1812 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

Kentucky gained four seats after the 1810 census.

Kentucky elected its members August 3, 1812.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	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)^[a] Stephen Ormsby (Democratic-Republican)
Kentucky 9	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican)^[b] Henry James Micah Taul (Democratic-Republican)
Kentucky 10	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ William P. Duval (Democratic-Republican)^[c]

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^ 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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[1] Detailed records not available, said to have won "by a small margin."

[2] Vote counts not available, won by a margin of 62 votes.

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