Ohio's 11th congressional district

Ohio's 11th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Shontel Brown D–Warrensville Heights
Distribution	100.00% urban 0.00% rural
Population (2023)	772,345[1]
Median household income	$52,226[1]
Ethnicity	44.0% Black 40.7% White 7.9% Hispanic 3.7% Two or more races 2.9% Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	D+28[2]

Ohio's 11th congressional district (also known as "Ohio 11") encompasses portions of Cuyahoga County in the Northeast part of the state—including all of Cleveland. It has been represented by Democrat Shontel Brown since 2021.

Ohio has had at least 11 congressional districts since the 1820 census. The district's current general location dates from the 1990 census, when most of the old 21st District was combined with portions of the old 20th District to form the new 11th District centered around Cleveland. Parts of Akron, a city some distance to the south, were added to the district when the congressional map was redrawn after the 2010 census, when Ohio lost two seats in the House of Representatives. Ohio 11 has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+28; it is the most Democratic district in Ohio^[2] and the most Democratic district in the Midwest outside of Chicago, Illinois.

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map on the basis of unconstitutional gerrymandering.^[3] The lawsuit described the 11th District at the time as "a detached shoulder blade with a robotic arm"--the 'arm' extending southward from Cleveland to Akron.^[4] The current district, redistricted again following the 2020 Census and a variety of related constitutional and legislative initiatives and proposals, is rather more agglomerated or 'compact'. The long, thin, 'robotic arm' is no longer present.

Following Marcia L. Fudge's resignation on March 10, 2021, a special election was held, with a primary on August 3 and the general election on November 2, as mandated by Ohio law. Shontel Brown won the election, and was sworn in on November 4.

The modern-era 11th district came to be as a result of redistricting following the 1990 census, and taking effect for the 1992 election. From then until 2023, it covered eastern Cleveland, including most of that city's majority-black precincts. From 2013 to 2023, it covered portions of Akron.

Following the retirement of Louis Stokes—who was redistricted from the now defunct 21st district to the redrawn 11th, and served three terms there—Stephanie Tubbs Jones served from 1999 through August 20, 2008, when she died in office. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland ordered a special election on November 18, 2008, to fill the remaining month of Jones's term. In addition, the seat was up for election during the November 4, 2008 general election, with the winner of that election to serve a full term beginning on January 3, 2009. Marcia Fudge—the mayor of Warrensville Heights (a Cleveland suburb)—won both the general and special elections and was sworn in on November 19, 2008.

Fudge served eight terms (the last month of Jones's fifth term, followed by six full terms, then three months of another) when she resigned on March 10, 2021, to join President Joe Biden's cabinet as HUD Secretary. In 2021 a special election was held to fill the vacancy, which Cuyahoga County Council member and Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair Shontel Brown won.

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823
John C. Wright (Steubenville)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Elected in 1822. Reelected in 1824. Reelected in 1826. Lost reelection.
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
John M. Goodenow (Steubenville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – April 9, 1830	21st	Elected in 1828. Resigned to become Judge the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Vacant		April 9, 1830 – December 6, 1830
Humphrey H. Leavitt (Steubenville)	Jacksonian	December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd	Elected to finish Goodenow's term. Reelected in 1830. Redistricted to the 19th district.
James M. Bell (Cambridge)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1832. [data missing]
William Kennon Sr. (St. Clairsville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1834. [data missing]
James Alexander Jr. (St. Clairsville)	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data missing]
Isaac Parrish (Cambridge)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1838. [data missing]
Benjamin S. Cowen (St. Clairsville)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1840. [data missing]
Jacob Brinkerhoff (Mansfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Reelected in 1844. [data missing]
John K. Miller (Mount Vernon)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1846. Reelected in 1848. [data missing]
George H. Busby (Marion)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data missing]
Thomas Ritchey (Somerset)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [data missing]
Valentine B. Horton (Pomeroy)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Reelected in 1856. [data missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th
Charles D. Martin (Lancaster)	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1858. [data missing]
Valentine B. Horton (Pomeroy)	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data missing]
Wells A. Hutchins (Portsmouth)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. [data missing]
Hezekiah S. Bundy (Reeds Mill)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. [data missing]
John Thomas Wilson (Tranquility)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	Elected in 1866. Reelected in 1868. Reelected in 1870. [data missing]
Hezekiah S. Bundy (Wellston)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]
John L. Vance (Gallipolis)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. [data missing]
Henry S. Neal (Ironton)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Redistricted to the 12th district.
Henry L. Dickey (Greenfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Redistricted from the 7th district and reelected in 1878. [data missing]
Henry S. Neal (Ironton)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Redistricted from the 12th district and reelected in 1880. [data missing]
John W. McCormick (Gallipolis)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. [data missing]
William W. Ellsberry (Georgetown)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. [data missing]
Albert C. Thompson (Portsmouth)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Redistricted from the 12th district and reelected in 1886. Reelected in 1888. [data missing]
John M. Pattison (Milford)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Lost reelection.
Charles H. Grosvenor (Athens)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1892. Reelected in 1894. Reelected in 1896. Reelected in 1898. Reelected in 1900. Reelected in 1902. Reelected in 1904. [data missing]
Albert Douglas (Chillicothe)	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th 61st	Elected in 1906. Reelected in 1908. [data missing]
Horatio C. Claypool (Chillicothe)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910 Reelected in 1912. [data missing]
Edwin D. Ricketts (Logan)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data missing]
Horatio C. Claypool (Chillicothe)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. [data missing]
Edwin D. Ricketts (Logan)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	Elected in 1918. Reelected in 1920. [data missing]
Mell G. Underwood (New Lexington)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – April 10, 1936	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1922. Reelected in 1924. Reelected in 1926. Reelected in 1928. Reelected in 1930. Reelected in 1932. Reelected in 1934. Resigned to become Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Vacant		April 10, 1936 – November 3, 1936	74th
Peter F. Hammond (Lancaster)	Democratic	November 3, 1936 – January 3, 1937		Elected to finish Underwood's term. Retired.
Harold K. Claypool (Chillicothe)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1936. Reelected in 1938. Reelected in 1940. Lost reelection.
Walter E. Brehm (Millersport)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1942. Reelected in 1944. Reelected in 1946. Reelected in 1948. Reelected in 1950. Retired.
Oliver P. Bolton (Mentor)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957	83rd 84th	Elected in 1952. Reelected in 1954. Retired.
David S. Dennison (Warren)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	85th	Elected in 1956. Lost reelection.
Robert E. Cook (Ravenna)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Elected in 1958. Reelected in 1960. Lost reelection.
Oliver P. Bolton (Mentor)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Elected in 1962. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost reelection.
J. William Stanton (Painesville)	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1983	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1964. Reelected in 1966. Reelected in 1968. Reelected in 1970. Reelected in 1972. Reelected in 1974. Reelected in 1976. Reelected in 1978. Reelected in 1980. Retired.
Dennis E. Eckart (Mentor)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 22nd district and reelected in 1982. Reelected in 1984. Reelected in 1986. Reelected in 1988. Reelected in 1990. Retired.
Louis Stokes (Shaker Heights)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	103rd 104th 105th	Redistricted from the 21st district and reelected in 1992. Reelected in 1994. Reelected in 1996. Retired.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Cleveland)	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – August 20, 2008	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1998. Reelected in 2000. Reelected in 2002. Reelected in 2004. Reelected in 2006. Died.
Vacant		August 20, 2008 – November 18, 2008	110th
Marcia Fudge (Warrensville Heights)	Democratic	November 18, 2008 – March 10, 2021	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected to finish Jones's term. Elected in 2008. Reelected in 2010. Reelected in 2012. Reelected in 2014. Reelected in 2016. Reelected in 2018. Reelected in 2020. Resigned to become HUD Secretary.
Vacant		March 10, 2021 – November 4, 2021	117th
Shontel Brown (Warrensville Heights)	Democratic	November 4, 2021 – present	117th 118th	Elected to finish Fudge's term. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.

This is an incomplete list of historic election results.

• Ohio's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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