Governor of Kentucky

List of Kentucky Governors

• Isaac Shelby Democratic-Republican. 1792-1796
• James Garrard Dem.-Rep. 1796-1804
• Christopher Greenup Dem.-Rep. 1804-1808
• Charles Scott Dem.-Rep. 1808-1812
• Isaac Shelby Dem.-Rep. 1812-1816
• George Madison Dem.-Rep. 1816-1816
• Gabriel Slaughter Dem.-Rep. 1816-1820
• John Adair Dem.-Rep. 1820-1824
• Joseph Desha Dem.-Rep. 1824-1828
• Thomas Metcalfe National Republican 1828-1832
• John Breathitt Democratic 1832-1834
• James T. Morehead Nat. Rep. 1834-1836
• James Clark Whig 1836-1839
• Charles A. Wickliffe Whig 1839-1840
• Robert P. Letcher Whig 1840-1844
• William Owsley Whig 1844-1848
• John J. Crittenden Whig 1848-1850
• John L. Helm Whig 1850-1851
• Lazarus W. Powell Democratic 1851-1855
• Charles S. Morehead Know-Nothing Party 1855-1859
• Beriah Magoffin Democratic 1859-1862
• James F. Robinson Union 1862-1863
• Thomas E. Bramlette Union 1863-1867
• John L. Helm Democratic 1867-1867
• John W. Stevenson Democratic 1867-1871
• Preston H. Leslie Democratic 1871-1875
• James B. McCreary Democratic 1875-1879
• Luke P. Blackburn Democratic 1879-1883
• J. Proctor Knott Democratic 1883-1887
• Simon B. Buckner Democratic 1887-1891
• John Young Brown Democratic 1891-1895
• William O. Bradley Republican 1895-1899
• William S. Taylor Republican 1899-1900
• William Goebel Democratic 1900-1900
• J. C. W. Beckham Democratic 1900-1907
• Augustus E. Willson Republican 1907-1911
• James B. McCreary Democratic 1911-1915
• Augustus O. Stanley Democratic 1915-1919
• James D. Black Democratic 1919-1919
• Edwin P. Morrow Republican 1919-1923
• William J. Fields Democratic 1923-1927
• Flem D. Sampson Republican 1927-1931
• Ruby Laffoon Democratic 1931-1935
• Albert B. Chandler Democratic 1935-1939
• Keen Johnson Democratic 1939-1943
• Simeon S. Willis Republican 1943-1947
• Earle C. Clements Democratic 1947-1950
• Lawrence W. Wetherby Democratic 1950-1955
• Albert B. Chandler Democratic 1955-1959
• Bert T. Combs Democratic 1959-1963
• Edward T. Breathitt Democratic 1963-1967
• Louie B. Nunn Republican 1967-1971
• Wendell Ford Democratic 1971-1974
• Julian M. Carroll Democratic 1974-1979
• John Y. Brown, Jr. Democratic 1979-1983
• Martha Layne Collins Democratic 1983-1987
• Wallace G. Wilkinson Democratic 1987-1991
• Brereton C. Jones Democratic 1991-1995
• Paul E. Patton Democratic 1995-2003
• Ernie Fletcher Republican 2003-

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