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Kentucky's 9th congressional district

Coordinates: 36°50′N 83°50′W / 36.833°N 83.833°W / 36.833; -83.833
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Kentucky's 9th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1810
Eliminated1950
Years active1813–1953

Kentucky's 9th congressional district was a district of the United States House of Representatives in Kentucky. It was lost to redistricting in 1953. Its last Representative was James S. Golden.

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District created March 4, 1813
Thomas Montgomery
(Stanford)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815
13th Elected in 1812.
Lost re-election.
1813–1823
Adair, Casey, Knox, Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle, and Wayne counties

Micah Taul
(Monticello)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
14th Elected in 1814.
Retired.
Tunstall Quarles
(Somerset)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
June 15, 1820
15th
16th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Resigned.
Vacant June 15, 1820 –
August 1, 1820
16th
Thomas Montgomery
(Stanford)
Democratic-Republican August 1, 1820 –
March 3, 1823
16th
17th
Elected to finish Quarles's term.
Re-elected later in 1820.
Retired.

Charles A. Wickliffe
(Bardstown)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 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.
Retired.
1823–1833
Bullitt, Jefferson, and Nelson counties
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1833
James Love
(Barbourville)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Elected in 1833.
Renominated but declined.
1833–1843
[data missing]

John White
(Richmond)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th
25th
26th
27th
Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Re-elected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 6th district.
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843
Richard French
(Mount Sterling)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1843.
Lost re-election.
1843–1853
[data missing]
Andrew Trumbo
(Owingsville)
Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected in 1845.
Retired.
Richard French
(Mount Sterling)
Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1847.
Retired.

John C. Mason
(Owingsville)
Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
31st
32nd
Elected in 1849.
Re-elected in 1851.
Retired.

Leander Cox
(Flemingsburg)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd
34th
Elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1855.
Lost re-election.
1853–1863
[data missing]
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857

John C. Mason
(Owingsville)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th Elected in 1857.
Retired.

Laban T. Moore
(Louisa)
Opposition March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
36th Elected in 1859.
Retired.

William H. Wadsworth
(Maysville)
Unionist March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1865
37th
38th
Elected in 1861.
Re-elected in 1863.
Retired.
1863–1873
[data missing]
Samuel McKee
(Mount Sterling)
Unionist March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867
39th Elected in 1865.
Lost re-election.
Vacant March 3, 1867 –
June 22, 1868
40th John D. Young was elected in 1867 but his election was overturned due to voter intimidation and fraud.
Samuel McKee
(Mount Sterling)
Republican June 22, 1868 –
March 3, 1869
Successfully contested election of representative-elect John D. Young.
Retired.

John M. Rice
(Louisa)
Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Retired.

George M. Adams
(Barbourville)
Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1872.
Lost re-election.
1873–1883
[data missing]

John D. White
(Manchester)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
Retired.
Thomas Turner
(Mount Sterling)
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Lost re-election.

John D. White
(Manchester)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 10th district.

William Culbertson
(Ashland)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
Retired.
1883–1893
[data missing]

William H. Wadsworth
(Maysville)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49th Elected in 1884.
Retired.

George M. Thomas
(Vanceburg)
Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Elected in 1886.
Retired.

Thomas H. Paynter
(Greenup)
Democratic March 4, 1889 –
January 5, 1895
51st
52nd
53rd
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Retired and resigned when elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
1893–1903
[data missing]
Vacant January 5, 1895 –
March 4, 1895
53rd

Samuel J. Pugh
(Vanceburg)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1901
54th
55th
56th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Lost re-election.

James N. Kehoe
(Maysville)
Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1905
57th
58th
Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Lost re-election.
1903–1913
[data missing]
Joseph B. Bennett
(Greenup)
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911
59th
60th
61st
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Lost re-election.

William J. Fields
(Olive Hill)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
December 11, 1923
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
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.
Resigned when elected Governor.
1913–1923
[data missing]
1923–1933
[data missing]
Vacant December 11, 1923 –
January 24, 1924
68th

Fred M. Vinson
(Louisa)
Democratic January 24, 1924 –
March 3, 1929
68th
69th
70th
Elected to finish Fields's term.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.
Elva R. Kendall
(Carlisle)
Republican March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1931
71st Elected in 1928.
Lost re-election.

Fred M. Vinson
(Ashland)
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

John M. Robsion
(Barbourville)
Republican January 3, 1935 –
February 17, 1948
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Died.
1935-1943
[data missing]
1943-1953
[data missing]
Vacant February 17, 1948 –
April 24, 1948
80th

William Lewis
(London)
Republican April 24, 1948 –
January 3, 1949
Elected to finish Robsion's term.
Retired.

James S. Golden
(Pineville)
Republican January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1953
81st
82nd
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 8th district.
District eliminated January 3, 1953

References

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  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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