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Kentucky s 8th congressional district was a district of the United States House of Representatives in Kentucky It was lost to redistricting in 1963 Its last Representative was Eugene Siler Kentucky s 8th congressional districtObsolete districtCreated1810Eliminated1960Years active1813 1963List of members representing the district editMember Party Years Congress Electoral history LocationDistrict created March 4 1813Vacant March 4 1813 April 20 1813 13th Representative elect John Simpson died 1813 1823Bullett Henry Jefferson and Shelby countiesStephen Ormsby Louisville Democratic Republican April 20 1813 March 3 1817 13th14th Elected to finish Simpson s term Re elected in 1814 Lost re election Richard C Anderson Jr Louisville Democratic Republican March 4 1817 March 3 1821 15th16th Elected in 1816 Re elected in 1818 Retired Wingfield Bullock Shelbyville Democratic Republican March 4 1821 October 13 1821 17th Elected in 1820 Died Vacant October 13 1821 November 21 1821James D Breckinridge Louisville Democratic Republican November 21 1821 March 3 1823 Elected to finish Bullock s term and seated January 2 1822 Redistricted to the 9th district and lost re election there Richard A Buckner Greensburg Democratic Republican March 4 1823 March 3 1825 18th19th20th Elected in 1822 Re elected in 1824 Re elected in 1827 Retired 1823 1833Adair Casey Cumberland Green Pulaski and Wayne countiesAnti Jacksonian March 4 1825 March 3 1829Nathan Gaither Columbia Jacksonian March 4 1829 March 3 1833 21st22nd Elected in 1829 Re elected in 1831 Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re election there Patrick H Pope Louisville Jacksonian March 4 1833 March 3 1835 23rd Elected in 1833 Lost re election 1833 1843 data missing nbsp William J Graves New Castle Anti Jacksonian March 4 1835 March 3 1837 24th Elected in 1835 Re elected in 1837 Re elected in 1839 Retired Whig March 4 1837 March 3 1841 25th26thJames Sprigg Shelbyville Whig March 4 1841 March 3 1843 27th Elected in 1841 Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re election as an independent nbsp Garrett Davis Paris Whig March 4 1843 March 3 1847 28th29th Redistricted from the 12th district and re elected in 1843 Re elected in 1845 Retired 1843 1853 data missing nbsp Charles S Morehead Frankfort Whig March 4 1847 March 3 1851 30th31st Elected in 1847 Re elected in 1849 Retired nbsp John C Breckinridge Lexington Democratic March 4 1851 March 3 1855 32nd33rd Elected in 1851 Re elected in 1853 Retired 1853 1863 data missing nbsp Alexander K Marshall Nicholasville Know Nothing March 4 1855 March 3 1857 34th Elected in 1855 Retired nbsp James B Clay Lexington Democratic March 4 1857 March 3 1859 35th Elected in 1857 Retired nbsp William E Simms Paris Democratic March 4 1859 March 3 1861 36th Elected in 1859 Lost re election nbsp John J Crittenden Frankfort Unionist March 4 1861 March 3 1863 37th Elected in 1861 Renominated but withdrew prior to election nbsp William H Randall London Unconditional Unionist March 4 1863 March 3 1867 38th39th Elected in 1863 Re elected in 1865 Retired 1863 1873 data missing nbsp George M Adams Barbourville Democratic March 4 1867 March 3 1873 40th41st42nd Elected in 1867 Re elected in 1868 Re elected in 1870 Redistricted to the 9th district nbsp Milton J Durham Danville Democratic March 4 1873 March 3 1879 43rd44th45th Elected in 1872 Re elected in 1874 Re elected in 1876 Lost renomination 1873 1883 data missing nbsp Philip B Thompson Jr Harrodsburg Democratic March 4 1879 March 3 1885 46th47th48th Elected in 1878 Re elected in 1880 Re elected in 1882 Retired 1883 1893 data missing nbsp James B McCreary Richmond Democratic March 4 1885 March 3 1897 49th50th51st52nd53rd54th Elected in 1884 Re elected in 1886 Re elected in 1888 Re elected in 1890 Re elected in 1892 Re elected in 1894 Lost renomination 1893 1903 data missing nbsp George M Davison Stanford Republican March 4 1897 March 3 1899 55th Elected in 1896 Lost re election nbsp George G Gilbert Shelbyville Democratic March 4 1899 March 3 1907 56th57th58th59th Elected in 1898 Re elected in 1900 Re elected in 1902 Re elected in 1904 Retired 1903 1913 data missing nbsp Harvey Helm Stanford Democratic March 4 1907 March 3 1919 60th61st62nd63rd64th65th Elected in 1906 Re elected in 1908 Re elected in 1910 Re elected in 1912 Re elected in 1914 Re elected in 1916 Re elected in 1918 but died before next term began 1913 1923 data missing Vacant March 3 1919 August 1 1919 66th nbsp King Swope Danville Republican August 1 1919 March 3 1921 66th Elected to finish Helm s term Lost re election nbsp Ralph W E Gilbert Shelbyville Democratic March 4 1921 March 3 1929 67th68th69th70th Elected in 1920 Re elected in 1922 Re elected in 1924 Re elected in 1926 Lost re election 1923 1933 data missing nbsp Lewis L Walker Lancaster Republican March 4 1929 March 3 1931 71st Elected in 1928 Retired nbsp Ralph W E Gilbert Shelbyville Democratic March 4 1931 March 3 1933 72nd Elected in 1930 Retired District inactive March 4 1933 January 3 1935 73rd nbsp Fred M Vinson Ashland Democratic January 3 1935 May 27 1938 74th75th Redistricted from the at large district and re elected in 1934 Re elected in 1936 Resigned to become Associate Judge of the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 1935 1943 data missing Vacant May 27 1938 June 4 1938 66th nbsp Joe B Bates Greenup Democratic June 4 1938 January 3 1953 75th76th77th78th79th80th81st82nd Elected to finish Vinson s term Re elected in 1938 Re elected in 1940 Re elected in 1942 Re elected in 1944 Re elected in 1946 Re elected in 1948 Re elected in 1950 Lost renomination 1943 1953 data missing nbsp James S Golden Pineville Republican January 3 1953 January 3 1955 83rd Redistricted from the 9th district and re elected in 1952 Retired 1953 1963 data missing nbsp Eugene Siler Williamsburg Republican January 3 1955 January 3 1963 84th85th86th87th Elected in 1954 Re elected in 1956 Re elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Redistricted to the 5th district District eliminated January 3 1963References editMartis 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 Redistricting in the United States 36 50 N 84 00 W 36 833 N 84 000 W 36 833 84 000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kentucky 27s 8th congressional district amp oldid 1169765253, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,