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

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