Kentucky's 1st congressional district
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 Murray.
Kentucky's 1st congressional district | |||
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![]() Kentucky's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.d | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2016) | 717,739[2] | ||
Median income | $41,930[3] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+23[4] |

The district is represented by Republican James Comer who won a special election to fill the seat of Rep. Ed Whitfield who resigned September 2016. Comer also won election to the regular term to begin January 3, 2017.
Characteristics
Although Democrats have an almost 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.
As of September 2013, there were 505,870 registered voters: 302,406 (59.77%) Democrats, 174,137 (34.42%) Republicans, and 29,327 (5.80%) "Others". All of the "Others" included 21,711 (4.29%) unclassified Others, 7,011 (1.39%) Independents, 419 (0.08%) Libertarians, 93 (0.02%) Greens, 65 (0.01%) Constitutionalists, 19 (0.0038%) Reforms, and 9 (0.0018%) Socialist Workers.[5][6]
Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[7] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.[8]
Kentucky counties within the 1st Congressional District: Adair, Allen, Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Marion, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster.
Recent presidential elections
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Bush 58 - 40% |
2004 | President | Bush 63 - 36% |
2008 | President | McCain 62 - 37% |
2012 | President | Romney 66 - 32% |
2016 | President | Trump 72 - 24% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Service | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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![]() Christopher Greenup |
Anti-Administration | November 9, 1792 – March 3, 1795 |
2nd 3rd 4th |
Elected September 7, 1792. Re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Retired. |
1792 – 1803 "Southern district": Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, and Washington counties Added in 1797: Green, Hardin, and Logan counties Added in 1799: Barren, Bullitt, Christian, Cumberland, Garrard, Henderson, Henry, Livingston, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Pulaski, and Warren counties Added in 1801: Breckinridge, Knox, and Wayne counties |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | ||||
Thomas T. Davis | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 |
5th 6th 7th |
Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Retired. | |
![]() Matthew Lyon |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811 |
8th 9th 10th 11th |
Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Lost re-election. |
1803 – 1813 Adair, Barren, Christian, Cumberland, Henderson, Livingston, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Pulaski, Warren, and Wayne counties |
Anthony New | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 5th district and retired. | |
![]() James Clark |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – August 1816 |
13th 14th |
Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Leave of absence April 8, 1816. Resigned prior to August 1816. |
1813 – 1823 Bath, Clark, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, and Montgomery counties |
Vacant | August 1816 – December 2, 1816 | ||||
Thomas Fletcher | Democratic-Republican | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Elected to finish Clark's term. Retired. | |
David Trimble | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
15th 16th 17th 18th 19th |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election. | |
Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
1823 – 1833 Bath, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Montgomery, and Pike counties | |||
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||
Henry Daniel | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 |
20th 21st 22nd |
Elected in 1827. [data unknown/missing] | |
Chittenden Lyon | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Redistricted from the 12th district. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Linn Boyd |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | [data unknown/missing] | |
John L. Murray | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Linn Boyd |
Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1855 |
26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Henry C. Burnett |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – December 3, 1861 |
34th 35th 36th 37th |
Expelled. | |
Samuel L. Casey | Unionist | March 10, 1862 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Lucien Anderson |
Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Lawrence S. Trimble |
Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871 |
39th 40th 41st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Edward Crossland |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Andrew Boone |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
44th 45th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Oscar Turner |
Independent Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th 47th 48th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | ||||
Independent Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | ||||
![]() William J. Stone |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895 |
49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() John K. Hendrick |
Democratic | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Charles K. Wheeler |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
55th 56th 57th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Ollie M. James |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() Alben W. Barkley |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1927 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
![]() William V. Gregory |
Democratic | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 |
70th 71st 72nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the at-large district. | |
District not in use | March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1935 | ||||
![]() William V. Gregory |
Democratic | March 4, 1935 – October 10, 1936 |
74th | Redistricted from the at-large district. Died. | |
Vacant | October 10, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | ||||
![]() Noble J. Gregory |
Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1959 |
75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination. | |
![]() Frank Stubblefield |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974 |
86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination and then resigned. | |
Vacant | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 | ||||
![]() Carroll Hubbard |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 |
94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination. | |
![]() Tom Barlow |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
103rd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
1993 – 2003 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Ed Whitfield |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – September 6, 2016 |
104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th |
[data unknown/missing]. Retired and then resigned early. | |
2003 – 2013![]() | |||||
2013 – Present![]() Adair, Allen, Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Marion, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster counties | |||||
Vacant | September 6, 2016 – November 8, 2016 | ||||
![]() James Comer |
Republican | November 8, 2016 – Present |
114th 115th 116th |
Elected to finish Whitfield's term. Also elected in 2016 to the next term. Re-elected in 2018. |
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 | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 199,956 | 69.63 | |
Democratic | Charles K. Hatchett | 87,199 | 30.37 | |
Total votes | 287,155 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
References
- Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- "Registration Statistics: By Congression District". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- "Registration Statistics: Other Political Organizations and Groups". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- 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