1st Congressional District

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1861

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"1st Congressional District" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00013042, (accessed April 28, 2024).

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U.S. Congressional District in southern Kentucky. Consisted of Union, Webster, Hopkins, Crittenden, Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, Trigg, Marshall, Calloway, McCracken, Graves, Ballard, Hickman, and Fulton counties between 1861 and 1863. Hopkins County was removed from the district between 1863 and 1865. Represented by Henry C. Burnett from 1859-1863 and Samuel L. Casey from 1861-1863. Represented by Lucien Anderson from 1863-1865. Represented by Lawrence S. Trimble from 1865-1867. Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: Willis Benson Machen.

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 July 8, 2020).
“Congressional and Judicial District Maps, Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, http://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/congressional-and-judicial-district-maps (accessed July 8, 2020).
KYR-0004-033-0003.

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