| State: | Kentucky |
| District Number: | 1 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | James Comer |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Tompkinsville |
| Distribution Ref: | [1] |
| Percent Urban: | 36.88 |
| Percent Rural: | 63.12 |
| Population: | 757,381[2] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $54,615[3] |
| Percent White: | 83.8 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 3.8 |
| Percent Black: | 7.1 |
| Percent Asian: | 0.7 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.0 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
| Cpvi: | R+24[4] |
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.
| Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 2023[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Number of voters | Percentage | |||
| Republican | 270,824 | ||||
| Democratic | 251,444 | ||||
| Other | 30,618 | ||||
| Independent | 19,591 | ||||
| Total | 572,477 | 100% | |||
Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[6] 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.[7]
Kentucky counties within the 1st Congressional District: Adair, Allen, Ballard, Boyle, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Marion, McCracken, Metcalfe, Monroe, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, Washington, and Webster. Portions of Anderson and Logan counties are within the district.
| Election results from statewide races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 2000 | President | Bush 58–40% | |
| 2004 | President | Bush 63–36% | |
| 2008 | President | McCain 62–37% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 66–32% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 70–26% | |
| Senate | Paul 64–36% | ||
| 2019 | Governor | Bevin 57–41% | |
| Attorney General | Cameron 65–35% | ||
| 2020 | President | Trump 71–28% | |
| Senate | McConnell 65–31% | ||
| 2022 | Senate | Paul 71–29% | |
| 2023 | Governor | Cameron 56–44% | |
| Member | Party | Service | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created November 9, 1792 | ||||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Christopher Greenup | Anti-Administration | nowrap | November 9, 1792 – March 3, 1795 | 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 | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | ||||||
| align=left | Thomas T. Davis | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Matthew Lyon | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811 | 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 | ||
| align=left | Anthony New | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the and retired. | |||
| align=left | James Clark | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – August 1816 | 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 | nowrap | August 1816 – December 2, 1816 | ||||||
| align=left | Thomas Fletcher | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817 | Elected to finish Clark's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | David Trimble | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election. | ||||
| 1823–1833 Bath, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Montgomery, and Pike counties | ||||||||
| Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||||
| align=left | Henry Daniel | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Chittenden Lyon | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1833. Retired. | 1833–1843 | ||
| align=left | Linn Boyd | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1835. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | John L. Murray | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1837. Retired. | |||
Linn Boyd | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1855 | 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 | ||||||||
| 1853–1863 | ||||||||
| align=left | Henry C. Burnett | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – December 3, 1861 | Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Re-elected in 1861. Expelled due to collaborating with the Confederacy. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 3, 1861 – March 10, 1862 | ||||||
| align=left | Samuel L. Casey | Unionist | nowrap | March 10, 1862 – March 3, 1863 | Elected to finish Burnett's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Lucien Anderson | Unconditional Unionist | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Elected in 1863. Retired. | 1863–1873 | ||
| align=left | Lawrence S. Trimble | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Lost renomination. | |||
Edward Crossland | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired. | |||||
| 1873–1883 | ||||||||
| align=left | Andrew Boone | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired. | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Oscar Turner | Independent Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Retired. | |||
| Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | ||||||
| Independent Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | 1883–1893 | |||||
William J. Stone | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired. | |||||
| 1893–1903 | ||||||||
| align=left | John K. Hendrick | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1894. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Charles K. Wheeler | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Ollie M. James | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 | 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 | ||
Alben W. Barkley | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1927 | 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. | 1913–1923 | ||||
| 1923–1933 | ||||||||
| align=left | William V. Gregory | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the . | |||
| District inactive | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1935 | ||||||
| align=left | William V. Gregory | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1935 – October 10, 1936 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1934. Died. | 1933–1943 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | October 10, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | ||||||
Noble J. Gregory | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1959 | 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. | |||||
| 1943–1953 | ||||||||
| 1953–1963 | ||||||||
Frank Stubblefield | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974 | 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. | |||||
| 1963–1973 | ||||||||
| 1973–1983 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 | ||||||
Carroll Hubbard | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 | 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 | ||||||||
| align=left | Tom Barlow | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | Elected in 1992. Lost re-election. | 1993–2003 | ||
Ed Whitfield | Republican | January 3, 1995 – September 6, 2016 | 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. | |||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
| 2013–2023 Adair, Allen, Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Marion, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster counties | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 6, 2016 – November 8, 2016 | ||||||
James Comer | Republican | November 8, 2016 – present | Elected to finish Whitfield's term. Also elected in 2016 to the next term. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||||
| 2023–present | ||||||||