Kentucky's 5th congressional district

Kentucky's 5th congressional district
Kentucky's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Hal Rogers (R–Somerset)
Distribution	21.33% urban, 78.67% rural
Population (2000)	673,670
Median income	$21,915
Ethnicity	95.8% White, 1.1% Black, 0.3% Asian, 0.7% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other
Cook PVI	R+16[1]

Kentucky's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in the heart of Appalachia in Southeastern Kentucky, the rural district is one of the most impoverished districts in the nation and, as of the 2010 U.S. Census, it has the largest percentage of Whites/Caucasians in the nation. Located within the district are the economic leading cities of Pikeville, Prestonsburg, Middlesborough, Hazard, Jackson, Morehead, Ashland, London, Somerset.

The current 5th congressional district is one of the few ancestrally Republican regions south of the Ohio River. Much of the region now in the district strongly supported the Union in the Civil War, and identified with the Republicans after hostilities ceased. Much of the eastern portion of the district was once part of the disbanded 7th congressional district, long a Democratic stronghold. The 7th district was disbanded in 1992 after the 1990 census showed that the state's population could no longer support seven districts. Geographically, the district consists of flat land areas to the west, to Appalachia highland mountains to the east and southeast. To the north to northeast of the district are rolling hills that end at the Ohio River.

The district is currently represented by Republican Harold D. "Hal" Rogers, the dean of the Kentucky delegation. Congressman Rogers currently serves in various top leadership positions in the U.S. house of representatives.

The 5th Kentucky congressional district has various state park systems and the Daniel Boone national forest area. Regional tourism is bountiful with Lakes for fishing and/or swimming, mountains for horse trail ridding, hiking, or four wheel riding. And cultural tourism is colorful with its cultural music of bluegrass and various instruments that are made to play the music. Natural resources are timber and coal. The coal mining industry has been a prized industry for the district. The district has private and public colleges and universities. The district is home to an national weather service "NWS" center located in Jackson, Kentucky. The district also has one public television station in Hazard, Kentucky of call letters WYMT, a CBS affiliate station. With various radio stations throughout the district. There are regional hospitals in the region. Major highways in the 5th congressional district are interstate 75, The Hal Rogers Parkway, The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, state highway 80, state highway 15, U.S. highway 23, U.S. highway 421.

Characteristics

As of September 2013, there were 510,329 registered voters: 253,798 (49.73%) Democrats, 235,470 (46.14%) Republicans, and 21,061 (4.13%) "Others". All of the "Others" included 15,344 (3.01%) unclassified Others, 5,385 (1.06%) Independents, 241 (0.05%) Libertarians, 43 (0.0084%) Greens, 21 (0.0041%) Constitutionalists, 20 (0.0039%) Reforms, and 7 (0.0014%) Socialist Workers.^[2][3]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.^[4] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.^[5]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Residence	Note
District created		March 4, 1803
John Fowler	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807		Redistricted from the 2nd district
Benjamin Howard	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – April 10, 1810		Resigned to become Governor of Louisiana Territory
William T. Barry	Democratic-Republican	August 8, 1810 – March 3, 1811
Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813		Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 1811-1813, Redistricted to the 2nd district
Samuel Hopkins	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Alney McLean	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Alney McLean	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
John T. Johnson	Jacksonian D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Redistricted from the 3rd district
James Johnson	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – August 13, 1826		Died
Robert L. McHatton	Jacksonian	December 7, 1826 – March 3, 1829
Richard M. Johnson	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833		Redistricted to the 13th district
Robert P. Letcher	Anti-Jacksonian	August 6, 1834 – March 3, 1835		House declared new election after election was contested
James Harlan	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Simeon H. Anderson	Whig	March 4, 1839 – August 11, 1840		Died
John B. Thompson	Whig	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1843
James W. Stone	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Bryan Young	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
John B. Thompson	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
James W. Stone	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Clement S. Hill	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Joshua Jewett	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
John Y. Brown	Democratic	December 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861		Did not take seat until 2nd session because did not meet age requirement for office
Charles A. Wickliffe	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Robert Mallory	Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865		Redistricted from the 7th district
Lovell Rousseau	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – July 21, 1866		Resigned
Lovell Rousseau	Unconditional Unionist	December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867		Re-elected to seat
Asa Grover	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Boyd Winchester	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
Elisha Standiford	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Edward Y. Parsons	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – July 8, 1876		Died
Henry Watterson	Democratic	August 12, 1876 – March 3, 1877
Albert S. Willis	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887
Asher G. Caruth	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895
Walter Evans	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
Oscar Turner	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901
Harvey S. Irwin	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
J. Swagar Sherley	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1919
Charles F. Ogden	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923
Maurice Thatcher	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
District redistricted to at-large district		March 4, 1933
District re-established from at-large district		January 3, 1935
Brent Spence	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1963		Redistricted from the At-large district
Eugene Siler	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965		Redistricted from the 8th district
Tim Lee Carter	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1981
Hal Rogers	Republican	January 3, 1981 – Present		Incumbent

Recent election results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Kentucky's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 37°22′08″N 83°31′19″W / 37.36889°N 83.52194°W / 37.36889; -83.52194