1812_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kentucky Knowpia

Kentucky gained four seats after the 1810 census.

Kentucky elected its members August 3, 1812.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	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)^[a] Stephen Ormsby (Democratic-Republican)
Kentucky 9	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican)^[b] Henry James Micah Taul (Democratic-Republican)
Kentucky 10	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ William P. Duval (Democratic-Republican)^[c]

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

[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.

[nr-3] Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.

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