Ohio's 8th congressional district

Ohio's 8th congressional district
	Ohio's 8th congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Warren Davidson (R–Troy)
Distribution	77.95% urban; 22.05% rural;
Population (2016)	727,853[1]
Median income	$49,728
Ethnicity	88.68% White; 5.96% Black; 1.64% Asian; 3.35% Hispanic; 0.2% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+17[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

List of representatives

Member		Congress	Term	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1823
William Wilson	Crawford Democratic- Republican	18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Died.
William Wilson	Adams	19th 20th	March 4, 1825 – June 6, 1827	Died.
Vacant		20th	June 6, 1827 – October 9, 1827
William Stanbery	Jacksonian	20th 21st	October 9, 1827 – March 3, 1831	Lost renomination
William Stanbery	Anti- Jacksonian	22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Lost renomination
Jeremiah McLene	Jacksonian	23rd 24th	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	Lost re-election
Joseph Ridgway	Whig	25th 26th 27th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	First elected in 1836. [Data unknown/missing.]
John I. Vanmeter	Whig	28th	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	First elected in 1842. [Data unknown/missing.]
Allen G. Thurman	Democratic	29th	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	First elected in 1844. [Data unknown/missing.]
John L. Taylor	Whig	30th 31st 32nd	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 10th district.
Moses Bledso Corwin	Whig	33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	First elected in 1852. [Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin Stanton	Opposition	34th	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	First elected in 1854. [Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin Stanton	Republican	35th 36th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	First elected in 1854. [Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel Shellabarger	Republican	37th	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	First elected in 1860. [Data unknown/missing.]
William Johnston	Democratic	38th	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	First elected in 1862. [Data unknown/missing.]
James Randolph Hubbell	Republican	39th	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	First elected in 1864. [Data unknown/missing.]
Cornelius S. Hamilton	Republican	40th	March 4, 1867 – December 22, 1867	Died.
Vacant		40th	December 22, 1867 – February 5, 1868
John Beatty	Republican	40th 41st 42nd	February 5, 1868 – March 3, 1873	First elected to finish Hamilton's term. [Data unknown/missing.]
William Lawrence	Republican	43rd 44th	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	First elected in 1872. [Data unknown/missing.]
J. Warren Keifer	Republican	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	Redistricting from the 4th district.
John Little	Republican	49th	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted to 7th district. Lost re-election.
Robert P. Kennedy	Republican	50th 51st	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	First elected in 1886. [Data unknown/missing.]
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	First elected in 1892. [Data unknown/missing.]
Archibald Lybrand	Republican	55th 56th	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	First elected in 1896. [Data unknown/missing.]
William R. Warnock	Republican	57th 58th	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	First elected in 1900. [Data unknown/missing.]
Ralph D. Cole	Republican	59th 60th 61st	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	First elected in 1904. [Data unknown/missing.]
Frank B. Willis	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	Democratic	64th 65th	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	First elected in 1914. [Data unknown/missing.]
R. Clint Cole	Republican	66th 67th 68th	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925	First elected in 1918. [Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas B. Fletcher	Democratic	69th 70th	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929	First elected in 1924. [Data unknown/missing.]
Grant E. Mouser Jr.	Republican	71st 72nd	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	First elected in 1928. [Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas B. Fletcher	Democratic	73rd 74th 75th	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	First elected in 1932. [Data unknown/missing.]
Frederick Cleveland Smith	Republican	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951	First elected in 1938. [Data unknown/missing.]
Jackson Edward Betts	Republican	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 88th 89th 90th 91st	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1973	First elected in 1950. [Data unknown/missing.]
Walter E. Powell	Republican	93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 24th district.
Tom Kindness	Republican	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987	Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Buz Lukens	Republican	100th 101st	January 3, 1987 – October 24, 1990	Resigned.
Vacant		101st	October 24, 1990 – January 3, 1991
John Boehner	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
Warren Davidson	Republican	114th 115th	June 7, 2016 – present	First elected to finish Boehner's term. Re-elected in 2016.

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^[6]		√ 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)^[7]	Corey Foister: 5,904	√ Warren Davidson: 21,537	James Condit (G): 604
2016	Steve Fought: 85,313	√ Warren Davidson: 219,453	Derrick Hendricks (G): 13,371

References

Specific

↑ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=07
↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/boehner-will-resign-from-congress.html?smid=tw-share
↑ "2016 Official Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
↑ http://www.ohiogreens.org/story/statement-us-house-oh-8-district-race
↑ "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
↑ "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 / 40.000; -84.500

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives December 5, 1881 – March 4, 1883	Succeeded by Kentucky's 6th congressional district
Preceded by California's 8th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives January 5, 2011 – October 29, 2015	Succeeded by Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=07

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/boehner-will-resign-from-congress.html?smid=tw-share

[4] "2016 Official Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

[5] ttp://www.ohiogreens.org/story/statement-us-house-oh-8-district-race

[6] "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

[7] "Ohio Decides - Election Night Reporting". Ohio Secretary of State.

Ohio's 8th congressional district
Ohio's 8th congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Warren Davidson (R–Troy)
Distribution	77.95% urban 22.05% rural
Population (2016)	727,853^[1]
Median income	$49,728
Ethnicity	88.68% White 5.96% Black 1.64% Asian 3.35% Hispanic 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	R+17^[2]

Ohio's 8th congressional district

List of representatives

Recent election results

See also

References