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Ohio's 6th congressional district

86 members have held this seat since May 24, 1813. Now: Michael A. Rulli R.

Holders
86
45 R · 30 D · 6 W · 2 A · 1 U · 1 J · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
James Gould Polk
Current
2.3 years
Michael A. Rulli, since Jun 11, 2024
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Reasin Beall · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Clendenin · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Hitchcock · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Sloane · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Sloane · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanDuncan McArthur · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04John Thomson · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonFrancis Swaine Muhlenberg · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsWilliam Creighton Jr. · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Creighton Jr. · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Finley Vinton · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · WhigSamuel Finley Vinton · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigCalvary Morris · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigCalvary Morris · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigCalvary Morris · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigHenry St. John · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratHenry St. John · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratRodolphus Dickinson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Bell · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigFrederick William Green · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Ellison · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJonas Reece Emrie · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJoseph Randolph Cockerill · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Howard · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratChilton Allen White · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratChilton Allen White · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratReader Wright Clarke · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Armstrong Smith · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac R. Sherwood · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Hunt Hurd · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJacob Dolson Cox · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam David Hill · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJames Monroe Ritchie · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam David Hill · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam David Hill · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratMelvin Morella Boothman · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanMelvin Morella Boothman · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanDennis D. Donovan · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Hulick · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Hulick · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanSeth W. Brown · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanSeth W. Brown · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Quinn Hildebrant · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Quinn Hildebrant · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Edmund Scroggy · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanMatthew Rombach Denver · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratMatthew Rombach Denver · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratMatthew Rombach Denver · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratSimeon Davison Fess · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Cyrus Kearns · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Cyrus Kearns · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Cyrus Kearns · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Cyrus Kearns · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Cyrus Kearns · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Cyrus Kearns · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCharles Cyrus Kearns · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Cyrus Kearns · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJames Gould Polk · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJames Gould Polk · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratEdward Oscar McCowen · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanWard MacLaughlin Miller · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Howard Harsha · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Howard Harsha · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Howard Harsha · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Howard Harsha · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Howard Harsha · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · RepublicanBob McEwen · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanBob McEwen · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanTed Strickland · 1993-01-05 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratFrank Cremeans · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanTed Strickland · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratTed Strickland · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratTed Strickland · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · DemocratCharles A. Wilson · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratCharles A. Wilson · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratBill Johnson · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanBill Johnson · 2015-01-06 – 2024-01-22 · RepublicanMichael A. Rulli · 2024-06-11 – present · RepublicanDavid Clendenin · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Creighton Jr. · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsRodolphus Dickinson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJacob Erastus Davis · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJames Gould Polk · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJames Gould Polk · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratAmos Eastman Wood · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Howard Harsha · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · Republican
Michael A. Rulli R
Jun 11, 2024 – present · 2.3 years
Bill Johnson R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 22, 2024 · 9 years
Bill Johnson R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Charles A. Wilson D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Charles A. Wilson D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Ted Strickland D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Ted Strickland D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Ted Strickland D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Frank Cremeans R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Ted Strickland D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1995 · 2 years
Bob McEwen R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Bob McEwen R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
William Howard Harsha R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
William Howard Harsha R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Howard Harsha R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
William Howard Harsha R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Howard Harsha R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Howard Harsha R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Ward MacLaughlin Miller R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
James Gould Polk D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
James Gould Polk D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Edward Oscar McCowen R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Jacob Erastus Davis D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
James Gould Polk D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
James Gould Polk D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Simeon Davison Fess R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Matthew Rombach Denver D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Matthew Rombach Denver D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Matthew Rombach Denver D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Thomas Edmund Scroggy R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Charles Quinn Hildebrant R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Charles Quinn Hildebrant R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Seth W. Brown R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Seth W. Brown R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
George Washington Hulick R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
George Washington Hulick R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Dennis D. Donovan D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Melvin Morella Boothman R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Melvin Morella Boothman R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William David Hill D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William David Hill D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
James Monroe Ritchie R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William David Hill D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Jacob Dolson Cox R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Frank Hunt Hurd D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Isaac R. Sherwood R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Armstrong Smith R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Reader Wright Clarke R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Chilton Allen White D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Chilton Allen White D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Howard D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Jonas Reece Emrie IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Andrew Ellison D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Frederick William Green D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Bell W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Rodolphus Dickinson D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Amos Eastman Wood D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Rodolphus Dickinson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Henry St. John D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Henry St. John D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Calvary Morris W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Calvary Morris W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Calvary Morris W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Samuel Finley Vinton W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Samuel Finley Vinton W
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
William Creighton Jr. R
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
William Creighton Jr. R
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Francis Swaine Muhlenberg A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
William Creighton Jr. A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Thomson J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Duncan McArthur
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Sloane R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
John Sloane R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Peter Hitchcock R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
David Clendenin R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Reasin Beall R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
David Clendenin R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

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