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Ohio's 8th congressional district

73 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Warren Davidson R.

Holders
73
48 R · 9 D · 8 W · 4 J · 1 U · 1 A · 1 AJ · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Warren Davidson
Current
10 years
Warren Davidson, since Jun 9, 2016
history/seat/oh-8Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Wilson · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04William Wilson · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsWilliam Stanbery · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Stanbery · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Stanbery · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJeremiah McLene · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJeremiah McLene · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJoseph Ridgway · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJoseph Ridgway · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJoseph Ridgway · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Inskeep Vanmeter · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigAllen Granberry Thurman · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lampkin Taylor · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJohn Lampkin Taylor · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJohn Lampkin Taylor · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigMoses Bledso Corwin · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigBenjamin Stanton · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratBenjamin Stanton · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Stanton · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Shellabarger · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Johnston · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratJames Randolph Hubbell · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanCornelius Springer Hamilton · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lawrence · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lawrence · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Warren Keifer · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Byron Finley · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Warren Keifer · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Warren Keifer · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Little · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Patterson Kennedy · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Patterson Kennedy · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanDarius Dodge Hare · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratLuther Martin Strong · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanLuther Martin Strong · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanArchibald Lybrand · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanArchibald Lybrand · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Robert Warnock · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Robert Warnock · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanRalph Dayton Cole · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanRalph Dayton Cole · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanRalph Dayton Cole · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Bartlett Willis · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Bartlett Willis · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alexander Key · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alexander Key · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratRaymond Clinton Cole · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanRaymond Clinton Cole · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRaymond Clinton Cole · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brooks Fletcher · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratThomas Brooks Fletcher · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratGrant Earl Mouser Jr. · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanGrant Earl Mouser Jr. · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Brooks Fletcher · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratFrederick Cleveland Smith · 1943-01-06 – 1951-01-04 · RepublicanJackson Edward Betts · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJackson Edward Betts · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJackson Edward Betts · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJackson Edward Betts · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Norman Kindness · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Norman Kindness · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Edgar Lukens · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · RepublicanJohn A. Boehner · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn A. Boehner · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn A. Boehner · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJohn A. Boehner · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJohn A. Boehner · 2015-01-06 – 2015-11-01 · RepublicanWarren Davidson · 2016-06-09 – present · RepublicanJohn Beatty · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Cleveland Smith · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJackson Edward Betts · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWalter Eugene Powell · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJohn A. Boehner · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · Republican
Warren Davidson R
Jun 9, 2016 – present · 10 years
John A. Boehner R
Jan 6, 2015 – Nov 1, 2015 · 10 months
John A. Boehner R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John A. Boehner R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John A. Boehner R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John A. Boehner R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John A. Boehner R
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Donald Edgar Lukens R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Thomas Norman Kindness R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Thomas Norman Kindness R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Walter Eugene Powell R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Jackson Edward Betts R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Jackson Edward Betts R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Jackson Edward Betts R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Jackson Edward Betts R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Jackson Edward Betts R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Frederick Cleveland Smith R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1951 · 8 years
Frederick Cleveland Smith R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Grant Earl Mouser Jr. R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Grant Earl Mouser Jr. R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Raymond Clinton Cole R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Raymond Clinton Cole R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Raymond Clinton Cole R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Alexander Key D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Alexander Key D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Frank Bartlett Willis R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Frank Bartlett Willis R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Ralph Dayton Cole R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Ralph Dayton Cole R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Ralph Dayton Cole R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Robert Warnock R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Robert Warnock R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Archibald Lybrand R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Archibald Lybrand R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Luther Martin Strong R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Luther Martin Strong R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Darius Dodge Hare D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Robert Patterson Kennedy R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Robert Patterson Kennedy R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Little R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Joseph Warren Keifer R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Joseph Warren Keifer R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Ebenezer Byron Finley D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Joseph Warren Keifer R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Lawrence R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Lawrence R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Cornelius Springer Hamilton R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
John Beatty R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
James Randolph Hubbell R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
William Johnston D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Samuel Shellabarger R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Benjamin Stanton R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Benjamin Stanton R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Benjamin Stanton IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Moses Bledso Corwin W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Lampkin Taylor W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Lampkin Taylor W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Lampkin Taylor W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Allen Granberry Thurman D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Inskeep Vanmeter W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Joseph Ridgway W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Joseph Ridgway W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Joseph Ridgway W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Jeremiah McLene J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Jeremiah McLene J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
William Stanbery AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
William Stanbery J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
William Stanbery J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
William Wilson A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
William Wilson
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

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