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Ohio's 17th congressional district

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

Holders
69
34 D · 30 R · 2 J · 2 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
16 years
J. Harry McGregor
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/oh-17Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Thomson · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn Thomson · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonCharles Dustin Coffin · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJohn Hastings · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hastings · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cochran McCauslen · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Fries · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Fries · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Cable · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Cable · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratWilson Shannon · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratCharles Jefferson Albright · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratWilliam Lawrence · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratThomas Clarke Theaker · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJames Remley Morris · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratEphraim Ralph Eckley · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanEphraim Ralph Eckley · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJacob A. Ambler · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanLaurin Dewey Woodworth · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanLaurin Dewey Woodworth · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam McKinley Jr. · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJames Monroe · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam McKinley Jr. · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Danner Taylor · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanAdoniram Judson Warner · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Danner Taylor · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Danner Taylor · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Jackson Pearson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Alexander Dudley Richards · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratAddison S. McClure · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Anderson McDowell · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Anderson McDowell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wilson Cassingham · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wilson Cassingham · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratMartin Luther Smyser · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Albert Ashbrook · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Albert Ashbrook · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Albert Ashbrook · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Albert Ashbrook · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Albert Ashbrook · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Albert Ashbrook · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Albert Ashbrook · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Mitchell Morgan · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Mitchell Morgan · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Mitchell Morgan · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam Mitchell Morgan · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Mitchell Morgan · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Franklin West · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratCharles Franklin West · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratJ. Harry McGregor · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJ. Harry McGregor · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Woodrow Levering · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratJohn Milan Ashbrook · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Milan Ashbrook · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Milan Ashbrook · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Milan Ashbrook · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Milan Ashbrook · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · RepublicanJean Spencer Ashbrook · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanJames A. Traficant Jr. · 1985-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJames A. Traficant Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJames A. Traficant Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJames A. Traficant Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2002-07-25 · DemocratTim Ryan · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratTim Ryan · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratAndrew Williams Loomis · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigWilliam Albert Ashbrook · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratJohn Milan Ashbrook · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Milan Ashbrook · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanLyle Williams · 1983-01-03 – 1985-01-04 · Republican
Tim Ryan D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Tim Ryan D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
James A. Traficant Jr. D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jul 25, 2002 · 3.5 years
James A. Traficant Jr. D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
James A. Traficant Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
James A. Traficant Jr. D
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 years
Lyle Williams R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1985 · 2 years
Jean Spencer Ashbrook R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
John Milan Ashbrook R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
John Milan Ashbrook R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
John Milan Ashbrook R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Milan Ashbrook R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Milan Ashbrook R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Milan Ashbrook R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John Milan Ashbrook R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Robert Woodrow Levering D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
J. Harry McGregor R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
J. Harry McGregor R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
William Albert Ashbrook D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
Charles Franklin West D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Charles Franklin West D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Mitchell Morgan R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Mitchell Morgan R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Mitchell Morgan R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Mitchell Morgan R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Mitchell Morgan R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Albert Ashbrook D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Albert Ashbrook D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Albert Ashbrook D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Albert Ashbrook D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Albert Ashbrook D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Albert Ashbrook D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Albert Ashbrook D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Martin Luther Smyser R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Wilson Cassingham D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Wilson Cassingham D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Anderson McDowell D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Anderson McDowell D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Addison S. McClure R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Alexander Dudley Richards D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Albert Jackson Pearson D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Joseph Danner Taylor R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Joseph Danner Taylor R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Adoniram Judson Warner D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Joseph Danner Taylor R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William McKinley Jr. R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Monroe R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William McKinley Jr. R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Jacob A. Ambler R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
James Remley Morris D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Thomas Clarke Theaker R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Lawrence D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Charles Jefferson Albright IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Wilson Shannon D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Joseph Cable D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Joseph Cable D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
George Fries D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
George Fries D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
William Cochran McCauslen D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John Hastings D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Hastings D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Charles Dustin Coffin W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Andrew Williams Loomis W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
John Thomson J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John Thomson J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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