Wisconsin's 8th congressional district

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district
The district from 2003 to 2013
Current Representative		Reid Ribble (R–DePere)
Area	9,740.44 mi²
Distribution	56.04% urban, 43.96% rural
Population (2000)	670,480
Median income	$43,274
Ethnicity	93.2% White, 0.6% Black, 1.4% Asian, 2.2% Hispanic, 2.7% Native American, 0.1% other
Occupation	29.3% blue collar, 53.9% white collar, 16.8% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+2

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in northeastern Wisconsin. The district includes Green Bay and Appleton. It is currently represented by Reid Ribble, a Republican. Ribble defeated incumbent Democrat Steve Kagen for reelection in 2010.

It is a swing district. In 2004, Republican George W. Bush won 55% of the vote in the district, while in 2008, Democrat Barack Obama received 53.6% of the vote.

Presidential Voting Results

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 53 - 45%
2004	President	Bush 55 - 44%
2000	President	Bush 52 - 43%

List of representatives

Congress(es)	Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created			March 4, 1873
43rd	Alexander S. McDill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
44th	George W. Cate	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
45th–47th	Thaddeus C. Pound	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
48th–49th	William T. Price	Republican	March 4, 1883 – December 6, 1886	Died
Vacant			December 6, 1886 – January 18, 1887
49th	Hugh H. Price	Republican	January 18, 1887 – March 3, 1887
50th–52nd	Nils P. Haugen	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 10th district
53rd	Lyman E. Barnes	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
54th–57th	Edward S. Minor	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to the 9th district
58th–62nd	James H. Davidson	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted from the 6th district
63rd–71st	Edward E. Browne	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1931
72nd	Gerald J. Boileau	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to the 7th district
73rd	James F. Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
74th–75th	George J. Schneider	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939
76th–77th	Joshua L. Johns	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943
78th	Lavern Dilweg	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
79th–92nd	John W. Byrnes	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1973
93rd	Harold Vernon Froehlich	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
94th–95th	Robert John Cornell	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979
96th–104th	Toby Roth	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997
105th	Jay W. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
106th–109th	Mark Green	Republican	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007
110th–111th	Steve Kagen	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
112th–Present	Reid Ribble	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	Incumbent

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

External links

• Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District