Kentucky's 12th congressional district
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United States House of Representatives, Kentucky District 12 was a district of the United States Congress
in Kentucky
. It was lost to redistricting in 1843. Its last Representative was Garrett Davis
.
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
in Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
. It was lost to redistricting in 1843. Its last Representative was Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Davis was employed in the office of the county clerk of Montgomery County, Kentucky, and afterward of Bourbon...
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List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District Residence | Note |
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| District created March 4, 1823 | ||||
| Robert P. Henry Robert Pryor Henry Robert Pryor Henry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Henrys Mills, Kentucky , Henry pursued classical studies and was graduated from Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky.... |
Jacksonian D-R Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along... |
March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the 6th district Kentucky's 6th congressional district Kentucky's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Based in Central Kentucky, the district contains the cities of Lexington , Richmond, and Frankfort, the state capital.... |
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| Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 - August 25, 1826 | Died | ||
| John F. Henry John Flournoy Henry John Flournoy Henry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born at Henrys Mill, Kentucky, Henry attended Georgetown Academy, Kentucky, and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.... |
Adams | December 11, 1826 - March 3, 1827 | ||
| Chittenden Lyon Chittenden Lyon Chittenden Lyon was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the son of Matthew Lyon. He was born in Fair Haven, Vermont and attended the common schools. In 1801, he moved to Kentucky with his parents, who settled in Caldwell County, Kentucky... |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1833 | Redistricted to the 1st district Kentucky's 1st congressional district Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Western Kentucky, the district takes in Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah, and the college town of Murray.... |
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| Thomas A. Marshall Thomas Alexander Marshall Thomas Alexander Marshall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of Humphrey Marshall .Born near Versailles, Kentucky, Marshall pursued preparatory studies.He was graduated from Yale College in 1815.... |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 | Redistricted from the 2nd district Kentucky's 2nd congressional district Kentucky's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in west central Kentucky, the district includes Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Elizabethtown. The district has not seen an incumbent defeated since 1884.... |
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| John Chambers John Chambers (politician) John Chambers was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and the second Governor of the Iowa Territory.Chambers was born at Bromley Bridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, on October 6, 1780 to Roland Chambers .... |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 | ||
| Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839 | |||
| Garrett Davis Garrett Davis Garrett Davis was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Davis was employed in the office of the county clerk of Montgomery County, Kentucky, and afterward of Bourbon... |
Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 | ||
| District suspended March 3, 1843 | ||||