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Ohio's 4th congressional district

80 members have held this seat since May 24, 1813. Now: Jim Jordan R.

Holders
80
36 R · 27 D · 11 W · 3 AJ · 2 A · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
12 years
William Moore McCulloch
Current
12 years
Jim Jordan, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/oh-4Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Caldwell · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJames Caldwell · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Herrick · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Herrick · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Chambers · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Vance · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJoseph Vance · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJoseph Vance · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJoseph Vance · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJoseph Vance · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti JacksonianThomas Corwin · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · WhigThomas Corwin · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigThomas Corwin · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJeremiah Morrow · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJeremiah Morrow · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJoseph Vance · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJoseph Vance · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigRichard Sprigg Canby · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigMoses Bledso Corwin · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigBenjamin Stanton · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigMatthias H. Nichols · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratMatthias H. Nichols · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratMatthias H. Nichols · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Allen · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Allen · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJohn Franklin McKinney · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lawrence · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Franklin McKinney · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratLewis B. Gunckel · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJohn A. McMahon · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn A. McMahon · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Warren Keifer · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanEmanuel Shultz · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Le Fevre · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCharles Marley Anderson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratSamuel S. Yoder · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratSamuel S. Yoder · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratMartin Kissinger Gantz · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratFernando Coello Layton · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratFernando Coello Layton · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Alexander Marshall · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratRobert Bryarly Gordon · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratRobert Bryarly Gordon · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratHarvey Cable Garber · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratHarvey Cable Garber · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ellsworth Tou Velle · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ellsworth Tou Velle · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Goeke · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Goeke · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Edward Russell · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Welty · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Welty · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn Levi Cable · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Levi Cable · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Thomas Fitzgerald · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam Thomas Fitzgerald · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Levi Cable · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Levi Cable · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Le Blond Kloeb · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratWalter Hugh Albaugh · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Franklin Jones · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Moore McCulloch · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Moore McCulloch · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Moore McCulloch · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Moore McCulloch · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanTennyson Guyer · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanTennyson Guyer · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanMichael G. Oxley · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanMichael G. Oxley · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanMichael G. Oxley · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanMichael G. Oxley · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanJim Jordan · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJim Jordan · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJim Jordan · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanThomas Corwin · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigFrank Le Blond Kloeb · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Moore McCulloch · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanTennyson Guyer · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanMichael G. Oxley · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Franklin Jones · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · Republican
Jim Jordan R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Jim Jordan R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Jim Jordan R
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Michael G. Oxley R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Michael G. Oxley R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Michael G. Oxley R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Michael G. Oxley R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Michael G. Oxley R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Tennyson Guyer R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Tennyson Guyer R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Tennyson Guyer R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
William Moore McCulloch R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
William Moore McCulloch R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Moore McCulloch R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Moore McCulloch R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Moore McCulloch R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Robert Franklin Jones R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Robert Franklin Jones R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Walter Hugh Albaugh R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Frank Le Blond Kloeb D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Frank Le Blond Kloeb D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
John Levi Cable R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Levi Cable R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Thomas Fitzgerald R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Thomas Fitzgerald R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Levi Cable R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Levi Cable R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Benjamin Franklin Welty D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Benjamin Franklin Welty D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Joshua Edward Russell R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Henry Goeke D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Henry Goeke D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Ellsworth Tou Velle D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Ellsworth Tou Velle D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Harvey Cable Garber D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Harvey Cable Garber D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Robert Bryarly Gordon D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Robert Bryarly Gordon D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
George Alexander Marshall D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Fernando Coello Layton D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Fernando Coello Layton D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Martin Kissinger Gantz D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Samuel S. Yoder D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Samuel S. Yoder D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Marley Anderson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Benjamin Le Fevre D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Emanuel Shultz R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Joseph Warren Keifer R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John A. McMahon D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John A. McMahon D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Lewis B. Gunckel R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Franklin McKinney D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Lawrence R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
John Franklin McKinney D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Allen D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Allen D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Matthias H. Nichols R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Matthias H. Nichols IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Matthias H. Nichols D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Benjamin Stanton W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Moses Bledso Corwin W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Richard Sprigg Canby W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Joseph Vance W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Joseph Vance W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Jeremiah Morrow W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Jeremiah Morrow W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Thomas Corwin W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Thomas Corwin W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Thomas Corwin W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Thomas Corwin W
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Joseph Vance AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Joseph Vance AJ
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Joseph Vance A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Joseph Vance A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Joseph Vance AJ
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
David Chambers R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Samuel Herrick R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Samuel Herrick R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
James Caldwell R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
James Caldwell R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

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