1803_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Ohio Knowpia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates^[a]
Ohio at-large	Ohio is considered to have been admitted to the Union near the end of the 7th Congress,^[b] but did not elect representatives until the 8th Congress. For this reason, Ohio is considered to have had a vacant seat in the House and two vacant seats in the Senate in the 7th Congress.^[3]			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain	√ Jeremiah Morrow (Democratic-Republican) 48.2% William McMillan^[c] (Federalist) 26.6% Michael Baldwin (Democratic-Republican) 11.7% Elias Langham (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% William Goforth (Democratic-Republican) 4.1% Others 1.4%

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^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
^ The official date when Ohio became a state was not set until 1953, when the 83rd Congress passed legislation retroactively designating the date of the first meeting of the Ohio state legislature, March 1, 1803, as that date. However, on April 30, 1802 the 7th Congress had passed an act "authorizing the inhabitants of Ohio to form a Constitution and state government, and admission of Ohio into the Union."^[1] On February 19, 1803, the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio."^[2] The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802, and counts its seats as vacant from that date.
^ Former delegate for the Northwest Territory

^ Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173
^ Sess. 2, ch. 7, 2 Stat. 201
^ "Seventh Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2015.