Ohio's 7th congressional district

Ohio's 7th congressional district
Ohio's 7th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Max Miller; R–Rocky River
Population (2024)	789,433
Median household income	$84,749
Ethnicity	86.4% White; 3.7% Hispanic; 3.5% Two or more races; 3.0% Asian; 2.9% Black; 0.4% other;
Cook PVI	R+5

Ohio's 7th congressional district is represented by Max Miller. It is currently located in the northeastern section of the state, including southern and western Cuyahoga County, all of Medina and Wayne Counties, and a sliver of northern Holmes County.

Recent election results from statewide races

2023-2027 boundaries

Year	Office	Results
2008	President	McCain 50% - 49%
2012	President	Romney 52% - 48%
2016	President	Trump 54% - 42%
2016	Senate	Portman 61% - 34%
2018	Senate	Brown 52% - 48%
	Governor	DeWine 52% - 45%
	Secretary of State	LaRose 51% - 46%
	Treasurer	Sprague 55% - 45%
	Auditor	Faber 51% - 45%
	Attorney General	Yost 52% - 48%
2020	President	Trump 54% - 45%
2022	Senate	Vance 52% - 48%
	Governor	DeWine 63% - 37%
	Secretary of State	LaRose 59% - 40%
	Treasurer	Sprague 59% - 41%
	Auditor	Faber 59% - 41%
	Attorney General	Yost 60% - 40%
2024	President	Trump 55% - 44%
2024	Senate	Moreno 49% - 48%

2027–2033 boundaries

Year	Office	Results
2008	President	McCain 49.6% - 48.9%
2012	President	Romney 52% - 48%
2016	President	Trump 54% - 42%
2016	Senate	Portman 61% - 34%
2018	Senate	Brown 52% - 48%
	Governor	DeWine 52% - 45%
	Attorney General	Yost 52% - 48%
2020	President	Trump 54% - 45%
2022	Senate	Vance 52% - 48%
	Governor	DeWine 63% - 37%
	Secretary of State	LaRose 60% - 39%
	Treasurer	Sprague 59% - 41%
	Auditor	Faber 59% - 41%
	Attorney General	Yost 60% - 40%
2024	President	Trump 55% - 44%
2024	Senate	Moreno 50% - 47%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:

Cuyahoga County (28)

Holmes County (7)

Holmesville, Loudonville, Nashville, Prairie Township, Ripley Township, Salt Creek Township (part; also 12th), Washington Township

Medina County (28)

All 28 township and municipalities

Wayne County (32)

All 32 township and municipalities

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties represented
District established March 4, 1823
Samuel Finley Vinton (Gallipolis)	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Samuel Finley Vinton (Gallipolis)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd
William Allen (Chillicothe)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1832. Lost re-election.
William K. Bond (Chillicothe)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th	Elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Retired.
William K. Bond (Chillicothe)	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	24th 25th 26th
William Russell (Portsmouth)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1840. [data missing]
Joseph J. McDowell (Hillsboro)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. [data missing]
Jonathan D. Morris (Batavia)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1846 after Rep-elect Thomas L. Hamer died before start of term. Re-elected in 1848. [data missing]
Nelson Barrere (Hillsboro)	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Lost re-election.
Aaron Harlan (Yellow Springs)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th 35th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
	Anti-Nebraska	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Thomas Corwin (Lebanon)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 12, 1861	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Mexico.
Vacant		March 12, 1861 – July 4, 1861	37th
Richard A. Harrison (London)	Union	July 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected to finish Corwin's term. [data missing]
Samuel S. Cox (Columbus)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1862. [data missing]
Samuel Shellabarger (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. [data missing]
James J. Winans (Xenia)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868. [data missing]
Samuel Shellabarger (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [data missing]
Lawrence T. Neal (Chillicothe)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. [data missing]
Henry L. Dickey (Greenfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Frank H. Hurd (Toledo)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. [data missing]
John P. Leedom (West Union)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. [data missing]
Henry Lee Morey (Hamilton)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – June 20, 1884	48th	Lost contested election
James E. Campbell (Hamilton)	Democratic	June 20, 1884 – March 3, 1885	48th	Won contested election. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
George E. Seney (Tiffin)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1884. Redistricted to the 5th district.
James E. Campbell (Hamilton)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1886. [data missing]
Henry Lee Morey (Hamilton)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. [data missing]
William E. Haynes (Fremont)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1890. [data missing]
George W. Wilson (London)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data missing]
Walter L. Weaver (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. [data missing]
Thomas B. Kyle (Troy)	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. [data missing]
J. Warren Keifer (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data missing]
James D. Post (Washington Courthouse)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. [data missing]
Simeon D. Fess (Yellow Springs)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	64th 65th 66th 67th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Charles Brand (Urbana)	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Retired.
Leroy T. Marshall (Xenia)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election.
Arthur W. Aleshire (Springfield)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Clarence J. Brown (Blanchester)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – August 23, 1965	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	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. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Died.
Vacant		August 23, 1965 – November 2, 1965	89th
Bud Brown (Urbana)	Republican	November 2, 1965 – January 3, 1983	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected to finish his father's term. Re-elected in 1966. Re-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. Retired to run for governor.
Mike DeWine (Cedarville)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	98th 99th 100th 101st	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.
Dave Hobson (Springfield)	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.
Dave Hobson (Springfield)	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th		2003–2013
Steve Austria (Beavercreek)	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired.	2003–2013
Bob Gibbs (Lakeville)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020 Retired.	2013–2023
Max Miller (Rocky River)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–2027

Recent election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Paul F. Dye: 47,196	Simeon D. Fess: 73,794
1922	Charles B. Zimmerman: 38,522	Charles Brand: 53,182
1924	C. K. Wolf: 34,709	Charles Brand: 61,557
1926	Harry E. Rice: 22,314	Charles Brand: 45,699
1928	Harry E. Rice: 34,323	Charles Brand: 75,753
1930	John L. Zimmerman Jr.: 35,663	Charles Brand: 50,595
1932	Aaron J. Halloran: 57,715	Leroy T. Marshall: 65,064
1934	C. W. Rich: 43,226	Leroy T. Marshall: 46,453
1936	Arthur W. Aleshire: 68,456	Leroy T. Marshall: 67,454
1938	Arthur W. Aleshire: 50,163	Clarence J. Brown: 68,185
1940	J. Fuller Trump: 59,667	Clarence J. Brown: 83,415
1942	George H. Smith: 23,384	Clarence J. Brown: 52,270
1944	John L. Cashim: 52,403	Clarence J. Brown: 84,770	Carl H. Ehl: 211
1946	Carl H. Ehl: 29,824	Clarence J. Brown: 63,390
1948		Clarence J. Brown: 71,737
1950	Ben J. Goldman: 35,818	Clarence J. Brown: 77,660
1952		Clarence J. Brown: 98,354
1954	G. Louis Wren: 35,504	Clarence J. Brown: 62,821
1956	Joseph A. Sullivan: 47,220	Clarence J. Brown: 91,439
1958	Joseph A. Sullivan: 48,994	Clarence J. Brown: 75,085
1960	Joseph A. Sullivan: 55,451	Clarence J. Brown: 105,026
1962	Robert A. Riley: 39,908	Clarence J. Brown: 83,680
1964	Jerry R. Graham: 70,857	Bud Brown*: 93,022
1966		Bud Brown: 81,225
1968	Robert E. Cecile: 55,386	Bud Brown: 97,581
1970	Joseph D. Lewis: 37,294	Bud Brown: 84,448
1972		Bud Brown: 112,350	Dorothy Franke: 40,945
1974	Patrick L. Nelson: 34,828	Bud Brown: 73,503	Dorothy Franke: 13,088
1976	Dorothy Franke: 54,755	Bud Brown: 101,027
1978		Bud Brown: 92,507
1980	Donald Hollister: 38,952	Bud Brown: 124,137
1982	Roger D. Tackett: 65,543	Mike DeWine: 87,842	John B. Winer (L): 2,761
1984	Donald E. Scott: 40,621	Mike DeWine: 147,885	Others: 4,352
1986		Mike DeWine: 119,238
1988	Jack Schira: 50,423	Mike DeWine: 142,597
1990	Jack Schira: 59,349	Dave Hobson: 97,123
1992	Clifford S. Heskett: 66,237	Dave Hobson: 164,195
1994		Dave Hobson: 140,124
1996	Richard K. Blain: 61,419	Dave Hobson: 158,087	Dawn Marie Johnson (N): 13,478
1998	Donald E. Minor Jr.: 49,780	Dave Hobson: 120,765	James A. Schrader (L): 9,146
2000	Donald E. Minor Jr.: 60,755	Dave Hobson: 163,646	John Mitchel: 13,983 Jack D. Null (L): 3,802
2002	Kara Anastasio: 45,568	Dave Hobson: 113,252	Frank Doden (G): 8,812
2004	Kara Anastasio: 97,972	Dave Hobson: 182,621
2006	William R. Conner: 85,202	Dave Hobson: 133,112
2008	Sharen Neuhardt: 113,099	Steve Austria: 159,265
2010	William R. Conner: 70,400	Steve Austria: 135,721	John Anderson (L): 9,381 David Easton (C): 2,811
2012	Joyce Healy-Abrams: 137,708	Bob Gibbs: 178,104
2014		Bob Gibbs: 143,959
2016	Roy Rich: 89,638	Bob Gibbs: 198,221	Dan Phillip: 21,694
2018	Ken Harbaugh: 107,536	Bob Gibbs: 153,117
2020	Quentin Potter: 102,271	Bob Gibbs: 236,607	Brandon Lape (L): 11,671
2022	Matthew Diemer: 135,485	Max Miller: 168,002	Others: 86
2024	Matthew Diemer: 144,607	Max Miller: 204,459	Dennis Kucinich (I): 51,264

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Ohio's 7th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Max Miller R–Rocky River
Population (2024)	789,433
Median household income	$84,749
Ethnicity	86.4% White 3.7% Hispanic 3.5% Two or more races 3.0% Asian 2.9% Black 0.4% other
Cook PVI	R+5