1818 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

Kentucky elected its members August 3, 1818.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 David Trimble Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. David Trimble (Democratic-Republican) 70.6%
Thomas Fletcher (Democratic-Republican) 29.4%
Kentucky 2 Henry Clay Democratic-Republican 1810
1814 (Resigned)
1814
1815 (Seat declared vacant)
1815 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected. Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Kentucky 3 Richard M. Johnson Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
William Brown (Democratic-Republican) 59.0%
Benjamin Taylor (Federalist) 41.0%
Kentucky 4 Joseph Desha Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Thomas Metcalfe (Democratic-Republican) 61.9%
Joseph Desha (Democratic-Republican) 38.1%
Kentucky 5 Anthony New Democratic-Republican 1810
1814 (Lost)
1816
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Alney McLean (Democratic-Republican) 54.3%
Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 45.7%
Kentucky 6 David Walker Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. David Walker (Democratic-Republican) 78.5%
Francis Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 14.0%
Benbrook[lower-alpha 1] 7.5%
Kentucky 7 George Robertson Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. George Robertson (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Kentucky 8 Richard C. Anderson Jr. Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. Richard C. Anderson Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Kentucky 9 Tunstall Quarles Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. Tunstall Quarles (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2]
Kentucky 10 Thomas Speed Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Benjamin Hardin (Democratic-Republican) 31.2%
Richard Rudd 30.9%
John Rowan (Democratic-Republican) 26.0%
John Hays 11.9%

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  2. Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.
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