Kentucky's 8th congressional district
Kentucky's 8th congressional district was a district of the United States House of Representatives in Kentucky. It was lost to redistricting in 1963. Its last Representative was Eugene Siler.
List of members representing the district
District created March 4, 1813.
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vacant | March 4, 1813 – April 20, 1813 |
Representative-elect John Simpson died. | Bullett, Henry, Jefferson, and Shelby counties | ||
Stephen Ormsby | Democratic-Republican | April 20, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Elected to finish Simpson's term. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election. | |
Richard C. Anderson Jr. | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired. | |
Wingfield Bullock | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – October 13, 1821 |
17th | Elected in 1820. Died. | |
Vacant | October 13, 1821 – November 21, 1821 | ||||
James D. Breckinridge | Democratic-Republican | November 21, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected to finish Bullock's term and seated January 2, 1822. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
Richard A. Buckner | Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th |
Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827. Retired. |
Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Pulaski, and Wayne counties |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | ||||
Nathan Gaither | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
21st 22nd |
Elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing] | |
Patrick H. Pope | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() William J. Graves |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
25th 26th |
[data unknown/missing] | ||
James Sprigg | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Garrett Davis |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
28th 29th |
Redistricted from the 12th district. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Charles S. Morehead |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 |
30th 31st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() John C. Breckinridge |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
32nd 33rd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Alexander K. Marshall | Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() James B. Clay |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | [data unknown/missing] | |
William E. Simms | Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() John J. Crittenden |
Unionist | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() William H. Randall |
Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
38th 39th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() George M. Adams |
Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
40th 41st 42nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
![]() Milton J. Durham |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 |
43rd 44th 45th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Philip B. Thompson Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885 |
46th 47th 48th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() James B. McCreary |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1897 |
49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() George M. Davison |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() George G. Gilbert |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907 |
56th 57th 58th 59th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Harvey Helm | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th |
[data unknown/missing] Died. | |
![]() King Swope |
Republican | August 1, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
66th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Ralph W. E. Gilbert |
Democratic | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929 |
67th 68th 69th 70th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Lewis L. Walker |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
71st | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Ralph W. E. Gilbert |
Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
72nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
District not in use | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | ||||
![]() Fred M. Vinson |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – May 27, 1938 |
74th 75th |
Redistricted from the at-large district. Resigned to become Associate Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. | |
![]() Joe B. Bates |
Democratic | June 4, 1938 – January 3, 1953 |
75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() James S. Golden |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
83rd | Redistricted from the 9th district. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Eugene Siler |
Republican | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 |
84th 85th 86th 87th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 5th district. | |
District eliminated | January 3, 1963 |
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References
- 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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