Ohio's 8th congressional district

Ohio's 8th congressional district
Ohio's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		John Boehner (R–West Chester Township)
Distribution	77.95% urban, 22.05% rural
Population (2010)	724,285[1]
Median income	$49,728
Ethnicity	89.11% White, 5.90% Black, 1.53% Asian, 3.03% Hispanic, 0.25% Native American, 3.21% other
Cook PVI	R+14

Ohio's 8th congressional district sits on the west side of Ohio, bordering Indiana. The cities of Hamilton, Fairfield, Middletown, Springfield, Eaton, Greenville, Piqua, Troy, and parts of Dayton, Riverside, and Wright Patterson Air Force Base are part of the district. The district has been represented since 1991 by Republican John Boehner, the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Congress(es)	Year(s)	Notes
District created March 4, 1823
William Wilson	Crawford Republican	18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Died
	Adams	19th–20th	March 4, 1825 – June 6, 1827
William Stanbery	Jacksonian	20th–21st	October 9, 1827 – March 3, 1831
	Anti-Jacksonian	22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Jeremiah McLene	Jacksonian	23rd–24th	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Joseph Ridgway	Whig	25th–27th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
John I. Vanmeter	28th	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Allen G. Thurman	Democratic	29th	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
John L. Taylor	Whig	30th–32nd	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 10th district
Moses Bledso Corwin	33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Benjamin Stanton	Opposition	34th	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	35th–36th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Samuel Shellabarger	37th	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
William Johnston	Democratic	38th	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
James Randolph Hubbell	Republican	39th	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Cornelius S. Hamilton	40th	March 4, 1867 – December 22, 1867	Died
John Beatty	40th–42nd	February 5, 1868 – March 3, 1873
William Lawrence	43rd–44th	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
J. Warren Keifer	45th	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Redistricted to the 4th district
Ebenezer B. Finley	Democratic	46th	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Redistricted from the 14th district
J. Warren Keifer	Republican	47th–48th	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	Redistricted from the 4th district, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1881 - 1883
John Little	49th	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted to 7th district, lost re-election
Robert P. Kennedy	50th–51st	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Darius D. Hare	Democratic	52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 13th district
Luther M. Strong	Republican	53rd–54th	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
Archibald Lybrand	55th–56th	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901
William R. Warnock	57th–58th	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905
Ralph D. Cole	59th–61st	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
Frank B. Willis	62nd–63rd	March 4, 1911 – January 9, 1915	Resigned after being elected Governor
John A. Key	Democratic	64th–65th	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919
R. Clint Cole	Republican	66th–68th	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925
Thomas B. Fletcher	Democratic	69th–70th	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929
Grant E. Mouser, Jr.	Republican	71st–72nd	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933
Thomas B. Fletcher	Democratic	73rd–75th	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Frederick Cleveland Smith	Republican	76th–81st	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951
Jackson Edward Betts	82nd–92nd	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1973
Walter E. Powell	93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 24th district
Tom Kindness	94th–99th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987
Buz Lukens	100th–101st	January 3, 1987 – October 24, 1990	Resigned
John Boehner	102nd–present	January 3, 1991 – Present	Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 - Present

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Ohio's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

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: 40°0′N 84°30′W / 40.000°N 84.500°W / 40.000; -84.500