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Kentucky's 9th congressional district

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

Holders
64
25 D · 23 R · 6 W · 4 J · 2 U · 1 J · 1 AJ · 1 A · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
8 years
John Marshall Robsion
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/ky-9Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Thomas Montgomery · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanMicah Taul · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanTunstall Quarles · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanTunstall Quarles · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Montgomery · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Anderson Wickliffe · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · JacksonianCharles Anderson Wickliffe · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonCharles Anderson Wickliffe · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonCharles Anderson Wickliffe · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonCharles Anderson Wickliffe · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJames Love · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJohn White · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigJohn White · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJohn White · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJohn White · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigRichard French · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Alkire Trumbo · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigRichard French · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Calvin Mason · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Calvin Mason · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratLeander Martin Cox · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigLeander Martin Cox · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanJohn Calvin Mason · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratLaban Theodore Moore · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratWilliam Henry Wadsworth · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistWilliam Henry Wadsworth · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · UnionistSamuel McKee · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · Unconditional Unionist → RepublicanJohn McConnell Rice · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Madison Adams · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratJohn Daugherty White · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Turner · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratThomas Turner · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJohn Daugherty White · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wirt Culbertson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Wadsworth · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Morgan Thomas · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Hanson Paynter · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratThomas Hanson Paynter · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratThomas Hanson Paynter · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Johnson Pugh · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Johnson Pugh · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Johnson Pugh · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJames Nicholas Kehoe · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJames Nicholas Kehoe · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Bentley Bennett · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Bentley Bennett · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Bentley Bennett · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Jason Fields · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Jason Fields · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Jason Fields · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Jason Fields · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Jason Fields · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Jason Fields · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Jason Fields · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratFrederick Moore Vinson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratFrederick Moore Vinson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratElva Roscoe Kendall · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Moore Vinson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJohn Marshall Robsion · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Marshall Robsion · 1943-01-06 – 1948-02-18 · RepublicanWilliam Lewis · 1948-04-24 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Montgomery · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Moore Vinson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJames Stephen Golden · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · Republican
James Stephen Golden R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
William Lewis R
Apr 24, 1948 – Jan 4, 1949 · 8 months
John Marshall Robsion R
Jan 6, 1943 – Feb 18, 1948 · 5.1 years
John Marshall Robsion R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Frederick Moore Vinson D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Elva Roscoe Kendall R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Frederick Moore Vinson D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Frederick Moore Vinson D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Jason Fields D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Frederick Moore Vinson D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Jason Fields D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Jason Fields D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Jason Fields D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Jason Fields D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Jason Fields D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Jason Fields D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Joseph Bentley Bennett R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Joseph Bentley Bennett R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Joseph Bentley Bennett R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Nicholas Kehoe D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Nicholas Kehoe D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Samuel Johnson Pugh R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Samuel Johnson Pugh R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Samuel Johnson Pugh R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas Hanson Paynter D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Thomas Hanson Paynter D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Thomas Hanson Paynter D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
George Morgan Thomas R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Henry Wadsworth R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Wirt Culbertson R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Daugherty White R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Thomas Turner D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas Turner D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Daugherty White R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
George Madison Adams D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John McConnell Rice D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Samuel McKee UU→R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
William Henry Wadsworth U
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Henry Wadsworth U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Laban Theodore Moore IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Calvin Mason D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Leander Martin Cox A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Leander Martin Cox W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Calvin Mason D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Calvin Mason D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Richard French D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Andrew Alkire Trumbo W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Richard French D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John White W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John White W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John White W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
John White W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
James Love AJ
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Charles Anderson Wickliffe J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Charles Anderson Wickliffe J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Charles Anderson Wickliffe J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Charles Anderson Wickliffe J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Charles Anderson Wickliffe J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Thomas Montgomery R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Tunstall Quarles R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Thomas Montgomery R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Tunstall Quarles R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Micah Taul R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Thomas Montgomery R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

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