1812 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
| Elections in Kentucky |
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Kentucky gained four seats after the 1810 Census.
Kentucky elected its members August 3, 1812.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Kentucky 1 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ James Clark (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed | ||
| Kentucky 2 | Henry Clay Redistricted from the 5th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Kentucky 3 | Richard M. Johnson Redistricted from the 4th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Richard M. Johnson (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Kentucky 4 | Joseph Desha Redistricted from the 6th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph Desha (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Kentucky 5 | Anthony New Redistricted from the 1st district |
Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Samuel Hopkins (Democratic-Republican) 49.2% Rezin Davidge 31.4% Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 19.4% |
| Kentucky 6 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Solomon P. Sharp (Democratic-Republican) 69.9% Anthony Butler 30.1% | ||
| Kentucky 7 | Samuel McKee Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Samuel McKee (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Kentucky 8 | Stephen Ormsby Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor died January 22, 1813, leading to a special election see above. |
√ John Simpson (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 1] Stephen Ormsby (Democratic-Republican) |
| Kentucky 9 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2] Henry James Micah Taul (Democratic-Republican) | ||
| Kentucky 10 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ William P. Duval (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 3] | ||
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Notes
- Detailed records not available, said to have won "by a small margin."
- Vote counts not available, won by a margin of 62 votes.
- Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.
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