Kentucky's at-large congressional district
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For the 73rd Congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935),
Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
did not use a district election format, but instead, elected all representatives in a statewide, at-large manner. The district format was returned during the 74th Congress and has been used in all congressional sessions thereafter. On September 3, 1932
United States District Judge The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district, which each cover one U.S. state or, in some cases, a portion of a state. Each district cou ...
Andrew M. J. Cochran of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (in case citations, E.D. Ky.) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises approximately the Eastern half of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The United States Co ...
ruled in favor of the plaintiff in ''Hume v. Mahan, 1 F. Supp. 142 - Dist. Court, ED Kentucky 1932'', striking down the "Kentucky Redistricting Act of 1932" passed by the Kentucky General Assembly that had established at-large congressional elections for the 1932 general election.Hume v. Mahan, 1 F. Supp. 142 (E.D. Ky. 1932)


List of members representing the district

All served March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935.


Election results


References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Former congressional districts of the United States At-large At-large United States congressional districts Constituencies established in 1933 1933 establishments in Kentucky Constituencies disestablished in 1935 1935 disestablishments in Kentucky {{US-Congress-stub