7th Congressional District

Creation Date

1861

Entity Type

Organization

Consisted of Jefferson, Shelby, Oldham, Henry counties between 1861 and 1863. Consisted of Nicholas, Bourbon, Scott, Franklin, Woodford, Fayette, Clark, Jessamine, Mercer, Boyle, and Lincoln counties from 1863 to 1865. Represented by Robert Mallory from 1861 to 1865 and Brutus J. Clay from 1863 to 1865. Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: Horatio Washington Bruce.

Patrick Lewis, “Visualizing Unionism: Congressional Redistricting in 1861,”Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition blog, April 27, 2016, https://civilwargovernors.org/visualizing-unionism-congressional-redistricting-in-1861/ (accessed December 26, 2019).
“Congressional and Judicial District Maps, Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, http://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/congressional-and-judicial-district-maps (accessed December 26, 2019).
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