Ohio's 8th congressional district
Ohio's 8th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 733,811[1] | ||
Median household income | $62,845[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+19[3] |
Ohio's 8th congressional district sits on the west side of Ohio, bordering Indiana. The cities of Hamilton, Fairfield, Middletown, Springfield, Eaton, Greenville, Piqua, and Troy are part of the district. The district was represented by Republican John Boehner, the 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. On September 25, 2015, Boehner announced his resignation from the speakership and retirement from Congress, which became effective on October 31, 2015.[4]
The current representative for this district is Republican Warren Davidson, who defeated Democrat Corey Foister and Green Party candidate James J. Condit Jr. in the 2016 special election to fill Boehner's seat.[5][6]
Election results from presidential races[]
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 61% – Al Gore 36% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 64% – John Kerry 35% |
2008 | President | John McCain 60.3% – Barack Obama 38.1% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 61.9% – Barack Obama 36.4% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 65.1% – Hillary Clinton 30.6% |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 66% – Joe Biden 32.5% |
List of members representing the district[]
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | ||
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District created March 4, 1823 | ||||||
William Wilson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th |
Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Died. | ||
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – June 6, 1827 | |||||
Vacant | June 6, 1827 – October 9, 1827 |
20th | ||||
William Stanbery |
Jacksonian | October 9, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
20th 21st 22nd |
Elected to finish Wilson's term. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Lost renomination. | ||
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | |||||
Jeremiah McLene | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Lost re-election. | ||
Joseph Ridgway | Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
25th 26th 27th |
Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data unknown/missing] | ||
John I. Vanmeter |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | Elected in 1843. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Allen G. Thurman |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | Elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing] | ||
John L. Taylor | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 |
30th 31st 32nd |
Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 10th district. | ||
Moses Bledso Corwin | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1852. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Benjamin Stanton |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th 36th |
Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | |||||
Samuel Shellabarger |
Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | Elected in 1860. [data unknown/missing] | ||
William Johnston |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | Elected in 1862. [data unknown/missing] | ||
James Randolph Hubbell |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | Elected in 1864. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Cornelius S. Hamilton |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – December 22, 1867 |
40th | Elected in 1866. Died. | ||
Vacant | December 22, 1867 – February 5, 1868 |
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John Beatty |
Republican | February 5, 1868 – March 3, 1873 |
40th 41st 42nd |
Elected to finish Hamilton's term. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing] | ||
William Lawrence |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 |
43rd 44th |
Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing] | ||
J. Warren Keifer |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Elected in 1876. Redistricted to the 4th district. | ||
Ebenezer B. Finley |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1878. [data unknown/missing] | ||
J. Warren Keifer |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 |
47th 48th |
Redistricting from the 4th district and re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing] | ||
John Little |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | Elected in 1884. Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re-election. | ||
Robert P. Kennedy |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
50th 51st |
Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Darius D. Hare |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 13th district. | ||
Luther M. Strong |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Archibald Lybrand |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 |
55th 56th |
Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Lost re-election | ||
William R. Warnock |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905 |
57th 58th |
Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Retired. | ||
Ralph D. Cole |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
59th 60th 61st |
Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election. | ||
Frank B. Willis |
Republican | March 4, 1911 – January 9, 1915 |
62nd 63rd |
Elected in 1910 Re-elected in 1912. Retired then resigned early when elected Governor of Ohio. | ||
Vacant | January 9, 1915 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | ||||
John A. Key |
Democratic | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 |
64th 65th |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. | ||
R. Clint Cole |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 |
66th 67th 68th |
Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Lost re-election. | ||
Thomas B. Fletcher |
Democratic | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929 |
69th 70th |
Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | ||
Grant E. Mouser Jr. |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
71st 72nd |
Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election. | ||
Thomas B. Fletcher |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
73rd 74th 75th |
Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election. | ||
Frederick Cleveland Smith |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951 |
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st |
Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Retired. | ||
Jackson Edward Betts |
Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1973 |
82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st |
Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired. | ||
Walter E. Powell |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
93rd | Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1972. Retired. | ||
Tom Kindness |
Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987 |
94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | ||
Buz Lukens |
Republican | January 3, 1987 – October 24, 1990 |
100th 101st |
Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election and resigned. | ||
Vacant | October 24, 1990 – January 3, 1991 |
101st | ||||
John Boehner |
Republican | January 3, 1991 – October 31, 2015 |
102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th |
Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Resigned. | ||
Vacant | October 31, 2015 – June 7, 2016 |
114th | ||||
Warren Davidson |
Republican | June 7, 2016 – present |
114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected to finish Boehner's term. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
Recent election results[]
Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
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1920 | : 36,665 | √ Clint Cole (incumbent): 43,473 | |
1922 | : 34,105 | √ Clint Cole (incumbent): 37,065 | |
1924 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher: 38,439 | Clint Cole (incumbent): 33,258 | : 555 |
1926 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 30,167 | : 23,247 | |
1928 | Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 38,651 | √ Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,199 | |
1930 | : 33,906 | √ Grant E. Mouser Jr. (incumbent): 35,663 | |
1932 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher: 45,930 | Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 41,234 | |
1934 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 39,466 | : 36,112 | |
1936 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 49,668 | Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,565 | |
1938 | Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 33,972 | √ Frederick C. Smith: 40,772 | |
1940 | : 44,605 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 49,218 | |
1942 | Thomas B. Fletcher: 22,753 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 33,797 | |
1944 | : 34,494 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 51,253 | |
1946 | : 22,945 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 40,755 | |
1948 | : 36,685 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 43,929 | |
1950 | : 28,379 | √ Jackson E. Betts: 47,761 | |
1952 | : 34,474 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 75,768 | |
1954 | : 30,592 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 52,196 | |
1956 | : 40,716 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 70,690 | |
1958 | : 39,343 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 62,232 | |
1960 | : 38,871 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 81,373 | |
1962 | : 28,400 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 66,458 | |
1964 | : 45,445 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 73,395 | |
1966 | : 38,787 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 78,933 | |
1968 | Marie Baker: 40,898 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 101,974 | |
1970 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 90,916 | ||
1972 | : 73,344 | √ Walter E. Powell*: 80,050 | |
1974 | : 45,701 | √ Tom Kindness: 51,097 | Don Gingerich: 23,616 |
1976 | John W. Griffin: 46,424 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 110,775 | Joseph F. Payton: 4,158 |
1978 | : 32,493 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 81,156 | George Hahn: 3 |
1980 | John W. Griffin: 44,162 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 139,590 | |
1982 | John W. Griffin: 49,877 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 98,527 | |
1984 | : 46,673 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 155,200 | |
1986 | John W. Griffin: 46,195 | √ Donald "Buz" Lukens: 98,475 | |
1988 | John W. Griffin: 49,084 | √ Donald "Buz" Lukens (incumbent): 154,164 | |
1990 | Gregory V. Jolivette: 63,584 | √ John Boehner*: 99,955 | |
1992 | : 62,033 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 176,362 | |
1994 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 148,338 | ||
1996 | : 61,515 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 165,815 | William Baker (N): 8,613 |
1998 | John W. Griffin: 52,912 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 127,979 | |
2000 | : 66,293 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 179,756 | David R. Shock (L): 3,802 |
2002 | : 49,444 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 119,947 | |
2004 | : 87,769 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 195,923 | |
2006 | : 74,641 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 132,743 | |
2008 | : 74,848 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 163,586 | |
2010 | Justin Coussoule: 65,883 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 142,731 | David Harlow (L): 5,121 James Condit (C): 3,701 |
2012[7] | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 246,380 | James Condit (C) : 1,938 | |
2014 | Tom Poetter: 51,534 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 126,539 | James Condit (C): 10,257 |
2016 (special)[8] | Corey Foister: 5,937 | √ Warren Davidson: 21,618 | James Condit (G): 607 |
2016 | Steve Fought: 87,794 | √ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 223,833 | Derrick Hendricks (G): 13,879 |
2018 | Vanessa Enoch: 89,451 | √ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 177,892 | |
2020 | Vanessa Enoch: 110,766 | √ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 246,276 |
See also[]
References[]
- Specific
- ^ US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ Steinhauer, Jennifer (September 25, 2015). "John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress (Published 2015)" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "2016 Official Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
- ^ "Statement on the US House OH-8 District race | Ohio Green Party". ohiogreens.org.
- ^ "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
- ^ "June 7, 2016 Special Congressional General Election Official Canvass". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- General
- 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
Categories:
- Congressional districts of Ohio
- Constituencies established in 1823
- 1823 establishments in Ohio