U.S. House · Historical · New York District 8
New York's 8th Congressional District
Members who have held the seat for New York's 8th Congressional District, with sourced biographical profiles, party, and term history. The currently-serving holder appears on the serving roster.
- Aaron VanderpoelNew YorkDemocratic1833–1841
- Abram WakemanNew YorkInd. Republican-Democrat1855–1857
- Anson McCookNew YorkRepublican1877–1883
- Benjamin PondNew YorkRepublican1811–1813
- Charles BondNew YorkRepublican1921–1923
- Cornelius WarrenNew YorkWhig1847–1849
- Daniel GriffinNew YorkDemocratic1913–1919
- Dorrance KirtlandNew YorkRepublican1817–1819
- Edward DunphyNew YorkDemocratic1889–1895
- Elijah WardNew YorkDemocratic1857–1877
- Francis CuttingNew YorkDemocratic1853–1855
- Henry GlenNew YorkFederalist1793–1801
- Henry LivingstonNew YorkFederalist1803–1807
- Horace ClarkNew YorkAnti-Lecompton Democrat1857–1861
- Isaac DelaplaineNew YorkDemocratic1861–1863
- Jacob Houck Jr.New YorkDemocratic1841–1843
- James ScheuerNew YorkDemocratic1965–1993
- James StrongNew York1819–1831
- James Van AlenNew YorkRepublican1807–1809
- James WalshNew YorkDemocratic1895–1897
- John AdamsNew YorkJackson1815–1835
- John ElyNew YorkDemocratic1839–1841
- John KingNew YorkJackson1831–1833
- John LawsonNew YorkRepublican1873–1875
- John McCarthyNew YorkDemocratic1889–1891
- John MitchellNew YorkRepublican1895–1899
- John ThompsonNew YorkRepublican1799–1811
- Joseph PfeiferNew YorkDemocratic1935–1951
- Louis HellerNew YorkDemocratic1949–1955
- Patrick CarleyNew YorkDemocratic1927–1935
- Ransom HallowayNew YorkWhig1849–1851
- Richard DavisNew YorkDemocratic1841–1845
- Richard McCartyNew YorkRepublican1821–1823
- Richard TonryNew YorkDemocratic1935–1937
- Robert ClarkNew YorkRepublican1819–1821
- Robert McClellanNew YorkDemocratic1837–1843
- Samuel SherwoodNew YorkFederalist1813–1815
- Thomas CreamerNew YorkDemocratic1873–1903
- Valentine EfnerNew YorkJackson1835–1837
- Victor AnfusoNew YorkDemocratic1951–1963
- William ClearyNew YorkDemocratic1917–1927
- William DodgeNew YorkRepublican1865–1867
- William WoodworthNew YorkDemocratic1845–1847
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