Mapping Early American Elections

13th Congress: Kentucky 1812

Kentucky elected ten Democratic-Republicans to the Thirteenth Congress.

The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns at the town or county level.

Following the 1810 Census, Kentucky gained four seats in the House of Representatives.

Kentucky used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1813, a special election was held in which Stephen Ormsby was elected to replace John Simpson, a member-elect who had died.

In 1814, a special election was held in which Joseph H. Hawkins was elected to replace Henry Clay, who resigned from office after being appointed minister to Great Britain.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	James Clark	Democratic-Republican	4,560	unopposed	✓
2	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	3,164	unopposed	✓
3	Richard M. Johnson	Democratic-Republican	4,048	unopposed	✓
4	Joseph Desha	Democratic-Republican	3,830	unopposed	✓
5	Samuel G. Hopkins	Democratic-Republican	2,341	49.2%	✓
5	Rezin Davidge		1,497	31.4%
5	Matthew Lyon	Democratic-Republican	924	19.4%
6	Solomon P. Sharpe	Democratic-Republican	3,197	69.9%	✓
6	Anthony Butler		1,374	30.1%
7	Samuel MacKee	Democratic-Republican	3,406	unopposed	✓
8	John Simpson	Democratic-Republican			✓
9	Thomas Montgomery	Democratic-Republican			✓
10	William P. Duval	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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13th Congress: Kentucky 1812

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