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 History and Government—Congressional Biographies

Members of Congress: Kentucky

Biographies of every U.S. representative and senator from Kentucky



Member NameBirth-Death
ADAIR, John1757-1840
ADAMS, George Madison1837-1920
ADAMS, Green1812-1884
ADAMS, Silas1839-1896
ALLAN, Chilton1786-1858
ALLEN, Henry Dixon1854-1924
ANDERSON, Lucien1824-1898
ANDERSON, Richard Clough, Jr.1788-1826
ANDERSON, Simeon H.1802-1840
ANDERSON, William Clayton1826-1861
ANDREWS, Landaff Watson1803-1887
ARTHUR, William Evans1825-1897
BAESLER, Henry Scott (Scotty)1941- 
BARKLEY, Alben William1877-1956
BARLOW, Thomas J., III1940- 
BARRY, William Taylor1784-1835
BATES, Joseph Bengal1893-1965
BEATY, Martin1784-1856
BECK, James Burnie1822-1890
BECKHAM, John Crepps Wickliffe1869-1940
BECKNER, William Morgan1841-1910
BEDINGER, George Michael1756-1843
BELL, Joshua Fry1811-1870
BENNETT, Joseph Bentley1859-1923
BERRY, Albert Seaton1836-1908
BIBB, George Mortimer1776-1859
BLACKBURN, Joseph Clay Stiles1838-1918
BLACKBURN, Robert E. Lee1870-1935
BLEDSOE, Jesse1776-1836
BOONE, Andrew Rechmond1831-1886
BOREING, Vincent1839-1903
BOYD, Linn1800-1859
BOYLE, John1774-1835
BRADLEY, William O'Connell1847-1914
BRECK, Daniel1788-1871
BRECKINRIDGE, James Douglas -1849
BRECKINRIDGE, John1760-1806
BRECKINRIDGE, John Bayne1913-1979
BRECKINRIDGE, John Cabell1821-1875
BRECKINRIDGE, William Campbell Preston1837-1904
BRISTOW, Francis Marion1804-1864
BROWN, John1757-1837
BROWN, John Young1835-1904
BROWN, John Young1900-1985
BROWN, William1779-1833
BUCKNER, Aylette1806-1869
BUCKNER, Richard Aylett1763-1847
BULLOCK, Wingfield -1821
BUNNING, James Paul David1931- 
BURKE, Frank Welsh1920- 
BURNETT, Henry Cornelius1825-1866
BUTLER, William Orlando1791-1880
CALDWELL, George Alfred1814-1866
CALDWELL, John William1837-1903
CALHOON, John1797- 
CAMDEN, Johnson Newlon, Jr.1865-1942
CAMPBELL, John Pierce, Jr.1820-1888
CANTRILL, James Campbell1870-1923
CARDEN, Cap Robert1866-1935
CARLISLE, John Griffin1834-1910
CARRIER, Chester Otto1897-1980
CARTER, Tim Lee1910-1987
CARUTH, Asher Graham1844-1907
CARY, Glover H.1885-1936
CASEY, Samuel Lewis1821-1902
CHAMBERS, John1780-1852
CHANDLER, A. B. (Ben)1959- 
CHANDLER, Albert Benjamin (Happy)1898-1991
CHAPMAN, Virgil Munday1895-1951
CHELF, Frank Leslie1907-1982
CHILTON, Thomas1798-1854
CHRISMAN, James Stone1818-1881
CLARDY, John Daniel1828-1918
CLARK, James1770-1839
CLARKE, Beverly Leonidas1809-1860
CLARKE, John Blades1833-1911
CLAY, Brutus Junius1808-1878
CLAY, Henry1777-1852
CLAY, James Brown1817-1864
CLAY, James Franklin1840-1921
CLEMENTS, Earle C.1896-1985
COLEMAN, Nicholas Daniel1800-1874
COLSON, David Grant1861-1904
COOK, Marlow Webster1926- 
COOPER, John Sherman1901-1991
COWGER, William Owen1922-1971
COX, Leander Martin1812-1865
CRADDOCK, John Durrett1881-1942
CREAL, Edward Wester1883-1943
CRIST, Henry1764-1844
CRITTENDEN, John Jordan1786-1863
CROSSLAND, Edward1827-1881
CULBERTSON, William Wirt1835-1911
CURLIN, William Prather, Jr.1933- 
DANIEL, Henry1786-1873
DAVIS, Amos1794-1835
DAVIS, Garrett1801-1872
DAVIS, Geoffrey C. (Geoff)1958- 
DAVIS, Thomas Terry -1807
DAVISON, George Mosby1855-1912
DEBOE, William Joseph1849-1927
DESHA, Joseph1768-1842
DICKERSON, W. W. (William Worth)1851-1923
DIXON, Archibald1802-1876
DORSEY, John Lloyd, Jr.1891-1960
DUNCAN, William Garnett1800-1875
DUNLAP, George Washington1813-1880
DURHAM, Milton Jameson1824-1911
DUVAL, William Pope1784-1854
EDWARDS, Don Calvin1861-1938
EDWARDS, John1748-1837
ELLIOTT, John Milton1820-1879
ELLIS, William Thomas1845-1925
ERNST, Richard Pretlow1858-1934
EVANS, Walter1842-1923
EWING, Presley Underwood1822-1854
FARNSLEY, Charles Rowland Peaslee1907-1990
FIELDS, William Jason1874-1954
FINLEY, Charles1865-1941
FINLEY, Hugh Franklin1833-1909
FITZPATRICK, Thomas Young1850-1906
FLETCHER, Ernest L.1952- 
FLETCHER, Thomas1779- 
FORD, Wendell Hampton1924- 
FOWLER, John1755-1840
FRENCH, Richard1792-1854
GAINES, John Pollard1795-1857
GAITHER, Nathan1788-1862
GAYLE, June Ward1865-1942
GILBERT, George Gilmore1849-1909
GILBERT, Ralph Waldo Emerson1882-1939
GOLDEN, James Stephen1891-1971
GOLLADAY, Jacob Shall1819-1887
GOOCH, Daniel Linn1853-1913
GOODNIGHT, Isaac Herschel1849-1901
GRAVES, William Jordan1805-1848
GREEN, Willis - 
GREENUP, Christopher1750-1818
GREGORY, Noble Jones1897-1971
GREGORY, William Voris1877-1936
GREY, Benjamin Edwards - 
GRIDER, Henry1796-1866
GROVER, Asa Porter1819-1887
GUTHRIE, James1792-1869
HALSELL, John Edward1826-1899
HAMILTON, Finley1886-1940
HARDIN, Benjamin1784-1852
HARDIN, Martin D.1780-1823
HARDING, Aaron1805-1875
HARLAN, James1800-1863
HAWES, Albert Gallatin1804-1849
HAWES, Richard1797-1877
HAWKINS, Joseph H. -1823
HELM, Harvey1865-1919
HENDRICK, John Kerr1849-1921
HENRY, John Flournoy1793-1873
HENRY, Robert Pryor1788-1826
HILL, Clement Sidney1813-1892
HISE, Elijah1802-1867
HOPKINS, Francis Alexander1853-1918
HOPKINS, Larry Jones1933- 
HOPKINS, Nathan Thomas1852-1927
HOPKINS, Samuel1753-1819
HOWARD, Benjamin1760-1814
HUBBARD, Carroll, Jr.1937- 
HUDDLESTON, Walter Darlington1926- 
HUMPHREYS, Robert1893-1977
HUNTER, Whiteside Godfrey1841-1917
IRWIN, Harvey Samuel1844-1916
JACKSON, James Streshly1823-1862
JAMES, Addison Davis1850-1947
JAMES, Ollie Murray1871-1918
JEWETT, Joshua Husband1815-1861
JOHNSON, Ben1858-1950
JOHNSON, Francis1776-1842
JOHNSON, James1774-1826
JOHNSON, James Leeper1818-1877
JOHNSON, John Telemachus1788-1856
JOHNSON, Richard Mentor1780-1850
JONES, Thomas Laurens1819-1887
KEHOE, James Nicholas1862-1945
KENDALL, Elva Roscoe1893-1968
KENDALL, John Wilkerson1834-1892
KENDALL, Joseph Morgan1863-1933
KIMBALL, William Preston1857-1926
KINCAID, John1791-1873
KINCHELOE, David Hayes1877-1950
KIRK, Andrew Jackson1866-1933
KNOTT, James Proctor1830-1911
LAFFOON, Polk1844-1906
LANGLEY, John Wesley1868-1932
LANGLEY, Katherine Gudger1888-1948
LECOMPTE, Joseph1797-1851
LETCHER, Robert Perkins1788-1861
LEWIS, John William1841-1913
LEWIS, Joseph Horace1824-1904
LEWIS, Ron1946- 
LEWIS, William1868-1959
LINDSAY, William1835-1909
LISLE, Marcus Claiborne1862-1894
LOGAN, Marvel Mills1874-1939
LOGAN, William1776-1822
LOVE, James1795-1874
LUCAS, Ken1933- 
LYON, Chittenden1787-1842
LYON, Matthew1749-1822
MACHEN, Willis Benson1810-1893
MALLORY, Robert1815-1885
MARSHALL, Alexander Keith1808-1884
MARSHALL, Humphrey1760-1841
MARSHALL, Humphrey1812-1872
MARSHALL, Thomas Alexander1794-1871
MARSHALL, Thomas Francis1801-1864
MARTIN, George Brown1876-1945
MARTIN, John Preston1811-1862
MASON, John Calvin1802-1865
MAY, Andrew Jackson1875-1959
MAZZOLI, Romano Louis1932- 
McCONNELL, Addison Mitchell (Mitch)1942- 
McCREARY, James Bennett1838-1918
McCREERY, Thomas Clay1816-1890
McHATTON, Robert Lytle1788-1835
McHENRY, Henry Davis1826-1890
McHENRY, John Hardin1797-1871
McKEE, Samuel1774-1826
McKEE, Samuel1833-1898
McKENZIE, James Andrew1840-1904
McLEAN, Alney1779-1841
McLEAN, Finis Ewing1806-1881
MEADE, Wendell Howes1912-1986
MENEFEE, Richard Hickman1809-1841
MENZIES, John William1819-1897
MERIWETHER, David1800-1893
METCALFE, Thomas1780-1855
MILLIKEN, Charles William1827-1915
MONTGOMERY, Alexander Brooks1837-1910
MONTGOMERY, Thomas1779-1828
MOORE, John William1877-1941
MOORE, Laban Theodore1829-1892
MOORE, Thomas Patrick1797-1853
MOORMAN, Henry DeHaven1880-1939
MOREHEAD, Charles Slaughter1802-1868
MOREHEAD, James Turner1797-1854
MORRIS, Joseph Watkins1879-1937
MORTON, Thruston Ballard1907-1982
MOSS, John McKenzie1868-1929
MURRAY, John L.1806-1842
NATCHER, William Huston1909-1994
NEW, Anthony1747-1833
NEWHALL, Judson Lincoln1870-1952
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher1948- 
O'NEAL, Emmet1887-1967
OGDEN, Charles Franklin1873-1933
ORMSBY, Stephen1759-1844
ORR, Alexander Dalrymple1761-1835
OWENS, William Claiborne1849-1925
OWSLEY, Bryan Young1798-1849
PARSONS, Edward Young1842-1876
PAYNTER, Thomas Hanson1851-1921
PERKINS, Carl Christopher1954- 
PERKINS, Carl Dewey1912-1984
PEYTON, Samuel Oldham1804-1870
PHISTER, Elijah Conner1822-1887
POPE, John1770-1845
POPE, Patrick Hamilton1806-1841
POWELL, Lazarus Whitehead1812-1867
POWERS, Caleb1869-1932
PRESTON, William1816-1887
PUGH, Samuel Johnson1850-1922
QUARLES, Tunstall1770c-1855
RANDALL, William Harrison1812-1881
READ, William Brown1817-1880
RHEA, John Stockdale1855-1924
RHINOCK, Joseph Lafayette1863-1926
RICE, John McConnell1831-1895
RICHARDSON, James Montgomery1858-1925
RITTER, Burwell Clark1810-1880
ROARK, Charles Wickliffe1887-1929
ROBERTSON, George1790-1874
ROBERTSON, Thomas Austin1848-1892
ROBSION, John Marshall1873-1948
ROBSION, John Marshall, Jr.1904-1990
ROGERS, Harold Dallas1937- 
ROUSE, Arthur Blythe1874-1956
ROUSSEAU, Lovell Harrison1818-1869
ROWAN, John1773-1843
RUMSEY, Edward1796-1868
SACKETT, Frederic Mosley1868-1941
SANDFORD, Thomas1762-1808
SETTLE, Evan Evans1848-1899
SHANKLIN, George Sea1807-1883
SHARP, Solomon P.1780-1825
SHERLEY, Joseph Swagar1871-1941
SILER, Eugene1900-1987
SIMMS, William Emmett1822-1898
SMITH, David Highbaugh1854-1928
SMITH, Green Clay1826-1895
SMITH, John Speed1792-1854
SNYDER, Marion Gene1928- 
SOUTHGATE, William Wright1800-1849
SPEED, Thomas1768-1842
SPENCE, Brent1874-1967
SPRIGG, James Cresap1802-1852
STANDIFORD, Elisha David1831-1887
STANFILL, William Abner1892-1971
STANLEY, Augustus Owsley1867-1958
STANTON, Richard Henry1812-1891
STEVENSON, John White1812-1886
STONE, James W.1813-1854
STONE, William Johnson1841-1923
STUBBLEFIELD, Frank Albert1907-1977
SWEENEY, William Northcut1832-1895
SWOPE, King1893-1961
SWOPE, Samuel Franklin1809-1865
TALBOT, Isham1773-1837
TALBOTT, Albert Gallatin1808-1887
TAUL, Micah1785-1850
TAULBEE, William Preston1851-1890
THATCHER, Maurice Hudson1870-1973
THOMAS, George Morgan1828-1914
THOMAS, Robert Young, Jr.1855-1925
THOMASSON, William Poindexter1797-1882
THOMPSON, John Burton1810-1874
THOMPSON, Philip1789-1836
THOMPSON, Philip Burton, Jr.1845-1909
THRUSTON, Buckner1763-1845
TIBBATTS, John Wooleston1802-1852
TOMPKINS, Christopher1780-1858
TRIMBLE, David1782-1842
TRIMBLE, Lawrence Strother1825-1904
TRIMBLE, South1864-1946
TRIPLETT, Philip1799-1852
TRUMBO, Andrew Alkire1797-1871
TURNER, Oscar1825-1896
TURNER, Oscar1867-1902
TURNER, Thomas1821-1900
UNDERWOOD, Joseph Rogers1791-1876
UNDERWOOD, Thomas Rust1898-1956
UNDERWOOD, Warner Lewis1808-1872
VINCENT, Beverly Mills1890-1980
VINSON, Frederick Moore1890-1953
WADSWORTH, William Henry1821-1893
WALKER, David -1820
WALKER, George1763-1819
WALKER, Lewis Leavell1873-1944
WALTON, Matthew -1819
WARD, Andrew Harrison1815-1904
WARD, Michael Delavan1951- 
WARD, William Thomas1808-1878
WARE, Orie Solomon1882-1974
WATTERSON, Henry1840-1921
WATTS, John Clarence1902-1971
WHEELER, Charles Kennedy1863-1933
WHITAKER, John Albert1901-1951
WHITE, Addison1824-1909
WHITE, David1785-1834
WHITE, James Bamford1842-1931
WHITE, John1802-1845
WHITE, John Daugherty1849-1920
WHITFIELD, Wayne Edward (Ed)1943- 
WICKLIFFE, Charles Anderson1788-1869
WILLIAMS, John Stuart1818-1898
WILLIAMS, Sherrod1804- 
WILLIAMSON, Ben Mitchell1864-1941
WILLIS, Albert Shelby1843-1897
WILSON, John Henry1846-1923
WINCHESTER, Boyd1836-1923
WITHERS, Garrett Lee1884-1953
WOLFORD, Frank Lane1817-1895
WOODSON, Samuel Hughes1777-1827
YANCEY, Joel1773-1838
YARMUTH, John1947- 
YEAMAN, George Helm1829-1908
YOUNG, Bryan Rust1800-1882
YOUNG, John Duncan1823-1910
YOUNG, William Singleton1790-1827

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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