Kentucky's 6th congressional district
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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
(including its suburbs), Richmond
, and Frankfort
, the state capital
.
The district is currently represented by Democrat
Ben Chandler
.
Congressional district
A congressional district is “a geographical division of a state from which one member of the House of Representatives is elected.”Congressional Districts are made up of three main components, a representative, constituents, and the specific land area that both the representative and the...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of 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...
. Based in Central Kentucky
Central Kentucky
Central Kentucky is sometimes considered the Central and Southern part of the Bluegrass region, the Far Upper Western Eastern Mountain Coal Fields, and the Far Upper Eastern Pennyroyal regions. Its major cities include Lexington and Frankfort. Lexington citizens, especially radio and TV stations...
, the district contains the cities of Lexington
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
(including its suburbs), Richmond
Richmond, Kentucky
There were 10,795 households out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.6% were non-families. Of all households, 34.7% were made up of individuals and 8.8% had...
, and Frankfort
Frankfort, Kentucky
Frankfort is a city in Kentucky that serves as the state capital and the county seat of Franklin County. The population was 27,741 at the 2000 census; by population it is the 5th smallest state capital in the United States...
, the state capital
Capital City
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.
The district is currently represented by Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Ben Chandler
Ben Chandler
Albert Benjamin "Ben" Chandler III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...
.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District Residence | Notes | |
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District created March 4, 1803 | |||||
George M. Bedinger George M. Bedinger George Michael Bedinger was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, uncle of Henry Bedinger.-Biography:Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Bedinger attended an English school. He moved to Virginia about 1762 and to Kentucky in 1779 and settled at Boonesborough... |
Democratic-Republican 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, 1803 - March 3, 1807 | |||
Joseph Desha Joseph Desha Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth Governor of Kentucky. Desha was the first Kentucky governor not to have served in the Revolutionary War. He did, however, serve under William Henry Harrison and "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War, and lost two brothers in battle... |
Democratic-Republican 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, 1807 - March 3, 1813 | Redistricted to the 4th district Kentucky's 4th congressional district Kentucky's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Northern Kentucky, it is a long district that follows the Ohio River... |
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Solomon P. Sharp Solomon P. Sharp Solomon Porcius Sharp was attorney general of Kentucky and a member of the United States Congress and the Kentucky General Assembly. His murder at the hands of Jereboam O... |
Democratic-Republican 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, 1813 - March 3, 1817 | |||
David Walker David Walker (congressman) David Walker was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of George Walker and grandfather of James David Walker.Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, Walker attended public and private schools.... |
Democratic-Republican 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, 1817 - March 1, 1820 | Died | ||
Francis Johnson Francis Johnson (congressman) Francis Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Caroline County, Virginia, Johnson pursued preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced.... |
Democratic-Republican 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... |
November 13, 1820 - March 3, 1823 | Redistricted to the 10th district Kentucky's 10th congressional district United States House of Representatives, Kentucky District 10 was a district of the United States Congress in Kentucky. It was lost to redistricting in 1933. Its last Representative was Andrew J. May.-List of representatives:-References:*... |
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David White David White (congressman) David White was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in 1785, White completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Castle, Kentucky.... |
Adams-Clay 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 | |||
Joseph Lecompte Joseph Lecompte Joseph Lecompte was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky near the town of Georgetown, Kentucky. He moved to Henry County, Kentucky with his parents, who settled in Lecomptes Bottom on the Kentucky River where he attended the common schools... |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1833 | |||
Thomas Chilton Thomas Chilton Thomas Chilton was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, a prominent Baptist clergyman, and the ghost writer of David Crockett's autobiography.... |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 | |||
John Calhoon John Calhoon John Calhoon was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Henry County, Kentucky in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced.... |
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 | ||||
Willis Green Willis Green Willis Green was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, GreenBirth date unknown.He attended the public schools.He settled in that part of Virginia which is now the State of Kentucky.... |
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 | Redistricted to 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 White John White (Kentucky politician) John White was a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.White was a native of Kentucky and practiced law there. White was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1832... |
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, 1843 - March 3, 1845 | Redistricted from the 9th district Kentucky's 9th congressional district United States House of Representatives, Kentucky District 9 was a district of the United States Congress in Kentucky. It was lost to redistricting in 1953. Its last Representative was James S. Golden.-List of representatives:-References:*... |
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John P. Martin John Preston Martin John Preston Martin was a political figure in Kentucky in the early 19th century. He was born on October 11, 1811 near Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia. He moved to Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky in 1828. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1841 through 1843.Martin served in... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847 | |||
Green Adams Green Adams Green Adams was a lawyer and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1812.-Biography:... |
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, 1847 - March 3, 1849 | |||
Daniel Breck Daniel Breck Daniel Breck was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky.Daniel Breck was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1812. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Richmond, Kentucky,... |
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, 1849 - March 3, 1851 | |||
Addison White Addison White Addison White was an American politician who served the state of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives between 1851 and 1853. He was a cousin of Kentucky Congressman John White.-Biography:... |
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, 1851 - March 3, 1853 | |||
John M. Elliott John Milton Elliott John Milton Elliott was an American lawyer and politician from Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 until 1857 and served in the First Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.-Life and career:Elliott was born in Scott... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1859 | |||
Green Adams Green Adams Green Adams was a lawyer and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1812.-Biography:... |
Opposition Opposition Party (United States) The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860.... |
March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 | |||
George W. Dunlap George W. Dunlap George Washington Dunlap was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born at Walnut Hills, near Lexington, Kentucky, Dunlap pursued preparatory studies.He was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1834.... |
Unionist Unionist Party (United States) The Union Party was a fusion political party conceived by Republicans in 1861 to combine people of all political affiliations into a single movement committed to the preservation of the Union and to war. Republicans wanted to project an image of wartime nonpartisanship and they also expected to... |
March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 | |||
Green C. Smith Green Clay Smith Green Clay Smith was a U.S. soldier and politician. He served as a major general during the Civil War, was a congressman from Kentucky and was the Territorial Governor of Montana from 1866 to 1869. He also ran for President of the United States on the Prohibition ticket in 1876... |
Unconditional Unionist Unionist Party (United States) The Union Party was a fusion political party conceived by Republicans in 1861 to combine people of all political affiliations into a single movement committed to the preservation of the Union and to war. Republicans wanted to project an image of wartime nonpartisanship and they also expected to... |
March 4, 1863 - July, 1866 | Resigned after being appointed Governor of Montana Territory | ||
Andrew H. Ward Andrew H. Ward Andrew Harrison Ward was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:Andrew H. Ward was born near Cynthiana in Harrison County, Kentucky. He was the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Ward... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
December 3, 1866 - March 3, 1867 | |||
Thomas L. Jones Thomas Laurens Jones Thomas Laurens Jones was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in White Oak, North Carolina, Jones attended private schools.He graduated from Princeton College and from the law department of Harvard University.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871 | |||
William E. Arthur William Evans Arthur William Evans Arthur was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:William E. Arthur was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 3, 1825. He was the son of William and Eliza Arthur. In 1832, the family moved Covington, Kentucky... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875 | |||
Thomas L. Jones Thomas Laurens Jones Thomas Laurens Jones was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in White Oak, North Carolina, Jones attended private schools.He graduated from Princeton College and from the law department of Harvard University.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 | |||
John G. Carlisle | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1877 - May 26, 1890 | Speaker of the House from 1883 -1889, Resigned after being elected to U.S. Senate | ||
William W. Dickerson William Worth Dickerson W. W. Dickerson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Sherman, Kentucky, Dickerson attended the public schools and the private academy of New Mexico Lloyd in Crittenden, Kentucky.He studied law.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
June 21, 1890 - March 3, 1893 | |||
Albert S. Berry Albert S. Berry Albert Seaton Berry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.- Biography :Born in Fairfield , Campbell County, Kentucky, Berry attended the public schools. He graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1855 and from the Cincinnati Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the bar and... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1901 | |||
Daniel Linn Gooch Daniel Linn Gooch Daniel Linn Gooch was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Rumsey, McLean County, Kentucky, Gooch attended a private school.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1905 | |||
Joseph L. Rhinock Joseph L. Rhinock Joseph Lafayette Rhinock was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Owenton, Kentucky, Rhinock moved to Covington, Kentucky.He attended the Covington public schools.He engaged in the oil-refining business.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911 | |||
Arthur B. Rouse Arthur B. Rouse Arthur Blythe Rouse was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:Born in Burlington, Kentucky, Rouse attended the public schools. He was graduated from Hanover College, Indiana, in 1896 and from the Louisville Law School in 1900... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1927 | |||
Orie S. Ware Orie Solomon Ware Orie Solomon Ware was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Peach Grove, Kentucky, Ware attended the public schools of Covington, Kentucky.He was graduated from the private academy of Prof. George W... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1927 - March 3, 1929 | |||
J. Lincoln Newhall J. Lincoln Newhall Judson Lincoln Newhall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Hunterstown , Province of Quebec, Canada, Newhall moved to Covington, Kentucky, with his parents in 1874.... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1931 | |||
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Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933 | Redistricted to the At-large district Kentucky's At-large congressional district For the 73rd Congress , Kentucky did not use a district election format, but instead, elected all representatives in a state-wide, at-large manner. The district format was returned during the 74th Congress and has been used in all congressional sessions thereafter.-List of representatives:All... |
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District redistricted to At-large district Kentucky's At-large congressional district For the 73rd Congress , Kentucky did not use a district election format, but instead, elected all representatives in a state-wide, at-large manner. The district format was returned during the 74th Congress and has been used in all congressional sessions thereafter.-List of representatives:All... March 4, 1933 |
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District re-established January 3, 1935 from At-large district Kentucky's At-large congressional district For the 73rd Congress , Kentucky did not use a district election format, but instead, elected all representatives in a state-wide, at-large manner. The district format was returned during the 74th Congress and has been used in all congressional sessions thereafter.-List of representatives:All... |
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Emmet O' Neal Emmet O'Neal (Kentucky) Emmet O'Neal was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and an ambassador to the Philippines. A member of the Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame, his brother was Louisville Mayor Joseph T. O'Neal.-Biography:... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937 | Redistricted to the 3rd district Kentucky's 3rd congressional district Kentucky's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky encompassing nearly the whole city of Louisville, which, since the merger of 2003, is contiguous with Jefferson County... |
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Virgil Chapman Virgil Chapman Virgil Munday Chapman , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1949 | Redistricted from the 4th district Kentucky's 4th congressional district Kentucky's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Northern Kentucky, it is a long district that follows the Ohio River... |
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Thomas R. Underwood Thomas R. Underwood Thomas Rust Underwood served Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.Underwood was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
January 3, 1949 - March 17, 1951 | Resigned | ||
John C. Watts John C. Watts John Clarence Watts was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Watts attended the public schools.He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law school in 1927.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
April 4, 1951 - September 24, 1971 | Died | ||
William P. Curlin, Jr. William P. Curlin, Jr. William Prather Curlin, Jr. was a Kentucky state legislator and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
December 4, 1971 - January 3, 1973 | |||
John B. Breckinridge John B. Breckinridge John Bayne Breckinridge was an American politician, a Democrat who served as Attorney General of Kentucky twice and also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.-Early life:... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1979 | |||
Larry Hopkins Larry Hopkins Larry Jones Hopkins represented Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1991 and lost to Brereton C. Jones.... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1993 | |||
Scotty Baesler Scotty Baesler Henry Scott Baesler is a Democratic politician and former Representative from Kentucky.Baesler graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1963 and from law school there in 1966. While at the University, Baesler played basketball under legendary coach Adolph Rupp... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1999 | |||
Ernie Fletcher Ernie Fletcher Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcher is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. In 1999, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th governor of Kentucky and served in that office... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
January 3, 1999 - December 8, 2003 | Resigned after being elected Governor of Kentucky Governor of Kentucky The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once... |
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Ben Chandler Ben Chandler Albert Benjamin "Ben" Chandler III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
February 17, 2004 - Present |