Kentucky's 1st congressional district

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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 Template:Ushr from 1819 to 1823, the Template:Ushr until 1833, and then the Template:Ushr until the end of the sign's lineage in 1855.

Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Western Kentucky, and stretching into Central Kentucky, the district takes in Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah, Murray, Danville, and Frankfort. The district is represented by Republican James Comer who won a special election to fill the seat of Rep. Ed Whitfield who resigned in September 2016. Comer also won election to the regular term to begin January 3, 2017.

Characteristics

Voter registration and party enrollment as of May 2025^[1]
Party		Number of voters	Percentage
	Republican	274,098	49.57%
	Democratic	226,881	41.03%
	Other	26,715	4.83%
	Independent	21,949	3.96%
Total		552,886	100.00%

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.^[2] 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.^[3]

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[4]^[5]^[6]
2008	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|McCain 61% - 37%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Romney 66% - 34%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 70% - 26%
2016	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Paul 64% - 36%
2019	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Bevin 57% - 41%
2019	Attorney General	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Cameron 65% - 35%
2020	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 71% - 28%
2020	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|McConnell 65% - 31%
2022	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Paul 71% - 29%
2023	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Cameron 56% - 44%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Coleman 67% - 33%
	Auditor of Public Accounts	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Ball 69% - 31%
	Secretary of State	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Adams 69% - 31%
	Treasurer	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Metcalf 66% - 34%
2024	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 73% - 26%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:^[7]

Adair County (1)

Columbia

Allen County (1)

Scottsville

Anderson County (0)

No incorporated or census-recognized communities

Ballard County (7)

All 7 communities

Boyle County (3)

All 3 communities

Caldwell County (3)

All 3 communities

Calloway County (3)

All 3 communities

Carlisle County (2)

Arlington, Bardwell

Casey County (1)

Liberty

Christian County (9)

All 9 communities

Clinton County (1)

Albany

Crittenden County (3)

All 3 communities

Cumberland County (2)

Burkesville, Marrowbone

Franklin County (1)

Frankfort

Fulton County (3)

All 3 communities

Graves County (10)

All 10 communities

Henderson County (6)

All 6 communities

Hickman County (2)

Clinton, Columbus

Hopkins County (10)

All 10 communities

Livingston County (6)

All 6 communities

Logan County (4)

Adairville, Dunmor (part; also 2nd; shared with Muhlenberg County), Lewisburg, Russellville

Lyon County (2)

Eddyville, Kuttawa

McCracken County (5)

All 5 communities

Marion County (4)

All 4 communities

Marshall County (4)

All 4 communities

Metcalfe County (2)

Edmonton, Summer Shade

Monroe County (3)

All 3 communities

Russell County (2)

Jamestown, Russell Springs

Simpson County (1)

Franklin

Taylor County (1)

Campbellsville

Todd County (5)

All 5 counties

Trigg County (2)

Cadiz, Cerulean (shared with Christian County)

Union County (5)

All 5 communities

Washington County (3)

All 3 communities

Webster County (8)

All 8 communities

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Service	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created November 9, 1792
File:Christopher Greenup.jpg Christopher Greenup (Lexington)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Anti-Administration	November 9, 1792 – March 3, 1795	Template:USCongressOrdinal	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
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	Template:USCongressOrdinal
Thomas T. Davis	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Retired.
File:Matthew Lyon (Vermont Congressman) 2.jpg Matthew Lyon (Eddyville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811	Template:USCongressOrdinal	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 (Elkton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr and retired.
File:JClark.jpg James Clark (Winchester)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – August 1816	Template:USCongressOrdinal	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	Template:USCongressOrdinal
Thomas Fletcher (Owingsville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Clark's term. Retired.
David Trimble (Mount Sterling)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican Template:Efn	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election.
	Democratic-Republican Template:Efn	March 4, 1817 – 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 (Mount Sterling)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Lost re-election.
Chittenden Lyon (Eddyville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1833. Retired.	1833–1843 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:LinnBoyd.jpg Linn Boyd (New Design)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1835. Lost re-election.
John L. Murray (Wadesboro)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1837. Retired.
File:LinnBoyd.jpg Linn Boyd (Paducah)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1855	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Retired.
1843–1853 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1853–1863 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	File:Henry Cornelius Burnett - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg Henry C. Burnett (Cadiz)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1855 – December 3, 1861	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Re-elected in 1861. Expelled due to collaborating with the Confederacy.
	Vacant		December 3, 1861 – March 10, 1862	Template:USCongressOrdinal
	Samuel L. Casey (Caseyville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Union Democratic	March 10, 1862 – March 3, 1863	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Burnett's term. Retired.
File:Lucien Anderson (Kentucky Congressman).jpg Lucien Anderson (Mayfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Union Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1863. Retired.	1863–1873 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:LawrenceSTrimble.jpg Lawrence S. Trimble (Paducah)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Lost renomination.
File:Edward Crossland (Kentucky Congressman).jpg Edward Crossland (Mayfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
1873–1883 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
	File:AndrewBoone.jpg Andrew Boone (Mayfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
	File:Oscar Turner cropped.jpg Oscar Turner (Oscar)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Independent Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Retired.
		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Independent Democratic		March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	1883–1893 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:William-J.-Stone.jpg William J. Stone (Kuttawa)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895	1883–1893 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
1893–1903 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".				Template:USCongressOrdinal
	File:John-Hendrick.jpg John K. Hendrick (Smithland)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1894. Lost renomination.
	File:Charles-K.-Wheeler-1899.jpg Charles K. Wheeler (Paducah)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.
File:Ollie Murray James, senator from Kentucky.jpg Ollie M. James (Marion)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1903–1913 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Alben Barkley, photo portrait upper body, 1913.jpg Alben W. Barkley (Paducah)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1927	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1913–1933 File:KY-01 1913-1933.svg
File:William Voris Gregory (Kentucky Congressman).jpg William V. Gregory (Mayfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.	1913–1933 File:KY-01 1913-1933.svg
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1935	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:William Voris Gregory (Kentucky Congressman).jpg William V. Gregory (Mayfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1935 – October 10, 1936	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1934. Died.	1935–1953 File:KY-01 1935-1953.svg
Vacant		October 10, 1936 – January 3, 1937	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Noble J. Gregory (Kentucky Congressman).jpg Noble J. Gregory (Mayfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1959	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost renomination.
1953–1957 File:KY-01 1953-1957.svg
1957–1963 File:KY-01 1957-1963.svg
1957–1963 File:KY-01 1957-1963.svg	File:Frank Stubblefield.jpg Frank Stubblefield (Murray)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=4; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost renomination and resigned early.
1963–1967 File:KY-01 1963-1967.svg
1967–1973 File:KY-01 1967-1973.svg
1973–1983 File:KY-01 1973-1983.svg
	Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	Template:USCongressOrdinal
	File:Carroll Hubbard.png Carroll Hubbard (Mayfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost renomination.
1983–1993 File:KY-01 1983-1993.svg				Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Thomas J. Barlow.jpg Tom Barlow (Paducah)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1992. Lost re-election.	1993–1997 File:KY-01 1993-1997.svg
File:Ed Whitfield, 113th Congress, Official Photo.jpg Ed Whitfield (Hopkinsville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 1995 – September 6, 2016	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired and resigned early.	1993–1997 File:KY-01 1993-1997.svg
	1997–2003 File:KY-01 1997-2003.svg
	2003–2013 File:KY-01 2003-2013.svg
	2013–2023 File:Kentucky US Congressional District 1 (since 2013).tif 34 CountiesTemplate:Efn
Vacant		September 6, 2016 – November 8, 2016	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:James Comer official congressional photo.jpg James Comer (Tompkinsville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	November 8, 2016 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Whitfield's term. Elected to full term in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
		2023–present File:Kentucky's 1st congressional district (since 2023).svg	November 8, 2016 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal