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[]

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	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		Elected to finish Bullock's term and seated January 2, 1822. Redistricted to the 9th district and lost re-election.
Richard A. Buckner	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	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.
Patrick H. Pope	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1833. Lost re-election.	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
William J. Graves	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	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	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 unknown/missing]
Charles S. Morehead	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Retired.
John C. Breckinridge	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Retired.
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
	Alexander K. Marshall	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. Retired.
	James B. Clay	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1857. Retired.
	William E. Simms	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1859. Lost re-election.
	John J. Crittenden	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1861. Renominated but withdrew prior to election.
William H. Randall	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Retired.	1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
George M. Adams	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	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 unknown/missing]
Philip B. Thompson Jr.	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 unknown/missing]
	James B. McCreary	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 unknown/missing]
	George M. Davison	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Elected in 1896. Lost re-election.
	George G. Gilbert	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 unknown/missing]
	Harvey Helm	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 unknown/missing]
	Vacant		March 3, 1919 – August 1, 1919	66th
	King Swope	Republican	August 1, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected to finish Helm's term. Lost re-election.
	Ralph W. E. Gilbert	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 unknown/missing]
	Lewis L. Walker	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	Elected in 1928. Retired.
	Ralph W. E. Gilbert	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Retired.
District not in use		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd
Fred M. Vinson	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 unknown/missing]
Vacant		May 27, 1938 – June 4, 1938	66th
Joe B. Bates	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 unknown/missing]
James S. Golden	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1952. Retired.	1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
Eugene Siler	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[]

• 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

Coordinates: 36°50′N 84°00′W / 36.833°N 84.000°W / 36.833; -84.000