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Indiana's 8th congressional district

67 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Mark B. Messmer R.

Holders
67
39 R · 27 D · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Larry Bucshon
Current
21 months
Mark B. Messmer, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/in-8Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020John Pettit · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Pettit · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Pettit · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Ewing McDonald · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Mace · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Mace · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Mace · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJames Wilson · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanJames Wilson · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Smith White · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanGodlove Stein Orth · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanGodlove Stein Orth · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJames Noble Tyner · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Noble Tyner · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanMorton Craig Hunter · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanMorton Craig Hunter · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Jonathan Hostetler · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratRobert Bruce Fraser Peirce · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Lamb · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Johnston · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJames Thomas Johnston · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanElijah Voorhees Brookshire · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratElijah Voorhees Brookshire · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratElijah Voorhees Brookshire · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Faris · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Lewis Henry · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Cromer · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Cromer · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Cromer · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Cromer · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alfred McDowell Adair · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alfred McDowell Adair · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alfred McDowell Adair · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alfred McDowell Adair · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alfred McDowell Adair · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Henry Vestal · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Henry Vestal · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Henry Vestal · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Henry Vestal · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Henry Vestal · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanAlbert Henry Vestal · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Henry Vestal · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Henry Vestal · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJohn William Boehne Jr. · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCharles Marion La Follette · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanWinfield Kirkpatrick Denton · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratWinfield Kirkpatrick Denton · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratWinfield Kirkpatrick Denton · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWinfield Kirkpatrick Denton · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRoger Herschel Zion · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanRoger Herschel Zion · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanPhilip Harold Hayes · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratDavid Lance Cornwell · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratHuey Joel Deckard · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanFrancis Xavier McCloskey · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratJohn Nathan Hostettler · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Nathan Hostettler · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Nathan Hostettler · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Nathan Hostettler · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanBrad Ellsworth · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBrad Ellsworth · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratLarry Bucshon · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanLarry Bucshon · 2015-01-06 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Archibald Mitchell · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanD. Bailey Merrill · 1953-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanFrancis Xavier McCloskey · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratMark B. Messmer · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
Mark B. Messmer R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Larry Bucshon R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2025 · 10 years
Larry Bucshon R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Brad Ellsworth D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Brad Ellsworth D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
John Nathan Hostettler R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
John Nathan Hostettler R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John Nathan Hostettler R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John Nathan Hostettler R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Francis Xavier McCloskey D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Francis Xavier McCloskey D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Huey Joel Deckard R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
David Lance Cornwell D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Philip Harold Hayes D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Roger Herschel Zion R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Roger Herschel Zion R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
D. Bailey Merrill R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1955 · 2 years
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Edward Archibald Mitchell R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Charles Marion La Follette R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
John William Boehne Jr. D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Albert Henry Vestal R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Albert Henry Vestal R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Albert Henry Vestal R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Albert Henry Vestal R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Albert Henry Vestal R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Albert Henry Vestal R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Albert Henry Vestal R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Albert Henry Vestal R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Alfred McDowell Adair D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Alfred McDowell Adair D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Alfred McDowell Adair D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Alfred McDowell Adair D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Alfred McDowell Adair D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
George Washington Cromer R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
George Washington Cromer R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
George Washington Cromer R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
George Washington Cromer R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Lewis Henry R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
George Washington Faris R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Thomas Johnston R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Thomas Johnston R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Edward Lamb D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Abraham Jonathan Hostetler D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Morton Craig Hunter R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Morton Craig Hunter R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Noble Tyner R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Noble Tyner R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Godlove Stein Orth R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Godlove Stein Orth R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Albert Smith White R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
James Wilson R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
James Wilson R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Daniel Mace IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Daniel Mace D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Daniel Mace D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Joseph Ewing McDonald D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Pettit D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Pettit D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Pettit D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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