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United States congressional delegations from Kentucky
From Ballotpedia
This page displays the historical members of U.S. Congress from Kentucky.
Current members
U.S. Senate
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Kentucky are:
U.S. House
The current members of the U.S. House from Kentucky are:
Historical members
List of United States Senators from Kentucky
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Kentucky.
List of United States Representatives from Kentucky
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from Kentucky.
- Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1792–1797
- Alexander D. Orr (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1792–1797
- Thomas Terry Davis (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1797–1803
- John Fowler (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1797–1807
- George M. Bedinger (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1803–1807
- Thomas Sandford (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1803–1807
- Matthew Walton (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1803–1807
- John Boyle (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1803–1809
- Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1803–1811
- John Rowan (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1807–1809
- Benjamin Howard (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1807–1810
- Joseph Desha (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1807–1819
- Richard Mentor Johnson (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1807–1819 and 1829–1837
- Henry Crist (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1809–1811
- Samuel McKee (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1809–1817
- William T. Barry (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1810–1811
- Anthony New (Anti-Admin), serving from 1811–1813, 1817–1819 and 1821-1823
- Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1811–1815 and 1823–1825
- Stephen Ormsby (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1811–1817
- William Pope Duval (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1813–1815
- Samuel Hopkins (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1813–1815
- Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1813–1815 and 1820–1823
James Clark, serving from 1813–1816 and 1825-1831
- Solomon P. Sharp (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1813–1817
- Joseph H. Hawkins (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1814–1815
- Micah Taul (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1815–1817
- Alney McLean (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1815–1817 and 1819–1821
Benjamin Hardin, serving from 1815–1817, 1819–1823 and 1833-1837
- Thomas Fletcher (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1816–1817
- Thomas Speed (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1817–1819
- Tunstal Quarles (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1817–1820
- David Walker (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1817–1820
- Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1817–1821
- George Robertson (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1817–1821
David Trimble, serving from 1817–1827
- William Brown (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1819–1821
Thomas Metcalfe, serving from 1819–1828
Francis Johnson, serving from 1820–1827
- Wingfield Bullock (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1821
- James D. Breckinridge (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1821–1823
- John Speed Smith (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1821–1823
- Samuel H. Woodson (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1821–1823
- John Telemachus Johnson (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1821–1825
- Philip Thompson (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1823–1825
- David White (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1823–1825
Robert P. Henry, serving from 1823–1826
- Richard A. Buckner (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1823–1829
Thomas P. Moore, serving from 1823–1829
- Charles A. Wickliffe (Unionist), serving from 1823–1833 and 1861-1863
Robert P. Letcher, serving from 1823–1835
James Johnson, serving from 1825–1826
William Singleton Young, serving from 1825–1827
Joseph Lecompte, serving from 1825–1833
John F. Henry, serving from 1826–1827
Robert L. McHatton, serving from 1826–1829
- John Calhoon (Whig), serving from 1827 and 1835–1839
Joel Yancey, serving from 1827–1831
Thomas Chilton, serving from 1827–1831 and 1833–1835
Henry Daniel, serving from 1827–1833
Chittenden Lyon, serving from 1827–1835
- John Chambers (Whig), serving from 1828–1829 and 1835-1839
Nicholas D. Coleman, serving from 1829–1831
John Kincaid, serving from 1829–1831
Nathan Gaither, serving from 1829–1833
John Adair, serving from 1831–1833
Thomas A. Marshall, serving from 1831–1835
Christopher Tompkins, serving from 1831–1835
- Chilton Allan (Whig), serving from 1831–1837
Albert G. Hawes, serving from 1831–1837
Martin Beaty, serving from 1833–1835
Amos Davis, serving from 1833–1835
James Love, serving from 1833–1835
Patrick H. Pope, serving from 1833–1835
Linn Boyd, serving from 1835–1837 and 1839–1855
Richard French, serving from 1835–1837, 1843–1845 and 1847-1849
- James Harlan (Whig), serving from 1835–1839
- William J. Graves (Whig), serving from 1835–1841
- Sherrod Williams (Whig), serving from 1835–1841
- Joseph R. Underwood (Whig), serving from 1835–1843
- John White (Whig), serving from 1835–1845
- Richard Menefee (Whig), serving from 1837–1839
John L. Murray, serving from 1837–1839
- Edward Rumsey (Whig), serving from 1837–1839
- William W. Southgate (Whig), serving from 1837–1839
- Richard Hawes (Whig), serving from 1837–1841
- John Pope (Whig), serving from 1837–1843
- Simeon H. Anderson (Whig), serving from 1839–1840
- Landaff Andrews (Whig), serving from 1839–1843
William Orlando Butler, serving from 1839–1843
- Philip Triplett (Whig), serving from 1839–1843
- Willis Green (Whig), serving from 1839–1845
- Garrett Davis (Whig), serving from 1839–1847
- John Burton Thompson (Whig), serving from 1840–1843 and 1847–1851
- Thomas Francis Marshall (Whig), serving from 1841–1843
- Bryan Owsley (Whig), serving from 1841–1843
- James Sprigg (Whig), serving from 1841–1843
George Caldwell, serving from 1843–1845 and 1849–1851
James W. Stone, serving from 1843–1845 and 1851–1853
- William Thomasson (Whig), serving from 1843–1847
John W. Tibbatts, serving from 1843–1847
Henry Grider, serving from 1843–1847 and 1861–1866
- Joshua Fry Bell (Whig), serving from 1845–1847
John Preston Martin, serving from 1845–1847
- John H. McHenry (Whig), serving from 1845–1847
- Andrew Trumbo (Whig), serving from 1845–1847
- Bryan Rust Young (Whig), serving from 1845–1847
- Aylette Buckner (Whig), serving from 1847–1849
Beverly L. Clarke, serving from 1847–1849
- Garnett Duncan (Whig), serving from 1847–1849
- John P. Gaines (Whig), serving from 1847–1849
Samuel Peyton, serving from 1847–1849 and 1857–1861
- Green Adams (Whig), serving from 1847–1849 and 1859–1861
- Charles S. Morehead (Whig), serving from 1847–1851
- Daniel Breck (Whig), serving from 1849–1851
- James Leeper Johnson (Whig), serving from 1849–1851
- Finis McLean (Whig), serving from 1849–1851
- Humphrey Marshall (Know-Nothing), serving from 1849–1852 and 1855–1859
John C. Mason, serving from 1849–1853 and 1857–1859
Richard H. Stanton, serving from 1849–1855
- William T. Ward (Whig), serving from 1851–1853
- Addison White (Whig), serving from 1851–1853
- Presley Ewing (Whig), serving from 1851–1854
John C. Breckinridge, serving from 1851–1855
- Benjamin E. Grey (Whig), serving from 1851–1855
- William Preston (Whig), serving from 1852–1855
James Chrisman, serving from 1853–1855
- Leander Cox (Whig), serving from 1853–1855
- Clement S. Hill (Whig), serving from 1853–1855
John Milton Elliott, serving from 1853–1859
- Francis Bristow (Whig), serving from 1854–1861
- John P. Campbell, Jr. (Know-Nothing), serving from 1855–1857
- Alexander Marshall (Know-Nothing), serving from 1855–1857
- Samuel F. Swope (Know-Nothing), serving from 1855–1857
Joshua Jewett, serving from 1855–1859
Albert G. Talbott, serving from 1855–1859
- Warner Underwood (Know-Nothing), serving from 1855–1859
Henry Cornelius Burnett, serving from 1855–1861
James Brown Clay, serving from 1857–1859
John W. Stevenson, serving from 1857–1861
- William Clayton Anderson (Oppositionist), serving from 1859–1861
- Laban T. Moore (Oppositionist), serving from 1859–1861
William E. Simms, serving from 1859–1861
John Y. Brown, serving from 1859–1861 and 1873–1877
- Robert Mallory (Unionist), serving from 1859–1865
- James S. Jackson (Unionist), serving from 1861
- John J. Crittenden (Unionist), serving from 1861–1863
- George W. Dunlap (Unionist), serving from 1861–1863
- John W. Menzies (Unionist), serving from 1861–1863
William H. Wadsworth, serving from 1861–1865 and 1885–1887
Aaron Harding, serving from 1861–1867
- Samuel L. Casey (Unionist), serving from 1862–1863
- George Helm Yeaman (Unionist), serving from 1862–1865
- Lucien Anderson (Unionist), serving from 1863–1865
- Brutus J. Clay (Unionist), serving from 1863–1865
- Green Clay Smith (Unionist), serving from 1863–1866
- William H. Randall (Unionist), serving from 1863–1867
Burwell C. Ritter, serving from 1865–1867
- Lovell Rousseau (Unionist), serving from 1865–1867
George S. Shanklin, serving from 1865–1867
Samuel McKee, serving from 1865–1867 and 1868–1869
Lawrence S. Trimble, serving from 1865–1871
Elijah Hise, serving from 1866–1867
Andrew H. Ward, serving from 1866–1867
Asa Grover, serving from 1867–1869
Jacob Golladay, serving from 1867–1870
Thomas Laurens Jones, serving from 1867–1871 and 1875–1877
J. Proctor Knott, serving from 1867–1871 and 1875–1883
George Madison Adams, serving from 1867–1875
James B. Beck, serving from 1867–1875
William N. Sweeney, serving from 1869–1871
John McConnell Rice, serving from 1869–1873
Boyd Winchester, serving from 1869–1873
Joseph Horace Lewis, serving from 1870–1873
Henry D. McHenry, serving from 1871–1873
William Evans Arthur, serving from 1871–1875
Edward Crossland, serving from 1871–1875
William B. Read, serving from 1871–1875
Elisha Standiford, serving from 1873–1875
John Duncan Young, serving from 1873–1875
Charles W. Milliken, serving from 1873–1877
Milton J. Durham, serving from 1873–1879
Edward Y. Parsons, serving from 1875–1876
John D. White, serving from 1875–1877 and 1881–1885
Andrew Boone, serving from 1875–1879
John B. Clarke, serving from 1875–1879
Joseph C. S. Blackburn, serving from 1875–1885
Henry Watterson, serving from 1876–1877
Thomas Turner, serving from 1877–1881
John W. Caldwell, serving from 1877–1883
James A. McKenzie, serving from 1877–1883
Albert S. Willis, serving from 1877–1887
John Griffin Carlisle, serving from 1877–1890
Elijah Phister, serving from 1879–1883
Oscar Turner, serving from 1879–1885
Philip B. Thompson, Jr., serving from 1879–1885
James Franklin Clay, serving from 1883–1885
William W. Culbertson, serving from 1883–1885
John E. Halsell, serving from 1883–1887
Thomas A. Robertson, serving from 1883–1887
Frank L. Wolford, serving from 1883–1887
Polk Laffoon, serving from 1885–1889
William P. Taulbee, serving from 1885–1889
William Breckinridge, serving from 1885–1895
William Johnson Stone, serving from 1885–1895
James B. McCreary, serving from 1885–1897
George M. Thomas, serving from 1887–1889
W. Godfrey Hunter, serving from 1887–1889, 1895–1897 and 1903-1905
Hugh F. Finley, serving from 1887–1891
Asher G. Caruth, serving from 1887–1895
Alexander B. Montgomery, serving from 1887–1895
John H. Wilson, serving from 1889–1893
William Thomas Ellis, serving from 1889–1895
Isaac Goodnight, serving from 1889–1895
Thomas H. Paynter, serving from 1889–1895
William Worth Dickerson, serving from 1890–1893
John W. Kendall, serving from 1891–1892
Joseph M. Kendall, serving from 1892–1893 and 1895–1897
Marcus C. Lisle, serving from 1893–1894
Silas Adams, serving from 1893–1895
Albert S. Berry, serving from 1893–1901
William M. Beckner, serving from 1894–1895
William Claiborne Owens, serving from 1895–1897
John Kerr Hendrick, serving from 1895–1897
John W. Lewis, serving from 1895–1897
John Daniel Clardy, serving from 1895–1899
David G. Colson, serving from 1895–1899
Walter Evans, serving from 1895–1899
Samuel Johnson Pugh, serving from 1895–1901
Nathan T. Hopkins, serving from 1897
George M. Davison, serving from 1897–1899
Evan E. Settle, serving from 1897–1899
Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick, serving from 1897–1901
Charles K. Wheeler, serving from 1897–1903
John S. Rhea, serving from 1897–1905
David Highbaugh Smith, serving from 1897–1907
Oscar Turner Jr., serving from 1899–1901
Henry Dixon Allen, serving from 1899–1903
Vincent Boreing, serving from 1899–1903
George G. Gilbert, serving from 1899–1907
June W. Gayle, serving from 1900–1901
Harvey Samuel Irwin, serving from 1901–1903
James Bamford White, serving from 1901–1903
Daniel Linn Gooch, serving from 1901–1905
James Nicholas Kehoe, serving from 1901–1905
South Trimble, serving from 1901–1907
J. McKenzie Moss, serving from 1902–1903
Francis A. Hopkins, serving from 1903–1907
Ollie M. James, serving from 1903–1913
Augustus O. Stanley, serving from 1903–1915
J. Swagar Sherley, serving from 1903–1919
James M. Richardson, serving from 1905–1907
Joseph B. Bennett, serving from 1905–1911
Don C. Edwards, serving from 1905–1911
Joseph L. Rhinock, serving from 1905–1911
Addison James, serving from 1907–1909
William P. Kimball, serving from 1907–1909
Harvey Helm, serving from 1907–1919
John W. Langley, serving from 1907–1926
Ben Johnson, serving from 1907–1927
J. Campbell Cantrill, serving from 1909–1923
Robert Y. Thomas, Jr., serving from 1909–1925
Caleb Powers, serving from 1911–1919
William J. Fields, serving from 1911–1923
Arthur B. Rouse, serving from 1911–1927
Alben W. Barkley, serving from 1913–1927
David Hayes Kincheloe, serving from 1915–1930
King Swope, serving from 1919–1921
Charles F. Ogden, serving from 1919–1923
John M. Robsion, serving from 1919–1930 and 1935–1948
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert, serving from 1921–1929 and 1931–1933
Joseph W. Morris, serving from 1923–1925
Maurice Thatcher, serving from 1923–1933
Fred M. Vinson, serving from 1924–1929 and 1931–1938
Virgil Chapman, serving from 1925–1929 and 1931–1949
John William Moore, serving from 1925–1933
Andrew Jackson Kirk, serving from 1926–1927
Henry D. Moorman, serving from 1927–1929
Orie S. Ware, serving from 1927–1929
Katherine G. Langley, serving from 1927–1931
W. Voris Gregory, serving from 1927–1936
Charles W. Roark, serving from 1929
Robert E. Lee Blackburn, serving from 1929–1931
John D. Craddock, serving from 1929–1931
Elva R. Kendall, serving from 1929–1931
J. Lincoln Newhall, serving from 1929–1931
Lewis L. Walker, serving from 1929–1931
John Lloyd Dorsey, Jr., serving from 1930–1931
Charles Finley, serving from 1930–1933
Cap R. Carden, serving from 1931–1935
Glover H. Cary, serving from 1931–1936
Andrew J. May, serving from 1931–1947
Brent Spence, serving from 1931–1963
John Y. Brown, Sr., serving from 1933–1935
Finley Hamilton, serving from 1933–1935
Edward W. Creal, serving from 1935–1943
Emmet O'Neal, serving from 1935–1947
Beverly M. Vincent, serving from 1937–1945
Noble Jones Gregory, serving from 1937–1959
Joe B. Bates, serving from 1938–1953
Chester O. Carrier, serving from 1943–1945
Earle C. Clements, serving from 1945–1948
Frank Chelf, serving from 1945–1967
Wendell H. Meade, serving from 1947–1949
Thruston Ballard Morton, serving from 1947–1953
William Lewis, serving from 1948–1949
John A. Whitaker, serving from 1948–1951
Thomas R. Underwood, serving from 1949–1951
James S. Golden, serving from 1949–1955
Carl D. Perkins, serving from 1949–1984
John C. Watts, serving from 1951–1971
Garrett L. Withers, serving from 1952–1953
John M. Robsion, Jr., serving from 1953–1959
William Huston Natcher, serving from 1953–1994
Eugene Siler, serving from 1955–1965
Frank W. Burke, serving from 1959–1963
Frank Stubblefield, serving from 1959–1974
Gene Snyder, serving from 1963–1965 and 1967–1987
Charles R. Farnsley, serving from 1965–1967
Tim Lee Carter, serving from 1965–1981
William O. Cowger, serving from 1967–1971
William P. Curlin, Jr., serving from 1971–1973
Romano L. Mazzoli, serving from 1971–1995
John B. Breckinridge, serving from 1973–1979
Carroll Hubbard, serving from 1975–1993
Larry Hopkins, serving from 1979–1993
Hal Rogers, serving from 1981-Present
Carl C. Perkins, serving from 1984–1993
Jim Bunning, serving from 1987–1999
Thomas Barlow, serving from 1993–1995
Scotty Baesler, serving from 1993–1999
Ron Lewis, serving from 1994–2009
Mike Ward, serving from 1995–1997
Tom Barlow, serving from 1995-Present
Anne Northup, serving from 1997–2007
Ernie Fletcher, serving from 1999–2003
Ken Lucas, serving from 1999–2005
Ben Chandler, serving from 2004-Present
Geoff Davis, serving from 2005-Present
John Yarmuth, serving from 2007-Present
Brett Guthrie, serving from 2009-Present
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