Member |
Party |
Years |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
Location |
District created March 4, 1803 |
Thomas Sandford |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election. |
1803–1813 Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Franklin, Gallatin, Harrison, Henry, Pendleton, Scott, and Shelby counties |
Richard M. Johnson (Great Crossings) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813 |
10th 11th 12th |
Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
Joseph Desha (Mays Lick) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 |
13th 14th 15th |
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Retired. |
1813–1823 Bourbon, Bracken, Lewis, Mason, and Nicholas counties |
Thomas Metcalfe (Carlisle) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th |
Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
Robert P. Letcher (Lancaster) |
Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican |
March 3, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd |
Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
1823–1833 Clay, Estill, Garrard, Harlan, Knox, Madison, Perry, Rockcastle, and Whitley counties |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 3, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
Martin Beaty (South Fork) |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd |
Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. |
1833–1843 [data missing] |
Sherrod Williams (Monticello) |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th 25th 26th |
Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Retired. |
Whig |
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
Bryan Owsley (Jamestown) |
Whig |
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th |
Elected in 1841. Lost re-election. |
George Caldwell (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th |
Elected in 1843. Retired. |
1843–1853 [data missing] |
Joshua F. Bell (Danville) |
Whig |
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th |
Elected in 1845. Retired. |
Aylette Buckner (Greensburg) |
Whig |
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th |
Elected in 1847. Lost re-election. |
George Caldwell (Columbia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st |
Elected in 1849. Retired. |
William T. Ward (Greensburg) |
Whig |
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd |
Elected in 1851. Retired. |
James Chrisman (Monticello) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd |
Elected in 1853. Retired. |
1853–1863 [data missing] |
Albert G. Talbott (Danville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 |
34th 35th |
Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Retired. |
William C. Anderson (Danville) |
Opposition |
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th |
Elected in 1859. Retired to run for state representative. |
Aaron Harding (Greensburg) |
Unionist |
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 |
37th 38th 39th |
Elected in 1861. Re-elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Retired. |
1863–1873 [data missing] |
Democratic |
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
J. Proctor Knott (Lebanon) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
Elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Retired. |
William B. Read (Hodgensville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost renomination. |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
J. Proctor Knott (Lebanon) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 |
44th 45th 46th 47th |
Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired. |
Thomas A. Robertson (Elizabethtown) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost renomination. |
1883–1893 [data missing] |
Alexander B. Montgomery (Elizabethtown) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895 |
50th 51st 52nd 53rd |
Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election. |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
John W. Lewis (Springfield) |
Republican |
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th |
Elected in 1894. Lost re-election. |
David H. Smith (Hodgensville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1907 |
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th |
Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired. |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
Ben Johnson (Bardstown) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1927 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th |
Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-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. |
1913 – 1933 [data missing] |
Henry D. Moorman (Hardinsburg) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 |
70th |
Elected in 1926. Lost re-election. |
John D. Craddock (Munfordville) |
Republican |
March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
71st |
Elected in 1928. Lost re-election. |
Cap R. Carden (Munfordville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
72nd |
Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district. |
District inactive |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd |
See Kentucky's at-large congressional district. |
Cap R. Carden (Munfordville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1935 – June 13, 1935 |
74th |
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. Died. |
1935–1943 [data missing] |
Vacant |
June 13, 1935 – November 5, 1935 |
Edward W. Creal (Hodgenville) |
Democratic |
November 5, 1935 – October 13, 1943 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th |
Elected to finish Carden's term. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Died. |
1943–1953 [data missing] |
Vacant |
October 13, 1943 – November 30, 1943 |
78th |
Chester O. Carrier(Leitchfield) |
Republican |
November 30, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Elected to finish Creal's term. Lost re-election. |
Frank Chelf (Lebanon) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1967 |
79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th |
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. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Lost re-election. |
1953–1963 [data missing] |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
Gene Snyder (Brownsboro Farms) |
Republican |
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1987 |
90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
1983–1993 [data missing] |
Jim Bunning (Southgate) |
Republican |
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1999 |
100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th |
Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Ken Lucas (Florence) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005 |
106th 107th 108th |
Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired. |
2003–2013
|
Geoff Davis (Hebron) |
Republican |
January 3, 2005 – July 31, 2012 |
109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Resigned due to family health issues. |
Vacant |
July 31, 2012 – November 6, 2012 |
112th |
Thomas Massie (Garrison) |
Republican |
November 6, 2012 – present |
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected to finish Davis's term. Also elected in 2012 to the next term. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2013–2023
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2023–present
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