Ohio's 8th congressional district

Ohio's 8th congressional district
Current Representative		John Boehner (R–West Chester Township)
Distribution	77.95% urban, 22.05% rural
Population (2000)	630,730
Median income	$43,753
Ethnicity	90.4% White, 6.4% Black, 1.2% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+14

Ohio's 8th congressional district sits on the west side of Ohio, bordering Indiana. The cities of Hamilton, Fairfield, Middletown, Springfield, Eaton, Greenville, Piqua, Troy, and parts of Dayton, Riverside, and Wright Patterson Air Force Base are part of the district. The district has been represented since 1991 by Republican John Boehner, the current Speaker of the House.

The district from 2003 to 2013

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Congress(es)	Year(s)	Notes
District created March 4, 1823
William Wilson	Crawford Republican	18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Died
	Adams	19th–20th	March 4, 1825 – June 6, 1827
William Stanbery	Jacksonian	20th–21st	October 9, 1827 – March 3, 1831
	Anti-Jacksonian	22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Jeremiah McLene	Jacksonian	23rd–24th	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Joseph Ridgway	Whig	25th–27th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
John I. Vanmeter		28th	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Allen G. Thurman	Democratic	29th	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
John L. Taylor	Whig	30th–32nd	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 10th district
Moses Bledso Corwin		33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Benjamin Stanton	Opposition	34th	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	35th–36th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Samuel Shellabarger		37th	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
William Johnston	Democratic	38th	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
James Randolph Hubbell	Republican	39th	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Cornelius S. Hamilton		40th	March 4, 1867 – December 22, 1867	Died
John Beatty		40th–42nd	February 5, 1868 – March 3, 1873
William Lawrence		43rd–44th	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
J. Warren Keifer		45th	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Redistricted to the 4th district
Ebenezer B. Finley	Democratic	46th	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Redistricted from the 14th district
J. Warren Keifer	Republican	47th–48th	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	Redistricted from the 4th district, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1881 - 1883
John Little		49th	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted to 7th district, lost re-election
Robert P. Kennedy		50th–51st	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Darius D. Hare	Democratic	52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 13th district
Luther M. Strong	Republican	53rd–54th	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
Archibald Lybrand		55th–56th	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901
William R. Warnock		57th–58th	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905
Ralph D. Cole		59th–61st	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
Frank B. Willis		62nd–63rd	March 4, 1911 – January 9, 1915	Resigned after being elected Governor
John A. Key	Democratic	64th–65th	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919
R. Clint Cole	Republican	66th–68th	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925
Thomas B. Fletcher	Democratic	69th–70th	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929
Grant E. Mouser, Jr.	Republican	71st–72nd	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933
Thomas B. Fletcher	Democratic	73rd–75th	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Frederick Cleveland Smith	Republican	76th–81st	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951
Jackson Edward Betts		82nd–92nd	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1973
Walter E. Powell		93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 24th district
Tom Kindness		94th–99th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987
Buz Lukens		100th–101st	January 3, 1987 – October 24, 1990	Resigned
John Boehner		102nd–present	January 3, 1991 – Present	Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 - Present

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

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

References

• 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

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Pennsylvania-3	Home district of the Speaker of the House December 5, 1881-March 4, 1883	Succeeded by Kentucky-6
Preceded by California-8	Home district of the Speaker of the House January 5, 2011-	Succeeded by Incumbent