State: | Kentucky |
District Number: | 12 |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1820 |
Eliminated: | 1840 |
Years: | 1823–1843 |
Population Year: | 1830 |
Kentucky's 12th congressional district was a district of the United States House of Representatives in Kentucky. It was lost to redistricting in 1843. Its last Representative was Garrett Davis.
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location | |||
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District created March 4, 1823 | ||||||||
align=left rowspan=2 | Robert P. Henry | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Died. | 1823–1833 Caldwell, Christian, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Todd, Trigg, and Union counties | ||
Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – August 25, 1826 | ||||||
Vacant | nowrap | August 25, 1826 – December 11, 1826 | ||||||
align=left | John F. Henry | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | December 11, 1826 – March 3, 1827 | Elected November 20, 1826 to finish Robert Henry's term and seated December 11, 1826. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Chittenden Lyon | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Redistricted to the . | |||
align=left | Thomas A. Marshall | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1833. Lost re-election. | 1833–1843 | ||
align=left rowspan=2 | John Chambers | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired. | |||
Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||||||
align=left | Garrett Davis | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the . | |||
District eliminated March 3, 1843 |