Kentucky's 1st congressional district
Kentucky's 1st congressional district | |
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Population (2000) | 673,729 |
Median household income | 30,360 |
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Cook PVI | R+15 |
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 the college town of Murray.
The district is presently represented by Republican Ed Whitfield.
Counties
Although Democrats have a 2-to-1 edge in registration and still hold most local offices in the district, they tend to be very conservative on social issues, a trend which favors Republicans at the federal level.
Kentucky counties within the 1st Congressional District: Adair | Allen | Ballard | Butler | Caldwell | Calloway | Carlisle | Casey | Christian | Clinton | Crittenden | Cumberland | Fulton | Graves | Henderson | Hickman | Hopkins | Livingston | Logan | Lyon | Marshall | McCracken | McLean | Metcalfe | Monroe | Muhlenberg | Russell | Simpson | Todd | Trigg | Union | Webster
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Service | District Home | Notes | |
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Christopher Greenup | Anti-Administration | November 9, 1792 - March 3, 1795 | |||
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1797 | ||||
Thomas T. Davis | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1803 | |||
Matthew Lyon | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1811 | |||
Anthony New | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 - March 3, 1813 | |||
James Clark | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 - August, 1816 | Leave of absence April 8, 1816, Resigned prior to August, 1816 | ||
Thomas Fletcher | Democratic-Republican | December 2, 1816 - March 3, 1817 | |||
David Trimble | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1823 | |||
Adams-Clay D-R | March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 | ||||
Adams | March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827 | ||||
Henry Daniel | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1833 | |||
Chittenden Lyon | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 | Redistricted from the 12th district | ||
Linn Boyd | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 | |||
John L. Murray | Democratic | March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839 | |||
Linn Boyd | Democratic | March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1855 | Speaker of the House from 1851-1855 | ||
Henry C. Burnett | Democratic | March 4, 1855 - December 3, 1861 | Expelled | ||
Samuel L. Casey | Unionist | March 10, 1862 - March 3, 1863 | |||
Lucien Anderson | Unconditonal Unionist | March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865 | |||
Lawrence S. Trimble | Democratic | March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1871 | |||
Edward Crossland | Democratic | March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875 | |||
Andrew Boone | Democratic | March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879 | |||
Oscar Turner | Independent Democrat | March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881 | |||
Democratic | March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 | ||||
Independent Democrat | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 | ||||
William J. Stone | Democratic | March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1895 | |||
John K. Hendrick | Democratic | March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897 | |||
Charles K. Wheeler | Democratic | March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1903 | |||
Ollie M. James | Democratic | March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1913 | |||
Alben W. Barkley | Democratic | March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1927 | |||
William V. Gregory | Democratic | March 4, 1927 - March 3, 1933 |
Redistricted to the At-large district | ||
District redistricted to At-large district March 4, 1933 | |||||
District re-established January 3, 1935 from At-large district | |||||
Noble J. Gregory | Democratic | January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1959 | |||
Frank Stubblefield | Democratic | January 3, 1959 - December 31, 1974 | Resigned | ||
Carroll Hubbard | Democratic | January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1993 | |||
Tom Barlow | Democratic | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1995 | |||
Ed Whitfield | Republican | January 3, 1995 - Present | Incumbent |
Recent Election Results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 117,600 | 65.26 | |
Democratic | Klint Alexander | 62,617 | 34.74 | |
Total votes | 180,217 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 175,972 | 67.37 | |
Democratic | Billy Cartwright | 85,229 | 32.63 | |
Total votes | 261,201 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 123,618 | 59.58 | |
Democratic | Tom Barlow | 83,865 | 40.42 | |
Total votes | 207,483 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 178,107 | 64.35 | |
Democratic | Heather Ryan | 98,674 | 35.65 | |
Total votes | 276,781 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 153,519 | 71.25 | |
Democratic | Charles K. Hatchett | 61,690 | 28.75 | |
Total votes | 215,209 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present