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Missouri's 8th congressional district

55 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Now: Jason Smith R.

Holders
55
35 D · 17 R · 1 U · 1 LR · 1 ID
Longest tenure
12 years
Jason Smith
Current
12 years
Jason Smith, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/mo-8Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020William Augustus Hall · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · UnionistJohn Forbes Benjamin · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJames Gorrall Blair · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · Liberal RepublicanAbram Comingo · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Joseph Franklin · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Joseph Franklin · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Locke Sawyer · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · Ind. DemocratRobert Thompson Van Horn · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Joseph O’Neill · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph O’Neill · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph O’Neill · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratFrederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Joseph O’Neill · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratRichard Parks Bland · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJoel Douglas Hubbard · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Parks Bland · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratRichard Parks Bland · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratDorsey William Shackleford · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lester Nelson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratSidney Crain Roach · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanSidney Crain Roach · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lester Nelson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratWilliam Lester Nelson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lester Nelson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lester Nelson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratClyde Williams · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Price Elmer · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanParke Monroe Banta · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Sidney Johnson Carnahan · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratRichard Howard Ichord II · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRichard Howard Ichord II · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRichard Howard Ichord II · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRichard Howard Ichord II · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRichard Howard Ichord II · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratR. Wendell Bailey · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanNorvell William Emerson · 1987-01-06 – 1996-06-23 · RepublicanJo Ann Emerson · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · Independent → RepublicanJo Ann Emerson · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJo Ann Emerson · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJo Ann Emerson · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-23 · RepublicanJason Smith · 2013-06-04 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJason Smith · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanDorsey William Shackleford · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Sidney Johnson Carnahan · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Sidney Johnson Carnahan · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratRichard Howard Ichord II · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratNorvell William Emerson · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Republican
Jason Smith R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Jason Smith R
Jun 4, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 19 months
Jo Ann Emerson R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 23, 2013 · 4 years
Jo Ann Emerson R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Jo Ann Emerson R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Jo Ann Emerson I→R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Norvell William Emerson R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jun 23, 1996 · 9.5 years
Norvell William Emerson R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
R. Wendell Bailey R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Richard Howard Ichord II D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Richard Howard Ichord II D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Richard Howard Ichord II D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Richard Howard Ichord II D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Richard Howard Ichord II D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Richard Howard Ichord II D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Parke Monroe Banta R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
William Price Elmer R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Clyde Williams D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
William Lester Nelson D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Lester Nelson D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Lester Nelson D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Lester Nelson D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Sidney Crain Roach R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Sidney Crain Roach R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Lester Nelson D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Richard Parks Bland D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Richard Parks Bland D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Joel Douglas Hubbard R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Richard Parks Bland D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Joseph O’Neill D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Joseph O’Neill D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Joseph O’Neill D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Joseph O’Neill D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Robert Thompson Van Horn R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Samuel Locke Sawyer ID
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Benjamin Joseph Franklin D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Benjamin Joseph Franklin D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Abram Comingo D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Gorrall Blair LR
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
John Forbes Benjamin R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
William Augustus Hall U
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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