South Carolina's 8th congressional district

The 8th congressional district of South Carolina was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina. It was created in 1803 as a result of the 1800 Census and eliminated in 1843 as a result of the 1840 Census. The district was last represented by Thomas De Lage Sumter.

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1803
John B. Earle (Anderson County)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804 but declined the seat.	1803–1813 "Pendleton district"
Vacant		March 4, 1805 – December 2, 1805	9th
Elias Earle (Greenville)	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1805 – March 3, 1807		Elected September 26–27, 1805 to finish his nephew's term and seated December 2, 1805. Lost re-election.
Lemuel J. Alston (Greenville)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811	10th 11th	Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.
Elias Earle (Greenville)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Samuel Farrow (Spartanburg)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Retired.	1813–1823 "Chester district"
Thomas Moore (Spartanburg County)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. Retired.
Wilson Nesbitt (Spartanburg)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. Retired.
John McCreary (Chester)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
Joseph Gist (Pinckneyville)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 7th district.
John Carter ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired.	1823–1833 "Kershaw district"
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
James Blair (Lancaster County)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – April 1, 1834	21st 22nd 23rd	Elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1833. Died.
					1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		April 1, 1834 – December 8, 1834	23rd
Richard I. Manning (Columbia)	Jacksonian	December 8, 1834 – May 1, 1836	23rd 24th	Elected June 3, 1834 to finish Blair's term and seated December 8, 1834. Also elected to the next full term. Died.
Vacant		May 1, 1836 – December 19, 1836	24th
John P. Richardson (Spartanburg)	Jacksonian	December 19, 1836 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th	Elected October 11, 1836 to finish Manning's term and seated December 19, 1836. Also elected to the next full term. Retired.
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Thomas D. Sumter (Stateburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost re-election.
District eliminated March 3, 1843

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

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