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Ohio's 5th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Bob Latta R–Bowling Green
Distribution	62.27% urban 37.73% rural
Population (2023)	790,574
Median household income	$70,357
Ethnicity	83.9% White 7.3% Hispanic 3.7% Two or more races 3.7% Black 0.9% Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+15

Ohio's 5th congressional district is in northwestern and north central Ohio and borders Indiana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bob Latta.

Geography

Counties

• Crawford
• Hancock
• Henry
• Huron
• Lorain
• Mercer
• Paulding
• Putnam
• Seneca
• Van Wert
• Wood (partial)
• Wyandot (partial)

List of largest municipalities

The largest municipalities represented in this district include:

• Lorain, population 65,211
• Elyria, population 52,656
• Findlay, population 40,313
• North Ridgeville, population 35,280
• Bowling Green, population 30,808
• Avon Lake, population 25,206
• Avon, population 24,847
• Tiffin, population 17,706
• Norwalk, population 17,068
• Fostoria(*), population 13,046
• Amherst, population 12,681
• Bucyrus, population 11,684
• Van Wert, population 11,092
• Celina, population 10,935
• Galion(*), population 10,453

(*) Denotes that area of the city is located in another congressional district.

Election results from statewide races

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1813
James Kilbourne (Worthington)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
Philemon Beecher (Lancaster)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
Joseph Vance (Urbana)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 4th district.
John Wilson Campbell (West Union)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired.
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
William Russell (West Union)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Lost re-election.
Thomas L. Hamer (Georgetown)	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
William Doan (Withamsville)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Retired.
Emery D. Potter (Toledo)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.
William Sawyer (St. Marys)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Lost re-election.
Emery D. Potter (Toledo)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing]
Alfred Edgerton (Hicksville)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. [data missing]
Richard Mott (Toledo)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. [data missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
James Mitchell Ashley (Toledo)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Francis Celeste Le Blond (Celina)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data missing]
William Mungen (Findlay)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing]
Charles Nelson Lamison (Lima)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. [data missing]
Americus Vespucius Rice (Ottawa)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data missing]
Benjamin Le Fevre (Sidney)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 4th district.
George E. Seney (Tiffin)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Benjamin Le Fevre (Maplewood)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1884. [data missing]
George E. Seney (Tiffin)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing]
Fernando C. Layton (Wapakoneta)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Dennis D. Donovan (Deshler)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1892. [data missing]
Francis B. De Witt (Paulding)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. [data missing]
David Meekison (Napoleon)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.
John S. Snook (Paulding)	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Retired.
William W. Campbell (Napoleon)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected in 1904. Lost re-election.
Timothy T. Ansberry (Defiance)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 9, 1915	60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned when appointed to the Ohio Court of Appeals.
Vacant		January 9, 1915 – March 3, 1915	63rd
Nelson E. Matthews (Ottawa)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data missing]
John S. Snook (Paulding)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. Retired.
Charles J. Thompson (Defiance)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
Frank C. Kniffin (Napoleon)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939	72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Cliff Clevenger (Bryan)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Retired.
Del Latta (Bowling Green)	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1989	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1958. Re-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. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
Paul Gillmor (Old Fort)	Republican	January 3, 1989 – September 5, 2007	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Died.
Vacant		September 5, 2007 – December 11, 2007	110th
Bob Latta (Bowling Green)	Republican	December 11, 2007 – present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected to finish Gillmor's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.

Election results

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

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

Historical district boundaries

See also

• Ohio's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007

References

1. Geography. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based) Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
2. ^ "My Congressional District". US Census. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
4. "U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000" (PDF). census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
5. Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
6. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
7. "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

• 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

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