Kentucky's 8th congressional district
Kentucky's 8th congressional district | |
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Obsolete district | |
Created | 1810 |
Eliminated | 1960 |
Years active | 1813–1963 |
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
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created March 4, 1813 | |||||
Vacant | March 4, 1813 – April 20, 1813 |
13th | Representative-elect John Simpson died. | 1813–1823 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 |
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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 |
Re-elected in 1831. and lost re-election there.
Redistricted to the 4th district | |
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 | 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 | . | |
Garrett Davis (Paris) |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
28th 29th |
Re-elected in 1845 .Retired. |
1843–1853 [data missing] |
Charles S. Morehead (Frankfort) |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 |
30th 31st |
Re-elected in 1849 .Retired. | |
John C. Breckinridge (Lexington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
32nd 33rd |
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 |
Re-elected in 1865 .Retired. |
1863–1873 [data missing] |
George M. Adams (Barbourville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
40th 41st 42nd |
. | |
Milton J. Durham (Danville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 |
43rd 44th 45th |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 re-elected in 1952 .Retired. |
1953–1963 [data missing] |
Eugene Siler (Williamsburg) |
Republican | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 |
84th 85th 86th 87th |
Re-elected in 1960. .
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
- Redistricting in the United States