Missouri's 8th Congressional District

Missouri's 8th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Missouri's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Jason Smith (Republican) currently represents Missouri's 8th Congressional District. See Jason Smith's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Missouri's 8th Congressional District:

• Jo Ann Emerson — Republican (until 2013)
• Norvell Emerson — Republican (until 1996)
• R. Bailey — Republican (until 1983)
• Richard Ichord — Democrat (until 1981)
• Albert Carnahan — Democrat (until 1961)
• Parke Banta — Republican (until 1949)
• William Elmer — Republican (until 1945)
• Clyde Williams — Democrat (until 1943)
• Sidney Roach — Republican (until 1925)
• Dorsey Shackleford — Democrat (until 1919)

Missouri U.S. Senators

• Joshua Hawley — Republican Senator
• Eric Schmitt — Republican Senator
• Roy Blunt — Republican Senator
• Claire McCaskill — Democrat Senator
• Christopher Bond — Republican Senator
• James Talent — Republican Senator
• Jean Carnahan — Democrat Senator
• John Ashcroft — Republican Senator
• John Danforth — Republican Senator
• Thomas Eagleton — Democrat Senator
• William Symington — Democrat Senator
• Edward Long — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Hennings — Democrat Senator
• James Kem — Republican Senator
• Forrest Donnell — Republican Senator
• Frank Briggs — Democrat Senator
• Harry Truman — Democrat Senator
• Joel Clark — Democrat Senator
• Roscoe Patterson — Republican Senator
• Harry Hawes — Democrat Senator
• James Reed — Democrat Senator
• George Williams — Republican Senator
• Selden Spencer — Republican Senator
• William Stone — Democrat Senator
• Xenophon Wilfley — Democrat Senator
• William Warner — Republican Senator
• Francis Cockrell — Democrat Senator
• George Vest — Democrat Senator
• David Armstrong — Democrat Senator
• James Shields — Democrat Senator
• Lewis Bogy — Democrat Senator
• Carl Schurz — Liberal Republican Senator
• Francis Blair — Democrat Senator
• Daniel Jewett — Republican Senator
• Charles Drake — Republican Senator
• John Henderson — Republican Senator
• Benjamin Brown — Republican Senator
• Robert Wilson — Unionist Senator
• Waldo Johnson — Democrat Senator
• Trusten Polk — Democrat Senator
• James Green — Democrat Senator
• Henry Geyer — Ind. Republican-Democrat Senator
• David Atchison — Democrat Senator
• Lewis Linn — Democrat Senator
• Alexander Buckner — Jackson Senator
• David Barton — Adams Senator

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