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History of the Governorship

The links below will take you to basic biographical and political outlines of Kentucky's governors. This information is provided by the KY Department for Libraries and Archives.

Chronological Listing
1792-1796 (Shelby)
1796-1804 (Garrard)
1804-1808 (Greenup)
1808-1812 (Scott)
1812-1816 (Shelby)
1816 (Madison)
1816-1820 (Slaughter)
1820-1824 (Adair)
1824-1828 (Desha)
1828-1832 (Metcalfe)
1832-1834 (Breathitt)
1834-1836 (Morehead)
1836-1839 (Clark)
1839-1840 (Wickliffe)
1840-1844 (Letcher)
1844-1848 (Owsley)
1848-1850 (Crittenden)
1850-1851 (Helm)

1851-1855 (Powell)
1855-1859 (Morehead)
1859-1862 (
Magoffin)
1862-1863 (Robinson)
1863-1867 (Bramlette)
1867 (Helm)
1867-1871 (Stevenson)
1871-1875 (Leslie)
1875-1879 (McCreary)
1879-1883 (Blackburn)
1883-1887 (Knott)
1887-1891 (Buckner)
1891-1895 (Brown)
1895-1899 (Bradley)
1899-1900 (Taylor)
1900 (Goebel)
1900-1907 (Beckham)
1907-1911 (Willson)
1911-1915 (McCreary)
1915-1919 (Stanley)
1919 (Black)
1919-1923 (Morrow)
1923-1927 (Fields)
1927-1931 (Sampson)
1931-1935 (Laffoon)
1935-1939 (Chandler)
1939-1943 (Johnson)
1943-1947 (Willis)
1947-1950 (Clements)

1950-1955 (Wetherby)
1955-1959 (Chandler)
1959-1963 (Combs)
1963-1967 (Breathitt)
1967-1971 (Nunn)
1971-1974 (Ford)
1974-1979 (Carroll)
1979-1983 (Brown)
1983-1987 (Collins)
1987-1991 (Wilkinson)
1991-1995 (Jones)
1995-2003 (Patton)
Listing by Last Name
Adair, John
Beckham, J.C.W.
Black, James D.
Blackburn, Luke P.
Bradley, William O.
Bramlette, Thomas E.
Breathitt, Edward "Ned"
Breathitt, John
Brown, John Young
Brown, John Y., Jr.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar
Carroll, Julian
Chandler, A.B. "Happy"
Clark, James
Clements, Earle C.
Collins, Martha Layne
Combs, Bert T.
Crittenden, John Jordan
Desha, Joseph
Fields, William Jason
Ford, Wendell
Garrard, James
Goebel, William
Greenup, Christopher
Helm, John L.
Johnson, Keen
Jones, Brereton C.
Knott, James Proctor
Laffoon, Ruby
Leslie, Preston H.
Letcher, Robert P.
Madison, George
Magoffin, Beriah
McCreary, James B.
Metcalfe, Thomas
Morehead, Charles Slaughter
Morehead, James Turner
Morrow, Edwin P.
Nunn, Louie B.
Owsley, William
Patton, Paul E.
Powell, Lazarus
Robinson, James F.
Sampson, Flem
Scott, Charles
Shelby, Isaac
Slaughter, Gabriel
Stanley, Augustus
Stevenson, John W.
Taylor, William S.
Wetherby, Lawrence
Wickliffe,Charles Anderson
Wilkinson, Wallace
Willis, Simeon
Willson, Augustus

 

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