Mapping Early American Elections

19th Congress: Kentucky 1824

Kentucky elected twelve Democratic-Republicans to the Nineteenth Congress. Seven of those Democratic-Republicans were part of a faction led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, and five of those Democratic-Republicans were part of a faction led by Andrew Jackson.

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

Kentucky used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1825, a special election was held in which James Clarke was elected to replace Henry Clay, who had resigned from office after being appointed United States Secretary of State.

In 1826, a special election was held in which Robert L. MacHatton was elected to replace James Johnson, who had died.

In 1826, a special election was held in which John F. Henry was elected to replace Robert P. Henry, who had died.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	David Trimble	Adams/Clay		unopposed	✓
2	Thomas Metcalf	Adams/Clay	4,263	82.3%	✓
2	Walker Reed		683	13.2%
3	Henry Clay	Adams/Clay		unopposed	✓
4	Robert P. Letcher	Adams/Clay	3,823	60.1%	✓
4	John Speed Smith	Democratic-Republican	2,537	39.9%
5	James Johnson	Jacksonian			✓
6	Joseph Lecompte	Jacksonian			✓
7	Thomas P. Moore	Jacksonian			✓
8	Richard A. Buckner	Adams/Clay			✓
9	Charles A. Wickliffe	Jacksonian	2,928	58.5%	✓
9	Burr Harrison		1,435	28.7%
9	Norborne B. Beall	Democratic-Republican	643	12.8%
10	Francis Johnson	Adams/Clay	3,547	70.1%	✓
10	Robert F. Slaughter		1,510	29.9%
11	William Singleton Young	Adams/Clay			✓
12	Robert P. Henry	Jacksonian		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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19th Congress: Kentucky 1824

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