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1816 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

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Kentucky elected its members August 5, 1816.

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 James Clark Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent resigned April 8, 1816 when appointed circuit court judge.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor was not elected to finish the current term.
David Trimble (Democratic-Republican) 55.3%
George Stockton 44.7%
Kentucky 2 Henry Clay Democratic-Republican 1810
1814 (Resigned)
1814
1815 (Seat declared vacant)
1815 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected. Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) 57.6%
John Pope (Democratic-Republican) 42.4%
Kentucky 3 Richard M. Johnson Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent re-elected. Richard M. Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 56.6%
Benjamin Taylor (Federalist) 43.4%
Kentucky 4 Joseph Desha Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent re-elected. Joseph Desha (Democratic-Republican) 56.1%
William Garrard 43.9%
Kentucky 5 Alney McLean Democratic-Republican 1814 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Anthony New (Democratic-Republican) 64.4%
Benjamin W. Patton 35.6%
Kentucky 6 Solomon P. Sharp Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent lost-re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
David Walker (Democratic-Republican) 54.2%
William Thompson 37.7%
Solomon P. Sharp (Democratic-Republican) 8.2%
Kentucky 7 Samuel McKee Democratic-Republican 1808 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
George Robertson (Democratic-Republican) 62.3%
Robert Caldwell 37.7%
Kentucky 8 Stephen Ormsby Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent lost-re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Richard Anderson (Democratic-Republican) 56.8%
Edward George 34.6%
Stephen Ormsby (Democratic-Republican) 8.6%
Kentucky 9 Micah Taul Democratic-Republican 1814 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Tunstal Quarles (Democratic-Republican)[a]
Rife[b]
Kentucky 10 Benjamin Hardin Democratic-Republican 1814 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Thomas Speed (Democratic-Republican) 42.3%
James Crutcher 31.2%
John Lancaster 26.5%

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Notes

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  1. ^ Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source
  2. ^ Full name unknown.