Elections in Kentucky |
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Kentucky elected its members August 3, 1818.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Kentucky 1 | David Trimble | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ David Trimble (Democratic-Republican) 70.6% Thomas Fletcher (Democratic-Republican) 29.4% |
Kentucky 2 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 (Resigned) 1814 1815 (Seat declared vacant) 1815 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
Kentucky 3 | Richard M. Johnson | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | √ William Brown (Democratic-Republican) 59.0% Benjamin Taylor (Federalist) 41.0% |
Kentucky 4 | Joseph Desha | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | √ Thomas Metcalfe (Democratic-Republican) 61.9% Joseph Desha (Democratic-Republican) 38.1% |
Kentucky 5 | Anthony New | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 (Lost) 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | √ Alney McLean (Democratic-Republican) 54.3% Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 45.7% |
Kentucky 6 | David Walker | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ David Walker (Democratic-Republican) 78.5% Francis Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 14.0% Benbrook [a] 7.5% |
Kentucky 7 | George Robertson | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ George Robertson (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
Kentucky 8 | Richard C. Anderson Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Richard C. Anderson Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
Kentucky 9 | Tunstall Quarles | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Tunstall Quarles (Democratic-Republican) [b] |
Kentucky 10 | Thomas Speed | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | √ Benjamin Hardin (Democratic-Republican) 31.2% Richard Rudd 30.9% John Rowan (Democratic-Republican) 26.0% John Hays 11.9% |
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