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Ohio's 16th congressional district

75 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
75
44 R · 22 D · 6 W · 1 AM · 1 ID · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Ralph Regula
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/oh-16Every holder, newest first
+75
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Elisha Whittlesey · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti MasonicElisha Whittlesey · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigElisha Whittlesey · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJoshua Reed Giddings · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJoshua Reed Giddings · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJames Mathews · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn D. Cummins · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn D. Cummins · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratMoses Hoagland · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Johnson · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · Ind. DemocratEdward Ball · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigEdward Ball · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratCydnor Bailey Tompkins · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanCydnor Bailey Tompkins · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Parker Cutler · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Worthington White · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratJohn Armor Bingham · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanLorenzo Danford · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanLorenzo Danford · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanLorenzo Danford · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam McKinley Jr. · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Taylor Updegraff · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanBeriah Wilkins · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Geddes · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratBeriah Wilkins · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJames W. Owens · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratLewis Philip Ohliger · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Jackson Pearson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratLorenzo Danford · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanLorenzo Danford · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanLorenzo Danford · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph John Gill · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph John Gill · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanCapell Lane Weems · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCapell Lane Weems · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Adams Hollingsworth · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Bates Francis · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bates Francis · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratRoscoe Conkling McCulloch · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanRoscoe Conkling McCulloch · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanRoscoe Conkling McCulloch · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hendrix Himes · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJohn McSweeney · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJohn McSweeney · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJohn McSweeney · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratCharles Blaine McClintock · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Blaine McClintock · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Richard Thom · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Richard Thom · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratHenderson Haverfield Carson · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanHenderson Haverfield Carson · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Townsend Bow · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Townsend Bow · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Townsend Bow · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Townsend Bow · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Townsend Bow · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Regula · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Regula · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Regula · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Regula · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Regula · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Regula · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJohn A. Boccieri · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratJames B. Renacci · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJames B. Renacci · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanJoshua Reed Giddings · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJoseph Danner Taylor · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJohn George Warwick · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJoseph John Gill · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanCapell Lane Weems · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames Seccombe · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Richard Thom · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJohn McSweeney · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratRalph Regula · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanAnthony Gonzalez · 2019-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · Republican
Anthony Gonzalez R
Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 4, 2023 · 4 years
James B. Renacci R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
James B. Renacci R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
John A. Boccieri D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Ralph Regula R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Ralph Regula R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Ralph Regula R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Ralph Regula R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Ralph Regula R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Ralph Regula R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Ralph Regula R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Frank Townsend Bow R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Frank Townsend Bow R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Frank Townsend Bow R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Frank Townsend Bow R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Frank Townsend Bow R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
John McSweeney D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Henderson Haverfield Carson R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
William Richard Thom D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Henderson Haverfield Carson R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
William Richard Thom D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
James Seccombe R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
William Richard Thom D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Charles Blaine McClintock R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles Blaine McClintock R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
John McSweeney D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John McSweeney D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John McSweeney D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Joseph Hendrix Himes R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Bates Francis D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Bates Francis D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
David Adams Hollingsworth R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Capell Lane Weems R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Capell Lane Weems R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Joseph John Gill R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Capell Lane Weems R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Joseph John Gill R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Lorenzo Danford R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Joseph John Gill R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Lorenzo Danford R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Lorenzo Danford R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Albert Jackson Pearson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Lewis Philip Ohliger D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John George Warwick D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James W. Owens D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Beriah Wilkins D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
George Washington Geddes D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Beriah Wilkins D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Joseph Danner Taylor R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William McKinley Jr. R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Lorenzo Danford R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Lorenzo Danford R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Lorenzo Danford R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Armor Bingham R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
Joseph Worthington White D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Parker Cutler R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Edward Ball IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Edward Ball W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Johnson ID
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Moses Hoagland D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John D. Cummins D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John D. Cummins D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
James Mathews D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Joshua Reed Giddings W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Joshua Reed Giddings W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Elisha Whittlesey W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Joshua Reed Giddings W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Elisha Whittlesey W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Elisha Whittlesey AM
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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