United States congressional delegations from Kentucky
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Since Kentucky became a U.S. state in 1792, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Kentucky to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Current delegation
| Current U.S. senators from Kentucky | |||||
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 Mitch McConnell Template:Small Template:Small |
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| Party | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | |||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 1985 | January 3, 2011 | |||
Kentucky's current congressional delegation in the Template:USCongressOrdinalCongress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Republicans, and its six representatives: five Republicans and one Democrat.
The current dean of the Kentucky delegation is Representative and Dean of the House Hal Rogers of the Template:Ushr, having served in the House since 1981. {{#section:Kentucky's congressional districts|Current representatives}}
United States Senate
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U.S. House of Representatives
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1792–1803: 2 seats
Following statehood on June 1, 1792, Kentucky had two seats in the House.
| Congress | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr |
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| 2nd (1792–1793) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Christopher Greenup (AA) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Alexander D. Orr (AA) |
| 3rd (1793–1795) | ||
| 4th (1795–1797) | Template:Party cell | Christopher Greenup (DR) | Template:Party cell | Alexander D. Orr (DR) |
| 5th (1797–1799) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Thomas Terry Davis (DR) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | John Fowler (DR) |
| 6th (1799–1801) | ||
| 7th (1801–1803) |
1803–1813: 6 seats
Following the 1800 census, Kentucky was apportioned 6 seats.
| Congress | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr |
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| 8th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | Matthew Lyon (DR) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | John Boyle (DR) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Matthew Walton (DR) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Thomas Sandford (DR) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | John Fowler (DR) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | George M. Bedinger (DR) |
| 9th (1805–1807) | ||||||
| 10th (1807–1809) | Template:Party cell | John Rowan (DR) | Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Benjamin Howard (DR) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | Joseph Desha (DR) | ||
| 11th (1809–1811) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Samuel McKee (DR) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Henry Crist (DR) | ||||
| Template:Party cell | William T. Barry (DR) | ||||||
| 12th (1811–1813) | Template:Party cell | Anthony New (DR) | Template:Party cell | Stephen Ormsby (DR) | Template:Party cell | Henry Clay (DR) |
1813–1823: 10 seats
Following the 1810 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.
1823–1833: 12 seats
Following the 1820 census, Kentucky was apportioned 12 seats.
1833–1843: 13 seats
Following the 1830 census, Kentucky was apportioned 13 seats.
1843–1863: 10 seats
Following the 1840 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.
1863–1873: 9 seats
Following the 1860 census, Kentucky was apportioned 9 seats.
1873–1883: 10 seats
Following the 1870 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.
1883–1933: 11 seats
Following the 1880 census, Kentucky was apportioned 11 seats.
1933–1953: 9 seats
Following the 1930 census, Kentucky was apportioned 9 seats, all of which were elected at-large statewide for the 73rd Congress, after which it redistricted into 9 districts.
1953–1963: 8 seats
Following the 1950 census, Kentucky was apportioned 8 seats.
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| 83rd Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | Noble J. Gregory (D) |
Template:Party cell | Garrett Withers (D) | Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | John M. Robsion Jr. (R) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=6 | Frank Chelf (D) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=6 | Brent Spence (D) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=6 | John C. Watts (D) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=6 | Carl D. Perkins (D) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | James S. Golden (R) |
| Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | William Natcher (D) | ||||||||
| 84th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | Eugene Siler (R) | |||||||
| 85th Template:Nowrap | ||||||||
| 86th (1959–1961) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Frank Stubblefield (D) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Frank W. Burke (D) | ||||||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||||||
1963–1993: 7 seats
Following the 1960 census, Kentucky was apportioned 7 seats.
1993–present: 6 seats
Following the 1990 census, Kentucky was apportioned 6 seats.
Key
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- Kentucky's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Kentucky