List of Governors of Kentucky

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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-