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1827 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

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Kentucky elected its members August 6, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 David Trimble Anti-Jacksonian 1816 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Jacksonian gain.
Kentucky 2 Thomas Metcalfe Anti-Jacksonian 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 3 James Clark Anti-Jacksonian 1812
1816 (Resigned)
1825 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY James Clark (Anti-Jacksonian) 57.9%
  • Benjamin Taylor (Jacksonian) 42.1%
Kentucky 4 Robert P. Letcher Anti-Jacksonian 1822 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 5 Robert L. McHatton Jacksonian 1826 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 6 Joseph Lecompte Jacksonian 1824 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Joseph Lecompte (Jacksonian) 50.8%
  • Thomas Crittenden (Anti-Jacksonian) 45.6%
  • C.H. Allen[a] (Jacksonian) 3.6%
Kentucky 7 Thomas P. Moore Jacksonianian 1822 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 8 Richard A. Buckner Anti-Jacksonian 1822 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 9 Charles A. Wickliffe Jacksonian 1822 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 10 Francis Johnson Anti-Jacksonian 1820 (special) Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Jacksonian gain.
Kentucky 11 William S. Young Anti-Jacksonian 1824 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 12 John F. Henry Anti-Jacksonian 1826 (Special) Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Jacksonian gain.

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Source does not give full name.