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Kentucky's 8th congressional district

Coordinates: 36°50′N 84°00′W / 36.833°N 84.000°W / 36.833; -84.000
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Kentucky's 8th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1810
Eliminated1960
Years active1813–1963

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

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Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District created March 4, 1813
Vacant March 4, 1813 –
April 20, 1813
13th Representative-elect John Simpson died. 1813–1823
Bullett, Henry, Jefferson, and Shelby counties
Stephen Ormsby
(Louisville)
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.
(Louisville)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821
15th
16th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Retired.
Wingfield Bullock
(Shelbyville)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –
October 13, 1821
17th Elected in 1820.
Died.
Vacant October 13, 1821 –
November 21, 1821
James D. Breckinridge
(Louisville)
Democratic-Republican November 21, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Elected to finish Bullock's term and seated January 2, 1822.
Redistricted to the 9th district and lost re-election there.
Richard A. Buckner
(Greensburg)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1827.
Retired.
1823–1833
Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Pulaski, and Wayne counties
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
Nathan Gaither
(Columbia)
Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833
21st
22nd
Elected in 1829.
Re-elected in 1831.
Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election there.
Patrick H. Pope
(Louisville)
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Elected in 1833.
Lost re-election.
1833–1843
[data missing]

William J. Graves
(New Castle)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Re-elected in 1839.
Retired.
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841
25th
26th
James Sprigg
(Shelbyville)
Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th Elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re-election as an independent.

Garrett Davis
(Paris)
Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847
28th
29th
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Retired.
1843–1853
[data missing]

Charles S. Morehead
(Frankfort)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851
30th
31st
Elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Retired.

John C. Breckinridge
(Lexington)
Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855
32nd
33rd
Elected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1853.
Retired.
1853–1863
[data missing]

Alexander K. Marshall
(Nicholasville)
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1855.
Retired.

James B. Clay
(Lexington)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th Elected in 1857.
Retired.

William E. Simms
(Paris)
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
36th Elected in 1859.
Lost re-election.

John J. Crittenden
(Frankfort)
Unionist March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Elected in 1861.
Renominated but withdrew prior to election.

William H. Randall
(London)
Unconditional Unionist March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1867
38th
39th
Elected in 1863.
Re-elected in 1865.
Retired.
1863–1873
[data missing]

George M. Adams
(Barbourville)
Democratic March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1873
40th
41st
42nd
Elected in 1867.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 9th district.

Milton J. Durham
(Danville)
Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1879
43rd
44th
45th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Lost renomination.
1873–1883
[data missing]

Philip B. Thompson Jr.
(Harrodsburg)
Democratic March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1885
46th
47th
48th
Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Retired.
1883–1893
[data missing]

James B. McCreary
(Richmond)
Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1897
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Lost renomination.
1893–1903
[data missing]

George M. Davison
(Stanford)
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899
55th Elected in 1896.
Lost re-election.

George G. Gilbert
(Shelbyville)
Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1907
56th
57th
58th
59th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Retired.
1903–1913
[data missing]

Harvey Helm
(Stanford)
Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1919
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918 but died before next term began.
1913–1923
[data missing]
Vacant March 3, 1919 –
August 1, 1919
66th

King Swope
(Danville)
Republican August 1, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
66th Elected to finish Helm's term.
Lost re-election.

Ralph W. E. Gilbert
(Shelbyville)
Democratic March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1929
67th
68th
69th
70th
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.
1923–1933
[data missing]

Lewis L. Walker
(Lancaster)
Republican March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1931
71st Elected in 1928.
Retired.

Ralph W. E. Gilbert
(Shelbyville)
Democratic March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
72nd Elected in 1930.
Retired.
District inactive March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
73rd

Fred M. Vinson
(Ashland)
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
May 27, 1938
74th
75th
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Resigned to become Associate Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
1935–1943
[data missing]
Vacant May 27, 1938 –
June 4, 1938
66th

Joe B. Bates
(Greenup)
Democratic June 4, 1938 –
January 3, 1953
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
Elected to finish Vinson's term.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Lost renomination.
1943–1953
[data missing]

James S. Golden
(Pineville)
Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955
83rd Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1952.
Retired.
1953–1963
[data missing]

Eugene Siler
(Williamsburg)
Republican January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1963
84th
85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 5th district.
District eliminated January 3, 1963

References

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  • 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
  • Redistricting in the United States

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