South Carolina's 8th congressional district

The 8th Congressional District of South Carolina was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina. It was created in 1803 as a result of the 1800 Census and eliminated in 1843 as a result of the 1840 Census. The district was last represented by Thomas De Lage Sumter.

List of representatives

Name	Party	Years	District residence	Electoral history
District created in 1803
John B. Earle	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Anderson County	Retired
Elias Earle	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	Greenville	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lemuel J. Alston	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811	Greenville	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Elias Earle	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Greenville	Redistricted to the 7th district
Samuel Farrow	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Spartanburg	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Moore	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Spartanburg County	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Wilson Nesbitt	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Spartanburg	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John McCreary	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Chester	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Gist	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Pinckneyville	Redistricted to the 7th district
John Carter	Jacksonian Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Redistricted from the 9th district
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
James Blair	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – April 1, 1834	Lancaster County	Died (suicide)
Vacant		April 1, 1834 – December 8, 1834
Richard Irvine Manning I	Jacksonian	December 8, 1834 – May 1, 1836	Columbia	Died
Vacant		May 1, 1836 – December 19, 1836
John Peter Richardson II	Jacksonian	December 19, 1836 – March 3, 1837	Spartanburg	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Thomas De Lage Sumter	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	Stateburg	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District eliminated in 1843

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