Mapping Early American Elections


15th Congress: Kentucky 1816

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Kentucky elected ten Democratic-Republicans to the Fifteenth Congress.

Kentucky used a district system for electing members to Congress.

Congressional election results, 15th Congress: Kentucky 1816
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 David Trimble Democratic-Republican 3,319 55.3%
1 George Stockton 2,687 44.7%
2 Henry Clay Democratic-Republican 2,493 57.6%
2 John Pope Federalist 1,837 42.4%
3 Richard M. Johnson Democratic-Republican 3,640 56.6%
3 Benjamin Taylor Federalist 2,787 43.4%
4 Joseph Desha Democratic-Republican 2,991 56.1%
4 William Garrard 2,341 43.9%
5 Anthony New Democratic-Republican 3,587 64.4%
5 Benjamin W. Patton 1,980 35.6%
6 David Walker Democratic-Republican 3,300 54.2%
6 William Thompson 2,295 37.7%
6 Solomon Sharp Democratic-Republican 499 8.2%
7 George C. Robinson Democratic-Republican 2,597 62.3%
7 Robert Caldwell 1,571 37.7%
8 Richard C. Anderson Democratic-Republican 2,578 56.8%
8 Edward George 1,569 34.6%
8 Stephen Ormsby 389 8.6%
9 Tunstall Quarles Democratic-Republican unopposed
10 Thomas Speed Democratic-Republican 2,204 42.3%
10 James Crutcher 1,624 31.2%
10 John Lancaster 1,383 26.5%

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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