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Kentucky's 7th congressional district

73 members have held this seat since May 24, 1813. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
73
44 D · 11 W · 7 R · 4 J · 2 A · 2 U · 1 U · 1 I · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Carl Dewey Perkins
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/ky-7Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Samuel McKee · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel McKee · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Robertson · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Robertson · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Speed Smith · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Patrick Moore · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Thomas Patrick Moore · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonThomas Patrick Moore · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJohn Kincaid · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJohn Adair · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonBenjamin Hardin · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · WhigBenjamin Hardin · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigJohn Pope · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · IndependentJohn Pope · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJohn Pope · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigWilliam Poindexter Thomasson · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigWilliam Poindexter Thomasson · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigWilliam Garnett Duncan · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigHumphrey Marshall · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigWilliam Preston · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigWilliam Preston · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigHumphrey Marshall · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanHumphrey Marshall · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanRobert Mallory · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratRobert Mallory · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistBrutus Junius Clay · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · UnionistGeorge Sea Shanklin · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratJames Burnie Beck · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJames Burnie Beck · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clay Stiles Blackburn · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clay Stiles Blackburn · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clay Stiles Blackburn · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clay Stiles Blackburn · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clay Stiles Blackburn · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Campbell Preston Breckinridge · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Campbell Preston Breckinridge · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Campbell Preston Breckinridge · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Campbell Preston Breckinridge · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Campbell Preston Breckinridge · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Claiborne Owens · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratEvan Evans Settle · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJune Ward Gayle · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratSouth Trimble · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratSouth Trimble · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratSouth Trimble · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Preston Kimball · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJames Campbell Cantrill · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Campbell Cantrill · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Campbell Cantrill · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Campbell Cantrill · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJames Campbell Cantrill · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJames Campbell Cantrill · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJames Campbell Cantrill · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJames Campbell Cantrill · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratVirgil Munday Chapman · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratVirgil Munday Chapman · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratRobert E. Lee Blackburn · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanVirgil Munday Chapman · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Jackson May · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratAndrew Jackson May · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratCarl Dewey Perkins · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratCarl Dewey Perkins · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratCarl Dewey Perkins · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratCarl Dewey Perkins · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratCarl Dewey Perkins · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratCarl Dewey Perkins · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratCarl Dewey Perkins · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratCarl Christopher Perkins · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratHumphrey Marshall · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigEvan Evans Settle · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Watkins Morris · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWendell Howes Meade · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanCarl Christopher Perkins · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Democrat
Carl Christopher Perkins D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Carl Christopher Perkins D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Carl Dewey Perkins D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Carl Dewey Perkins D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Carl Dewey Perkins D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Carl Dewey Perkins D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Carl Dewey Perkins D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Carl Dewey Perkins D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Carl Dewey Perkins D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Wendell Howes Meade R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Andrew Jackson May D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Andrew Jackson May D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Virgil Munday Chapman D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Robert E. Lee Blackburn R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Virgil Munday Chapman D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Virgil Munday Chapman D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
James Campbell Cantrill D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Joseph Watkins Morris D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
James Campbell Cantrill D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James Campbell Cantrill D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
James Campbell Cantrill D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James Campbell Cantrill D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Campbell Cantrill D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Campbell Cantrill D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Campbell Cantrill D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Preston Kimball D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
South Trimble D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
South Trimble D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
South Trimble D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
June Ward Gayle D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Evan Evans Settle D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Evan Evans Settle D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Claiborne Owens D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Burnie Beck D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Burnie Beck D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
George Sea Shanklin D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Brutus Junius Clay U
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Robert Mallory U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Robert Mallory IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Humphrey Marshall A
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Humphrey Marshall A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Preston W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
William Preston W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Humphrey Marshall W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Humphrey Marshall W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Garnett Duncan W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Poindexter Thomasson W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
William Poindexter Thomasson W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John Pope W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Pope W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John Pope I
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Benjamin Hardin W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Benjamin Hardin W
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Adair J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John Kincaid J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Thomas Patrick Moore J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Thomas Patrick Moore J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Thomas Patrick Moore
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Speed Smith R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
George Robertson R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
George Robertson R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Samuel McKee R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Samuel McKee R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.