Kentucky's 1st congressional district

Kentucky's 1st congressional district
Kentucky's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.d
Representative	James Comer R–Tompkinsville
Distribution	63.12% rural[1] 36.88% urban
Population (2019)	717,704[2]
Median household income	$46,999[3]
Ethnicity	87.6% White 7.0% Black 2.7% Hispanic 1.7% Two or more races 0.6% Asian 0.4% other
Cook PVI	R+26[4]

Sign in front of the McCracken, Kentucky Courthouse (in Paducah, Kentucky) commemorating early members of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Jackson Purchase (U.S. historical region). The "First District" in the title actually changed over time. It refers to the Jackson Purchase, which was in the 5th district from 1819 to 1823, the 12th district until 1833, and then the 1st district until the end of the sign's lineage in 1855.

Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Western Kentucky, the district takes in Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah and Murray. The district is represented by Republican James Comer who won a special election to fill the seat of Rep. Ed Whitfield who resigned in September 2016. Comer also won election to the regular term to begin January 3, 2017.

Characteristics[]

As of August 2021, there were 266,012 registered voters: 266,012 Democrats, 255,325 Republicans, 26,321 unclassified Others, 15,659 Independents, 1,971 Libertarians, 236 Greens, 193 Constitutionalists, 35 Reforms, and 35 Socialist Workers.^[5]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.^[6] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.^[7]

Kentucky counties within the 1st Congressional District: Adair, Allen, Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Marion, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, Washington, and Webster.

Recent presidential elections[]

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Service	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
Christopher Greenup	Anti-Administration	November 9, 1792 – March 3, 1795	2nd 3rd 4th	Elected September 7, 1792. Re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Retired.	1792 – 1803 "Southern district": Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, and Washington counties Added in 1797: Green, Hardin, and Logan counties Added in 1799: Barren, Bullitt, Christian, Cumberland, Garrard, Henderson, Henry, Livingston, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Pulaski, and Warren counties Added in 1801: Breckinridge, Knox, and Wayne counties
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Thomas T. Davis	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	5th 6th 7th	Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Retired.
Matthew Lyon	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811	8th 9th 10th 11th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Lost re-election.	1803 – 1813 Adair, Barren, Christian, Cumberland, Henderson, Livingston, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Pulaski, Warren, and Wayne counties
Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 5th district and retired.
James Clark	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – August 1816	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Leave of absence April 8, 1816. Resigned prior to August 1816.	1813 – 1823 Bath, Clark, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, and Montgomery counties
Vacant		August 1816 – December 2, 1816	14th
Thomas Fletcher	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817		Elected to finish Clark's term. Retired.
David Trimble	Democratic-Republican[a]	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825	15th 16th 17th 18th 19th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election.
					1823 – 1833 Bath, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Montgomery, and Pike counties
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Henry Daniel	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Lost re-election.
Chittenden Lyon	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1833. Retired.	1833 – 1843 [data unknown/missing]
Linn Boyd	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1835. Lost re-election.
John L. Murray	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1837. Retired.
Linn Boyd	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1855	26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Retired.
1843 – 1853 [data unknown/missing]
1853 – 1863 [data unknown/missing]
	Henry C. Burnett	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – December 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th 37th	Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Re-elected in 1861. Expelled due to collaborating with the Confederacy.
	Vacant		December 3, 1861 – March 10, 1862	37th
	Samuel L. Casey	Unionist	March 10, 1862 – March 3, 1863		Elected to finish Burnett's term. Retired.
Lucien Anderson	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1863. Retired.	1863 – 1873 [data unknown/missing]
Lawrence S. Trimble	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	Elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Lost renomination.
Edward Crossland	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
1873 – 1883 [data unknown/missing]
	Andrew Boone	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
	Oscar Turner	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th 47th 48th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Retired.
		Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Independent Democratic		March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	1883 – 1893 [data unknown/missing]
William J. Stone	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895		49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
1893 – 1903 [data unknown/missing]
	John K. Hendrick	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost renomination.
	Charles K. Wheeler	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.
Ollie M. James	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Alben W. Barkley	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1927	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1913 – 1923 [data unknown/missing]
1923 – 1933 [data unknown/missing]
	William V. Gregory	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933	70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District not in use		March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1935	73rd
William V. Gregory	Democratic	March 4, 1935 – October 10, 1936	74th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. Died.	1933 – 1943 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		October 10, 1936 – January 3, 1937
Noble J. Gregory	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1959	75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost renomination.
1943 – 1953 [data unknown/missing]
1953 – 1963 [data unknown/missing]
	Frank Stubblefield	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost renomination and resigned early.
1963 – 1973 [data unknown/missing]
1973 – 1983 [data unknown/missing]
	Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
	Carroll Hubbard	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost renomination.
1983 – 1993 [data unknown/missing]
Tom Barlow	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Lost re-election.	1993 – 2003 [data unknown/missing]
Ed Whitfield	Republican	January 3, 1995 – September 6, 2016	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired and resigned early.
					2003 – 2013
					2013 – Present Adair, Allen, Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Marion, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster counties
Vacant		September 6, 2016 – November 8, 2016	114th
James Comer	Republican	November 8, 2016 – Present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected to finish Whitfield's term. Also elected in 2016 to the next term. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results[]

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See also[]

• Kentucky's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

Notes[]

References[]

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 37°05′05″N 87°11′06″W / 37.08472°N 87.18500°W / 37.08472; -87.18500