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Ohio's 2nd congressional district

86 members have held this seat since May 24, 1813. Now: David J. Taylor R.

Holders
86
55 R · 17 D · 5 W · 3 J · 2 A · 1 U · 1 IRD · 1 IR · 1 LR
Longest tenure
10 years
Brad R. Wenstrup
Current
21 months
David J. Taylor, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/oh-2Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Alexander · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alexander · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wilson Campbell · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wilson Campbell · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wilson Campbell · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Randolph Ross · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04John Woods · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJohn Woods · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJames Shields · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonThomas Corwin · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · WhigTaylor Webster · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonTaylor Webster · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonTaylor Webster · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJohn B. Weller · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJohn B. Weller · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJohn B. Weller · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Alanson Cunningham · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratDavid Fisher · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigLewis Davis Campbell · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigLewis Davis Campbell · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJohn Scott Harrison · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigJohn Scott Harrison · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratWilliam Slocum Groesbeck · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Addison Gurley · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Addison Gurley · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Long · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratRutherford Birchard Hayes · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Fenton Cary · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · Ind. RepublicanJob Evans Stevenson · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Blackstone Banning · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · Liberal RepublicanHenry Blackstone Banning · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratHenry Blackstone Banning · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratThomas Lowry Young · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Lowry Young · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac M. Jordan · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCharles Elwood Brown · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Elwood Brown · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alexander Caldwell · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alexander Caldwell · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alexander Caldwell · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Henry Bromwell · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Henry Bromwell · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Henry Bromwell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Henry Bromwell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Philip Goebel · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Philip Goebel · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Philip Goebel · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Philip Goebel · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Gaither Allen · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Gaither Allen · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Gaither Allen · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratVictor Heintz · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanAmbrose Everett Burnside Stephens · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanAmbrose Everett Burnside Stephens · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanAmbrose Everett Burnside Stephens · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanAmbrose Everett Burnside Stephens · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCharles Tatgenhorst Jr. · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Emil Hess · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Emil Hess · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Emil Hess · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanHerbert Seely Bigelow · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Emil Hess · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Emil Hess · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Emil Hess · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Daniel Clancy · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Daniel Clancy · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Daniel Clancy · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Daniel Clancy · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Andrew Luken · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratThomas Andrew Luken · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratWillis David Gradison Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-02-01 · RepublicanRob Portman · 1993-05-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanRob Portman · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanRob Portman · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRob Portman · 2003-01-07 – 2005-04-30 · RepublicanJean Schmidt · 2005-09-06 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJean Schmidt · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanBrad R. Wenstrup · 2015-01-06 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanRutherford Birchard Hayes · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Henry Bromwell · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Emil Hess · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanEarl Thomas Wagner · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratDonald Daniel Clancy · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanWillis David Gradison Jr. · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanBrad R. Wenstrup · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanDavid J. Taylor · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
David J. Taylor R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Brad R. Wenstrup R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2025 · 10 years
Brad R. Wenstrup R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Jean Schmidt R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Jean Schmidt R
Sep 6, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 3.3 years
Rob Portman R
Jan 7, 2003 – Apr 30, 2005 · 2.3 years
Rob Portman R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Rob Portman R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Rob Portman R
May 4, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 3.7 years
Willis David Gradison Jr. R
Jan 6, 1987 – Feb 1, 1993 · 6.1 years
Willis David Gradison Jr. R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Thomas Andrew Luken D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Thomas Andrew Luken D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Donald Daniel Clancy R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Donald Daniel Clancy R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Donald Daniel Clancy R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Donald Daniel Clancy R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Donald Daniel Clancy R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
William Emil Hess R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
William Emil Hess R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Earl Thomas Wagner D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
William Emil Hess R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
William Emil Hess R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Herbert Seely Bigelow D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
William Emil Hess R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
William Emil Hess R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Emil Hess R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles Tatgenhorst Jr. R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Victor Heintz R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Alfred Gaither Allen D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Alfred Gaither Allen D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Alfred Gaither Allen D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Herman Philip Goebel R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Herman Philip Goebel R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Herman Philip Goebel R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Herman Philip Goebel R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Jacob Henry Bromwell R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Jacob Henry Bromwell R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Jacob Henry Bromwell R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Jacob Henry Bromwell R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Alexander Caldwell R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Jacob Henry Bromwell R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Alexander Caldwell R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Alexander Caldwell R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Elwood Brown R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Elwood Brown R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Isaac M. Jordan D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Thomas Lowry Young R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Thomas Lowry Young R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Henry Blackstone Banning D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Henry Blackstone Banning D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Henry Blackstone Banning LR
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Job Evans Stevenson R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Samuel Fenton Cary IR
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Alexander Long D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Addison Gurley R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Addison Gurley R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Slocum Groesbeck D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Scott Harrison IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Scott Harrison W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Lewis Davis Campbell W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Lewis Davis Campbell W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
David Fisher W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Francis Alanson Cunningham D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John B. Weller D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John B. Weller D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John B. Weller D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Taylor Webster D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Taylor Webster J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Taylor Webster J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Thomas Corwin W
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
James Shields J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Woods A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Woods A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Thomas Randolph Ross
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Wilson Campbell R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
John Wilson Campbell R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
John Wilson Campbell R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
John Alexander R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
John Alexander R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

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