Ohio's 8th congressional district

Ohio's 8th congressional district
Ohio's 8th congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Warren Davidson (R)
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
Occupation	% Blue-collar % White-collar % Gray-collar
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, 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.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

List of representatives

Portrait	Representative		Party	Congress	Term	Notes
District created March 4, 1823
		William Wilson March 19, 1773 – June 6, 1827 (aged 54)	Crawford Republican	18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Died
			National Republican	19th 20th	March 4, 1825 – June 6, 1827
Vacant				20th	June 6, 1827 – October 9, 1827
		William Stanbery August 10, 1788 – January 23, 1873 (aged 84)	Democratic	20th 21st	October 9, 1827 – March 3, 1831	Lost renomination
			National Republican	22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
		Jeremiah McLene 1767 – March 19, 1837 (aged 59/60)	Democratic	23rd 24th	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	Lost re-election
		Joseph Ridgway May 6, 1783 – February 1, 1861 (aged 77)	Whig	25th 26th 27th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		John I. Vanmeter February 1798 – August 3, 1875 (aged 77)	Whig	28th	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Allen G. Thurman November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895 (aged 82)	Democratic	29th	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		John L. Taylor March 7, 1805 – September 6, 1870 (aged 65)	Whig	30th 31st 32nd	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 10th district
		Moses Bledso Corwin January 5, 1790 – April 7, 1872 (aged 82)	Whig	33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Benjamin Stanton June 4, 1809 – June 2, 1872 (aged 62)	Opposition	34th	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
			Republican	35th 36th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
		Samuel Shellabarger December 10, 1817 – August 7, 1896 (aged 78)	Republican	37th	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		William Johnston 1819 – May 1, 1866 (aged 46/47)	Democratic	38th	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		James Randolph Hubbell July 13, 1824 – November 26, 1890 (aged 66)	Republican	39th	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Cornelius S. Hamilton January 2, 1821 – December 22, 1867 (aged 46)	Republican	40th	March 4, 1867 – December 22, 1867	Died
Vacant				December 22, 1867 – February 5, 1868
		John Beatty December 16, 1828 – December 4, 1914 (aged 85)	Republican	40th 41st 42nd	February 5, 1868 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		William Lawrence June 26, 1819 – May 8, 1899 (aged 79)	Republican	43rd 44th	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		J. Warren Keifer January 30, 1836 – April 22, 1932 (aged 96)	Republican	45th	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Redistricted to the 4th district
		Ebenezer B. Finley July 31, 1833 – August 22, 1916 (aged 83)	Democratic	46th	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Redistricted from the 14th district
		J. Warren Keifer January 30, 1836 – April 22, 1932 (aged 96)	Republican	47th 48th	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	Redistricting from the 4th district
		John Little April 25, 1837 – October 18, 1900 (aged 63)	Republican	49th	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted to 7th district, lost re-election
		Robert P. Kennedy January 23, 1840 – May 6, 1918 (aged 78)	Republican	50th 51st	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Darius D. Hare January 9, 1843 – February 10, 1897 (aged 54)	Democratic	52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 13th district
		Luther M. Strong June 23, 1838 – April 26, 1903 (aged 64)	Republican	53rd 54th	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Archibald Lybrand May 23, 1840 – February 7, 1910 (aged 69)	Republican	55th 56th	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		William R. Warnock August 29, 1838 – July 30, 1918 (aged 79)	Republican	57th 58th	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Ralph D. Cole November 30, 1873 – October 15, 1932 (aged 58)	Republican	59th 60th 61st	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Frank B. Willis December 28, 1871 – March 30, 1928 (aged 56)	Republican	62nd 63rd	March 4, 1911 – January 9, 1915	Resigned after being elected Governor
Vacant				63rd	January 9, 1915 – March 4, 1915
		John A. Key December 30, 1871 – March 4, 1954 (aged 82)	Democratic	64th 65th	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		R. Clint Cole August 21, 1870 – February 8, 1957 (aged 86)	Republican	66th 67th 68th	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Thomas B. Fletcher October 10, 1879 – July 1, 1945 (aged 65)	Democratic	69th 70th	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Grant E. Mouser Jr. February 20, 1895 – December 21, 1943 (aged 48)	Republican	71st 72nd	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Thomas B. Fletcher October 10, 1879 – July 1, 1945 (aged 65)	Democratic	73rd 74th 75th	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Frederick Cleveland Smith July 29, 1884 – July 16, 1956 (aged 71)	Republican	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Jackson Edward Betts May 26, 1904 – August 13, 1993 (aged 89)	Republican	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 88th 89th 90th 91st	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1973	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		Walter E. Powell April 25, 1931	Republican	93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 24th district
		Tom Kindness August 26, 1929 – January 8, 2004 (aged 74)	Republican	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987	Ran for U.S. Senator from Ohio and lost in 1986
		Buz Lukens February 11, 1931 – May 22, 2010 (aged 79)	Republican	100th 101st	January 3, 1987 – October 24, 1990	Resigned
Vacant				101st	October 24, 1990 – January 3, 1991
		John Boehner November 17, 1949	Republican	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	January 3, 1991 – October 31, 2015	Resigned
Vacant				114th	October 31, 2015 – June 7, 2016	Ohio's 8th congressional district special election, 2016
		Warren Davidson March 1, 1970	Republican	114th	June 7, 2016 – present

Recent election results

District boundaries, 2003–2013

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Fred H. Guthery: 36,665	√ Clint Cole (incumbent): 43,473
1922	H. H. Hartmann: 34,105	√ Clint Cole (incumbent): 37,065
1924	√ Thomas B. Fletcher: 38,439	Clint Cole (incumbent): 33,258	Charles E. Lukens: 555
1926	√ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 30,167	James R. Hopley: 23,247
1928	Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 38,651	√ Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,199
1930	Carl W. Smith: 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	Gertrude Jones: 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	Kenneth M. Petri: 44,605	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 49,218
1942	Thomas B. Fletcher: 22,753	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 33,797
1944	Roy Warren Roof: 34,494	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 51,253
1946	John T. Siemon: 22,945	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 40,755
1948	Andrew T. Durbin: 36,685	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 43,929
1950	W. Dexter Hazen: 28,379	√ Jackson E. Betts: 47,761
1952	Henry P. Drake: 34,474	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 75,768
1954	Thomas M. Dowd: 30,592	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 52,196
1956	Robert M. Corry: 40,716	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 70,690
1958	Virgil M. Gase: 39,343	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 62,232
1960	Virgil M. Gase: 38,871	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 81,373
1962	Morris Laderman: 28,400	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 66,458
1964	Frank B. Bennett: 45,445	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 73,395
1966	Frank B. Bennett: 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	James D. Ruppert: 73,344	√ Walter E. Powell*: 80,050
1974	T. Edward Strinko: 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	Luella R. Schroeder: 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	John T. Francis: 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	Fred Sennet: 62,033	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 176,362
1994		√ John Boehner (incumbent): 148,338
1996	Jeffrey D. Kitchen: 61,515	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 165,815	William Baker (N): 8,613
1998	John W. Griffin: 52,912	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 127,979
2000	John G. Parks: 66,293	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 179,756	David R. Shock (L): 3,802
2002	Jeff Hardenbrook: 49,444	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 119,947
2004	Jeff Hardenbrook: 87,769	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 195,923
2006	Mort Meier: 74,641	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 132,743
2008	Nicholas von Stein: 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[5]		√ 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)[6]	Corey Foister: 5,904	√ Warren Davidson: 21,537	James Condit (G): 604

See also

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

References

Specific

1. "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/boehner-will-resign-from-congress.html?smid=tw-share
3. "2016 Official Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
4. http://www.ohiogreens.org/story/statement-us-house-oh-8-district-race
5. "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
6. "Ohio Decides - Election Night Reporting". Ohio Secretary of State.

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

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