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Tennessee's 8th congressional district

76 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: David Kustoff R.

Holders
76
47 D · 10 R · 10 W · 5 J · 2 A · 1 IRD · 1 U
Longest tenure
10 years
Thomas Jefferson Murray
Current
9.8 years
David Kustoff, since Jan 3, 2017
history/seat/tn-8Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020James B. Reynolds · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hartwell Marable · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJohn Hartwell Marable · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonCave Johnson · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonCave Johnson · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonDavid W. Dickinson · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonAbram Poindexter Maury · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigAbram Poindexter Maury · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigMeredith Poindexter Gentry · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigMeredith Poindexter Gentry · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJoseph Hopkins Peyton · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigEdwin Hickman Ewing · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigWashington Barrow · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigAndrew Ewing · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cullom · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigFelix Kirk Zollicoffer · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigFelix Kirk Zollicoffer · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanFelix Kirk Zollicoffer · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanJames Minor Quarles · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJohn William Leftwich · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · UnionistDavid Alexander Nunn · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Jay Smith · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wirt Vaughan · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratDavid Alexander Nunn · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJohn DeWitt Clinton Atkins · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn DeWitt Clinton Atkins · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn DeWitt Clinton Atkins · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJohn DeWitt Clinton Atkins · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn May Taylor · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn May Taylor · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Augustine Enloe · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Augustine Enloe · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Augustine Enloe · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Augustine Enloe · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn Ethridge McCall · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanThetus Willrette Sims · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratThetus Willrette Sims · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratLon Allen Scott · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanGordon Weaver Browning · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratGordon Weaver Browning · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratGordon Weaver Browning · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratGordon Weaver Browning · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratGordon Weaver Browning · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJere Cooper · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Murray · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratRobert Ashton Everett · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratRobert Ashton Everett · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRobert Ashton Everett · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRobert Ashton Everett · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratEd Jones · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratHarold Eugene Ford · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratHarold Eugene Ford · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratEd Jones · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · DemocratJohn S. Tanner · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJohn S. Tanner · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJohn S. Tanner · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJohn S. Tanner · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratStephen Lee Fincher · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanStephen Lee Fincher · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hopkins Peyton · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJere Cooper · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratEd Jones · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratDan Heflin Kuykendall · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanEd Jones · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJohn S. Tanner · 1989-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratDavid Kustoff · 2017-01-03 – present · Republican
David Kustoff R
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Stephen Lee Fincher R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Stephen Lee Fincher R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
John S. Tanner D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
John S. Tanner D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John S. Tanner D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John S. Tanner D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John S. Tanner D
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1997 · 8 years
Ed Jones D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Ed Jones D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Harold Eugene Ford D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Harold Eugene Ford D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Dan Heflin Kuykendall R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Ed Jones D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Ed Jones D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Robert Ashton Everett D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Robert Ashton Everett D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Robert Ashton Everett D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Robert Ashton Everett D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Jere Cooper D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Thomas Jefferson Murray D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Jere Cooper D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Gordon Weaver Browning D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Gordon Weaver Browning D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Gordon Weaver Browning D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Gordon Weaver Browning D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Gordon Weaver Browning D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Lon Allen Scott R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Ethridge McCall R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Benjamin Augustine Enloe D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Benjamin Augustine Enloe D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Benjamin Augustine Enloe D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Benjamin Augustine Enloe D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John May Taylor D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John May Taylor D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
David Alexander Nunn R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Wirt Vaughan D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Jay Smith R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
David Alexander Nunn R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
John William Leftwich U
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
James Minor Quarles IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer A
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
William Cullom W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Andrew Ewing D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Washington Barrow W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Edwin Hickman Ewing W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Joseph Hopkins Peyton W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Joseph Hopkins Peyton W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Meredith Poindexter Gentry W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Meredith Poindexter Gentry W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Abram Poindexter Maury W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Abram Poindexter Maury W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
David W. Dickinson J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Cave Johnson J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Cave Johnson J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Hartwell Marable J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Hartwell Marable J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
James B. Reynolds R
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

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