Under the constitution of 1802. the Representative apportionment was established by the same law as the Senatorial, but the members of the house were chosen annually, while under the new constitution, their official term is two years, and the apportionment is designated by dividing the whole population of the State by "one hundred," and the quotient thereof is the ratio of representation in the House. The law provides for this apportionment every ten years. After the admission of Ohio, and prior to the formation of this county, it was represented in the First General Assembly (1803), by the Representative of Ross County, and in the Second (1803-04), Third (1804-05), and Fourth (1805-06), by those of Ross and Franklin; in the Fifth (1806-07), and Sixth (1807-08), by Ross, Franklin and Highland; in the Seventh (1808-09, and Eighth 1809-10, by Franklin and Delaware. This brings us up to the erection of Madison County, which first appears in the formation of a Legislative district in the Ninth General Assembly (1810-11), Franklin, Madison, Delaware and Pickaway, composing the same. In the next session, only a portion of Pickaway was in this district, while in the Eleventh (1812-13). Madison and Delaware were together, and so existed until the Fifteenth General Assembly (1816-17), when Madison County stood alone. Thus it remained until the Nineteenth Legislative Session (1820-21), at which time Madison and the newly created county of Union were united. For eight years they voted together, but in the Twenty-seventh General Assembly (1828-29), we find Madison, Union, Logan and Hardin forming a new district. The latter county was cut off ere the Twenty-ninth Assembly met (1830-31), but no other change occurred until the Thirty-fifth Session (1836-37), when Madison and Fayette were together. Four years passed by, and in the Thirty-ninth Assembly (1840-41), Fayette County was replaced by Clark. The next apportionment put Franklin and Madison together (1844-45) which, ere the meeting of the Forty seventh Session (1848-49), was again changed, Madison, Clark and Champaign forming a district, and so existing until the adoption of the new constitution, since which event Madison County has been entitled to one Representative.
TIn the following list will be found the names of all who have represented the district of which Madison formed a part prior to 1852, as well as those who have represented the county since that date: 1803, Michael Baldwin, Robert Culbertson, Thomas Worthington, William Patton; 1803-4, James Dunlap, William Creighton, John Evans, Elias Langham; 1804-05, Michael Baldwin, James Dunlap, Duncan McArthur, William Patton; 1805-06, James Dunlap, David Shelby, Abraham J. Williams, Elias Langham; 1806-07, James Dunlap, Nathaniel Massie, David Shelby, Abraham J. Williams; 1807-08, Thomas Worthington, Elias Langham, Jeremiah McLene, William Lewis; 1808-09 and 1809-10, John Blair; 1810-11 and 1811-12, John Barr; 1812-13, 1813-14, 1814-15 and 1815-16, James Curry; 1816-17, 1817-18 and L818-19, Isaac Miner; 1810-20, James Curry ; 1820-21, Isaac Miner; 1821-22, William Lewis; 1822-23, Nicholas Hathaway; 1823-24, Robert Hume; 1824-25, 1825-26 and 1826-27, Philip Lewis; 1827-28 and 1828-29, Reuben P. Mann; 1829-30, Lanson Curtis; 1830-31, John F. Chenoweth; 1831-32, 1832-33 and 1833-34, Samuel Newell; 1831-35 and 1835-36, Nicholas Hathaway; 1836-37 and 1837-38, Batteal Harrison; 1838-39, W. H. Creighton; 1839-40, Batteal Harrison; 1840-41, Aquilla Toland, Stephen M. Wheeler; 1841-42, Stephen M. Wheeler; 1842-43, John M. Gallagher, Isaac Howsman; 1843-44, John M.Gallagher, Aquilla Toland; 1844-45, Joseph Ridgeway, Jr., Charles McCloud; 1845-46, Joseph Ridgeway, Jr., Edward Fitzgerald; 1846-47, John Noble, Jeremiah Clark; 1847-48, Aaron F. Perry, George Paylor; 1848-49, Jesse C. Phillips, Henry W. Smith; 1849-50, John D. Burnett, Henry W. Smith; 1850-51, John D. Burnett, James Rayburn; 1852-54, Zelot T. Fisher; l854-56, Charles Phellis; 1856-58, E. E. Hutcheson; 1858-60, Richard A. Harrison; 1860-62, Robert Hutcheson; 1862-64, Milton Lemen; 1864-66, Ephraim Bidwell; 1866-68, R. M. Hanson; 1868-70, Jeriah Swetland; 1870-72, William Morrow Beach; 1872-74, George W. Wilson; 1874-76, Rodney C. McCloud; 1876-78, John N. Beach; 1878-80, H. S. Quinn; 1880-82, and 1882-84, John F. Locke.