Kentucky's 9th congressional district

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

District created March 4, 1813.

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
Thomas Montgomery	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	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. Retired.
Tunstall Quarles	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – June 15, 1820	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Resigned.
Vacant		June 15, 1820 – August 1, 1820
Thomas Montgomery	Democratic-Republican	August 1, 1820 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th	Elected to finish Quarles's term. Re-elected later in 1820. [data unknown/missing]
Charles A. Wickliffe	Jacksonian Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	[data unknown/missing]	1823–1833 Bullitt, Jefferson, and Nelson counties
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833		[data unknown/missing]
James Love	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing]	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
John White	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th 27th	[data unknown/missing]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843		[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
Richard French	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Andrew Trumbo	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard French	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
John C. Mason	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Leander Cox	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing]
	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		[data unknown/missing]
John C. Mason	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
Laban T. Moore	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing]
William H. Wadsworth	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel McKee	Unionist	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 3, 1867 – June 22, 1868	40th
Samuel McKee	Republican	June 22, 1868 – March 3, 1869		successfully contested election of representative-elect John D. Young
John M. Rice	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing]
George M. Adams	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 8th district. [data unknown/missing]
John D. White	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas Turner	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	[data unknown/missing]
John D. White	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 10th district.
William Culbertson	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
William H. Wadsworth	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing]
George M. Thomas	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas H. Paynter	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – January 5, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected to judiciary.
Vacant		January 5, 1895 – March 4, 1895	53rd
Samuel J. Pugh	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	54th 55th 56th	[data unknown/missing]
James N. Kehoe	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph B. Bennett	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
William J. Fields	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – December 11, 1923	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected Governor.
Vacant		December 11, 1923 – January 24, 1924	68th
Fred M. Vinson	Democratic	January 24, 1924 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
Elva R. Kendall	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	[data unknown/missing]
Fred M. Vinson	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
John M. Robsion	Republican	January 3, 1935 – February 17, 1948	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		February 17, 1948 – April 24, 1948	80th
William Lewis	Republican	April 24, 1948 – January 3, 1949		[data unknown/missing]
James S. Golden	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 8th district.
District eliminated		January 3, 1953

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