1820 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

Kentucky elected its members August 7, 1820.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kentucky 1 [1]	David Trimble	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Trimble (Democratic-Republican) 68.5% William P. Fleming 31.5%
Kentucky 2 [2]	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	1810 1814 (Resigned) 1814 1815 (Seat declared vacant) 1815 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Samuel H. Woodson (Democratic-Republican) 59.4% John Pope (Democratic-Republican) 37.8% Thomas T. Barr 2.8%
Kentucky 3 [3]	William Brown	Democratic-Republican	1818	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John T. Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 98.6% Thomas A. Grimes 1.4%
Kentucky 4 [4]	Thomas Metcalfe	Democratic-Republican	1818	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Metcalfe (Democratic-Republican) [a]
Kentucky 5 [5]	Alney McLean	Democratic-Republican	1814 1816 (Retired) 1818	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Anthony New (Democratic-Republican) [a] John Daviess Dickson Gwen
Kentucky 6 [6]	David Walker	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent died March 1, 1820. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor also elected to finish the term.	√ Francis Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 57.2% John Breathitt 41.8% Willis Wills 1.0%
Kentucky 7 [7]	George Robertson	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected. Incumbent resigned sometime before the start of the new Congress, leading to an August 6, 1821 special election.	√ George Robertson (Democratic-Republican) [a]
Kentucky 8 [8]	Richard C. Anderson, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor died October 13, 1821, leading to a November 22, 1821 special election.	√ Wingfield Bullock (Democratic-Republican) [a] Norborne B. Beall Samuel Churchill John Logan
Kentucky 9 [9]	Tunstall Quarles	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent resigned June 15, 1820. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor also elected to finish the term.	√ Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican) [a]
Kentucky 10 [10]	Benjamin Hardin	Democratic-Republican	1814 1816 (Retired) 1818	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Benjamin Hardin (Democratic-Republican) [a] Richard Rudd John Hays

References

1. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
2. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
3. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 3". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
4. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
5. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 5". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
6. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
7. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 7". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
8. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
9. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 9". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
10. "Kentucky 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 10". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

See also

• 1820 Kentucky's 6th congressional district special election
• 1820 Kentucky's 9th congressional district special election
• 1821 Kentucky's 7th congressional district special election
• 1821 Kentucky's 8th congressional district special election
• 1820 and 1821 United States House of Representatives elections
• List of United States representatives from Kentucky

Notes

1. Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data.