |
1955–1981 |
Thearon "Tom" Atkins |
|
Republican |
1980 |
2nd |
|
John R. Austin |
|
|
1976 |
3rd |
|
Mike Azinger |
|
Republican |
2000 |
6th |
|
Franklin T. Backus |
1813-1870 |
Democratic |
1868 |
18th |
|
Marie Baker |
|
Democratic |
1968 |
8th |
|
William Baker |
|
Natural Law |
1996 |
8th |
|
Michael Baldwin |
1774-1810 |
Democratic-Republican |
1803 |
At-large |
|
Raymond M. Ball |
|
Democratic |
1992 |
4th |
|
John Bargar, Sr. |
|
Libertarian |
2000 |
18th |
|
Ortha O. Barr Jr. |
|
Democratic |
1956 |
4th |
|
Elmer S. Barrett |
|
Republican |
1958 |
6th |
|
Walter S. Barrett |
|
Republican |
1926 |
11th |
|
John Dwight Bashline |
|
Independent |
2010 |
18th |
|
Dan Batt |
|
Democratic |
1948, 1950, 1952 |
5th |
|
Louis Richard Batzler |
|
Democratic |
1968 |
5th |
|
Nicholas Bauer |
|
Democratic |
1942 |
2nd |
|
Dean Beagle |
|
Republican |
1984 |
11th |
|
Stephan S. Beard |
|
Republican |
1936 |
5th |
|
Edwin G. Becker |
|
Democratic |
1934 |
1st |
|
Frank B. Bennett |
|
Democratic |
1964, 1966 |
8th |
|
James P. Bennett |
|
Democratic |
1956 |
11th |
|
James A. Berns |
|
Libertarian |
1982, 1992, 2012 |
1st |
|
Jackson E. Betts |
1904–1993 |
Republican |
1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970 |
8th |
1951–1973 |
Robert E. Bidwell |
|
Libertarian |
2000 |
2nd |
|
Herbert S. Bigelow |
1870–1951 |
Democratic |
1936, 1938 |
2nd |
1937–1939 |
Matthew Birchard |
1804-1876 |
Democratic |
1856 |
20th |
|
Leo Blackburn |
|
Republican |
1952, 1954 |
6th |
|
J. Kenneth Blackwell |
|
Republican |
1990 |
1st |
|
Richard K. Blain |
|
Democratic |
1996 |
7th |
|
Forrest L. Blankenship |
|
Democratic |
1954 |
4th |
|
Jeffrey Blevins |
|
Libertarian |
2010 |
16th |
|
John A. Boehner |
1949— |
Republican |
1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 |
8th |
1991–present |
Oliver P. Bolton |
1917–1972 |
Republican |
1952, 1954, 1962, 1964 |
11th |
1953–1957, 1963–1965 |
William F. Bowen |
|
Democratic |
1978 |
1st |
|
James O. Bradley |
|
Democratic |
1958 |
2nd |
|
Merl J. Bragg |
|
Democratic |
1946 |
4th |
|
Charles Brand |
1871–1966 |
Republican |
1922, 1924, 1946, 1928, 1930 |
7th |
1923–1933 |
Edward G. Breen |
1908–1991 |
Democratic |
1948, 1950 |
3rd |
1949–1951 |
Scott A. Breen |
|
|
1980 |
1st |
|
Walter E. Brehm |
1892–1971 |
Republican |
1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950 |
11th |
1943–1953 |
Jerome A. Brentar |
|
Independent |
1994 |
19th |
|
Edward H. Brink |
|
Democratic |
1932 |
1st |
|
Newt Bronson |
|
Democratic |
1920 |
5th |
|
Clarence J. Brown Sr. |
1893–1965 |
Republican |
1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962 |
7th |
1939–1965 |
Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr. |
1927— |
Republican |
1965s, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980 |
7th |
1965–1983 |
Kathryn E. Brown |
|
Libertarian |
1982 |
3rd |
|
Ken D. Brown |
|
Republican |
1992 |
9th |
|
Robert N. Brumbaugh |
|
Republican |
1936 |
3rd |
|
Dwight E. Bryan |
|
Republican |
2000 |
9th |
|
John M. Buchanan |
|
Democratic |
1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 |
10th |
|
H. Kent Bumpass |
|
Democratic |
1974 |
10th |
|
Regina Burch |
|
Natural Law |
2000 |
3rd |
|
Raymond H. Burke |
1881–1954 |
Republican |
1946, 1948 |
3rd |
1947–1949 |
Thomas H. Burke |
1904–1959 |
Democratic |
1948, 1950, 1952 |
9th |
1949–1951 |
Timothy M. Burke |
|
Democratic |
1976 |
1st |
|
Thomas E. Burkhart |
|
Democratic |
1990 |
4th |
|
John W. Bush |
|
Democratic |
1944 |
6th |
|
Bill Buskel |
|
Independent |
1990 |
14th |
|
Russell G. Butcke |
|
American Independent |
1970 |
3rd |
|
John L. Cable |
1884–1971 |
Republican |
1920, 1922, 1928, 1930, 1932 |
5th |
1921–1925, 1929–1933 |
Richard Cadle |
|
Constitution Party |
2010 |
6th |
|
Capri Cafaro |
1977- |
Democratic |
2004 |
14th |
|
James Cahaney |
|
Natural Law |
1996 |
17th |
|
Dennis M. Callahan |
|
Democratic |
1972 |
11th |
|
Delmar A. Canaday |
|
Democratic |
1948, 1952 |
10th |
|
Jean Murrell Capers |
|
Libertarian |
1998 |
11th |
|
Richard A. Carne |
|
Democratic |
2002 |
3rd |
|
John L. Cashim |
|
Democratic |
1944 |
7th |
|
Robert E. Cecile |
|
Democratic |
1968 |
7th |
|
John O. Celusta |
|
Republican |
1964 |
9th |
|
Steve Chabot |
|
Republican |
1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 |
1st |
1995–present |
William W. Chalmers |
1861–1944 |
Republican |
1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928 |
9th |
1921–1923, 1925–1931 |
Thomas R. Chandler |
|
Democratic |
1992, 1996 |
2nd |
|
Margaret Chitti |
|
Natural Law |
1996 |
18th |
|
Michael Chmura |
|
Libertarian |
2000 |
13th |
|
Donald D. Clancy |
1921— |
Republican |
1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976 |
2nd |
1961–1977 |
Jim Clark |
|
Democratic |
2002 |
4th |
|
William P. Clarke |
|
Democratic |
1928 |
9th |
|
Harold K. Claypool |
1886–1958 |
Democratic |
1936, 1938, 1940, 1942 |
11th |
1937–1943 |
James H. Cleveland |
|
Democratic |
1928 |
2nd |
|
Cliff Clevenger |
1885–1960 |
Republican |
1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956 |
5th |
1939–1959 |
Michael D. Coffey |
|
Democratic |
1974 |
11th |
|
James Condit |
|
Constitution |
2004 & 2010 |
2nd& 8th |
|
Paul Conroy |
|
Libertarian |
2008 |
10th |
|
R. Clinton Cole |
1870–1957 |
Republican |
1918, 1920, 1922, 1924 |
8th |
1919–1925 |
Edward D. Colley |
|
|
1926 |
1st |
|
Oakley C. Collins |
|
Republican |
1960 |
10th |
|
Howard C. Cook |
|
Republican |
1960 |
9th |
|
Robert E. Cook |
1920–1988 |
Democratic |
1958, 1960, 1962 |
11th |
1959–1963 |
Robert M. Corry |
|
Democratic |
1956 |
8th |
|
Patricia A. Cortez |
|
Independent |
1976 |
13th |
|
John A. Corwin |
1818-1863 |
Democratic |
1848, 1850 |
4th |
|
Moses Bledso Corwin |
1790-1872 |
Whig |
1848, 1852 |
4th, 8th |
1849-1851, 1853-1855 |
William Crabbe |
|
Independent |
1976 |
18th |
|
John Cranley |
|
Democratic |
2000 |
1st |
|
H. L. Crary |
|
Democratic |
1930 |
10th |
|
Mark A. Crawford |
|
|
1934 |
6th |
|
Clem T. Cratty |
|
Democratic |
1986 |
4th |
|
Frank A. Cremeans |
1943–2003 |
Republican |
1994, 1996 |
6th |
1995–1997 |
Harry B. Crewson |
|
Democratic |
1968 |
10th |
|
Lyman R. Critchfield |
1831-1917 |
Democratic |
1868 |
14th |
|
Ron Crutcher |
|
Republican |
1986, 1988 |
3rd |
|
William J. Curry |
|
Democratic |
1950 |
10th |
|
D–F
Name |
Life dates |
Party |
Candidate |
District |
Term(s) of service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albert L. Daniels |
|
Republican |
1934, 1956 |
6th |
|
Lou D'Apolitoa |
|
Independent |
2000 |
17th |
|
Oral Daugherty |
|
Democratic |
1942 |
10th |
|
Susan Davenport Darrow |
|
Democratic |
1998 |
5th |
|
C. W. Davis |
|
Democratic |
1926 |
9th |
|
Francis G. Davis |
|
Democratic |
1946 |
2nd |
|
Gladys E. Davis |
|
Democratic |
1960s |
6th |
|
Jacob E. Davis |
1905–2003 |
Democratic |
1940, 1942 |
6th |
1941–1943 |
Peter W. Davis |
|
Republican |
1992 |
3rd |
|
Ray W. Davis |
|
Republican |
1940 |
11th |
|
David S. Dennison Jr. |
1918–2001 |
Republican |
1956, 1958, 1960 |
11th |
1957–1959 |
James W. Denver |
1817-1892 |
Democratic |
1870, 1884, 1886 |
6th, 8th, 12th |
|
Alfred R. Deptula |
|
|
1978 |
3rd |
|
James T. Dewan |
|
Democratic |
1956 |
2nd |
|
R. Michael DeWine |
1947— |
Republican |
1982, 1984, 1986, 1988 |
7th |
1983–1991 |
Daniel L. Dickman |
|
Democratic |
2000 |
4th |
|
Michael V. DiSalle |
|
Democratic |
1946 |
9th |
|
Joseph A. Dixon |
|
Democratic |
1936, 1938, 1940 |
1st |
1937–1939 |
Frank Doden |
|
|
2002 |
7th |
|
Patrick James Donlan |
|
Democratic |
1978, 1980 |
11th |
|
Clinton G. Dorsey |
|
Democratic |
1976 |
4th |
|
Godwin Volney Dorsey |
1812-1885 |
Democratic |
1854, 1856 |
4th |
|
Thomas M. Dowd |
|
Democratic |
1954 |
8th |
|
Don Driehaus |
1886–1936 |
Democratic |
1968 |
2nd |
|
Warren J. Duffey |
1886–1936 |
Democratic |
1932, 1934 |
9th |
1933–1936 |
Renick W. Dunlap |
|
Republican |
1934 |
11th |
|
Andrew T. Durbin |
|
Democratic |
1948 |
8th |
|
Paul F. Dye |
|
Democratic |
1920 |
7th |
|
David Easton |
|
Constitution |
2010 |
7th |
|
Eric Eberly |
|
Libertarian |
2012 |
5th |
|
Dennis E. Eckart |
1950— |
Democratic |
1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 |
11th |
1981–1993 |
Don Elijah Eckhart |
|
Independent |
2008 |
15th |
|
Barbara Edelman |
|
Natural Law |
1996 |
12th |
|
Dannie Edmon |
|
Democratic |
2000 |
5th |
|
Bruce Edwards |
|
Democratic |
1972, 1974, 1976 |
5th |
|
Kenneth Eggert |
|
Communist |
1934 |
9th |
|
Carl H. Ehl |
|
Democratic |
1944, 1946 |
7th |
|
Richard Ehrbar |
|
Libertarian |
2012 |
3rd |
|
Martin Elsass |
|
Libertarian |
2010 |
6th |
|
Charles H. Elston |
|
Republican |
1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950 |
1st |
1939–1953 |
Edward S. Emery |
|
Republican |
1976, 1978, 1980, 1998, 2002 |
9th |
|
Toby Elizabeth Emmerich |
|
|
1980 |
9th |
|
Arthur Espy |
|
Democratic |
1928 |
1st |
|
G. Andrews Espy |
|
Democratic |
1946 |
1st |
|
Rollin H. Everett |
|
Democratic |
1950 |
1st |
|
Martin A. Evers |
|
Democratic |
1962 |
3rd |
|
Martin W. Feigert |
|
Democratic |
1954 |
5th |
|
Barbara Anne Ferris |
|
Independent |
2004 |
10th |
|
Simeon D. Fess |
1861–1936 |
Republican |
1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920 |
7th |
1913–1923 |
Harold B. Festerly |
|
American |
1976 |
16th |
|
Carleton C. Finkbeiner Jr. |
|
Republican |
1974, 1976 |
9th |
|
John C. Fisher |
|
|
1938 |
4th |
|
Chester P. Fitch |
|
Republican |
1940 |
6th |
|
Bob Fitrakis |
1955- |
Democratic |
1992 |
12th |
|
Roy G. Fitzgerald |
1875–1962 |
Republican |
1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930 |
3rd |
1921–1931 |
William T. Fitzgerald |
1858–1939 |
Republican |
1924, 1926 |
4th |
1925–1929 |
T. Brooks Fletcher |
1879–1945 |
Democratic |
1924, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1942 |
8th |
1925–1929, 1933–1939 |
Gilmore Flues |
|
Republican |
1952 |
9th |
|
Martin Dewey Follett |
1826-1911 |
Democratic |
1866, 1868 |
15th |
|
Manning Force |
1824-1899 |
Republican |
1876 |
1st |
|
Israel M. Foster |
1873–1950 |
Republican |
1918, 1920, 1922 |
10th |
1919–1925 |
John T. Francis |
|
Democratic |
1984 |
8th |
|
Dorothy Franke |
|
Democratic |
1972, 1974, 1976 |
7th |
|
Eli G. Frankenstein |
|
|
1920 |
1st |
|
Galen Fries |
|
Libertarian |
2000 |
9th |
|
G
Name |
Life dates |
Party |
Candidate |
District |
Term(s) of service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William N. Gableman |
|
Democratic |
1922 |
6th |
|
Lynn Galonsky |
|
|
1976 |
9th |
|
Warren Gard |
1873–1929 |
Democratic |
1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1922 |
3rd |
|
Edward J. Gardner |
1898–1950 |
Democratic |
1944, 1946 |
3rd |
1945–1947 |
Virgil M. Gase |
|
Democratic |
1958, 1960 |
8th |
|
Clarence M. Gauger |
|
|
1920 |
3rd |
|
Francis E. Gaul |
|
Democratic |
1994 |
10th |
|
James L. Gehrlich |
|
Democratic |
1974 |
4th |
|
William K. Gernheuser |
|
Republican |
1958 |
9th |
|
William Harvey Gibson |
1817-1892 |
Republican |
1868 |
9th |
|
John J. Gilligan |
|
Democratic |
1964, 1966 |
1st |
1965–1967 |
Paul E. Gillmor |
1939— |
Republican |
1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 |
5th |
1989–present |
Don Gingerich |
|
|
1974 |
8th |
|
Sonja K. Glavina |
|
Natural Law |
1996, 2000 |
11th |
|
Arnold Gleisser |
|
Independent |
1980 & 1984 |
19th&22nd |
|
J. Henry Goeke |
1869-1930 |
Democratic |
1910, 1912, 1922 |
4th |
1911-1915 |
William Goforth |
1731-1807 |
Democratic-Republican |
1803 |
At-Large |
|
Ben J. Goldman |
|
Democratic |
1950 |
7th |
|
Jeff Goggins |
|
Libertarian |
2010 |
10th |
|
Willis D. Gradison Jr. |
1928— |
Republican |
1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992 |
1st, 2nd |
1975–1993 |
Brad Graef |
|
Natural Law |
1996 & 2000 |
16th |
|
Jerry R. Graham |
|
Democratic |
1964 |
7th |
|
John F. Green |
|
Libertarian |
2000, 2002 |
5th |
|
John W. Griffin |
|
Democratic |
1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998 |
4th, 8th |
|
David A. Groshoff |
|
|
2000 |
1st |
|
Stephen Grote |
|
Republican |
1992 |
1st |
|
Edward Gudenas |
|
|
1992 |
11th |
|
Fred H. Guthery |
|
Democratic |
1920 |
8th |
|
Tennyson Guyer |
1913–1981 |
Republican |
1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980 |
4th |
1973–1981 |