Ohio's 8th congressional district

Ohio's 8th congressional district
Ohio's 8th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Warren Davidson ; R–Troy
Distribution	77.95% urban; 22.05% rural;
Population (2022)	781,678
Median household; income	$72,748
Ethnicity	74.5% White ; 12.6% Black ; 5.0% Hispanic ; 4.3% Two or more races ; 3.0% Asian ; 0.7% other;
Cook PVI	R+14

Last updated March 27, 2024

Ohio's 8th congressional district sits on the west side of Ohio, bordering Indiana. The cities of Hamilton, Fairfield, Middletown, Springfield, Eaton, Greenville, Piqua, and Troy are part of the district. The district was represented by Republican John Boehner, the 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. On September 25, 2015, Boehner announced his resignation from the speakership and retirement from Congress, which became effective on October 31, 2015.^[4]

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush 61% – Al Gore 36%
2004	President	George W. Bush 64% – John Kerry 35%
2008	President	John McCain 60.3% – Barack Obama 38.1%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 61.9% – Barack Obama 36.4%
2016	President	Donald Trump 60.9% – Hillary Clinton 34.9%
2020	President	Donald Trump 60.3% – Joe Biden 38.3%

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List of members representing the district

Member	Party		Years	Cong ress
District established March 4, 1823
William Wilson (Newark)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Died.
William Wilson (Newark)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – June 6, 1827	18th 19th 20th
Vacant			June 6, 1827 – October 9, 1827	20th
William Stanbery (Newark)	Jacksonian	October 9, 1827 – March 3, 1831	20th 21st 22nd	Elected to finish Wilson's term. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Lost renomination.
William Stanbery (Newark)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd
Jeremiah McLene (Columbus)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Lost re-election.
Joseph Ridgway (Columbus)	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	25th 26th 27th	Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [ data missing ]
John I. Vanmeter (Piketon)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. [ data missing ]
Allen G. Thurman (Chillicothe)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. [ data missing ]
John L. Taylor (Chillicothe)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 10th district .
Moses Bledso Corwin (Urbana)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [ data missing ]
Benjamin Stanton (Bellefontaine)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [ data missing ]
Benjamin Stanton (Bellefontaine)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th
Samuel Shellabarger (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [ data missing ]
William Johnston (Mansfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. [ data missing ]
James Randolph Hubbell (Delaware)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. [ data missing ]
Cornelius S. Hamilton (Marysville)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – December 22, 1867	40th	Elected in 1866. Died.
Vacant			40th	December 22, 1867 – February 5, 1868
John Beatty (Cardington)	Republican	February 5, 1868 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	Elected to finish Hamilton's term. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. [ data missing ]
William Lawrence (Bellefontaine)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. [ data missing ]
J. Warren Keifer (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Redistricted to the 4th district .
Ebenezer B. Finley (Bucyrus)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1878. [ data missing ]
J. Warren Keifer (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Redistricting from the 4th district and re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. [ data missing ]
John Little (Xenia)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re-election.
Robert P. Kennedy (Bellefontaine)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [ data missing ]
Darius D. Hare (Upper Sandusky)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 13th district .
Luther M. Strong (Kenton)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [ data missing ]
Archibald Lybrand (Delaware)	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Lost re-election
William R. Warnock (Urbana)	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Retired.
Ralph D. Cole (Findlay)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election.
Frank B. Willis (Ada)	Republican	March 4, 1911 – January 9, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910 Re-elected in 1912. Retired then resigned early when elected Governor of Ohio.
Vacant			January 9, 1915 – March 3, 1915	63rd
John A. Key (Marion)	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.
R. Clint Cole (Findlay)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925	66th 67th 68th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
Thomas B. Fletcher (Marion)	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929	69th 70th	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
Grant E. Mouser Jr. (Marion)	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Thomas B. Fletcher (Marion)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Frederick Cleveland Smith (Marion)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Retired.
Jackson Edward Betts (Findlay)	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1973	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired.
Walter E. Powell (Fairfield)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1972. Retired.
Tom Kindness (Hamilton)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Buz Lukens (Middletown)	Republican	January 3, 1987 – October 24, 1990	100th 101st	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-nomination and resigned.
Vacant			October 24, 1990 – January 3, 1991	101st
John Boehner (West Chester)	Republican	January 3, 1991 – October 31, 2015	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Resigned.
Vacant			October 31, 2015 – June 7, 2016	114th
Warren Davidson (Troy)	Republican	June 7, 2016 – present	114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected to finish Boehner's term. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Recent election results

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Fred H. Guthery: 36,665	√ Clint Cole (incumbent): 43,473
1922	H. H. Hartmann: 34,105	√ Clint Cole (incumbent): 37,065
1924	√ Thomas B. Fletcher : 38,439	Clint Cole (incumbent): 33,258	Charles E. Lukens: 555
1926	√ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 30,167	James R. Hopley: 23,247
1928	Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 38,651	√ Grant E. Mouser Jr. : 42,199
1930	Carl W. Smith: 33,906	√ Grant E. Mouser Jr. (incumbent): 35,663
1932	√ Thomas B. Fletcher : 45,930	Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 41,234
1934	√ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 39,466	Gertrude Jones: 36,112
1936	√ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 49,668	Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,565
1938	Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 33,972	√ Frederick C. Smith : 40,772
1940	Kenneth M. Petri: 44,605	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 49,218
1942	Thomas B. Fletcher: 22,753	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 33,797
1944	Roy Warren Roof: 34,494	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 51,253
1946	John T. Siemon: 22,945	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 40,755
1948	Andrew T. Durbin: 36,685	√ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 43,929
1950	W. Dexter Hazen: 28,379	√ Jackson E. Betts : 47,761
1952	Henry P. Drake: 34,474	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 75,768
1954	Thomas M. Dowd: 30,592	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 52,196
1956	Robert M. Corry: 40,716	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 70,690
1958	Virgil M. Gase: 39,343	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 62,232
1960	Virgil M. Gase: 38,871	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 81,373
1962	Morris Laderman: 28,400	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 66,458
1964	Frank B. Bennett: 45,445	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 73,395
1966	Frank B. Bennett: 38,787	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 78,933
1968	Marie Baker: 40,898	√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 101,974
1970		√ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 90,916
1972	James D. Ruppert: 73,344	√ Walter E. Powell *: 80,050
1974	T. Edward Strinko: 45,701	√ Tom Kindness : 51,097	Don Gingerich: 23,616
1976	John W. Griffin: 46,424	√ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 110,775	Joseph F. Payton: 4,158
1978	Luella R. Schroeder: 32,493	√ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 81,156	George Hahn: 3
1980	John W. Griffin: 44,162	√ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 139,590
1982	John W. Griffin: 49,877	√ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 98,527
1984	John T. Francis: 46,673	√ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 155,200
1986	John W. Griffin: 46,195	√ Donald "Buz" Lukens : 98,475
1988	John W. Griffin: 49,084	√ Donald "Buz" Lukens (incumbent): 154,164
1990	Gregory V. Jolivette: 63,584	√ John Boehner *: 99,955
1992	Fred Sennet: 62,033	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 176,362
1994		√ John Boehner (incumbent): 148,338
1996	Jeffrey D. Kitchen: 61,515	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 165,815	William Baker (N): 8,613
1998	John W. Griffin: 52,912	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 127,979
2000	John G. Parks: 66,293	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 179,756	David R. Shock (L): 3,802
2002	Jeff Hardenbrook: 49,444	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 119,947
2004	Jeff Hardenbrook: 87,769	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 195,923
2006	Mort Meier: 74,641	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 132,743
2008	Nicholas von Stein: 74,848	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 163,586
2010	Justin Coussoule: 65,883	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 142,731	David Harlow (L): 5,121 James Condit (C): 3,701
2012 ^[8]		√ John Boehner (incumbent): 246,380	James Condit (C) : 1,938
2014	Tom Poetter: 51,534	√ John Boehner (incumbent): 126,539	James Condit (C): 10,257
2016 (special) ^[9]	Corey Foister: 5,937	√ Warren Davidson : 21,618	James Condit (G): 607
2016	Steve Fought: 87,794	√ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 223,833	Derrick Hendricks (G): 13,879
2018	Vanessa Enoch: 89,451	√ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 177,892
2020	Vanessa Enoch: 110,766	√ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 246,276
2022	Vanessa Enoch: 98,629	√ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 180,287

Historical district boundaries

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References

Specific

↑ US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
↑ US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
↑ Steinhauer, Jennifer (September 25, 2015). "John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress (Published 2015)" – via NYTimes.com.
↑ "2016 Official Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
↑ "Statement on the US House OH-8 District race | Ohio Green Party". ohiogreens.org.
↑ https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2022-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list
↑ "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
↑ "June 7, 2016 Special Congressional General Election Official Canvass". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

General

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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Preceded by Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district	Home district of the speaker December 5, 1881 – March 4, 1883	Succeeded by Kentucky's 6th congressional district
Preceded by California's 8th congressional district	Home district of the speaker January 5, 2011 – October 29, 2015	Succeeded by Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

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[1] US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[2] US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-3] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[4] Steinhauer, Jennifer (September 25, 2015). "John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress (Published 2015)" – via NYTimes.com.

[5] "2016 Official Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

[6] "Statement on the US House OH-8 District race | Ohio Green Party". ohiogreens.org.

[7] ttps://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2022-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list

[8] "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

[9] "June 7, 2016 Special Congressional General Election Official Canvass". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

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