Kentucky's 1st congressional district

Kentucky's 1st congressional district
	Kentucky's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.d
	James Comer; R–Tompkinsville
Distribution	36.88[1]% urban; 63.12% rural;
Population (2016)	717,739[2]
Median income	$41,930[3]
Ethnicity	89.13% white; 7.63% black; 0.45% Asian; 2.68% Hispanic; 0.27% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+23[4]

Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Western Kentucky, the district takes in Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah and Murray.

Sign in front of the McCracken, Kentucky Courthouse (in Paducah, Kentucky) commemorating early members of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Jackson Purchase (U.S. historical region). The "First District" in the title actually changed over time. It refers to the Jackson Purchase, which was in the 5th district from 1819 to 1823, the 12th district until 1833, and then the 1st district until the end of the sign's lineage in 1855.

The district is represented by Republican James Comer who won a special election to fill the seat of Rep. Ed Whitfield who resigned September 2016. Comer also won election to the regular term to begin January 3, 2017.

Characteristics

Although Democrats have an almost 2-to-1 edge in registration and still hold most local offices in the district, they tend to be very conservative on social issues, a trend which favors Republicans at the federal level.

As of September 2013, there were 505,870 registered voters: 302,406 (59.77%) Democrats, 174,137 (34.42%) Republicans, and 29,327 (5.80%) "Others". All of the "Others" included 21,711 (4.29%) unclassified Others, 7,011 (1.39%) Independents, 419 (0.08%) Libertarians, 93 (0.02%) Greens, 65 (0.01%) Constitutionalists, 19 (0.0038%) Reforms, and 9 (0.0018%) Socialist Workers.[5][6]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[7] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.[8]

Kentucky counties within the 1st Congressional District: Adair, Allen, Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Marion, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster.

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 58 - 40%
2004	President	Bush 63 - 36%
2008	President	McCain 62 - 37%
2012	President	Romney 66 - 32%
2016	President	Trump 72 - 24%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Service	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
Christopher Greenup	Anti-Administration	November 9, 1792 – March 3, 1795	2nd 3rd 4th	Elected September 7, 1792. Re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Retired.	1792 – 1803 "Southern district": Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, and Washington counties Added in 1797: Green, Hardin, and Logan counties Added in 1799: Barren, Bullitt, Christian, Cumberland, Garrard, Henderson, Henry, Livingston, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Pulaski, and Warren counties Added in 1801: Breckinridge, Knox, and Wayne counties
Christopher Greenup	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	2nd 3rd 4th
Thomas T. Davis	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	5th 6th 7th	Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Retired.
Matthew Lyon	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811	8th 9th 10th 11th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Lost re-election.	1803 – 1813 Adair, Barren, Christian, Cumberland, Henderson, Livingston, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Pulaski, Warren, and Wayne counties
Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 5th district and retired.
James Clark	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – August 1816	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Leave of absence April 8, 1816. Resigned prior to August 1816.	1813 – 1823 Bath, Clark, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, and Montgomery counties
Vacant		August 1816 – December 2, 1816
Thomas Fletcher	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected to finish Clark's term. Retired.
David Trimble	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	15th 16th 17th 18th 19th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election.
	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825			1823 – 1833 Bath, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Montgomery, and Pike counties
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Henry Daniel	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1827. [data unknown/missing]
Chittenden Lyon	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Redistricted from the 12th district. [data unknown/missing]
Linn Boyd	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	[data unknown/missing]
John L. Murray	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
Linn Boyd	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1855	26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Henry C. Burnett	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – December 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th 37th	Expelled.
Samuel L. Casey	Unionist	March 10, 1862 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Lucien Anderson	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]
Lawrence S. Trimble	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
Edward Crossland	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Andrew Boone	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
Oscar Turner	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th 47th 48th	[data unknown/missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
William J. Stone	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
John K. Hendrick	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles K. Wheeler	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
Ollie M. James	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	[data unknown/missing]
Alben W. Barkley	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1927	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
William V. Gregory	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933	70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the at-large district.
District not in use		March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1935
William V. Gregory	Democratic	March 4, 1935 – October 10, 1936	74th	Redistricted from the at-large district. Died.
Vacant		October 10, 1936 – January 3, 1937
Noble J. Gregory	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1959	75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.
Frank Stubblefield	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination and then resigned.
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975
Carroll Hubbard	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.
Tom Barlow	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1993 – 2003 [data unknown/missing]
Ed Whitfield	Republican	January 3, 1995 – September 6, 2016	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	[data unknown/missing]. Retired and then resigned early.	1993 – 2003 [data unknown/missing]
					2003 – 2013
					2013 – Present Adair, Allen, Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Marion, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster counties
Vacant		September 6, 2016 – November 8, 2016
James Comer	Republican	November 8, 2016 – Present	114th 115th 116th	Elected to finish Whitfield's term. Also elected in 2016 to the next term. Re-elected in 2018.

Recent election results

2002

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	117,600	65.26
	Democratic	Klint Alexander	62,617	34.74
Total votes			180,217	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	175,972	67.37
	Democratic	Billy Cartwright	85,229	32.63
Total votes			261,201	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	123,618	59.58
	Democratic	Tom Barlow	83,865	40.42
Total votes			207,483	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	178,107	64.35
	Democratic	Heather Ryan	98,674	35.65
Total votes			276,781	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	153,519	71.25
	Democratic	Charles K. Hatchett	61,690	28.75
Total votes			215,209	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	199,956	69.63
	Democratic	Charles K. Hatchett	87,199	30.37
Total votes			287,155	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

References

Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"Registration Statistics: By Congression District". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
"Registration Statistics: Other Political Organizations and Groups". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
"Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
"Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

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

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[1] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.

[2] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[3] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[KYSBEcongress-5] "Registration Statistics: By Congression District". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

[KYSBEother-6] "Registration Statistics: Other Political Organizations and Groups". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

[31KAR4:150-7] "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

[KYvoterReg-8] "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2014.