Wisconsin's 8th congressional district

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district
Wisconsin's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Reid Ribble (R–De Pere)
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 also one of two Congressional Districts to ever elect a Catholic Priest, Robert John Cornell.

The 8th leaned Republican for several years; only four Democrats represented it in the 20th century. However, it has become more of a swing seat since the 1990s. 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

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–114th	Reid Ribble	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017	Incumbent, retiring at end of third term
115th–	Mike Gallagher	Republican	January 3, 2017 –

On January 30, 2016, Reid Ribble announced he would retire at the end of his third term, opening the seat for the 2016 election.^[1]

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th congressional district

As of June 2015, four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th congressional district are alive.

Recent Election Results

2012

2014

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Wisconsin's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

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

Coordinates: 44°49′53″N 87°56′13″W / 44.83139°N 87.93694°W / 44.83139; -87.93694