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Ohio's 12th congressional district

73 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Troy Balderson R.

Holders
73
34 R · 24 D · 8 W · 3 J · 2 A · 1 U · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
16 years
John Martin Vorys
Current
8.1 years
Troy Balderson, since Sep 5, 2018
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Sloane · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04John Sloane · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJohn Sloane · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJohn Thomson · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJohn Thomson · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonRobert Mitchell · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonElias Howell · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigAlexander Harper · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJonathan Taylor · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Mathiot · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigSamuel Finley Vinton · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigSamuel Finley Vinton · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigSamuel Finley Vinton · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigSamuel Finley Vinton · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJohn Welch · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigEdson Baldwin Olds · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Galloway · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edward Finck · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edward Finck · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratPhiladelph Van Trump · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edward Finck · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratAnsel Tracy Walling · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratThomas Ewing · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratHenry Safford Neal · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Leroy Converse · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratAlphonso Hart · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Clifton Thompson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Joseph Pugsley · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Joseph Pugsley · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Enochs · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hodson Outhwaite · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratDavid Kemper Watson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Jacob Lentz · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Jacob Lentz · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratEmmett Tompkins · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanDe Witt Clinton Badger · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratEdward Livingston Taylor Jr. · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Livingston Taylor Jr. · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Livingston Taylor Jr. · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Livingston Taylor Jr. · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanClement Laird Brumbaugh · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratClement Laird Brumbaugh · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratClement Laird Brumbaugh · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratClement Laird Brumbaugh · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn Charles Speaks · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Charles Speaks · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Charles Speaks · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJohn Charles Speaks · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Charles Speaks · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Philip Lamneck · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratArthur Philip Lamneck · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratJohn Martin Vorys · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Leeper Devine · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Leeper Devine · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Leeper Devine · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Leeper Devine · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Leeper Devine · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Leeper Devine · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Norton Shamansky · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratJohn R. Kasich · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJohn R. Kasich · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn R. Kasich · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · RepublicanPatrick J. Tiberi · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanPatrick J. Tiberi · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanPatrick J. Tiberi · 2015-01-06 – 2018-01-16 · RepublicanTroy Balderson · 2018-09-05 – present · RepublicanHugh Judge Jewett · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratJohn Martin Vorys · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJohn R. Kasich · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanPatrick J. Tiberi · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · Republican
Troy Balderson R
Sep 5, 2018 – present · 8.1 years
Patrick J. Tiberi R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 16, 2018 · 3 years
Patrick J. Tiberi R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Patrick J. Tiberi R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Patrick J. Tiberi R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
John R. Kasich R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
John R. Kasich R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John R. Kasich R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
John R. Kasich R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Robert Norton Shamansky D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Samuel Leeper Devine R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Samuel Leeper Devine R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Samuel Leeper Devine R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Samuel Leeper Devine R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Samuel Leeper Devine R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Samuel Leeper Devine R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Martin Vorys R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
John Martin Vorys R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Arthur Philip Lamneck D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Arthur Philip Lamneck D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Charles Speaks R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
John Charles Speaks R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Charles Speaks R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Charles Speaks R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Charles Speaks R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Clement Laird Brumbaugh D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Clement Laird Brumbaugh D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Clement Laird Brumbaugh D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Clement Laird Brumbaugh D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
De Witt Clinton Badger D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Emmett Tompkins R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Jacob Lentz D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Jacob Lentz D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
David Kemper Watson R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Henry Enochs R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Jacob Joseph Pugsley R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Jacob Joseph Pugsley R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Albert Clifton Thompson R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Alphonso Hart R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Leroy Converse D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Henry Safford Neal R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas Ewing D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Ansel Tracy Walling D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Edward Finck D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Hugh Judge Jewett D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Philadelph Van Trump D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
William Edward Finck D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
William Edward Finck D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Samuel Galloway IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Edson Baldwin Olds D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Welch W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Samuel Finley Vinton W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Samuel Finley Vinton W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Samuel Finley Vinton W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Samuel Finley Vinton W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Joshua Mathiot W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Jonathan Taylor D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Alexander Harper W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Elias Howell W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Robert Mitchell J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Thomson J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John Thomson J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Sloane A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Sloane A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Sloane
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.