Since Kentucky became a U.S. state in 1792, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Kentucky to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Current U.S. senators from Kentucky | ||||
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Kentucky
| Class II senator | Class III senator | ||
Mitch McConnell (Senior senator) | Rand Paul (Junior senator) | |||
Party | Republican | Republican | ||
Incumbent since | January 3, 1985 | January 3, 2011 |
Kentucky's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Republicans, and its six representatives: five Republicans and one Democrat.
The current dean of the Kentucky delegation is Representative and Dean of the House Hal Rogers of the 5th district , having served in the House since 1981.
Current U.S. representatives from Kentucky | |||||
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District | Member (Residence) [2] | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2022) [3] | District map |
1st | James Comer (Tompkinsville) | Republican | November 8, 2016 | R+24 | |
2nd | Brett Guthrie (Bowling Green) | Republican | January 3, 2009 | R+21 | |
3rd | Morgan McGarvey (Louisville) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+9 | |
4th | Thomas Massie (Garrison) | Republican | November 13, 2012 | R+19 | |
5th | Hal Rogers (Somerset) | Republican | January 3, 1981 | R+32 | |
6th | Andy Barr (Lexington) | Republican | January 3, 2013 | R+9 |
Class II senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
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John Brown (AA) | 2nd (1791–1793) | John Edwards (AA) | ||
3rd (1793–1795) | ||||
John Brown (DR) | 4th (1795–1797) | Humphrey Marshall (F) | ||
5th (1797–1799) | ||||
6th (1799–1801) | ||||
7th (1801–1803) | John Breckinridge (DR) | |||
8th (1803–1805) | ||||
Buckner Thruston (DR) | 9th (1805–1807) | |||
John Adair (DR) | ||||
Henry Clay (DR) | ||||
10th (1807–1809) | John Pope (DR) | |||
11th (1809–1811) | ||||
Henry Clay (DR) | ||||
George M. Bibb (DR) | 12th (1811–1813) | |||
13th (1813–1815) | Jesse Bledsoe (DR) | |||
George Walker (DR) | ||||
William T. Barry (DR) | Isham Talbot (DR) | |||
14th (1815–1817) | ||||
Martin D. Hardin (DR) | ||||
John J. Crittenden (DR) | 15th (1817–1819) | |||
Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) | 16th (1819–1821) | William Logan (DR) | ||
Isham Talbot (DR) | ||||
17th (1821–1823) | ||||
18th (1823–1825) | ||||
Richard Mentor Johnson (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | John Rowan (J) | ||
20th (1827–1829) | ||||
George M. Bibb (J) | 21st (1829–1831) | |||
22nd (1831–1833) | Henry Clay (NR) | |||
23rd (1833–1835) | ||||
John J. Crittenden (NR) | 24th (1835–1837) | |||
John J. Crittenden (W) | 25th (1837–1839) | Henry Clay (W) | ||
26th (1839–1841) | ||||
James T. Morehead (W) | 27th (1841–1843) | |||
John J. Crittenden (W) | ||||
28th (1843–1845) | ||||
29th (1845–1847) | ||||
Joseph R. Underwood (W) | 30th (1847–1849) | |||
Thomas Metcalfe (W) | ||||
31st (1849–1851) | Henry Clay (W) | |||
32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
David Meriwether (D) | ||||
Archibald Dixon (W) | ||||
John Burton Thompson (KN) | 33rd (1853–1855) | |||
34th (1855–1857) | John J. Crittenden (W) | |||
35th (1857–1859) | John J. Crittenden (KN) | |||
Lazarus Powell (D) | 36th (1859–1861) | |||
37th (1861–1863) | John C. Breckinridge (D) | |||
Garrett Davis (U) | ||||
38th (1863–1865) | ||||
James Guthrie (D) | 39th (1865–1867) | |||
40th (1867–1869) | Garrett Davis (D) | |||
Thomas C. McCreery (D) | ||||
41st (1869–1871) | ||||
John W. Stevenson (D) | 42nd (1871–1873) | |||
Willis B. Machen (D) | ||||
43rd (1873–1875) | Thomas C. McCreery (D) | |||
44th (1875–1877) | ||||
James B. Beck (D) | 45th (1877–1879) | |||
46th (1879–1881) | John Stuart Williams (D) | |||
47th (1881–1883) | ||||
48th (1883–1885) | ||||
49th (1885–1887) | J. C. S. Blackburn (D) | |||
50th (1887–1889) | ||||
51st (1889–1891) | ||||
John G. Carlisle (D) | ||||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
William Lindsay (D) | ||||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
54th (1895–1897) | ||||
55th (1897–1899) | William J. Deboe (R) | |||
56th (1899–1901) | ||||
J. C. S. Blackburn (D) | 57th (1901–1903) | |||
58th (1903–1905) | James B. McCreary (D) | |||
59th (1905–1907) | ||||
Thomas H. Paynter (D) | 60th (1907–1909) | |||
61st (1909–1911) | William O'Connell Bradley (R) | |||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
Ollie Murray James (D) | 63rd (1913–1915) | |||
Johnson N. Camden Jr. (D) | ||||
64th (1915–1917) | J. C. W. Beckham (D) | |||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||
George B. Martin (D) | ||||
Augustus Owsley Stanley (D) | 66th (1919–1921) | |||
67th (1921–1923) | Richard P. Ernst (R) | |||
68th (1923–1925) | ||||
Frederic M. Sackett (R) | 69th (1925–1927) | |||
70th (1927–1929) | Alben W. Barkley (D) | |||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||
John M. Robsion (R) | ||||
Ben M. Williamson (D) | ||||
M. M. Logan (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
74th (1935–1937) | ||||
75th (1937–1939) | ||||
76th (1939–1941) | ||||
Happy Chandler (D) | ||||
77th (1941–1943) | ||||
78th (1943–1945) | ||||
79th (1945–1947) | ||||
William A. Stanfill (R) | ||||
John Sherman Cooper (R) | ||||
80th (1947–1949) | ||||
Virgil Chapman (D) | 81st (1949–1951) | |||
Garrett Withers (D) | ||||
Earle Clements (D) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
Thomas R. Underwood (D) | ||||
John Sherman Cooper (R) | ||||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
Alben W. Barkley (D) | 84th (1955–1957) | |||
Robert Humphreys (D) | ||||
John Sherman Cooper (R) | ||||
85th (1957–1959) | Thruston Ballard Morton (R) | |||
86th (1959–1961) | ||||
87th (1961–1963) | ||||
88th (1963–1965) | ||||
89th (1965–1967) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) | ||||
Marlow Cook (R) | ||||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
Walter Dee Huddleston (D) | 93rd (1973–1975) | |||
Wendell Ford (D) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | ||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||
96th (1979–1981) | ||||
97th (1981–1983) | ||||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
Mitch McConnell (R) | 99th (1985–1987) | |||
100th (1987–1989) | ||||
101st (1989–1991) | ||||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) | ||||
106th (1999–2001) | Jim Bunning (R) | |||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||
109th (2005–2007) | ||||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | Rand Paul (R) | |||
113th (2013–2015) | ||||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
117th (2021–2023) | ||||
118th (2023–2025) |
Following statehood on June 1, 1792, Kentucky had two seats in the House.
Congress | 1st district | 2nd district |
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2nd (1792–1793) | Christopher Greenup (AA) | Alexander D. Orr (AA) |
3rd (1793–1795) | ||
4th (1795–1797) | Christopher Greenup (DR) | Alexander D. Orr (DR) |
5th (1797–1799) | Thomas Terry Davis (DR) | John Fowler (DR) |
6th (1799–1801) | ||
7th (1801–1803) |
Following the 1800 census, Kentucky was apportioned 6 seats.
Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district | 6th district |
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8th (1803–1805) | Matthew Lyon (DR) | John Boyle (DR) | Matthew Walton (DR) | Thomas Sandford (DR) | John Fowler (DR) | George M. Bedinger (DR) |
9th (1805–1807) | ||||||
10th (1807–1809) | John Rowan (DR) | Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) | Benjamin Howard (DR) | Joseph Desha (DR) | ||
11th (1809–1811) | Samuel McKee (DR) | Henry Crist (DR) | ||||
William T. Barry (DR) | ||||||
12th (1811–1813) | Anthony New (DR) | Stephen Ormsby (DR) | Henry Clay (DR) |
Following the 1810 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
13th (1813–1815) | James Clark (DR) | Henry Clay (DR) | Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) | Joseph Desha (DR) | William Pope Duval (DR) | Solomon P. Sharp (DR) | Samuel McKee (DR) | Stephen Ormsby (DR) | Samuel Hopkins (DR) | Thomas Montgomery (DR) |
Joseph Hawkins (DR) | ||||||||||
14th (1815–1817) | Henry Clay (DR) | Alney McLean (DR) | Micah Taul (DR) | Benjamin Hardin (DR) | ||||||
Thomas Fletcher (DR) | ||||||||||
15th (1817–1819) | David Trimble (DR) | Anthony New (DR) | David Walker (DR) | George Robertson (DR) | Robert C. Anderson Jr. (DR) | Tunstall Quarles (DR) | Thomas Speed (DR) | |||
16th (1819–1821) | William Brown (DR) | Thomas Metcalfe (DR) | Alney McLean (DR) | Benjamin Hardin (DR) | ||||||
Francis Johnson (DR) | Thomas Montgomery (DR) | |||||||||
17th (1821–1823) | Samuel H. Woodson (DR) | John Telemachus Johnson (DR) | Anthony New (DR) | Wingfield Bullock (DR) | ||||||
John S. Smith (DR) | James Breckinridge (DR) |
Following the 1820 census, Kentucky was apportioned 12 seats.
Following the 1830 census, Kentucky was apportioned 13 seats.
Following the 1840 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.
Following the 1860 census, Kentucky was apportioned 9 seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
38th (1863–1865) | Lucien Anderson (UU) | George Yeaman (U) | Henry Grider (U) | Aaron Harding (U) | Robert Mallory (U) | Green C. Smith (UU) | Brutus J. Clay (U) | William H. Randall (UU) | William H. Wadsworth (U) |
39th (1865–1867) | Lawrence S. Trimble (D) | Burwell C. Ritter (D) | Lovell Rousseau (UU) | George S. Shanklin (D) | Samuel McKee (UU) | ||||
Elijah Hise (D) | Andrew Ward (D) | ||||||||
40th (1867–1869) | vacant | J. Proctor Knott (D) | Asa Grover (D) | Thomas L. Jones (D) | James B. Beck (D) | George M. Adams (D) | vacant | ||
Jacob Golladay (D) | Samuel McKee (R) | ||||||||
41st (1869–1871) | William N. Sweeney (D) | Boyd Winchester (D) | John McConnell Rice (D) | ||||||
Joseph Horace Lewis (D) | |||||||||
42nd (1871–1873) | Edward Crossland (D) | Henry D. McHenry (D) | William B. Read (D) | William Evans Arthur (D) |
Following the 1870 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
43rd (1873–1875) | Edward Crossland (D) | John Y. Brown (D) | Charles W. Milliken (D) | William B. Read (D) | Elisha Standiford (D) | William Evans Arthur (D) | James B. Beck (D) | Milton J. Durham (D) | George M. Adams (D) | John Duncan Young (D) |
44th (1875–1877) | Andrew Boone (D) | J. Proctor Knott (D) | Edward Parsons (D) | Thomas L. Jones (D) | J. C. S. Blackburn (D) | John D. White (R) | John Blades Clarke (D) | |||
Henry Watterson (D) | ||||||||||
45th (1877–1879) | James A. McKenzie (D) | John W. Caldwell (D) | Albert S. Willis (D) | John G. Carlisle (D) | Thomas Turner (D) | |||||
46th (1879–1881) | Oscar Turner (ID) | Philip B. Thompson Jr. (D) | Elijah Phister (D) | |||||||
47th (1881–1883) | John D. White (R) |
Following the 1880 census, Kentucky was apportioned 11 seats.
Following the 1930 census, Kentucky was apportioned 9 seats, all of which were elected at-large statewide for the 73rd Congress, after which it redistricted into 9 districts.
Congress | At-large seats elected statewide on general ticket | ||||||||
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73rd (1933–1935) | W. Voris Gregory (D) | Glover H. Cary (D) | Finley Hamilton (D) | Cap R. Carden (D) | Brent Spence (D) | Virgil Chapman (D) | Andrew J. May (D) | Fred M. Vinson (D) | John Y. Brown Sr. (D) |
Congress | District | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
74th (1935–1937) | W. Voris Gregory (D) | Glover H. Cary (D) | Emmet O'Neal (D) | Cap R. Carden (D) | Brent Spence (D) | Virgil Chapman (D) | Andrew J. May (D) | Fred M. Vinson (D) | John M. Robsion (R) |
vacant | Edward W. Creal (D) | ||||||||
75th (1937–1939) | Noble J. Gregory (D) | Beverly M. Vincent (D) | |||||||
Joe B. Bates (D) | |||||||||
76th (1939–1941) | |||||||||
77th (1941–1943) | |||||||||
78th (1943–1945) | |||||||||
Chester O. Carrier (R) | |||||||||
79th (1945–1947) | Earle Clements (D) | Frank Chelf (D) | |||||||
80th (1947–1949) | Thurston Ballard Morton (R) | Wendell H. Meade (R) | |||||||
John A. Whitaker (D) | William Lewis (R) | ||||||||
81st (1949–1951) | Thomas R. Underwood (D) | Carl D. Perkins (D) | James S. Golden (R) | ||||||
82nd (1951–1953) | John C. Watts (D) | ||||||||
Garrett Withers (D) |
Following the 1950 census, Kentucky was apportioned 8 seats.
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
83rd (1953–1955) | Noble J. Gregory (D) | Garrett Withers (D) | John M. Robsion Jr. (R) | Frank Chelf (D) | Brent Spence (D) | John C. Watts (D) | Carl D. Perkins (D) | James S. Golden (R) |
William Natcher (D) | ||||||||
84th (1955–1957) | Eugene Siler (R) | |||||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||||||
86th (1959–1961) | Frank Stubblefield (D) | Frank W. Burke (D) | ||||||
87th (1961–1963) |
Following the 1960 census, Kentucky was apportioned 7 seats.
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
88th (1963–1965) | Frank Stubblefield (D) | William Natcher (D) | Gene Snyder (R) | Frank Chelf (D) | Eugene Siler (R) | John C. Watts (D) | Carl D. Perkins (D) |
89th (1965–1967) | Charlie Farnsley (D) | Tim Lee Carter (R) | |||||
90th (1967–1969) | William Cowger (R) | Gene Snyder (R) | |||||
91st (1969–1971) | |||||||
92nd (1971–1973) | Romano Mazzoli (D) | ||||||
William Curlin (D) | |||||||
93rd (1973–1975) | John B. Breckinridge (D) | ||||||
94th (1975–1977) | Carroll Hubbard (D) | ||||||
95th (1977–1979) | |||||||
96th (1979–1981) | Larry J. Hopkins (R) | ||||||
97th (1981–1983) | Hal Rogers (R) | ||||||
98th (1983–1985) | |||||||
Chris Perkins (D) | |||||||
99th (1985–1987) | |||||||
100th (1987–1989) | Jim Bunning (R) | ||||||
101st (1989–1991) | |||||||
102nd (1991–1993) |
Following the 1990 census, Kentucky was apportioned 6 seats.
Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district | 6th district |
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103rd (1993–1995) | Tom Barlow (D) | William Natcher (D) | Romano Mazzoli (D) | Jim Bunning (R) | Hal Rogers (R) | Scotty Baesler (D) |
Ron Lewis (R) | ||||||
104th (1995–1997) | Ed Whitfield (R) | Mike Ward (D) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) | Anne Northup (R) | |||||
106th (1999–2001) | Ken Lucas (D) | Ernie Fletcher (R) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||||
Ben Chandler (D) | ||||||
109th (2005–2007) | Geoff Davis (R) | |||||
110th (2007–2009) | John Yarmuth (D) | |||||
111th (2009–2011) | Brett Guthrie (R) | |||||
112th (2011–2013) | ||||||
Thomas Massie (R) | ||||||
113th (2013–2015) | Andy Barr (R) | |||||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||||
James Comer (R) | ||||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||||
117th (2021–2023) | ||||||
118th (2023–2025) | Morgan McGarvey (D) |
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