List of United States Representatives from Kentucky
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This is a list of all people who have represented Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

 in the United States House of Representatives
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Current members

In descending order of seniority:
  • Harold Rogers
    Hal Rogers
    Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and early career:...

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  • Ed Whitfield
    Ed Whitfield
    Wayne Edward "Ed" Whitfield is the U.S. Representative of , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers much of the western part of the state, including Hopkinsville, Paducah, Henderson and Kentucky's share of Fort Campbell.-Early life, education and...

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  • Geoff Davis
    Geoff Davis
    Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party....

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  • Ben Chandler
    Ben Chandler
    Albert Benjamin "Ben" Chandler III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

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  • John Yarmuth
    John Yarmuth
    John Yarmuth is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.- Early life, education and career :...

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  • Brett Guthrie
    Brett Guthrie
    Steven Brett Guthrie is the U.S. Representative for , a Bowling Green-based district, since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Kentucky Senate.-Early life, education, and career:...

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Previous members

| 1881–1883 > | 1883–1885 >
Representative Years Party District
John Adair
John Adair
John Adair was an American pioneer, soldier and statesman. He was the eighth Governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. Adair enlisted in the state militia and served in the Revolutionary War, where he was held captive by the British for a period of time...

 
1831–1833 Democratic
George Madison Adams
George Madison Adams
George Madison Adams was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of Green Adams.Born in Barbourville, Kentucky, Adams received private instruction from his father and studied law at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky....

 
1867–1875 Democratic
Green Adams
Green Adams
Green Adams was a lawyer and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1812.-Biography:...

 
1847–1849 Whig
1859–1861 Oppositionist
Silas Adams
Silas Adams
Silas Adams was a lawyer and politician from Kentucky.-Youth:He was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on February 9, 1839, and moved to Casey County with his parents in 1841...

 
1893–1895 Republican
Chilton Allan
Chilton Allan
Chilton Allan was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia before moving with his mother to Winchester, Kentucky in 1797. He attended the common schools, and also received private instructions. After this, he served an apprenticeship of three years as...

 
1831–1835 National Republican
1835–1837 Whig
Henry Dixon Allen
Henry Dixon Allen
Henry Dixon Allen was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Henderson, Kentucky, Allen moved with his parents to Morganfield, Union County, in 1855.He attended the common schools and Morganfield Collegiate Institute....

 
1899–1903 Democratic
Lucien Anderson
Lucien Anderson
Lucien Anderson was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Mayfield, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and studied law...

 
1863–1865 Unconditional Unionist
Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.
Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.
Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Jefferson County, Kentucky. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky....

 
1817–1821 Democratic-Republican
Simeon H. Anderson
Simeon H. Anderson
Simeon H. Anderson was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Anderson was the father of William Clayton Anderson who also served as a Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Lancaster, Kentucky were he pursued preparatory studies...

 
1839–1840 Whig
William Clayton Anderson
William Clayton Anderson
William Clayton Anderson was a United States Representative from Kentucky.-Early years:William C. Anderson was a son of Simeon H. Anderson and nephew of Albert G. Talbott. He was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, where he attended private schools. He graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky in...

 
1859–1861 Oppositionist
Landaff Andrews
Landaff Andrews
Landaff Watson Andrews was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, he graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky in 1826 and was admitted to the bar the same year...

 
1839–1843 Whig
William Evans Arthur
William Evans Arthur
William Evans Arthur was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:William E. Arthur was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 3, 1825. He was the son of William and Eliza Arthur. In 1832, the family moved Covington, Kentucky...

 
1871–1875 Democratic
Scotty Baesler
Scotty Baesler
Henry Scott Baesler is a Democratic politician and former Representative from Kentucky.Baesler graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1963 and from law school there in 1966. While at the University, Baesler played basketball under legendary coach Adolph Rupp...

 
1993–1999 Democratic
Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....

 
1913–1927 Democratic
Thomas Barlow
Thomas Barlow (politician)
Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Barlow III , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives for one term.Barlow was born in Washington, DC, but grew up in Louisville, Kentucky...

 
1993–1995 Democratic
William T. Barry
William T. Barry
William Taylor Barry was an American statesman and jurist.-History:Born near Lunenburg, Virginia, he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1796 with his parents John Barry, an American Revolutionary War veteran, and Susannah Barry...

 
1810–1811 Democratic-Republican
Joe B. Bates
Joe B. Bates
Joseph Bengal Bates was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Republican, Kentucky, Bates attended the public schools and the Mountain Training School at Hindman, Kentucky....

 
1938–1953 Democratic
Martin Beaty
Martin Beaty
Martin Beaty was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Abingdon, Virginia. In his life, he worked as an iron furnace operator, a salt manufacturer, a rancher, and a farmer....

 
1833–1835 National Republican
James B. Beck
James B. Beck
James Burnie Beck was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Beck immigrated to the United States in 1838 and settled in Wyoming County, New York. He moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 1843 and graduated from Transylvania University in 1846...

 
1867–1875 Democratic
William M. Beckner
William M. Beckner
William Morgan Beckner was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Moorefield, Kentucky, Beckner attended the public schools, Rand and Richeson Seminary, Maysville, Kentucky, and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky....

 
1894–1895 Democratic
George M. Bedinger
George M. Bedinger
George Michael Bedinger was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, uncle of Henry Bedinger.-Biography:Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Bedinger attended an English school. He moved to Virginia about 1762 and to Kentucky in 1779 and settled at Boonesborough...

 
1803–1807 Democratic-Republican
Joshua Fry Bell
Joshua Fry Bell
Joshua Fry Bell was a Kentucky political figure.Bell was born in Danville, Kentucky, where he attended public schools and then Centre College, where he graduated in 1828...

 
1845–1847 Whig
Joseph B. Bennett
Joseph B. Bennett
Joseph Bentley Bennett was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Greenup County, Kentucky, Bennett attended the common schools and Greenup Academy, Greenup, Kentucky.He taught in the public schools.He studied law....

 
1905–1911 Republican
Albert S. Berry
Albert S. Berry
Albert Seaton Berry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.- Biography :Born in Fairfield , Campbell County, Kentucky, Berry attended the public schools. He graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1855 and from the Cincinnati Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the bar and...

 
1893–1901 Democratic
Joseph C. S. Blackburn  1875–1885 Democratic
Robert E. Lee Blackburn
Robert E. Lee Blackburn
Robert E. Lee Blackburn was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born on a farm near Furnace, Kentucky, Blackburn as an infant moved with his parents to Stanton, Kentucky....

 
1929–1931 Republican
Andrew Boone
Andrew Boone
Andrew Rechmond Boone was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Davidson County, Tennessee and moved with his parents to Mayfield, Kentucky in 1833. He attended the public schools...

 
1875–1879 Democratic
Vincent Boreing
Vincent Boreing
Vincent Boreing was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Biography:Boreing was born near Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee in 1839...

 
1899–1903 Republican
Linn Boyd
Linn Boyd
Linn Boyd was a prominent U.S. politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the House as a Democrat from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1855, serving seven terms in the House...

 
1835–1837
1839–1855
Democratic
John Boyle
John Boyle (congressman)
John Boyle was a United States federal judge and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives....

 
1803–1809 Democratic-Republican
Daniel Breck
Daniel Breck
Daniel Breck was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky.Daniel Breck was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1812. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Richmond, Kentucky,...

 
1849–1851 Whig
James D. Breckinridge
James D. Breckinridge
James Douglas Breckinridge was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was a member of the Breckinridge family.Born in Woodville, near Louisville, Kentucky, Breckinridge attended Washington College , Lexington, Virginia from 1800 to 1803.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced...

 
1821–1823 Democratic-Republican
John B. Breckinridge
John B. Breckinridge
John Bayne Breckinridge was an American politician, a Democrat who served as Attorney General of Kentucky twice and also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.-Early life:...

 
1973–1979 Democratic
John C. Breckinridge
John C. Breckinridge
John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...

 
1851–1855 Democratic
William Breckinridge  1885–1895 Democratic
Francis Bristow
Francis Bristow
Francis Marion Bristow was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Clark County, Kentucky. He pursued preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Elkton, Kentucky.Bristow was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives...

 
1854–1855 Whig
1855–1861 Oppositionist
John Y. Brown
John Y. Brown (1835-1904)
John Young Brown was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the United States House of Representatives and served as its 31st governor. Brown was elected to the House of Representatives for three non-consecutive terms, each of which was marred by controversy...

 
1859–1861
1873–1877
Democratic
John Y. Brown, Sr.
John Y. Brown, Sr.
John Young Brown, Sr. was a state representative for nearly three decades, serving one term as speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives and as majority floor leader during the term of Gov. Edward T. Breathitt. A Democrat, he was elected to one term in the U.S...

 
1933–1935 Democratic
William Brown
William Brown (congressman)
William Brown was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Frederick County, Virginia, Brown attended the common schools. He moved with his father to Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1784 and to Cynthiana, Kentucky, about 1795. Brown studied law and was admitted to the bar...

 
1819–1821 Democratic-Republican
Aylette Buckner
Aylette Buckner
Aylette Buckner was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the son of Richard Aylett Buckner who was also a Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Greensburg, Kentucky...

 
1847–1849 Whig
Richard A. Buckner  1823–1825 Democratic-Republican
1825–1829 National Republican
Wingfield Bullock
Wingfield Bullock
Wingfield Bullock was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Spotsylvania, Virginia, Bullock studied law.He moved to Kentucky.He served as member of the Kentucky Senate from Shelby County from 1812 to 1814....

 
1821 Democratic-Republican
Jim Bunning
Jim Bunning
James Paul David "Jim" Bunning is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician.During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1955 to 1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career...

 
1987–1999 Republican
Frank W. Burke
Frank W. Burke
Frank Welsh Burke was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1959 to 1963 and as Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1969 to 1973....

 
1959–1963 Democratic
Henry Cornelius Burnett
Henry Cornelius Burnett
Henry Cornelius Burnett was a U.S. Representative from the state of Kentucky and a Confederate States Senator. A lawyer by profession, Burnett had held only one public office—circuit court clerk—before being elected to Congress. He represented Kentucky's 1st congressional district during the...

 
1855–1861 Democratic
William Orlando Butler
William Orlando Butler
William Orlando Butler was a U.S. political figure and U.S. Army major general from Kentucky. He served as a Democratic congressman from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843, and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee under Lewis Cass in 1848.-Early life:Butler was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky,...

 
1839–1843 Democratic
George Caldwell
George Caldwell
For the Louisiana contractor, see George A. Caldwell.George Alfred Caldwell was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Columbia, Kentucky where he attended the common schools...

 
1843–1845
1849–1851
Democratic
John W. Caldwell
John W. Caldwell
John William Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:John W. Caldwell was born in Russellville, Kentucky on January 15, 1837. He was the son of Austin and Louisa Caldwell. Austin Caldwell died in 1843, leaving John Caldwell as his only living child...

 
1877–1883 Democratic
John Calhoon
John Calhoon
John Calhoon was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Henry County, Kentucky in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced....

 
1827
1835–1837
National Republican
1837–1839 Whig
John P. Campbell, Jr.
John P. Campbell, Jr.
John Pierce Campbell, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Campbell pursued an academic course.He studied law....

 
1855–1857 Know-Nothing
J. Campbell Cantrill
J. Campbell Cantrill
James Campbell Cantrill was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, Cantrill attended the common schools, Georgetown College, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville....

 
1909–1923 Democratic
Cap R. Carden
Cap R. Carden
Cap Robert Carden was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born on a farm near Munfordville, Kentucky, Carden attended the rural schools and Bowling Green Business and Normal School . He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Munfordville, Kentucky...

 
1931–1935 Democratic
John Griffin Carlisle
John Griffin Carlisle
John Griffin Carlisle was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party during the last quarter of the 19th century. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1889 and as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1893 to 1897 during the Panic...

 
1877–1890 Democratic
Chester O. Carrier
Chester O. Carrier
Chester Otto Carrier was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born on a farm near Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, Carrier attended the public schools of Grayson County, Kentucky, West Virginia University, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Louisville in 1924.He engaged...

 
1943–1945 Republican
Tim Lee Carter
Tim Lee Carter
Tim Lee Carter was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the commonwealth of Kentucky from 1965 till 1981.-Background:...

 
1965–1981 Republican
Asher G. Caruth
Asher G. Caruth
Asher Graham Caruth was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:Asher G. Caruth was born in Scottsville, Kentucky on February 7, 1844...

 
1887–1895 Democratic
Glover H. Cary
Glover H. Cary
Glover H. Cary was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.He was born in Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky in 1885. He attended public and private schools and Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. He was employed as deputy clerk, bank cashier, and newspaper editor...

 
1931–1936 Democratic
Samuel L. Casey
Samuel L. Casey
Samuel Lewis Casey was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Caseyville, Kentucky, Casey attended the country schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits....

 
1862–1863 Unionist
John Chambers  1828–1829
1835–1837
National Republican
1837–1839 Whig
Virgil Chapman
Virgil Chapman
Virgil Munday Chapman , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate....

 
1925–1929
1931–1949
Democratic
Frank Chelf
Frank Chelf
Frank Leslie Chelf was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born on a farm near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He attended the public schools as well as Centre College at Danville, Kentucky and St. Mary’s College...

 
1945–1967 Democratic
Thomas Chilton
Thomas Chilton
Thomas Chilton was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, a prominent Baptist clergyman, and the ghost writer of David Crockett's autobiography....

 
1827–1831 Democratic
1833–1835 National Republican
James Chrisman
James Chrisman
James Stone Chrisman was an antebellum United States Representative from Kentucky and then a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....

 
1853–1855 Democratic
John Daniel Clardy
John Daniel Clardy
John Daniel Clardy was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:John Clardy was born in Smith County, Tennessee on August 30, 1828. He was one of six sons and two daughters born to John C. and Elizabeth Clardy...

 
1895–1899 Democratic
James Clark
James Clark (Kentucky)
James Clark was a 19th-century American politician who served in all three branches of Kentucky's government and in the U.S. House of Representatives. His political career began in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1807...

 
1813–1816 Democratic-Republican
1825–1831 National-Republican
Beverly L. Clarke
Beverly L. Clarke
Beverly Leonidas Clarke was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Winterfield, Virginia, Clarke attended the common schools. He moved to Kentucky in 1823. He studied law in Franklin, Kentucky, and graduated from the Lexington Law School in 1831. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and...

 
1847–1849 Democratic
John B. Clarke  1875–1879 Democratic
Brutus J. Clay
Brutus J. Clay
Brutus Junius Clay was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Richmond, Kentucky, Clay attended the common schools and graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising. He moved to Bourbon County in 1837 and continued former pursuits...

 
1863–1865 Unionist
Henry Clay
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...

 
1811–1815
1823–1825
Democratic-Republican
James Brown Clay
James Brown Clay
James Brown Clay was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky....

 
1857–1859 Democratic
James Franklin Clay
James Franklin Clay
James Franklin Clay was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Henderson, Kentucky, Clay attended public and private schools at Henderson. He graduated from Georgetown College, Kentucky, in June 1860...

 
1883–1885 Democratic
Earle C. Clements
Earle C. Clements
Earle Chester Clements was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was its 47th Governor, serving from 1947 to 1950...

 
1945–1948 Democratic
Nicholas D. Coleman
Nicholas D. Coleman
Nicholas Daniel Coleman was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, Coleman attended the grammar and high schools.He was graduated from Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky.He studied law....

 
1829–1831 Democratic
David G. Colson  1895–1899 Republican
William O. Cowger
William O. Cowger
William O. Cowger , a Republican, served as mayor of Louisville, Kentucky and as a member of the United States House of Representatives....

 
1967–1971 Republican
Leander Cox
Leander Cox
Leander Martin Cox was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Cumberland County, Virginia, Cox completed academic studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced.He moved to Flemingsburg, Kentucky....

 
1853–1855 Whig
1855–1857 Know-Nothing
John D. Craddock
John D. Craddock
John Durrett Craddock was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, USA.Born in Munfordville, Kentucky, Craddock attended the public schools of Hart County....

 
1929–1931 Republican
Edward W. Creal
Edward W. Creal
Edward Wester Creal was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in a log house in LaRue County, Kentucky near Mount Sherman, Kentucky, Creal attended the public schools of Hart and Larue Counties, Kentucky....

 
1935–1943 Democratic
Henry Crist
Henry Crist
Henry Crist was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He moved with his father to Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. Later, moved to Kentucky and engaged in the surveying of lands...

 
1809–1811 Democratic-Republican
John J. Crittenden
John J. Crittenden
John Jordan Crittenden was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore...

 
1861–1863 Unionist
Edward Crossland
Edward Crossland
Edward Crossland was a Confederate army officer in the American Civil War and later a United States Representative from Kentucky. He commanded a brigade of cavalry in the Western Theater and served in several battles....

 
1871–1875 Democratic
William W. Culbertson  1883–1885 Republican
William P. Curlin, Jr.
William P. Curlin, Jr.
William Prather Curlin, Jr. was a Kentucky state legislator and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky....

 
1971–1973 Democratic
Henry Daniel
Henry Daniel
Henry Daniel was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Louisa County, Virginia. He attended the public schools and then moved to Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.Daniel was a member of the Kentucky House...

 
1827–1833 Democratic
Amos Davis
Amos Davis
Amos Davis was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky where he completed preparatory studies. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Sterling, Kentucky...

 
1833–1835 National Republican
Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Davis was employed in the office of the county clerk of Montgomery County, Kentucky, and afterward of Bourbon...

 
1839–1847 Whig
Thomas Terry Davis
Thomas Terry Davis
Thomas Terry Davis was a United States Representative from Kentucky.-Education and early career:Davis studied law and in 1789 was admitted to the Kentucky bar...

 
1797–1803 Democratic-Republican
George M. Davison
George M. Davison
George Mosby Davison was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Stanford, Kentucky, Davison attended the common schools, Stanford Academy, and Meyers Academy.He studied law....

 
1897–1899 Republican
Joseph Desha
Joseph Desha
Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth Governor of Kentucky. Desha was the first Kentucky governor not to have served in the Revolutionary War. He did, however, serve under William Henry Harrison and "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War, and lost two brothers in battle...

 
1807–1819 Democratic-Republican
William Worth Dickerson
William Worth Dickerson
W. W. Dickerson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Sherman, Kentucky, Dickerson attended the public schools and the private academy of New Mexico Lloyd in Crittenden, Kentucky.He studied law....

 
1890–1893 Democratic
John Lloyd Dorsey, Jr.
John Lloyd Dorsey, Jr.
John Lloyd Dorsey, Jr. was a Representative from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He was born in Henderson, Kentucky, August 10, 1891; educated in the public schools and at Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky. He graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1912...

 
1930–1931 Democratic
Garnett Duncan
Garnett Duncan
William Garnett Duncan was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1821...

 
1847–1849 Whig
George W. Dunlap
George W. Dunlap
George Washington Dunlap was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born at Walnut Hills, near Lexington, Kentucky, Dunlap pursued preparatory studies.He was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1834....

 
1861–1863 Unionist
Milton J. Durham
Milton J. Durham
Milton Jameson Durham was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as First Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of President Grover Cleveland...

 
1873–1879 Democratic
William Pope Duval
William Pope Duval
William Pope Duval was the first civilian governor of Florida Territory, serving from April 17, 1822 until April 24, 1834.-Early life:...

 
1813–1815 Democratic-Republican
Don C. Edwards
Don C. Edwards
Don Calvin Edwards was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Moulton, Iowa, Edwards moved to Erie, Kansas, with his parents in 1869....

 
1905–1911 Republican
John Milton Elliott
John Milton Elliott
John Milton Elliott was an American lawyer and politician from Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 until 1857 and served in the First Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.-Life and career:Elliott was born in Scott...

 
1853–1859 Democratic
William Thomas Ellis
William Thomas Ellis
William Thomas Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:William Ellis was born near Knottsville, Kentucky on July 24, 1845. He was one of two sons born Luther R. and Mary M. Ellis....

 
1889–1895 Democratic
Walter Evans
Walter Evans (American politician)
Walter Evans was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of Burwell Clark Ritter.-Early life:Born near Glasgow, Kentucky, Evans attended the public schools near Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He moved to Hopkinsville, Christian County, where he served as deputy county clerk in 1859. He was a captain...

 
1895–1899 Republican
Presley Ewing
Presley Ewing
Presley Underwood Ewing was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Russellville, Kentucky, Ewing attended the public schools.He completed preparatory studies....

 
1851–1854 Whig
Charles R. Farnsley
Charles R. Farnsley
Charles Rowland Peaslee "Charlie" Farnsley , a Democrat, served as mayor of Louisville, Kentucky and as a member of the United States House of Representatives....

 
1965–1967 Democratic
William J. Fields
William J. Fields
William Jason Fields was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Known as "Honest Bill from Olive Hill", he represented Kentucky's Ninth District in the U.S...

 
1911–1923 Democratic
Charles Finley
Charles Finley (politician)
Charles Finley was a United States Representative from Kentucky and son of Hugh Franklin Finley. He was born in Williamsburg, Kentucky were he attended the common and subscription schools. Later, he attended Milligan College...

 
1930–1933 Republican
Hugh F. Finley
Hugh F. Finley
Hugh Franklin Finley was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Charles Finley.Born at Tyes Ferry, Kentucky, Finley attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Williamsburg, Kentucky...

 
1887–1891 Republican
Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick
Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick
Thomas Young Fitzpatrick was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Fitzpatrick attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and practiced....

 
1897–1901 Democratic
Ernie Fletcher
Ernie Fletcher
Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcher is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. In 1999, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th governor of Kentucky and served in that office...

 
1999–2003 Republican
Thomas Fletcher
Thomas Fletcher (Kentucky)
Thomas Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Fletcher settled in Montgomery County, Kentucky.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1803, 1805, and 1806....

 
1816–1817 Democratic-Republican
John Fowler  1797–1807 Democratic-Republican
Richard French
Richard French
Richard French was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Boonesborough, Kentucky, French attended private schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Winchester, Kentucky....

 
1835–1837
1843–1845
1847–1849
Democratic
John P. Gaines
John P. Gaines
John Pollard Gaines was a U.S. military and political figure. He was a Whig member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Kentucky from 1847 to 1849, and he served as Governor of the Oregon Territory from 1850 to 1853, stepping down after a turbulent term in office.-Early...

 
1847–1849 Whig
Nathan Gaither
Nathan Gaither
Nathan Gaither was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Mocksville, North Carolina, Gaither completed preparatory studies.He attended Bardstown College.He studied medicine....

 
1829–1833 Democratic
June W. Gayle  1900–1901 Democratic
George G. Gilbert
George G. Gilbert
George Gilmore Gilbert was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert.Born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Gilbert attended the common schools, Cecilian College in 1868 and 1869, and Lyndland Institute in Kentucky.He taught school.He was graduated from the law department...

 
1899–1907 Democratic
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of George Gilmore Gilbert.Born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Gilbert attended the public schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville....

 
1921–1929
1931–1933
Democratic
James S. Golden
James S. Golden
James Stephen Golden was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Barbourville, Kentucky, Golden attended grade school in Barbourville and high school at Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky....

 
1949–1955 Republican
Jacob Golladay
Jacob Golladay
Jacob Shall Golladay was a 19th century politician from Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate, followed by two terms as a United States Representative for the 3rd congressional district....

 
1867–1870 Democratic
Daniel Linn Gooch
Daniel Linn Gooch
Daniel Linn Gooch was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Rumsey, McLean County, Kentucky, Gooch attended a private school....

 
1901–1905 Democratic
Isaac Goodnight
Isaac Goodnight
Isaac Herschel Goodnight was a United States Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:Isaac Goodnight was born near Scottsville, Kentucky on January 31, 1849. He was the son of Isaac and Lucinda Goodnight...

 
1889–1895 Democratic
William J. Graves
William J. Graves
William Jordan Graves was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Graves was born in New Castle, Kentucky, and pursued an academic course early in life, choosing to study law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Kentucky before serving as member of the State house of representatives in 1834...

 
1835–1837 National Republican
1837–1841 Whig
Willis Green
Willis Green
Willis Green was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, GreenBirth date unknown.He attended the public schools.He settled in that part of Virginia which is now the State of Kentucky....

 
1839–1845 Whig
Christopher Greenup
Christopher Greenup
Christopher Greenup was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and the third Governor of Kentucky...

 
1792–1795 Anti-Administration
1795–1797 Democratic-Republican
Noble Jones Gregory
Noble Jones Gregory
Noble Jones Gregory , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives.Gregory was born and raised in Mayfield, Kentucky. He worked in various positions at the First National Bank of Mayfield from 1917 through 1936...

 
1937–1959 Democratic
W. Voris Gregory  1927–1936 Democratic
Benjamin E. Grey
Benjamin E. Grey
Benjamin Edwards Grey was a 19th century U.S. Representative from Kentucky, grandson of Benjamin Edwards.Born at "Shiloh," near Bardstown, Kentucky, Grey pursued an academic course. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and began practice in Hopkinsville, Kentucky...

 
1851–1855 Whig
Henry Grider
Henry Grider
Henry Grider was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Garrard County, Kentucky. He pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowling Green, Kentucky....

 
1843–1847 Whig
1861–1865 Unionist
1865–1866 Democratic
Asa Grover
Asa Grover
Asa Porter Grover was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Phelps, New York where he attended the common schools before moving to Kentucky in 1837. He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and taught school in Woodford and Franklin Counties...

 
1867–1869 Democratic
John E. Halsell  1883–1887 Democratic
Finley Hamilton
Finley Hamilton
Finley Hamilton was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Vincent, Owsley County, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and Berea College...

 
1933–1935 Democratic
Benjamin Hardin
Benjamin Hardin
Benjamin Hardin was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Martin Davis Hardin was his cousin. He was born at the Georges Creek settlement on the Monongahela River, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and then moved with his parents to Washington County, Kentucky in 1788...

 
1815–1817
1819–1823
Democratic-Republican
1833–1837 National Republican
Aaron Harding
Aaron Harding
Aaron Harding was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, where he attended rural schools. He became familiar with the classics, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, having commenced his practice in Greensburg, Kentucky...

 
1861–1865 Unionist
1865–1867 Democratic
James Harlan
James Harlan (congressman)
James Harlan was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Mercer County, Kentucky, Harlan attended school before working as a clerk in a dry goods store from 1817 to 1821. Deciding to embark upon a legal career, he read law under the guidance of a local judge before gaining admission to the bar...

 
1835–1837 National Republican
1837–1839 Whig
Albert G. Hawes  1831–1837 Democratic
Richard Hawes
Richard Hawes
Richard Hawes was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the second Confederate Governor of Kentucky. He was part of an influential political family, with a brother, uncle, and cousin who also served as U.S. Representatives. He began his political career as an ardent Whig and was a close...

 
1837–1841 Whig
Joseph H. Hawkins
Joseph H. Hawkins
Joseph H. Hawkins was a United States Congressman from Kentucky. He born in Lexington, Kentucky and pursued an academic course. He studied law and was admitted to the bar...

 
1814–1815 Democratic-Republican
Harvey Helm
Harvey Helm
Harvey Helm was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Danville, Kentucky. He attended the Stanford Male Academy and was graduated from the Central University of Kentucky in 1887...

 
1907–1919 Democratic
John Kerr Hendrick
John Kerr Hendrick
John Kerr Hendrick was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Caswell County, North Carolina, Hendrick moved with his parents to Logan County and later to Todd County, Kentucky, attended private schools and Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, moved to Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1869...

 
1895–1897 Democratic
John F. Henry  1826–1827 National Republican
Robert P. Henry  1823–1825 Democratic-Republican
1825–1826 Democratic
Clement S. Hill
Clement S. Hill
Clement Sidney Hill was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Lebanon, Kentucky. He pursued academic studies and attended St. Mary’s College, St. Mary, Kentucky...

 
1853–1855 Whig
Elijah Hise
Elijah Hise
Elijah Hise was a United States diplomat and U.S. Representative from the of Kentucky.Hise was born 4 July 1802 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania before moving with his parents, Frederick and Nancy Hise, to Russellville, Kentucky when young. He completed preparatory studies and then attended...

 
1866–1867 Democratic
Francis A. Hopkins
Francis A. Hopkins
Francis Alexander Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Jeffersonville, Virginia, Hopkins attended the public schools and the Tazewell High School.He studied law....

 
1903–1907 Democratic
Larry Hopkins
Larry Hopkins
Larry Jones Hopkins represented Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1991 and lost to Brereton C. Jones....

 
1979–1993 Republican
Nathan T. Hopkins
Nathan T. Hopkins
Nathan Thomas Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Ashe County, North Carolina, Hopkins moved to Pike County, Kentucky.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 
1897 Republican
Samuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins (congressman)
Samuel Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Albemarle County, Virginia, Hopkins was educated by private tutors...

 
1813–1815 Democratic-Republican
Benjamin Howard
Benjamin Howard (Missouri)
Benjamin Howard was a Congressman from Kentucky, governor of Missouri Territory and a brigadier general in the War of 1812....

 
1807–1810 Democratic-Republican
Carroll Hubbard
Carroll Hubbard
Carroll Hubbard, Jr. , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993.Hubbard grew up in Murray, Kentucky, graduated from Georgetown College in 1959 and from the University of Louisville law school in 1962...

 
1975–1993 Democratic
W. Godfrey Hunter
W. Godfrey Hunter
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Belfast, Ireland, Hunter completed preparatory studies.Immigrated to the United States in 1858 and settled in New Castle, Pennsylvania....

 
1887–1889
1895–1897
1903–1905
Republican
Harvey Samuel Irwin
Harvey Samuel Irwin
Harvey Samuel Irwin was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Highland County, Ohio, Irwin attended the public schools.He was graduated from the high school of Greenfield, Ohio....

 
1901–1903 Republican
James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson
James Streshly Jackson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

 
1861 Unionist
Addison James
Addison James
Addison James was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Morgantown, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and began the study of medicine in 1870...

 
1907–1909 Republican
Ollie M. James
Ollie M. James
Ollie Murray James , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.-Biography:...

 
1903–1913 Democratic
Joshua Jewett
Joshua Jewett
Joshua Husband Jewett was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the brother of Hugh Judge Jewett. He was born at Deer Creek, Maryland. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1836 commencing practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.Jewett served as the...

 
1855–1859 Democratic
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson (politician)
Ben Johnson was an American lawyer and politician; Democrat, United States House of Representatives from 4 March 1907 to 3 March 1927....

 
1907–1927 Democratic
Francis Johnson
Francis Johnson (congressman)
Francis Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Caroline County, Virginia, Johnson pursued preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced....

 
1820–1825 Democratic-Republican
1825–1827 National Republican
James Johnson
James Johnson (Kentucky)
James Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Richard Mentor Johnson and John Telemachus Johnson and uncle of Robert Ward Johnson....

 
1825–1826 Democratic
James Leeper Johnson
James Leeper Johnson
James Leeper Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Smithland, Kentucky, Johnson attended private schools. He moved to Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1836. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Owensboro...

 
1849–1851 Whig
John Telemachus Johnson
John Telemachus Johnson
John Telemachus Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of James Johnson and Richard M. Johnson and uncle of Robert Ward Johnson.Born at Great Crossings, Kentucky, Johnson pursued preparatory studies....

 
1821–1825 Democratic-Republican
Richard Mentor Johnson
Richard Mentor Johnson
Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren . He was the only vice-president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S...

 
1807–1819
1829–1837
Democratic-Republican
Thomas Laurens Jones
Thomas Laurens Jones
Thomas Laurens Jones was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in White Oak, North Carolina, Jones attended private schools.He graduated from Princeton College and from the law department of Harvard University....

 
1867–1871
1875–1877
Democratic
James Nicholas Kehoe
James Nicholas Kehoe
James Nicholas Kehoe was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Kehoe was born in Maysville, Kentucky and attended public and private schools...

 
1901–1905 Democratic
Elva R. Kendall
Elva R. Kendall
Elva Roscoe Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Carlisle, Kentucky, Kendall attended the public schools, the Young Men's Christian Association School of Accountancy at New York City, and National University at Washington, D.C....

 
1929–1931 Republican
John W. Kendall
John W. Kendall
John Wilkerson Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Joseph Morgan Kendall.Born in Morgan County, Kentucky, Kendall attended the common schools and Owingsville Academy, where he studied law....

 
1891–1892 Democratic
Joseph M. Kendall
Joseph M. Kendall
Joseph Morgan Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of John Wilkerson Kendall.Born in West Liberty, Kentucky, Kendall received his early education from private tutors and in the public schools....

 
1892–1893
1895–1897
Democratic
William P. Kimball
William P. Kimball
William Preston Kimball was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near East Hickman, Kentucky, Kimball attended public and private schools and Transylvania University in Lexington....

 
1907–1909 Democratic
John Kincaid
John Kincaid
John Kincaid was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Danville, Kentucky where he attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Stanford, Kentucky....

 
1829–1831 Democratic
David Hayes Kincheloe
David Hayes Kincheloe
David Hayes Kincheloe was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Sacramento, Kentucky, Kincheloe attended the public schools and was graduated from Bowling Green College, Kentucky, in 1898....

 
1915–1930 Democratic
Andrew Jackson Kirk
Andrew Jackson Kirk
Andrew Jackson Kirk was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Warfield, Kentucky, Kirk attended the common schools. He graduated from the law department of Valparaiso University in 1890. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Inez, Kentucky...

 
1926–1927 Republican
J. Proctor Knott
J. Proctor Knott
James Proctor Knott was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Missouri in 1850 and began his political career there...

 
1867–1871
1875–1883
Democratic
Polk Laffoon
Polk Laffoon
James Knox Polk Laffoon was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Madisonville, Kentucky, Laffoon attended the local schools. In September 1861, during the Civil War, he enlisted the Confederate States Army in Company F, 8th Kentucky Infantry, at the age of 17...

 
1885–1889 Democratic
John W. Langley
John W. Langley
John Wesley Langley was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, husband of Katherine Gudger Langley.Born in Floyd County, Kentucky, Langley attended the common schools.He taught school for three years....

 
1907–1926 Republican
Katherine G. Langley
Katherine G. Langley
]Katherine Gudger Langley was an American politician. Langley was member of United States House of Representatives from Kentucky during the Seventieth and Seventy-first sessions of Congress. She was the wife of John W. Langley and daughter of James M. Gudger, Jr...

 
1927–1931 Republican
Joseph Lecompte
Joseph Lecompte
Joseph Lecompte was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky near the town of Georgetown, Kentucky. He moved to Henry County, Kentucky with his parents, who settled in Lecomptes Bottom on the Kentucky River where he attended the common schools...

 
1825–1833 Democratic
Robert P. Letcher
Robert P. Letcher
Robert Perkins Letcher was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U.S. Representative, Minister to Mexico, and the 15th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in the Kentucky General Assembly where he was Speaker of the House in 1837 and 1838. A strong supporter of the...

 
1823–1825 Democratic-Republican
1825–1835 National Republican
John W. Lewis
John W. Lewis
John William Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Greensburg, Kentucky, Lewis attended the common schools.He was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1862.He studied law....

 
1895–1897 Republican
Joseph Horace Lewis
Joseph Horace Lewis
Joseph Horace Lewis was an American lawyer, military leader and politician. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and later a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the court of last resort in...

 
1870–1873 Democratic
Ron Lewis
Ron Lewis
Ronald E. "Ron" Lewis , an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1994–2009, representing the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky....

 
1994–2009 Republican
William Lewis  1948–1949 Republican
Marcus C. Lisle
Marcus C. Lisle
Marcus Claiborne Lisle was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Winchester, Kentucky, Lisle attended the common schools of his native county and the University of Kentucky at Lexington....

 
1893–1894 Democratic
James Love
James Love (representative)
James Love was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Nelson County, Kentucky, Love attended the common schools in Bardstown, Kentucky...

 
1833–1835 National Republican
Ken Lucas
Ken Lucas
Kenneth Ray "Ken" Lucas is an American politician. Lucas, a Democrat, was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 4th congressional district from 1999 until 2005....

 
1999–2005 Democratic
Chittenden Lyon
Chittenden Lyon
Chittenden Lyon was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the son of Matthew Lyon. He was born in Fair Haven, Vermont and attended the common schools. In 1801, he moved to Kentucky with his parents, who settled in Caldwell County, Kentucky...

 
1827–1835 Democratic
Matthew Lyon
Matthew Lyon
Matthew Lyon , father of Chittenden Lyon and great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn, was a printer, farmer, soldier and politician, serving as a United States Representative from both Vermont and Kentucky....

 
1803–1811 Democratic-Republican
Robert Mallory
Robert Mallory
Robert Mallory was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.Born in Madison Court House, Virginia, Mallory attended private schools and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1827...

 
1859–1861 Oppositionist
1861–1865 Unionist
Alexander Marshall  1855–1857 Know-Nothing
Humphrey Marshall
Humphrey Marshall (general)
Humphrey Marshall was a four-term antebellum United States Congressman and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and a Confederate Congressman during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

 
1849–1852 Whig
1855–1859 Know-Nothing
Thomas A. Marshall  1831–1835 National Republican
Thomas Francis Marshall  1841–1843 Whig
John Preston Martin
John Preston Martin
John Preston Martin was a political figure in Kentucky in the early 19th century. He was born on October 11, 1811 near Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia. He moved to Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky in 1828. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1841 through 1843.Martin served in...

 
1845–1847 Democratic
John C. Mason  1849–1853
1857–1859
Democratic
Andrew J. May
Andrew J. May
Andrew Jackson May was a Kentucky attorney and influential New Deal-era politician, best known for his chairmanship of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, and his subsequent conviction for bribery...

 
1931–1947 Democratic
Romano L. Mazzoli
Romano L. Mazzoli
Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli (born November 2, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky) represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli (born November 2, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky) represented Kentucky's...

 
1971–1995 Democratic
James B. McCreary
James B. McCreary
James Bennett McCreary was a lawyer and politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor...

 
1885–1897 Democratic
Robert L. McHatton
Robert L. McHatton
Robert Lytle Mchatton was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Fayette County, Virginia , Mchatton attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 
1826–1829 Democratic
Henry D. McHenry
Henry D. McHenry
Henry Davis McHenry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of John Hardin McHenry.Born in Hartford, Kentucky, McHenry attended the public schools at Hartford, and was graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1845.He was admitted to the bar in 1845...

 
1871–1873 Democratic
John H. McHenry
John H. McHenry
John Hardin McHenry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Henry Davis McHenry.Born near Springfield, Kentucky, McHenry was tutored privately.He studied law....

 
1845–1847 Whig
Samuel McKee
Samuel McKee (1774)
Samuel McKee was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Lexington, Augusta County, Virginia, McKee was graduated from Liberty Hall Academy , Lexington, Virginia, in 1794.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Somerset, Kentucky.He served as surveyor of...

 
1809–1817 Democratic-Republican
Samuel McKee
Samuel McKee (1833)
Samuel McKee was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, McKee attended the common schools....

 
1865–1867 Unconditional Unionist
1868–1869 Republican
James A. McKenzie
James A. McKenzie
James Andrew McKenzie was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and uncle of John McKenzie Moss.Born in Bennettstown, Kentucky, McKenzie attended the common schools of Christian County and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. He studied law and admitted to the bar in 1861, and commenced practice in...

 
1877–1883 Democratic
Alney McLean
Alney McLean
Alney McLean was a United States Representative from Kentucky. McLean County, Kentucky is named in his honor.-Early life:...

 
1815–1817
1819–1821
Democratic-Republican
Finis McLean
Finis McLean
Finis Ewing McLean was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was the brother of John McLean and uncle of James David Walker. Born near Russellville, Kentucky, he attended the country schools and Lebanon Academy in Logan County, Kentucky. Later, he studied law, was admitted to the bar,...

 
1849–1851 Whig
Wendell H. Meade
Wendell H. Meade
Wendell Howes Meade served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th Congressional District during the Eightieth Congress...

 
1947–1949 Republican
Richard Menefee
Richard Menefee
Richard Hickman Menefee was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Due to his oratory skill, he was dubbed "the young Patrick Henry of the West." He was presumed the successor to Henry Clay as leader of the Whig Party until his death at age thirty-one.Menefee received a meager education in his early...

 
1837–1839 Whig
John W. Menzies
John W. Menzies
John William Menzies was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Kentucky.Born in Bryan Station, Kentucky, Menzies attended the common schools as a child and later graduated from the University of Virginia in 1840. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in...

 
1861–1863 Unionist
Thomas Metcalfe
Thomas Metcalfe (US politician)
Thomas Metcalfe , also known as Thomas Metcalf or as "Stonehammer", was a U.S. Representative, Senator, and the tenth Governor of Kentucky. He was the first gubernatorial candidate in the state's history to be chosen by a nominating convention rather than a caucus...

 
1819–1821 Federalist
1821–1825 Democratic-Republican
1825–1828 National Republican
Charles W. Milliken
Charles W. Milliken
Charles William Milliken was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Murray, Kentucky, Milliken moved with his parents to Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1829 and settled near Franklin....

 
1873–1877 Democratic
Alexander B. Montgomery
Alexander B. Montgomery
Alexander Brooks Montgomery was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Tip Top, Kentucky, Montgomery attended the common and private schools. He was graduated from Georgetown College in 1859 and from the Louisville Law School in 1861. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Hardin County,...

 
1887–1895 Democratic
Thomas Montgomery
Thomas Montgomery
Thomas Montgomery was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in what is now Nelson County, Virginia, Montgomery received a thorough English training.He studied law....

 
1813–1815
1820–1823
Democratic-Republican
John William Moore
John William Moore
John William Moore was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Morgantown, Kentucky, Moore attended the public schools and completed a commercial course at Bryant and Stratton College at Louisville in 1897....

 
1925–1933 Democratic
Laban T. Moore
Laban T. Moore
Laban Theodore Moore was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Wayne County, Virginia , near Louisa, Kentucky, Moore attended Marshall Academy in Virginia and was graduated from Marietta College in Ohio.He attended Transylvania Law College at Lexington.He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and...

 
1859–1861 Oppositionist
Thomas P. Moore  1823–1825 Democratic-Republican
1825–1829 Democratic
Henry D. Moorman
Henry D. Moorman
Henry DeHaven Moorman was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born on a farm near Glen Dean, Kentucky, Moorman attended the public schools.He studied law....

 
1927–1929 Democratic
Charles S. Morehead
Charles S. Morehead
Charles Slaughter Morehead was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, and served as the 20th Governor of Kentucky...

 
1847–1851 Whig
Joseph W. Morris
Joseph W. Morris
Joseph Watkins Morris was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Sulphur, Kentucky, Morris moved to New Castle, Kentucky, with his father in 1889....

 
1923–1925 Democratic
Thruston Ballard Morton
Thruston Ballard Morton
Thruston Ballard Morton , a Republican, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was born in Louisville and received a B.A. with the Yale Class of 1929....

 
1947–1953 Republican
J. McKenzie Moss
J. McKenzie Moss
John McKenzie Moss was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and a judge on the United States Court of Claims.Born on a farm near Bennettstown, Kentucky, Moss was a nephew of James Andrew McKenzie. He attended the common and private schools. He was employed in the Railway Mail Service from 1888 to...

 
1902–1903 Republican
John L. Murray
John L. Murray (representative)
John L. Murray was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in the State of Pennsylvania, Murray studied law and was admitted to the bar.He moved to Kentucky and held several local offices....

 
1837–1839 Democratic
William Huston Natcher
William Huston Natcher
William Huston Natcher was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1994.-Early life:...

 
1953–1994 Democratic
Anthony New
Anthony New
Anthony New was an 18th century and 19th century congressman and lawyer from Virginia and Kentucky.-Biography:Born in Gloucester County, Virginia, New completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar...

 
1811–1813
1817–1819
1821–1823
Anti-Administration
J. Lincoln Newhall
J. Lincoln Newhall
Judson Lincoln Newhall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Hunterstown , Province of Quebec, Canada, Newhall moved to Covington, Kentucky, with his parents in 1874....

 
1929–1931 Republican
Anne Northup
Anne Northup
Anne Meagher Northup is an American Republican politician from the state of Kentucky. From 1997 to 2007, she represented the Louisville-centered 3rd congressional district of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives, where she served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee...

 
1997–2007 Republican
Emmet O'Neal
Emmet O'Neal (Kentucky)
Emmet O'Neal was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and an ambassador to the Philippines. A member of the Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame, his brother was Louisville Mayor Joseph T. O'Neal.-Biography:...

 
1935–1947 Democratic
Charles F. Ogden
Charles F. Ogden
Charles Franklin Ogden was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Charlestown, Indiana, Ogden graduated from Jeffersonville High School, Jeffersonville, Indiana....

 
1919–1923 Republican
Stephen Ormsby
Stephen Ormsby
Stephen Ormsby was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.He was born in County Sligo, Ireland, immigrated to the United States when a boy, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He pursued classical studies and studied law....

 
1811–1817 Democratic-Republican
Alexander D. Orr
Alexander D. Orr
Alexander Dalrymple Orr was an American farmer and politician from Maysville, Kentucky. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and senate. After statehood, he represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1792 until 1797.-External links:*...

 
1792–1795 Anti-Administration
1795–1797 Democratic-Republican
William Claiborne Owens
William Claiborne Owens
William Claiborne Owens was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, Owens attended the common schools, also Kentucky Wesleyan College, Millersburg, Kentucky, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, and was graduated from Columbia Law School, New York City, in...

 
1895–1896 Democratic
1896–1897 Republican
Bryan Owsley
Bryan Owsley
Bryan Young Owsley was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Crab Orchard, Kentucky and he attended the common schools of Lincoln County, Kentucky...

 
1841–1843 Whig
Edward Y. Parsons
Edward Y. Parsons
Edward Young Parsons was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Middletown, Kentucky, Parsons attended the public schools at Louisville, Kentucky until age 12. He studied one year in the St. Louis High School. He returned to Louisville and graduated from the municipal university in 1861,...

 
1875–1876 Democratic
Thomas H. Paynter
Thomas H. Paynter
Thomas Hanson Paynter was a United States Senator and Representative from Kentucky.Born on a farm near Vanceburg, Kentucky, Paynter attended the common schools, Rand's Academy, and Centre College. There he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1872, and commenced practice in Greenup, Kentucky...

 
1889–1895 Democratic
Carl C. Perkins
Carl C. Perkins
Carl Christopher "Chris" Perkins , son of Carl D. Perkins, is a U.S. lawyer and politician who was United States Representative from the 7th district of Kentucky from 1984 to 1993. Perkins served as a Democrat.-Biography:...

 
1984–1993 Democratic
Carl D. Perkins
Carl D. Perkins
Carl Dewey Perkins , a Democrat, was a politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kentucky.-Early years:Perkins was born in Hindman, Kentucky...

 
1949–1984 Democratic
Samuel Peyton
Samuel Peyton
Samuel Oldham Peyton was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Bullitt County, Kentucky, Peyton completed preparatory studies....

 
1847–1849
1857–1861
Democratic
Elijah Phister
Elijah Phister
Elijah Conner Phister was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Maysville, Kentucky. He attended the Seminary of Rand and Richardson in Maysville, Kentucky and was graduated from Augusta College, Kentucky in August 1840...

 
1879–1883 Democratic
John Pope
John Pope (politician)
John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory....

 
1837–1843 Whig
Patrick H. Pope
Patrick H. Pope
Patrick Hamilton Pope was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Pope attended the common schools and was graduated from St. Joseph College, Bardstown, Kentucky.He studied law....

 
1833–1835 Democratic
Caleb Powers
Caleb Powers
Caleb Powers was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the first Secretary of State of Kentucky convicted as an accessory to murder.-Early life:He was born near Williamsburg, Kentucky...

 
1911–1919 Republican
William Preston
William Preston (Kentucky)
William Preston was an American lawyer, politician, and ambassador. He also was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

 
1852–1855 Whig
Samuel Johnson Pugh
Samuel Johnson Pugh
Samuel Johnson Pugh was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Greenup County, Kentucky, Pugh moved with his parents to Lewis County in 1852...

 
1895–1901 Republican
Tunstal Quarles
Tunstal Quarles
Tunstall Quarles was a United States lawyer and politician, as well as one of the pioneer settlers of Somerset, Kentucky in Pulaski County....

 
1817–1820 Democratic-Republican
William H. Randall
William H. Randall
William Harrison Randall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Richmond, Kentucky, Randall completed preparatory studies.He studied law....

 
1863–1867 Unconditional Unionist
William B. Read
William B. Read
William Brown Read was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, Read completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1849...

 
1871–1875 Democratic
John S. Rhea  1897–1905 Democratic
Joseph L. Rhinock
Joseph L. Rhinock
Joseph Lafayette Rhinock was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Owenton, Kentucky, Rhinock moved to Covington, Kentucky.He attended the Covington public schools.He engaged in the oil-refining business....

 
1905–1911 Democratic
John McConnell Rice
John McConnell Rice
John McConnell Rice was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky were he received a limited schooling...

 
1869–1873 Democratic
James M. Richardson
James M. Richardson
James Montgomery Richardson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Mobile, Alabama, Richardson moved to Glasgow, Kentucky, in early youth and resided with his uncle.He attended the common schools....

 
1905–1907 Democratic
Burwell C. Ritter
Burwell C. Ritter
Burwell Clark Ritter was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, uncle of Walter Evans.Born near Russellville, Kentucky, Ritter received a limited schooling. He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1842 and 1850.Ritter was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth Congress...

 
1865–1867 Democratic
Charles W. Roark
Charles W. Roark
Charles Wickliffe Roark was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Greenville, Kentucky, Roark attended the public schools and the Greenville Seminary.Founder and president of the Greenville Milling Co.....

 
1929 Republican
George Robertson
George Robertson (congressman)
George Robertson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Robertson pursued preparatory studies and attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, until 1806...

 
1817–1821 Democratic-Republican
Thomas A. Robertson
Thomas A. Robertson
Thomas Austin Robertson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, Robertson pursued preparatory studies....

 
1883–1887 Democratic
John M. Robsion
John M. Robsion
John Marshall Robsion , a Republican, represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

 
1919–1930
1935–1948
Republican
John M. Robsion, Jr.
John M. Robsion, Jr.
John Marshall Robsion, Jr. , a Republican, was a United States Representative from Kentucky from 1953 to 1959 and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1959.Robsion was born in Barbourville...

 
1953–1959 Republican
Arthur B. Rouse
Arthur B. Rouse
Arthur Blythe Rouse was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:Born in Burlington, Kentucky, Rouse attended the public schools. He was graduated from Hanover College, Indiana, in 1896 and from the Louisville Law School in 1900...

 
1911–1927 Democratic
Lovell Rousseau
Lovell Rousseau
Lovell Harrison Rousseau was a general in the United States and Union Armies during the American Civil War and a lawyer and politician in both Kentucky and Indiana.-Early life and career:...

 
1865–1867 Unconditional Unionist
John Rowan  1807–1809 Democratic-Republican
Edward Rumsey
Edward Rumsey
Edward Rumsey was a United States Representative from Kentucky.Rumsey was born to Dr. Edward Rumsey in Botetourt County, Virginia. When the younger Rumsey was still a child, Dr. Rumsey moved the family to Christian County, Kentucky. Studying under Daniel Barry, he completed preparatory studies in...

 
1837–1839 Whig
Thomas Sandford
Thomas Sandford
Thomas Sandford was an American soldier and politician.He was born in Westmoreland, Virginia in 1762; rose to General in the American War of Independence; settled in Kentucky, where he had been granted land, in 1792. In his political career he was a state representative and senator, then a...

 
1803–1807 Democratic-Republican
Evan E. Settle
Evan E. Settle
Evan Evans Settle was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, Settle attended the public schools.He was graduated from Louisville High School in June 1864.He studied law....

 
1897–1899 Democratic
George S. Shanklin
George S. Shanklin
George Sea Shanklin was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, of Polish descent.Born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, Shanklin attended a private school at Nicholasville, Kentucky.He studied law....

 
1865–1867 Democratic
Solomon P. Sharp
Solomon P. Sharp
Solomon Porcius Sharp was attorney general of Kentucky and a member of the United States Congress and the Kentucky General Assembly. His murder at the hands of Jereboam O...

 
1813–1817 Democratic-Republican
J. Swagar Sherley
J. Swagar Sherley
Joseph Swagar Sherley was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Sherley attended public schools, graduating from the Louisville High School in 1889 and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1891.He was admitted to the bar the same...

 
1903–1919 Democratic
Eugene Siler
Eugene Siler
Eugene Siler was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky between 1955 and 1965. He was the only member of the House of Representatives to oppose the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...

 
1955–1965 Republican
William E. Simms
William E. Simms
William Emmett Simms was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He also served as a commissioner for the Confederate government of Kentucky and in several posts in the Confederate States government during the American Civil War.-Biography:Simms was born near Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky...

 
1859–1861 Democratic
David Highbaugh Smith
David Highbaugh Smith
David Highbaugh Smith was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Hammonville, Hart County, Kentucky, Smith attended the public schools and the colleges at Horse Cave, Leitchfield, and Hartford, Kentucky....

 
1897–1907 Democratic
Green Clay Smith
Green Clay Smith
Green Clay Smith was a U.S. soldier and politician. He served as a major general during the Civil War, was a congressman from Kentucky and was the Territorial Governor of Montana from 1866 to 1869. He also ran for President of the United States on the Prohibition ticket in 1876...

 
1863–1866 Unconditional Unionist
John Speed Smith
John Speed Smith
John Speed Smith was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Green Clay Smith.Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Smith attended a private school in Mercer County.He studied law....

 
1821–1823 Democratic-Republican
Gene Snyder
Gene Snyder
Marion Eugene Snyder was an American politician elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from two different districts in Kentucky....

 
1963–1965
1967–1987
Republican
William W. Southgate  1837–1839 Whig
Thomas Speed
Thomas Speed
Thomas Speed was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Charlotte County, Virginia, Speed was taught by his father. He moved with his parents to Kentucky in 1782. He was employed in the office of the clerk of the general court. He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Danville and Bardstown in...

 
1817–1819 Democratic-Republican
Brent Spence
Brent Spence
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1931–1963 Democratic
James Sprigg
James Sprigg
James Cresap Sprigg was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was the brother of Michael Cresap Sprigg. He was born in Frostburg, Maryland in 1802 where he completed preparatory studies. Later, he moved to Shelbyville, Kentucky...

 
1841–1843 Whig
Elisha Standiford
Elisha Standiford
Elisha David Standiford was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Louisville, Kentucky. He attended the common schools and St. Mary’s College, near Lebanon, Kentucky. He graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine and commenced practice in Louisville, Kentucky...

 
1873–1875 Democratic
Augustus O. Stanley
Augustus O. Stanley
Augustus Owsley Stanley I was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he served as the 38th Governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate...

 
1903–1915 Democratic
Richard H. Stanton
Richard H. Stanton
Richard Henry Stanton was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, editor and judge from Kentucky....

 
1849–1855 Democratic
John W. Stevenson
John W. Stevenson
John White Stevenson was a U.S. Representative, the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, the 25th Governor of Kentucky and U.S. Senator. His father, Andrew Stevenson, had served as Speaker of the House and minister to Great Britain...

 
1857–1861 Democratic
James W. Stone
James W. Stone
James W. Stone was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Stone attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced.Held several local offices....

 
1843–1845
1851–1853
Democratic
William Johnson Stone
William Johnson Stone
William Johnson Stone was an US Representative from Kentucky.He was born in Kuttawa, Caldwell County, Kentucky on June 26, 1841. He attended the common schools and Q.M. Tyler’s Collegiate Institute in Cadiz, Trigg County. Stone studied law. During the American Civil War he served as captain in...

 
1885–1895 Democratic
Frank Stubblefield
Frank Stubblefield
Frank Albert Stubblefield , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives.Stubblefield was born and schooled in Kentucky and attended the University of Arizona for one year in 1927...

 
1959–1974 Democratic
William N. Sweeney
William N. Sweeney
William Northcut Sweeney was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Liberty, Kentucky, Sweeney attended the common schools and Bethany College.He studied law....

 
1869–1871 Democratic
King Swope
King Swope
King Swope was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Danville, Kentucky. He attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky in 1914 and from the law department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1916...

 
1919–1921 Republican
Samuel F. Swope
Samuel F. Swope
Samuel Franklin Swope was a 19th century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Swope attended the rural schools in Bourbon and Scott Counties and Georgetown College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar on March 1, 1830, commencing practice in Georgetown,...

 
1855–1857 Know-Nothing
Albert G. Talbott
Albert G. Talbott
Albert Gallatin Talbott was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the uncle of William Clayton Anderson. He was born near Paris, Kentucky and he moved with his parents to Clark County, Kentucky in 1813 and to Jessamine County, Kentucky in 1818...

 
1855–1859 Democratic
Micah Taul
Micah Taul
Micah Taul was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, grandfather of Taul Bradford.Born in Bladensburg, Maryland, Taul moved to Kentucky with his parents in 1787.He attended private school.He studied law....

 
1815–1817 Democratic-Republican
William P. Taulbee
William P. Taulbee
William Preston Taulbee was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Taulbee was a son of William Harrison Taulbee and his wife, Mary Ann Wilson...

 
1885–1889 Democratic
Maurice Thatcher
Maurice Thatcher
Maurice Hudson Thatcher was a U.S. Congressman. Thatcher was elected to Congress in 1922 from Kentucky. He served until 1933.- Biography :...

 
1923–1933 Republican
George M. Thomas
George M. Thomas
George Morgan Thomas was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Poplar Flat, Kentucky, Thomas was educated in the common schools.He taught school two years.He was school commissioner from 1850 to 1859....

 
1887–1889 Republican
Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.
Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.
Robert Young Thomas, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Russellville, Kentucky, Thomas attended the common schools, and was graduated from Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, in 1878.He studied law....

 
1909–1925 Democratic
William Thomasson
William Thomasson
William Poindexter Thomasson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in New Castle, Kentucky, Thomasson completed preparatory studies.He served in Captain Duncan's company in the War of 1812.He studied law....

 
1843–1847 Whig
John Burton Thompson
John Burton Thompson
John Burton Thompson was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Harrodsburg, becoming the Commonwealth's Attorney...

 
1840–1843
1847–1851
Whig
Philip Thompson
Philip Thompson (Kentucky)
Philip Thompson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born on Shawnee Run, near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson received a limited education.He served as a lieutenant in the War of 1812.Held several local offices....

 
1823–1825 Democratic-Republican
Philip B. Thompson, Jr.
Philip B. Thompson, Jr.
Philip Burton Thompson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson attended the common schools and the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky....

 
1879–1885 Democratic
John W. Tibbatts
John W. Tibbatts
John Wooleston Tibbatts was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Tibbatts pursued classical studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1826, commencing practice in Newport, Kentucky...

 
1843–1847 Democratic
Christopher Tompkins
Christopher Tompkins
Christopher Tompkins was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Green County, Kentucky where, he completed preparatory studies. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Glasgow, Kentucky.Tompkins was a member of the Kentucky House of...

 
1831–1835 National Republican
David Trimble
David Trimble (congressman)
David Trimble was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Frederick County, Virginia, in June 1782, Trimble graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1799.He studied law...

 
1817–1825 Democratic-Republican
1825–1827 National Republican
Lawrence S. Trimble
Lawrence S. Trimble
Lawrence Strother Trimble was a United States congressman from Kentucky, a Kentucky judge, and New Mexican politician and lawyer....

 
1865–1871 Democratic
South Trimble
South Trimble
South Trimble was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was a prominent member of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis family of Southern politicians.-Biography:...

 
1901–1907 Democratic
Philip Triplett
Philip Triplett
Philip Triplett was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Madison County, Kentucky, Triplett attended the common schools of central Kentucky near Franklin, and in Scott County.He studied law in Owensboro, Kentucky....

 
1839–1843 Whig
Andrew Trumbo
Andrew Trumbo
Andrew Alkire Trumbo was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Bath County, Kentucky and attended the common schools. He was employed in the county clerk’s office. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Owingsville, Kentucky in 1824...

 
1845–1847 Whig
Oscar Turner  1879–1881 Independent Democrat
Democratic
Independent Democrat
Oscar Turner
Oscar Turner (1867)
Oscar Turner was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of Oscar Turner .Born in Woodlands, Kentucky, Turner attended the public schools of Washington, D.C., and Louisville Rugby School....

 
1899–1901 Democratic
Thomas Turner
Thomas Turner (Congressman)
Thomas Turner was a congressman from Kentucky and served from 1877 to 1881.-External links:...

 
1877–1881 Democratic
Joseph R. Underwood
Joseph R. Underwood
Joseph Rogers Underwood was a lawyer, judge, United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky....

 
1835–1843 Whig
Thomas R. Underwood
Thomas R. Underwood
Thomas Rust Underwood served Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.Underwood was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky...

 
1949–1951 Democratic
Warner Underwood
Warner Underwood
Warner Lewis Underwood was an attorney, diplomat, state legislator, and U.S. Representative from Kentucky, the brother of Joseph Rogers Underwood.Born in Goochland County, Virginia, Underwood completed preparatory studies....

 
1855–1859 Know-Nothing
Beverly M. Vincent
Beverly M. Vincent
Beverly Mills Vincent was a Representative from Kentucky.He was born in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, March 28, 1890; attended the public schools, Western Kentucky State Teachers College at Bowling Green, and the law department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington; was admitted to...

 
1937–1945 Democratic
Fred M. Vinson
Fred M. Vinson
Frederick Moore Vinson served the United States in all three branches of government and was the most prominent member of the Vinson political family. In the legislative branch, he was an elected member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisa, Kentucky, for twelve years...

 
1924–1929
1931–1938
Democratic
William H. Wadsworth
William H. Wadsworth
William Henry Wadsworth was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Maysville, Kentucky, Wadsworth attended town and county private schools....

 
1861–1865 Unionist
1885–1887 Republican
David Walker
David Walker (congressman)
David Walker was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of George Walker and grandfather of James David Walker.Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, Walker attended public and private schools....

 
1817–1820 Democratic-Republican
Lewis L. Walker
Lewis L. Walker
Lewis Leavell Walker was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Lancaster, Kentucky, Walker attended Lancaster Academy, Garrard College, Lancaster, Kentucky, and Central University, Richmond, Kentucky....

 
1929–1931 Republican
Matthew Walton
Matthew Walton
Matthew Walton was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, cousin of George Walton and John Walton.Walton received a limited schooling.He served as member of the conventions held in Danville in 1785 and 1787....

 
1803–1807 Democratic-Republican
Andrew H. Ward
Andrew H. Ward
Andrew Harrison Ward was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:Andrew H. Ward was born near Cynthiana in Harrison County, Kentucky. He was the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Ward...

 
1866–1867 Democratic
Mike Ward
Mike Ward (Kentucky Congressman)
Michael Delavan "Mike" Ward is a former one-term congressman of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Democrat from Kentucky....

 
1995–1997 Democratic
William T. Ward  1851–1853 Whig
Orie S. Ware  1927–1929 Democratic
Henry Watterson
Henry Watterson
Henry Watterson was a United States journalist who founded the Louisville Courier-Journal.He also served part of one term in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat....

 
1876–1877 Democratic
John C. Watts
John C. Watts
John Clarence Watts was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Watts attended the public schools.He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law school in 1927....

 
1951–1971 Democratic
Charles K. Wheeler
Charles K. Wheeler
Charles Kennedy Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:Charles K. Wheeler was born near Hopkinsville in Christian County, Kentucky. He was the youngest of twelve children born to Dr. James and Elizabeth Wheeler...

 
1897–1903 Democratic
John A. Whitaker
John A. Whitaker
John Albert Whitaker was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, grandson of Addison James.Born in Russellville, Kentucky, Whitaker attended the public schools, Bethel College, and the University of Kentucky.He studied law....

 
1948–1951 Democratic
Addison White
Addison White
Addison White was an American politician who served the state of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives between 1851 and 1853. He was a cousin of Kentucky Congressman John White.-Biography:...

 
1851–1853 Whig
David White
David White (congressman)
David White was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in 1785, White completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Castle, Kentucky....

 
1823–1825 Democratic-Republican
James Bamford White
James Bamford White
James Bamford White was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Winchester, Kentucky, White attended the common schools and the Mount Zion Academy, Macon County, Illinois....

 
1901–1903 Democratic
John White
John White (Kentucky politician)
John White was a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.White was a native of Kentucky and practiced law there. White was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1832...

 
1835–1845 Whig
John D. White
John D. White
John Daugherty White was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of John White.Born near Manchester in Clay County, Kentucky, White attended a private school until 1865 and Eminence College and the University of Kentucky at Lexington until 1870.He was graduated from the law department of the...

 
1875–1877
1881–1885
Republican
Charles A. Wickliffe
Charles A. Wickliffe
Charles Anderson Wickliffe was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He also served as Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, the 14th Governor of Kentucky, and was appointed Postmaster General by President John Tyler...

 
1823–1825 Democratic-Republican
1825–1833 Democratic
1861–1863 Unionist
Sherrod Williams
Sherrod Williams
Sherrod Williams was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, Williams moved with his parents to Wayne County.He received a limited education....

 
1835–1841 Whig
Albert S. Willis
Albert S. Willis
Albert Shelby Willis was a United States Representative from Kentucky and a Minister to Hawaii.-Life:Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, Willis attended the common schools, and graduated from the Louisville Male High School in 1860. He taught school for four years before graduating from the University...

 
1877–1887 Democratic
John H. Wilson  1889–1893 Republican
Boyd Winchester
Boyd Winchester
Boyd Winchester was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He pursued preparatory studies and then attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia...

 
1869–1873 Democratic
Garrett L. Withers
Garrett L. Withers
Garrett Lee Withers , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives....

 
1952–1953 Democratic
Frank L. Wolford  1883–1887 Democratic
Samuel H. Woodson
Samuel H. Woodson (Kentucky)
Samuel Hughes Woodson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Samuel Hughes Woodson.Born near Charlottesville, Virginia, Woodson completed preparatory studies. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in Nicholasville, Kentucky...

 
1821–1823 Democratic-Republican
Joel Yancey
Joel Yancey
Joel Yancey was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia. Later, he moved to Kentucky. Yancey was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1809-1811...

 
1827–1831 Democratic
George Helm Yeaman
George Helm Yeaman
George Helm Yeaman was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, Yeaman completed preparatory studies.He studied law....

 
1862–1865 Unionist
Bryan Rust Young  1845–1847 Whig
John Duncan Young
John Duncan Young
John Duncan Young was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Owingsville, Kentucky, Young attended the common schools....

 
1873–1875 Democratic
William Singleton Young
William Singleton Young
William Singleton Young was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Bryan Rust Young and uncle of John Young Brown.Young was born near Bardstown, Kentucky.Although he initially studied medicine with a Dr...

 
1825–1827 National Republican

2008 election (House)

Party Total
seats
Change Seat
percentage
Republicans 4 0 66.7%
Democrats 2 0 33.3%
Totals 6 +0 100.0%

Source

House of Representatives List of Members
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