1812 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

Kentucky gained four seats after the 1810 Census.

Kentucky elected its members August 3, 1812.

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
James Clark (Democratic-Republican)
Unopposed
Kentucky 2 Henry Clay
Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent re-elected. Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican)
Unopposed
Kentucky 3 Richard M. Johnson
Redistricted from the 4th district
Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent re-elected. Richard M. Johnson (Democratic-Republican)
Unopposed
Kentucky 4 Joseph Desha
Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent re-elected. Joseph Desha (Democratic-Republican)
Unopposed
Kentucky 5 Anthony New
Redistricted from the 1st district
Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Samuel Hopkins (Democratic-Republican) 49.2%
Rezin Davidge 31.4%
Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 19.4%
Kentucky 6 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Solomon P. Sharp (Democratic-Republican) 69.9%
Anthony Butler 30.1%
Kentucky 7 Samuel McKee
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Democratic-Republican 1808 Incumbent re-elected. Samuel McKee (Democratic-Republican)
Unopposed
Kentucky 8 Stephen Ormsby
Redistricted from the 3rd district
Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor died January 22, 1813, leading to a special election see above.
John Simpson (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 1]
Stephen Ormsby (Democratic-Republican)
Kentucky 9 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2]
Henry James
Micah Taul (Democratic-Republican)
Kentucky 10 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
William P. Duval (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 3]

See also

Notes

  1. Detailed records not available, said to have won "by a small margin."
  2. Vote counts not available, won by a margin of 62 votes.
  3. Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.


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