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Georgia's 8th congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1845. Now: Austin Scott R.

Holders
65
53 D · 7 R · 5 W
Longest tenure
12 years
Austin Scott
Current
12 years
Austin Scott, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ga-8Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Robert Augustus Toombs · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigRobert Augustus Toombs · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigRobert Augustus Toombs · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigRobert Augustus Toombs · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn James Jones · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratSeaborn Reese · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratSeaborn Reese · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratHenry Hull Carlton · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratHenry Hull Carlton · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratThomas Graves Lawson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratThomas Graves Lawson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratThomas Graves Lawson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Marcellus Howard · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Marcellus Howard · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Marcellus Howard · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Marcellus Howard · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Marcellus Howard · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Marcellus Howard · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Marcellus Howard · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Joelah Tribble · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Joelah Tribble · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratTinsley White Rucker · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hillyer Brand · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hillyer Brand · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hillyer Brand · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hillyer Brand · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hillyer Brand · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratCharles Hillyer Brand · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hillyer Brand · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hillyer Brand · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratBraswell Drue Deen · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratJohn Strickland Gibson · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn Strickland Gibson · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratIris Faircloth Blitch · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratIris Faircloth Blitch · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJames Russell Tuten · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWilliamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWilliamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratBilly Lee Evans · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratBilly Lee Evans · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratJames Roy Rowland Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratSaxby Chambliss · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanSaxby Chambliss · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanSaxby Chambliss · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanMichael Allen Collins · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · RepublicanLynn A. Westmoreland · 2005-01-04 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanJames Marshall · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJames Marshall · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratAustin Scott · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanAustin Scott · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanSeaborn Reese · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Joelah Tribble · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratFlorence Reville Gibbs · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratWilliam McDonald Wheeler · 1947-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratJames Roy Rowland Jr. · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratWillis Benjamin Gibbs · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · Democrat
Austin Scott R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Austin Scott R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
James Marshall D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
James Marshall D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Lynn A. Westmoreland R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2007 · 2 years
Michael Allen Collins R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Saxby Chambliss R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Saxby Chambliss R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Saxby Chambliss R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
James Roy Rowland Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
James Roy Rowland Jr. D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Billy Lee Evans D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Billy Lee Evans D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James Russell Tuten D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Iris Faircloth Blitch D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Iris Faircloth Blitch D
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
William McDonald Wheeler D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1955 · 8 years
John Strickland Gibson D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
John Strickland Gibson D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Florence Reville Gibbs D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Willis Benjamin Gibbs D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Braswell Drue Deen D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Charles Hillyer Brand D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles Hillyer Brand D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles Hillyer Brand D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Charles Hillyer Brand D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Charles Hillyer Brand D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Charles Hillyer Brand D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Charles Hillyer Brand D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Hillyer Brand D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Tinsley White Rucker D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Samuel Joelah Tribble D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Samuel Joelah Tribble D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Samuel Joelah Tribble D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Marcellus Howard D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Marcellus Howard D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Marcellus Howard D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Marcellus Howard D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Marcellus Howard D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Marcellus Howard D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Marcellus Howard D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Thomas Graves Lawson D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas Graves Lawson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Thomas Graves Lawson D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Henry Hull Carlton D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Henry Hull Carlton D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Seaborn Reese D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Seaborn Reese D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Seaborn Reese D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John James Jones D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Robert Augustus Toombs W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Robert Augustus Toombs W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Robert Augustus Toombs W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Robert Augustus Toombs W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.