Kentucky's 11th congressional district

Kentucky's 11th congressional district was a district of the United States House of Representatives in Kentucky. It was lost to redistricting in 1933. Its last Representative was Charles Finley.

Kentucky's 11th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1820
1880
Eliminated1840
1930
Years active1823–1843
1883–1933

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District created March 4, 1823
Philip Thompson
(Yellow Banks)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th Elected in 1822.
Retired.
1823–1833
Breckinridge, Butler, Daviess, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Muhlenberg, and Ohio counties
William S. Young
(Elizabethtown)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
September 20, 1827
19th
20th
Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1827.
Died.
Vacant September 20, 1827–
November 5, 1827
20th
 
John Calhoon
(Hardinsburg)
Anti-Jacksonian November 5, 1827 –
November 7, 1827
Elected to finish Young's term.
Resigned due to election contest.[a]
Vacant November 7, 1827–
December 22, 1827
Thomas Chilton
(Elizabethtown)
Jacksonian December 22, 1827 –
March 3, 1831
20th
21st
Elected to finish Calhoon's term.
Re-elected in 1829.
Lost re-election.
Albert G. Hawes
(Hawesville)
Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1831.
Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Amos Davis
(Mount Sterling)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Elected in 1833.
Died.
1833–1843
[data missing]
Richard French
(Mount Sterling)
Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th Elected in 1835.
Lost re-election.
 
Richard Menefee
(Mount Sterling)
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
25th Elected in 1837.
Retired.
 
Landaff Andrews
(Flemingsburg)
Whig March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 9th district and lost re-election.
District suspended March 3, 1843
District re-established March 4, 1883
 
Frank L. Wolford
(Columbia)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
48th
49th
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.
1883–1893
[data missing]
 
Hugh F. Finley
(Williamsburg)
Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891
50th
51st
Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Lost renomination.
John H. Wilson
(Barboursville)
Republican March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1890.
Retired.
 
Silas Adams
(Liberty)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
Lost re-election as an independent.
1893–1903
[data missing]
 
David G. Colson
(Middlesboro)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899
54th
55th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Retired.
 
Vincent Boreing
(London)
Republican March 4, 1899 –
September 16, 1903
56th
57th
58th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Died.
1903–1913
[data missing]
Vacant September 16, 1903 –
November 10, 1903
58th
 
W. Godfrey Hunter
(Burkesville)
Republican November 10, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
Elected to finish Boreing's term.
Retired.
 
Don C. Edwards
(London)
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911
59th
60th
61st
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Lost renomination.
 
Caleb Powers
(Barbourville)
Republican March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1919
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Retired.
1913–1923
[data missing]
 
John M. Robsion
(Barbourville)
Republican March 4, 1919 –
January 10, 1930
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
1923–1933
[data missing]
Vacant January 10, 1930 –
February 15, 1930
71st
 
Charles Finley
(Williamsburg)
Republican February 15, 1930 –
March 3, 1933
71st
72nd
Elected to finish Robsion's term.
Re-elected in 1930.
Retired.
District eliminated March 3, 1933
  1. ^ The vote of one county had been thrown out, giving the election to Calhoon. By mutual agreement of both candidates, Calhoon subsequently resigned, and both Calhoon and Chilton petitioned the Governor to call a new election.

References

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  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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