United States congressional delegations from Kentucky
Below are tables of congressional delegations from Kentucky to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

Kentucky's congressional districts since 2013[1]
The current dean of the Kentucky delegation is Representative Hal Rogers (KY-5), having served in the House since 1981.
United States Senate
Current delegation
Senator Mitch McConnell
(R)
(R)
Senator Rand Paul
(R)
(R)
Class II senators | Congress | Class III senators | ||
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John Brown (AA) | 2nd (1791–1793) | John Edwards (AA) | ||
3rd (1793–1795) | ||||
John Brown (DR) | 4th (1795–1797) | Humphrey Marshall (F) | ||
5th (1797–1799) | ||||
6th (1799–1801) | ||||
7th (1801–1803) | John Breckinridge (DR) | |||
8th (1803–1805) | ||||
Buckner Thruston (DR) | 9th (1805–1807) | |||
John Adair (DR) | ||||
Henry Clay (DR) | ||||
10th (1807–1809) | John Pope (DR) | |||
11th (1809–1811) | ||||
Henry Clay (DR) | ||||
George M. Bibb (DR) | 12th (1811–1813) | |||
13th (1813–1815) | Jesse Bledsoe (DR) | |||
George Walker (DR) | ||||
William T. Barry (DR) | Isham Talbot (DR) | |||
14th (1815–1817) | ||||
Martin D. Hardin (DR) | ||||
John J. Crittenden (DR) | 15th (1817–1819) | |||
Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) | 16th (1819–1821) | William Logan (DR) | ||
Isham Talbot (DR) | ||||
17th (1821–1823) | ||||
18th (1823–1825) | ||||
Richard Mentor Johnson (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | John Rowan (J) | ||
20th (1827–1829) | ||||
George M. Bibb (J) | 21st (1829–1831) | |||
22nd (1831–1833) | Henry Clay (NR) | |||
23rd (1833–1835) | ||||
John J. Crittenden (NR) | 24th (1835–1837) | |||
John J. Crittenden (W) | 25th (1837–1839) | Henry Clay (W) | ||
26th (1839–1841) | ||||
James Turner Morehead (W) | 27th (1841–1843) | |||
John J. Crittenden (W) | ||||
28th (1843–1845) | ||||
29th (1845–1847) | ||||
Joseph R. Underwood (W) | 30th (1847–1849) | |||
Thomas Metcalfe (W) | ||||
31st (1849–1851) | Henry Clay (W) | |||
32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
David Meriwether (D) | ||||
Archibald Dixon (W) | ||||
John Burton Thompson (KN) | 33rd (1853–1855) | |||
34th (1855–1857) | John J. Crittenden (W) | |||
35th (1857–1859) | John J. Crittenden (KN) | |||
Lazarus W. Powell (D) | 36th (1859–1861) | |||
37th (1861–1863) | John C. Breckinridge (D) | |||
Garrett Davis (U) | ||||
38th (1863–1865) | ||||
James Guthrie (D) | 39th (1865–1867) | |||
40th (1867–1869) | Garrett Davis (D) | |||
Thomas C. McCreery (D) | ||||
41st (1869–1871) | ||||
John W. Stevenson (D) | 42nd (1871–1873) | |||
Willis Benson Machen (D) | ||||
43rd (1873–1875) | Thomas C. McCreery (D) | |||
44th (1875–1877) | ||||
James B. Beck (D) | 45th (1877–1879) | |||
46th (1879–1881) | John Stuart Williams (D) | |||
47th (1881–1883) | ||||
48th (1883–1885) | ||||
49th (1885–1887) | Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (D) | |||
50th (1887–1889) | ||||
51st (1889–1891) | ||||
John G. Carlisle (D) | ||||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
William Lindsay (D) | ||||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
54th (1895–1897) | ||||
55th (1897–1899) | William Joseph Deboe (R) | |||
56th (1899–1901) | ||||
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (D) |
57th (1901–1903) | |||
58th (1903–1905) | James B. McCreary (D) | |||
59th (1905–1907) | ||||
Thomas H. Paynter (D) | 60th (1907–1909) | |||
61st (1909–1911) | William O'Connell Bradley (R) | |||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
Ollie Murray James (D) | 63rd (1913–1915) | |||
Johnson N. Camden Jr. (D) | ||||
64th (1915–1917) | J. C. W. Beckham (D) | |||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||
George B. Martin (D) | ||||
Augustus Owsley Stanley (D) | 66th (1919–1921) | |||
67th (1921–1923) | Richard P. Ernst (R) | |||
68th (1923–1925) | ||||
Frederic M. Sackett (R) | 69th (1925–1927) | |||
70th (1927–1929) | Alben W. Barkley (D) | |||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||
John M. Robsion (R) | ||||
Ben M. Williamson (D) | ||||
M. M. Logan (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
74th (1935–1937) | ||||
75th (1937–1939) | ||||
76th (1939–1941) | ||||
Happy Chandler (D) | ||||
77th (1941–1943) | ||||
78th (1943–1945) | ||||
79th (1945–1947) | ||||
William A. Stanfill (R) | ||||
John Sherman Cooper (R) | ||||
80th (1947–1949) | ||||
Virgil Chapman (D) | 81st (1949–1951) | |||
Garrett Withers (D) | ||||
Earle Clements (D) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
Thomas R. Underwood (D) | ||||
John Sherman Cooper (R) | ||||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
Alben W. Barkley (D) | 84th (1955–1957) | |||
Robert Humphreys (D) | ||||
John Sherman Cooper (R) | ||||
85th (1957–1959) | Thruston Ballard Morton (R) | |||
86th (1959–1961) | ||||
87th (1961–1963) | ||||
88th (1963–1965) | ||||
89th (1965–1967) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) | ||||
Marlow Cook (R) | ||||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
Walter Dee Huddleston (D) | 93rd (1973–1975) | |||
Wendell Ford (D) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | ||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||
96th (1979–1981) | ||||
97th (1981–1983) | ||||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
Mitch McConnell (R) | 99th (1985–1987) | |||
100th (1987–1989) | ||||
101st (1989–1991) | ||||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) | ||||
106th (1999–2001) | Jim Bunning (R) | |||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||
109th (2005–2007) | ||||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | Rand Paul (R) | |||
113th (2013–2015) | ||||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
117th (2021–2023) |
U.S. House of Representatives
Current members
List of members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 6 members: 5 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
District | Member and residence |
Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
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1st | ![]() James Comer Tompkinsville |
Republican | R+26 | since November 8, 2016 | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() Brett Guthrie Bowling Green |
Republican | R+22 | since January 3, 2009 | ![]() |
3rd | ![]() John Yarmuth Louisville |
Democratic | D+8 | since January 3, 2007 | ![]() |
4th | ![]() Thomas Massie Covington |
Republican | R+19 | since November 13, 2012 | ![]() |
5th | ![]() Hal Rogers Mount Vernon |
Republican | R+33 | since January 3, 1981 | ![]() |
6th | ![]() Andy Barr Frankfort/Lexington |
Republican | R+8 | since January 3, 2013 | ![]() |
1792–1803: 2 seats
After statehood, Kentucky had two representatives.
Congress | District | |
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1st | 2nd | |
2nd (1792–1793) | Christopher Greenup (AA) | Alexander D. Orr (AA) |
3rd (1793–1795) | ||
4th (1795–1797) | Christopher Greenup (DR) | Alexander D. Orr (DR) |
5th (1797–1799) | Thomas Terry Davis (DR) | John Fowler (DR) |
6th (1799–1801) | ||
7th (1801–1803) |
1803–1813: 6 seats
Congress | District | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
8th (1803–1805) | Matthew Lyon (DR) | John Boyle (DR) | Matthew Walton (DR) | Thomas Sandford (DR) |
John Fowler (DR) | George M. Bedinger (DR) |
9th (1805–1807) | ||||||
10th (1807–1809) | John Rowan (DR) | Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) |
Benjamin Howard (DR) |
Joseph Desha (DR) | ||
11th (1809–1811) | Samuel McKee (DR) |
Henry Crist (DR) | ||||
William T. Barry (DR) | ||||||
12th (1811–1813) | Anthony New (DR) | Stephen Ormsby (DR) | Henry Clay (DR) |
1813–1823: 10 seats
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
13th (1813–1815) | James Clark (DR) |
Henry Clay (DR) | Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) |
Joseph Desha (DR) |
William Pope Duval (DR) |
Solomon P. Sharp (DR) |
Samuel McKee (DR) |
Stephen Ormsby (DR) |
Samuel Hopkins (DR) |
Thomas Montgomery (DR) |
Joseph Hawkins (DR) | ||||||||||
14th (1815–1817) | Henry Clay (DR) |
Alney McLean (DR) |
Micah Taul (DR) |
Benjamin Hardin (DR) | ||||||
Thomas Fletcher (DR) | ||||||||||
15th (1817–1819) | David Trimble (DR) |
Anthony New (DR) | David Walker (DR) |
George Robertson (DR) |
Robert Clough Anderson Jr. (DR) |
Tunstall Quarles (DR) |
Thomas Speed (DR) | |||
16th (1819–1821) | William Brown (DR) |
Thomas Metcalfe (DR) |
Alney McLean (DR) |
Benjamin Hardin (DR) | ||||||
Francis Johnson (DR) |
Thomas Montgomery (DR) | |||||||||
17th (1821–1823) | Samuel H. Woodson (DR) |
John Telemachus Johnson (DR) |
Anthony New (DR) |
Wingfield Bullock (DR) | ||||||
John S. Smith (DR) | James Breckinridge (DR) |
1823–1833: 12 seats
1833–1843: 13 seats
1843–1853: 10 seats
1863–1873: 9 seats
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
38th (1863–1865) |
Lucien Anderson (UU) |
George Helm Yeaman (U) |
Henry Grider (U) |
Aaron Harding (U) |
Robert Mallory (U) |
Green Clay Smith (UU) |
Brutus J. Clay (U) |
William H. Randall (UU) |
William H. Wadsworth (U) |
39th (1865–1867) |
Lawrence S. Trimble (D) |
Burwell C. Ritter (D) |
Lovell Rousseau (UU) |
George S. Shanklin (D) |
Samuel McKee (UU) | ||||
Elijah Hise (D) |
Andrew Ward (D) | ||||||||
40th (1867–1869) |
vacant | J. Proctor Knott (D) |
Asa Grover (D) |
Thomas Laurens Jones (D) |
James B. Beck (D) |
George M. Adams (D) |
vacant | ||
Jacob Golladay (D) |
Samuel McKee (R) | ||||||||
41st (1869–1871) |
William N. Sweeney (D) |
Boyd Winchester (D) |
John McConnell Rice (D) | ||||||
Joseph Horace Lewis (D) | |||||||||
42nd (1871–1873) |
Edward Crossland (D) |
Henry D. McHenry (D) |
William B. Read (D) |
William Evans Arthur (D) |
1873–1883: 10 seats
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
43rd (1873–1875) |
Edward Crossland (D) |
John Y. Brown (D) |
Charles W. Milliken (D) |
William B. Read (D) |
Elisha Standiford (D) | William Evans Arthur (D) |
James B. Beck (D) |
Milton J. Durham (D) |
George M. Adams (D) |
John Duncan Young (D) |
44th (1875–1877) |
Andrew Boone (D) |
J. Proctor Knott (D) |
Edward Y. Parsons (D) | Thomas Laurens Jones (D) |
Joseph Blackburn (D) |
John D. White (R) |
John Blades Clarke (D) | |||
Henry Watterson (D) | ||||||||||
45th (1877–1879) |
James A. McKenzie (D) |
John W. Caldwell (D) |
Albert S. Willis (D) | John G. Carlisle (D) |
Thomas Turner (D) | |||||
46th (1879–1881) |
Oscar Turner (ID) |
Philip B. Tompson Jr. (D) |
Elijah Phister (D) | |||||||
47th (1881–1883) |
John D. White (R) |
1883–1933: 11 seats
For fifty years, Kentucky had 11 seats.
1933–1953: 9 seats
Congress | At-large seats elected statewide on general ticket | ||||||||
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73rd (1933–1935) | William Voris Gregory (D) |
Glover H. Cary (D) |
Finley Hamilton (D) |
Cap R. Carden (D) | Brent Spence (D) |
Virgil Chapman (D) |
Andrew J. May (D) |
Fred M. Vinson (D) |
John Y. Brown Sr. (D) |
Congress | District | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
74th (1935–1937) | William Voris Gregory (D) |
Glover H. Cary (D) |
Emmet O'Neal (D) |
Cap R. Carden (D) | Brent Spence (D) |
Virgil Chapman (D) |
Andrew J. May (D) |
Fred M. Vinson (D) |
John M. Robsion (R) |
vacant | Edward W. Creal (D) | ||||||||
75th (1937–1939) | Noble Jones Gregory (D) |
Beverly M. Vincent (D) | |||||||
Joe B. Bates (D) | |||||||||
76th (1939–1941) | |||||||||
77th (1941–1943) | |||||||||
78th (1943–1945) | |||||||||
Chester O. Carrier (R) | |||||||||
79th (1945–1947) | Earle Clements (D) | Frank Chelf (D) | |||||||
80th (1947–1949) | Thurston Ballard Morton (R) |
Wendell H. Meade (R) | |||||||
John A. Whitaker (D) |
William Lewis (R) | ||||||||
81st (1949–1951) | Thomas R. Underwood (D) |
Carl D. Perkins (D) |
James S. Golden (R) | ||||||
82nd (1951–1953) | John C. Watts (D) | ||||||||
Garrett Withers (D) |
1953–1963: 8 seats
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
83rd (1953–1955) | Noble Jones Gregory (D) |
Garrett Withers (D) | John M. Robsion Jr. (R) |
Frank Chelf (D) |
Brent Spence (D) |
John C. Watts (D) |
Carl D. Perkins (D) |
James S. Golden (R) |
William Natcher (D) | ||||||||
84th (1955–1957) | Eugene Siler (R) | |||||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||||||
86th (1959–1961) | Frank Stubblefield (D) |
Frank W. Burke (D) | ||||||
87th (1961–1963) |
1963–1993: 7 seats
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
88th (1963–1965) | Frank Stubblefield (D) |
William Natcher (D) |
Gene Snyder (R) | Frank Chelf (D) | Eugene Siler (R) | John C. Watts (D) | Carl D. Perkins (D) |
89th (1965–1967) | Charlie Farnsley (D) | Tim Lee Carter (R) | |||||
90th (1967–1969) | William Cowger (R) | Gene Snyder (R) | |||||
91st (1969–1971) | |||||||
92nd (1971–1973) | Romano Mazzoli (D) | ||||||
William Curlin (D) | |||||||
93rd (1973–1975) | John B. Breckinridge (D) | ||||||
94th (1975–1977) | Carroll Hubbard (D) | ||||||
95th (1977–1979) | |||||||
96th (1979–1981) | Larry J. Hopkins (R) | ||||||
97th (1981–1983) | Hal Rogers (R) | ||||||
98th (1983–1985) | |||||||
Chris Perkins (D) | |||||||
99th (1985–1987) | |||||||
100th (1987–1989) | Jim Bunning (R) | ||||||
101st (1989–1991) | |||||||
102nd (1991–1993) |
1993–present: 6 seats
Congress | District | |||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
103rd (1993–1995) | Tom Barlow (D) | William Natcher (D) | Romano Mazzoli (D) | Jim Bunning (R) | Hal Rogers (R) | Scotty Baesler (D) |
Ron Lewis (R) | ||||||
104th (1995–1997) | Ed Whitfield (R) | Mike Ward (D) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) | Anne Northup (R) | |||||
106th (1999–2001) | Ken Lucas (D) | Ernie Fletcher (R) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||||
Ben Chandler (D) | ||||||
109th (2005–2007) | Geoff Davis (R) | |||||
110th (2007–2009) | John Yarmuth (D) | |||||
111th (2009–2011) | Brett Guthrie (R) | |||||
112th (2011–2013) | ||||||
Thomas Massie (R) | ||||||
113th (2013–2015) | Andy Barr (R) | |||||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||||
James Comer (R) | ||||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||||
117th (2021–2023) |
Key
References
- Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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