| State: | South Carolina |
| District Number: | 8 |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1800 |
| Eliminated: | 1840 |
| Years: | 1803–1843 |
| Population Year: | 1830 |
South Carolina's 8th congressional district 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.
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1803 | ||||||||
| align=left | John B. Earle | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804 but declined the seat. | 1803–1813 "Pendleton district" | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1805 – December 2, 1805 | ||||||
| align=left | Elias Earle | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 2, 1805 – March 3, 1807 | Elected September 26–27, 1805 to finish his nephew's term and seated December 2, 1805. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Lemuel J. Alston | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811 | Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Elias Earle | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Samuel Farrow | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Elected in 1812. Retired. | 1813–1823 "Chester district" | ||
| align=left | Thomas Moore | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1814. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Wilson Nesbitt | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1816. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John McCreary | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Joseph Gist | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the . | |||
| John Carter | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired. | 1823–1833 "Kershaw district" | |||
| Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | ||||||
| James Blair | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – April 1, 1834 | Elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1833. Died. | |||||
| 1833–1843 < | --location--> | |||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 1, 1834 – December 8, 1834 | ||||||
| align=left | Richard I. Manning | Jacksonian | nowrap | December 8, 1834 – May 1, 1836 | Elected June 3, 1834 to finish Blair's term and seated December 8, 1834. Also elected to the next full term. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 1, 1836 – December 19, 1836 | ||||||
John P. Richardson | Jacksonian | nowrap | December 19, 1836 – March 3, 1837 | Elected October 11, 1836 to finish Manning's term and seated December 19, 1836. Also elected to the next full term. Retired. | ||||
| Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||||||
| align=left | Thomas D. Sumter | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | |||
| District dissolved March 3, 1843 | ||||||||