Ohio's 21st congressional district

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The 21st congressional district of Ohio was a congressional district in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1990 census.

Ohio's 21st congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1840 1870
Eliminated	1860 1990
Years active	1843-1863 1883-1993

In its last decade, the district consisted of a large portion of eastern Cuyahoga county.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1843
Henry R. Brinkerhoff (Plymouth)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – April 30, 1844	28th	Elected in 1843. Died.
Vacant		April 30, 1844 – October 8, 1844	28th
Edward S. Hamlin (Elyria)	Whig	October 8, 1844 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected to finish Brinkerhoff's term. [data missing]
Joseph M. Root (Sandusky)	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th 31st	Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. [data missing]
	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Norton Strange Townshend (Avon)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data missing]
Andrew Stuart (Steubenville)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Lost re-election.
John Bingham (Cadiz)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th 37th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 16th district and lost re-election.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863
District dissolved March 3, 1863
District re-established March 4, 1883
Martin A. Foran (Cleveland)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	48th 49th 50th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired.
Theodore E. Burton (Cleveland)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
Tom L. Johnson (Cleveland)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
Theodore E. Burton (Cleveland)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1909	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		March 3, 1909 – April 20, 1909	60th 61st
James H. Cassidy (Cleveland)	Republican	April 20, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	Elected to finish Burton's term. [data missing]
Robert J. Bulkley (Cleveland)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. [data missing]
Robert Crosser (Cleveland)	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination.
John J. Babka (Cleveland)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Harry C. Gahn (Cleveland)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Robert Crosser (Cleveland)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Lost renomination.
Charles Vanik (Cleveland)	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1969	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Ran in the 22nd district.
Louis Stokes (Shaker Heights)	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 11th district.
District dissolved January 3, 1993

Election results

Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	John J. Babka (incumbent): 18,252	Y Harry C. Gahn: 27,127	Henry Skinner: 558
1922	Y Robert W. Crosser: 18,645	Harry C. Gahn (incumbent): 14,024	Henry Kuhlman (S): 997 Frank Kalcec (SL): 185
1924	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 24,889	Harry C. Gahn: 21,629	John Brahtin (W): 272
1926	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 17,819	Harry C. Gahn: 10,733
1928	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 39,090	Joseph F. Lange: 26,267
1930	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 30,722	George H. Bender: 29,081	Gustave F. Ebding: 96
1932	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 49,436	Gerard Pilliod: 25,527	Joseph Schiffer (C): 672 Eugene F. Cheeks: 204
1934	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 47,540	Frank W. Sotak: 25,253	E. C. Greenfield (C): 1,684
1936	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 70,596	Harry C. Gahn: 23,811
1938	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 53,180	J. E. Chizek: 24,240
1940	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 79,602	J. E. Chizek: 23,658
1942	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 35,109	William J. Rogers: 19,137	Arnold S. Johnson: 744
1944	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 77,525	Harry C. Gahn: 22,288
1946	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 49,111	James S. Hudee: 27,657
1948	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 72,417	Harry W. Mitchell: 22,932
1950	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 66,341	William Hodge: 21,588
1952	Y Robert W. Crosser (incumbent): 100,340	Lawrence O. Payne: 45,896
1954	Y Charles A. Vanik: 76,201	Francis E. Young: 24,076
1956	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 96,106	Chales H. Loeb: 38,060
1958	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 93,987	Elmer L. Watson: 22,956
1960	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 103,460	William O. Walker: 88,389
1962	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 79,514	Leodis Harris: 20,027
1964	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 113,157	Eugene E. Smith: 12,416
1966	Y Charles A. Vanik (incumbent): 81,210	Frederick M. Coleman: 18,205
1968	Y Louis Stokes: 85,509	Charles P. Lucas: 28,931
1970	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 74,340	Bill Mack: 21,440
1972	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 99,190	James D. Johnson: 13,861	Joseph Piriacin (SL): 5,779 Cecil Lampkins: 3,509
1974	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 58,969	Bill Mack: 12,986
1976	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 91,903	Barbara Sparks: 12,434	Anthony R. Curry: 5,289
1978	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 58,934	Bill Mack: 9,533
1980	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 83,188	Robert L. Woodall: 11,103
1982	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 132,544	Alan G. Shatteen: 21,332
1984	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 165,247	Robert L. Woodall: 29,500
1986	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 99,878	Franklin H. Roski: 22,594
1988	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 148,388	Franklin H. Roski: 24,804
1990	Y Louis Stokes (incumbent): 103,338	Franklin H. Roski: 25,906