Kentucky's 7th congressional district

Kentucky's 7th congressional district was a district of the United States House of Representatives in Kentucky.

It was eliminated in 1993 when reapportionment reduced Kentucky's House representation from seven seats to six. The eastern Kentucky region formerly in the 7th district is now largely in the 5th district. The last congressman to represent the 7th district was Chris Perkins, who succeeded his father, Carl D. Perkins.

List of members representing the district

District created March 4, 1813.

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
Samuel McKee	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.	Clay, Garrard, Madison, and Mercer counties
George Robertson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Resigned before convening of Congress.
Vacant		1821 – August 6, 1821
John S. Smith	Democratic-Republican	August 6, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected to finish Robertson's term and seated December 3, 1821. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Thomas P. Moore	Jackson Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827. Retired.	Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer, and Washington counties
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
John Kincaid	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing]
John Adair	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Hardin	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing]
John Pope	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	25th 26th 27th	[data unknown/missing]
William Thomasson	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]
Garnett Duncan	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Humphrey Marshall	Whig	March 4, 1849 – August 4, 1852	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed U.S. Minister to China.
Vacant		August 4, 1852 – December 6, 1852
William Preston	Whig	December 6, 1852 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Humphrey Marshall	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert Mallory	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863		[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 5th district.
Brutus J. Clay	Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]
George S. Shanklin	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing]
James B. Beck	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1875	40th 41st 42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph C. S. Blackburn	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1885	44th 45th 46th 47th 48th	[data unknown/missing]
William C. P. Breckinridge	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
William C. Owens	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
Evan E. Settle	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – November 16, 1899	55th 56th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		November 16, 1899 – December 18, 1899
June W. Gayle	Democratic	December 18, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Elected to finish Settle's term and seated January 15, 1900. [data unknown/missing]
South Trimble	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	57th 58th 59th	[data unknown/missing]
William P. Kimball	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	[data unknown/missing]
J. Campbell Cantrill	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – September 2, 1923	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Died.
					1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		September 2, 1923 – November 30, 1923
Joseph W. Morris	Democratic	November 30, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected to finish Cantrill's term. [data unknown/missing]
Virgil M. Chapman	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929	69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert E. L. Blackburn	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	[data unknown/missing]
Virgil M. Chapman	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the at-large district.
District not in use		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Andrew J. May	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. [data unknown/missing]
Wendell H. Meade	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing]
Carl D. Perkins	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – August 3, 1984	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		August 3, 1984 – November 6, 1984
Chris Perkins	Democratic	November 6, 1984 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing]
District eliminated		January 3, 1993

References

• 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