Mapping Early American Elections

16th Congress: Kentucky 1818

Kentucky elected ten Democratic-Republicans to the Sixteenth Congress.

The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns in some counties.

Kentucky used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Francis Johnson was elected to replace David Walker, who had died.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Thomas Montgomery was elected to replace Tunstall Quarles, who had resigned from office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	David Tremble	Democratic-Republican	3,319	58.2%	✓
1	Thomas Fletcher	Democratic-Republican	2,382	41.8%
2	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
3	William Brown	Democratic-Republican	3,827	59%	✓
3	Benjamin Taylor	Federalist	2,663	41%
4	Thomas Metcalf	Democratic-Republican			✓
5	Alney MacLean	Democratic-Republican	3,404	54.3%	✓
5	Matthew Lyon	Democratic-Republican	2,866	45.7%
6	David Walker	Democratic-Republican			✓
7	George C. Robinson	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
8	Richard C. Anderson, Jr.	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
9	Tunstall Quarles	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
10	Benjamin Hardin	Democratic-Republican	1,716	31.2%	✓
10	Richard Rudd		1,703	30.9%
10	John Rowan		1,434	26%
10	John Hays		655	11.9%

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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16th Congress: Kentucky 1818

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