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List of Governors of Kentucky

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This is a complete list of Governors of Kentucky:

# Governor Party Term
1 Isaac Shelby Democratic-Republican 1792–1796
2 James Garrard Democratic-Republican 1796–1804
3 Christopher Greenup Democratic-Republican 1804–1808
4 Charles Scott Democratic-Republican 1808–1812
5 Isaac Shelby Democratic-Republican 1812–1816
6 George Madison Democratic-Republican 1816–1816
7 Gabriel Slaughter Democratic-Republican 1816–1820
8 John Adair Democratic-Republican 1820–1824
9 Joseph Desha Democratic-Republican 1824–1828
10 Thomas Metcalfe National Republican 1828–1832
11 John Breathitt Democratic 1832–1834
12 James T. Morehead National Republican 1834–1836
13 James Clark Whig 1836–1839
14 Charles A. Wickliffe Whig 1839–1840
15 Robert P. Letcher Whig 1840–1844
16 William Owsley Whig 1844–1848
17 John J. Crittenden Whig 1848–1850
18 John L. Helm Whig 1850–1851
19 Lazarus W. Powell Democratic 1851–1855
20 Charles S. Morehead Know-Nothing Party 1855–1859
21 Beriah Magoffin Democratic 1859–1862
22 James F. Robinson Union 1862–1863
23 Thomas E. Bramlette Union 1863–1867
24 John L. Helm Democratic 1867–1867
25 John W. Stevenson Democratic 1867–1871
26 Preston H. Leslie Democratic 1871–1875
27 James B. McCreary Democratic 1875–1879
28 Luke P. Blackburn Democratic 1879–1883
29 J. Proctor Knott Democratic 1883–1887
30 Simon B. Buckner Democratic 1887–1891
31 John Young Brown Democratic 1891–1895
32 William O. Bradley Republican 1895–1899
33 William S. Taylor Republican 1899–1900
34 William Goebel Democratic 1900–1900
35 J. C. W. Beckham Democratic 1900–1907
36 Augustus E. Willson Republican 1907–1911
37 James B. McCreary Democratic 1911–1915
38 Augustus O. Stanley Democratic 1915–1919
39 James D. Black Democratic 1919–1919
40 Edwin P. Morrow Republican 1919–1923
41 William J. Fields Democratic 1923–1927
42 Flem D. Sampson Republican 1927–1931
43 Ruby Laffoon Democratic 1931–1935
44 A. B. "Happy" Chandler I Democratic 1935–1939
45 Keen Johnson Democratic 1939–1943
46 Simeon S. Willis Republican 1943–1947
47 Earle C. Clements Democratic 1947–1950
48 Lawrence W. Wetherby Democratic 1950–1955
49 A. B. "Happy" Chandler I Democratic 1955–1959
50 Bert T. Combs Democratic 1959–1963
51 Edward T. Breathitt Democratic 1963–1967
52 Louie B. Nunn Republican 1967–1971
53 Wendell H. Ford Democratic 1971–1974
54 Julian M. Carroll Democratic 1974–1979
55 John Y. Brown, Jr. Democratic 1979–1983
56 Martha Layne Collins Democratic 1983–1987
57 Wallace G. Wilkinson Democratic 1987–1991
58 Brereton Jones Democratic 1991–1995
59 Paul E. Patton Democratic 1995–2003
60 Ernie Fletcher Republican 2003—

See also

Kentucky

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