Ohio's 22nd congressional district


The 22nd congressional district of Ohio was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1980 census.
In its last decade, the district primarily consisted of eastern Cuyahoga county, with minor parts of western Geauga, western Lake, and northern Summit counties.

List of members representing the district

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
1920Mathew B. Excell: 30,738Theodore E. Burton: 91,062Max J. Sillins: 760
1922William J. Zoul: 20,511Theodore E. Burton: 57,781D. B. Washburn: 401
1924Sam B. Fitzsimmons*: 32,970Theodore E. Burton: 95,174Alfred F. Coyle: 25,489
A. V. Severino : 259
1926Theodore E. Burton: 55,589
1928Simon B. Fitzsimmons*: 65,742Chester C. Bolton: 151,565
1930Edward F. Carran: 55,868Chester C. Bolton: 91,222Helen Green: 13,372
1932Florence E. Allen: 98,427Chester C. Bolton: 141,296G. Racheff : 803
Joe T. Thomas: 367
1934William C. Dixon: 88,551Chester C. Bolton: 99,535C. B. Cowan : 2,046
Max Epstein : 943
1936Anthony A. Fleger: 144,660Chester C. Bolton: 137,570
1938Anthony A. Fleger: 87,635Chester C. Bolton*: 109,494
1940Anthony A. Fleger: 126,273Frances P. Bolton*: 165,322
1942James Metzenbaum: 69,601Frances P. Bolton: 92,644
1944Don O. Cameron: 137,546Frances P. Bolton: 185,187
1946Earl Heffley: 69,050Frances P. Bolton: 174,823Matthew DeMore: 9,029
1948Jack G. Day: 141,018Frances P. Bolton: 170,085
1950Chat Paterson: 130,623Frances P. Bolton: 219,788
1952Chat Paterson: 61,197Frances P. Bolton: 87,316
1954Chat Paterson: 44,072Frances P. Bolton: 61,738
1956Harry A. Blachman: 48,169Frances P. Bolton: 96,468
1958Chat Paterson: 57,508Frances P. Bolton: 71,143
1960Chat Paterson: 66,930Frances P. Bolton: 88,389
1962Edward Corrigan: 35,353Frances P. Bolton: 74,603Ronald B. Peltz: 5,595
1964Chat Paterson: 64,454Frances P. Bolton: 84,183
1966Anthony O. Calabrese Jr.: 56,803Frances P. Bolton: 71,927
1968Charles A. Vanik*: 102,686Frances P. Bolton: 84,975
1970Charles A. Vanik: 114,790Adrian Fink: 45,657
1972Charles A. Vanik: 126,462Donald W. Gropp: 64,577Thomas W. Lippitt : 3,463
Caryl A. Loeb: 3,342
1974Charles A. Vanik: 112,671William J. Franz: 30,585
1976Charles A. Vanik: 128,535Harry A. Hanna: 42,727Thomas W. Lippitt : 5,461
1978Charles A. Vanik: 87,551Richard W. Sander: 30,930Robert E. Lehman: 6,966
James F. Sexton: 7,125
1980Dennis E. Eckart*: 108,137Joseph J. Nahra: 80,836Arnold Gleisser: 6,896