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Members of the US House of Representatives from Kentucky

Current congressional districts: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th.

Obsolete congressional districts: At-Large | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th.


At-Large Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s At-Large Congressional District
John Young Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1900; d. June 16 1985.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1935

Brent Spence

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1874; d. September 18 1967.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1935


1st Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District
Matthew Lyon

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1749; d. August 1 1822.

Democratic-Republican Party

1803 – 1811

Linn Boyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1800; d. December 17 1859.

Democratic Party

1835 – 1837

Linn Boyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1800; d. December 17 1859.

Democratic Party

1839 – 1855

John Kerr Hendrick

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1849; d. June 20 1921.

Democratic Party

1895 – 1897

Charles Kennedy Wheeler

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1863; d. June 15 1933.

Democratic Party

1897 – 1903

Ollie Murray James

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1871; d. August 28 1918.

Democratic Party

1903 – 1913

Alben William Barkley

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1877; d. April 30 1956.

Democratic Party

1913 – 1927

William Voris Gregory

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1877; d. October 10 1936.

Democratic Party

1927 – 1936

James Richardson Comer, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1972.

Republican Party

2016 – present


2nd Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District
Henry Clay

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1777; d. June 29 1852.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1814

Henry Clay

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1777; d. June 29 1852.

Democratic-Republican Party

1815 – 1821

John Chambers

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1780; d. September 21 1852.

National Republican Party

1828 – 1829

Thomas Alexander Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1794; d. April 17 1871.

National Republican Party

1831 – 1833

James Andrew McKenzie

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1840; d. June 25 1904.

Democratic Party

1877 – 1883

Earle Chester Clements

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1896; d. March 12 1985.

Democratic Party

1945 – 1948

Garrett Lee Withers

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1884; d. April 30 1953.

Democratic Party

1952 – 1953

William Huston Natcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1909; d. March 29 1994.

Democratic Party

1953 – 1994

Steven Brett Guthrie

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1964.

Republican Party

2009 – present


3rd Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District
John Rowan

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1773; d. July 13 1843.

Democratic-Republican Party

1807 – 1809

Stephen Ormsby

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1759; d. March 4 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party

1811 – 1813

Richard Mentor Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1780; d. November 19 1850.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1819

William Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1779; d. October 6 1833.

Democratic-Republican Party

1819 – 1821

John Telemachus Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1788; d. December 17 1856.

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1823

Henry Clay

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1777; d. June 29 1852.

Democratic-Republican Party

1823 – 1825

Thruston Ballard Morton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1907; d. August 14 1982.

Republican Party

1947 – 1953

John Allan Yarmuth

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1947.

Democratic Party

2007 – 2023

John Morgan McGarvey

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1979.

Democratic Party

2023 – present


4th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District
Thomas Sandford

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1762; d. December 10 1808.

Democratic-Republican Party

1803 – 1807

Richard Mentor Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1780; d. November 19 1850.

Democratic-Republican Party

1807 – 1813

Joseph Desha

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1768; d. October 11 1842.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1819

Robert Perkins Letcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1788; d. January 24 1861.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); National Republican Party (1825 – 1833)

1823 – 1833

William Thomas Ward

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1802; d. September 22 1845.

Whig Party

1851 – 1853

James Proctor Knott

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1830; d. June 18 1911.

Democratic Party

1867 – 1871

James Proctor Knott

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1830; d. June 18 1911.

Democratic Party

1875 – 1883

Thomas Harold Massie

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1971.

Republican Party

2012 – present


5th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District
William Taylor Barry

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1784; d. August 30 1835.

Democratic-Republican Party

1810 – 1811

Henry Clay

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1777; d. June 29 1852.

Democratic-Republican Party

1811 – 1813

Samuel Hopkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1753; d. September 16 1819.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1815

John Telemachus Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1788; d. December 17 1856.

Democratic-Republican Party

1823 – 1825

James Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1774; d. August 13 1826.

Democratic Party

1825 – 1826

Robert Lytle McHatton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1788; d. May 20 1835.

Democratic Party

1826 – 1829

Richard Mentor Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1780; d. November 19 1850.

Democratic Party

1829 – 1833

Robert Perkins Letcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1788; d. January 24 1861.

Whig Party

1834 – 1835

James Harlan

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1800; d. February 18 1863.

Whig Party

1835 – 1839

Charles Anderson Wickliffe

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1788; d. October 31 1869.

Democratic Party

1861 – 1863

Joseph Swagar Sherley

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1871; d. February 13 1941.

Democratic Party

1903 – 1919

Maurice Hudson Thatcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1870; d. January 6 1973.

Republican Party

1923 – 1933

Brent Spence

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1874; d. September 18 1967.

Democratic Party

1935 – 1963

Harold Dallas “Hal” Rogers

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1937.

Republican Party

1981 – present


6th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District
Joseph Desha

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1768; d. October 11 1842.

Democratic-Republican Party

1807 – 1813

Solomon Porcius Sharp

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1787; d. November 7 1825.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1817

John D. White

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1802; d. September 22 1845.

Whig Party

1843 – 1845

John Griffin Carlisle

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1834; d. July 31 1910.

Democratic Party

1877 – 1890

Brent Spence

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1874; d. September 18 1967.

Democratic Party

1931 – 1933

Virgil Munday Chapman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1895; d. March 8 1951.

Democratic Party

1935 – 1949

Thomas Rust Underwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1898; d. June 29 1956.

Democratic Party

1949 – 1951


7th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 7th Congressional District
George Robertson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1790; d. May 16 1874.

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1821

Thomas Patrick Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1797; d. July 21 1853.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1829)

1823 – 1829

John Adair

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1757; d. May 19 1840.

Democratic Party

1831 – 1833

Humphrey Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1812; d. March 28 1872.

Whig Party

1849 – 1852

Humphrey Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1812; d. March 28 1872.

American Party

1855 – 1859

Brutus Junius Clay

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1808; d. October 11 1878.

Union Democratic Party

1863 – 1865

James Burnie Beck

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1822; d. May 3 1890.

Democratic Party

1867 – 1875

William Campbell Preston Breckinridge

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1837; d. November 18 1904.

Democratic Party

1885 – 1895

James Campbell Cantrill

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1870; d. September 2 1923.

Democratic Party

1909 – 1923

Virgil Munday Chapman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1895; d. March 8 1951.

Democratic Party

1925 – 1929

Virgil Munday Chapman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1895; d. March 8 1951.

Democratic Party

1931 – 1935

Carl Dewey Perkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1912; d. August 3 1984.

Democratic Party

1949 – 1984


8th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 8th Congressional District
Stephen Ormsby

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1759; d. March 4 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1817

Garrett Davis

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1801; d. September 22 1872.

Whig Party

1843 – 1847

Charles Slaughter Morehead

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1802; d. December 21 1868.

Whig Party

1847 – 1851

John Cabell Breckinridge

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1821; d. May 17 1875.

Democratic Party

1851 – 1855

Alexander Keith Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1808; d. April 28 1884.

Know-Nothing Party

1855 – 1857

William Elliott Simms

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1822; d. June 25 1898.

Democratic Party

1859 – 1861

John Jordan Crittenden

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1787; d. July 26 1863.

Unionist Party

1861 – 1863

James Bennett McCreary

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1838; d. October 8 1918.

Democratic Party

1885 – 1897

Frederick Moore “Fred” Vinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1890; d. September 8 1953.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1938


9th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 9th Congressional District
Charles Anderson Wickliffe

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1788; d. October 31 1869.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1833)

1823 – 1833

John D. White

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1802; d. September 22 1845.

Whig Party

1835 – 1843

William Jason Fields

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1874; d. October 21 1954.

Democratic Party

1911 – 1923

Frederick Moore “Fred” Vinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1890; d. September 8 1953.

Democratic Party

1924 – 1929

Frederick Moore “Fred” Vinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1890; d. September 8 1953.

Democratic Party

1931 – 1933

John Marshall Robsion

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1873; d. February 17 1948.

Republican Party

1935 – 1948


10th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 10th Congressional District
Richard Hawes, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1797; d. May 25 1877.

Whig Party

1837 – 1841

John Wesley Langley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1868; d. January 17 1932.

Republican Party

1907 – 1926


11th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 11th Congressional District
John Marshall Robsion

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1873; d. February 17 1948.

Republican Party

1919 – 1930


12th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 12th Congressional District
Thomas Alexander Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1794; d. April 17 1871.

National Republican Party

1833 – 1835

John Chambers

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1780; d. September 21 1852.

Whig Party

1835 – 1839

Garrett Davis

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1801; d. September 22 1872.

Whig Party

1839 – 1843


13th Congressional District of Kentucky

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 13th Congressional District
Richard Mentor Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1780; d. November 19 1850.

Democratic Party

1833 – 1837

William Wright Southgate

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1800; d. December 26 1849.

Whig Party

1837 – 1839

William Orlando Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1791; d. August 6 1880.

Democratic Party

1839 – 1843