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Joseph Lecompte (December 15, 1797 – April 25, 1851) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky near the town of Georgetown, Kentucky. He moved to Henry County, Kentucky with his parents, who settled in Lecomptes Bottom on the Kentucky River where he attended the common schools. Later, he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owned slaves.

Lecompte served during the War of 1812. He was a member of the Kentucky Riflemen. During the conflict, he participated in the Battle of New Orleans. After the war, he served as a major in the Kentucky militia.

Lecompte was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819, 1822, 1838, 1839, and 1844. He was elected to the Nineteenth Congress and reelected to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832. After leaving Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits and was later a member of the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1850. He died in Henry County, Kentucky in 1851 and was buried in the private cemetery in Lecomptes Bottom, on the Kentucky River, Henry County, Kentucky.

References

• United States Congress. "Joseph Lecompte (id: L000186)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

1. "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-07-06

• 1797 births
• 1851 deaths
• People from Woodford County, Kentucky
• Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
• Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• Kentucky militia
• American military personnel of the War of 1812
• Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly