Election Results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
| Year | Democratic candidate | Republican candidate | Other candidate(s) |
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| 1832 | Benjamin Jones : 3,037 | Samuel Quinby : 2,379 | |
| 1834 | Benjamin Jones : 2,746 | Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 2,550 | |
| 1836 | Matthias Shepler : 4,384 | Samuel Quinby (Whig) : 3,325 | |
| 1838 | David A. Starkweather : 6,154 | Hiram B. Wellman (Whig) : 4,010 | |
| 1840 | Ezra Dean : 6,508 | Levi Cox (Whig) : 5,399 | |
| 1842 | Ezra Dean : 3,529 | George Wellhouse (Whig) : 1,517 John McDowell : 99 |
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| 1844 | David A. Starkweather : 6,981 | John Augustine (Whig) : 5,449 Arvine Wales : 162 |
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| 1846 | Samuel Lahm : 4,651 | David A. Starkweather (Whig) : 4,530 James Irvin : 116 |
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| 1848 | David K. Cartter : 6,682 | Samuel Hemphill (Whig) : 4,448 | |
| 1850 | David K. Cartter : 5,754 | John Brown (Whig) : 3,447 | |
| 1852 | George Bliss : 6,140 | Darius Lyman (Whig) : 5,307 Thomas Earl : 1,708 Lucius V. Bierce : 446 |
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| 1854 | Ebenezer Spalding : 5,053 | Benjamin F. Leiter : 8,738 | |
| 1856 | Samuel Lahm : 6,794 | Benjamin F. Leiter : 9,394 | |
| 1858 | J. L. Ranney : 7,162 | Sidney Edgerton : 8,184 | |
| 1860 | David A. Starkweather : 6,956 | Sidney Edgerton : 9,720 | |
| 1862 | David R. Paige, Sr. : 4,183 | Rufus P. Spalding : 9,293 | |
| 1864 | Jeptha H. Wade : 6,661 | Rufus P. Spalding : 14,472 | |
| 1866 | Oliver H. Payne : 7,974 | Rufus P. Spalding : 14,479 | |
| 1868 | Franklin T. Backus : 11,980 | William H. Upson : 18,359 | |
| 1870 | John M. Coffinberry : 6,695 | William H. Upson : 11,053 | John D. Taylor : 448 |
| 1872 | Norton S. Townshend : 10,298 | James Monroe : 14,662 | G. W. McNeil : 67 |
| 1874 | John K. McBride : 10,095 | James Monroe : 12,229 | H. F. Miller : 105 |
| 1876 | John J. Hall : 12,772 | James Monroe : 16,906 | S. H. McCollister : 52 |
| 1878 | Daniel T. Lawson : 12,593 | Jonathan T. Updegraff : 15,320 | George Smith : 2,231 David P. Lawson : 90 William M. Grimes : 37 |
| 1880 | David I. Wadsworth : 13,474 | Addison S. McClure : 18,570 | Peter J. Rice : 310 Ferdinand Schumacher : 205 |
| 1882 | Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,898 | William McKinley : 16,906 | Lemuel T. Foster : 976 James A. Brush : 261 |
| 1884 | Jonathan H. Wallace : 16,309 | Isaac H. Taylor : 22,459 | Charles Jenkins : 907 Albert R. Silver : 106 W. M. Cope : 82 |
| 1886 | Wallace H. Phelps : 16,217 | William McKinley : 18,776 | Isaiah S. Hahn : 1,853 Charles Jenkins : 1,419 |
| 1888 | George P. Ikirt : 21,150 | William McKinley : 25,249 | Lambelis P. Logan : 1,498 George W. Thornburg : 331 Isaiah Little : 38 |
| 1890 | Henry H. McFadden : 11,783 | Joseph D. Taylor : 16,993 | S. W. Wilkins : 1,568 |
| 1892 | George P. Ikirt : 22,600 | Thomas R. Morgan : 21,389 | Matthew B. Shay : 1,682 John W. Northrup : 1,218 |
| 1894 | Edward S. Raff : 11,051 | Robert W. Tayler : 20,830 | Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. (Pop) : 8,912 Enos H. Brosius : 1,679 |
| 1896 | Isaac R. Sherwood : 24,770 | Robert W. Tayler : 29,814 | James L. Swan : 476 |
| 1898 | Charles C. Weybrecht : 19,575 | Robert Walker Tayler : 22,635 | George C. Harvey (Pro) : 614 Samuel Borton (Soc Lab) : 686 L. B. Logan (Union Reform) : 212 |
| 1900 | John H. Morris : 25,026 | Robert Walker Tayler : 31,479 | Alvin C. Van Dyke (Union Reform) : 138 Charles F. Bough (Proh) : 909 Henry O. Bucklin (Soc Lab) : 143 |
| 1902 | William J. Foley : 16,472 | James Kennedy : 22,461 | Thomas J. Duffy : 7,923 Enos H. Brosius : 886 |
| 1904 | W. J. Foley : 16,472 | James Kennedy : 36,939 | Daniel J. Smith (Pro) : 1,861 John T. Jenkins (Socialist) : 2,522 |
| 1906 | John C. Welty : 17,840 | James Kennedy : 19,684 | Leslie Hawk : 1,299 John Evans : 932 |
| 1908 | John J. Whitacre : 29,040 | James Kennedy : 32,287 | Robert J. Wheeler (Socialist) : 2,551 Elias Jenkins (Pro) : 2,998 |
| 1910 | John J. Whitacre : 23,568 | James Kennedy : 20,617 | Thomas Williams : 4,907 Elias Jenkins : 1,462 |
| 1912 | John J. Whitacre : 23,936 | Roscoe C. McCulloch : 23,350 | George F. Lelansky : 7,617 |
| 1914 | William S. King : 22,476 | David Hollingsworth : 23,650 | Fred White : 2,936 V. A. Schreiber : 1,341 W. K. Weaver : 1,076 |
| 1916 | William B. Francis : 24,538 | David Hollingsworth : 26,991 | Robert Carson : 2,621 |
| 1918 | William B. Francis : 20,272 | B. Frank Murphy : 22,899 | |
| 1920 | Albert O. Barnes: 32,802 | B. Frank Murphy: 52,862 | |
| 1922 | Marion Huffman: 25,449 | B. Frank Murphy: 41,572 | Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 5,907 |
| 1924 | James M. Barton: 26,656 | B. Frank Murphy: 56,206 | Charles Coleman: 1,931 |
| 1926 | John F. Nolan: 19,341 | B. Frank Murphy: 36,599 | |
| 1928 | John J. Whitacre: 31,422 | B. Frank Murphy: 71,378 | Frank Sepech (W): 317 Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (S): 2 |
| 1930 | Emerson Campbell: 30,815 | B. Frank Murphy: 47,096 | |
| 1932 | Lawrence E. Imhoff: 56,562 | B. Frank Murphy: 56,010 | |
| 1934 | Lawrence E. Imhoff: 49,160 | B. Frank Murphy: 39,642 | |
| 1936 | Lawrence E. Imhoff: 83,052 | Earl R. Lewis: 54,119 | |
| 1938 | Lawrence E. Imhoff: 55,809 | Earl R. Lewis: 56,468 | |
| 1940 | Lawrence E. Imhoff: 79,718 | Earl R. Lewis: 66,666 | |
| 1942 | Lawrence E. Imhoff: 37,951 | Earl R. Lewis: 43,279 | |
| 1944 | Ross Michener: 63,098 | Earl R. Lewis: 65,847 | |
| 1946 | Eugene A. Blum: 38,606 | Earl R. Lewis: 55,140 | |
| 1948 | Wayne Hays: 65,475 | Earl R. Lewis: 55,455 | |
| 1950 | Wayne Hays: 58,295 | Robert L. Quinn: 56,508 | |
| 1952 | Wayne Hays: 78,277 | Clarence L. Wetzel: 62,081 | |
| 1954 | Wayne Hays: 59,165 | Walter J. Hunston: 44,143 | |
| 1956 | Wayne Hays: 78,962 | Joseph Miller: 53,627 | |
| 1958 | Wayne Hays: 88,813 | Francis Wallace: 35,322 | |
| 1960 | Wayne Hays: 96,474 | Walter J. Hunston: 50,698 | |
| 1962 | Wayne Hays: 66,327 | John J. Carrigg: 42,336 | |
| 1964 | Wayne Hays: 94,768 | Allen J. Dalrymple: 42,960 | |
| 1966 | Wayne Hays: 73,657 | William H. Weir: 41,165 | |
| 1968 | Wayne Hays: 96,711 | James F. Sutherland: 63,747 | |
| 1970 | Wayne Hays: 82,071 | Robert Stewart: 38,104 | |
| 1972 | Wayne Hays: 128,663 | Robert Stewart: 54,572 | |
| 1974 | Wayne Hays: 90,447 | Ralph H. Romig: 47,385 | |
| 1976 | Douglas Applegate*: 116,901 | Ralph R. McCoy: 45,735 | William Crabbe: 21,537 John Dwight Bashline: 1,661 |
| 1978 | Douglas Applegate: 71,894 | William J. Ress: 48,931 | |
| 1980 | Douglas Applegate: 134,835 | Gary L. Hammersley: 42,354 | |
| 1982 | Douglas Applegate: 128,665 | ||
| 1984 | Douglas Applegate: 155,759 | Kenneth P. Burt Jr.: 49,356 | |
| 1986 | Douglas Applegate: 126,526 | ||
| 1988 | Douglas Applegate: 151,306 | William C. Abraham: 43,628 | |
| 1990 | Douglas Applegate: 120,782 | John A. Hales: 41,823 | |
| 1992 | Douglas Applegate: 166,189 | Bill Ress: 77,229 | |
| 1994 | Gregory L. DiDonato: 87,926 | Bob Ney: 103,115 | |
| 1996 | Robert L. Burch Jr.: 108,332 | Bob Ney: 117,365 | Margaret Chitti (N): 8,146 |
| 1998 | Robert L. Burch Jr.: 74,571 | Bob Ney: 113,119 | |
| 2000 | Marc D. Guthrie: 79,232 | Bob Ney: 152,325 | John R. Bargar Sr. (L): 4,948 |
| 2002 | Bob Ney: 125,546 | ||
| 2004 | Brian R. Thomas: 88,560 | Bob Ney: 173,499 | |
| 2006 | Zack Space: 119,494 | Joy Padgett: 74,475 | |
| 2008 | Zack Space: 154,396 | Fred L. Dailey: 103,681 | |
| 2010 | Zack Space: 80,756 | Bob Gibbs: 107,426 | Lindsey Sutton: 11,244 |
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