Difference between revisions of "Governors of Kentucky"
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| 1900-1907 | | 1900-1907 | ||
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| − | | Augustus Everett Willson | + | | [[Augustus Willson|Augustus Everett Willson]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
| 1907-1911 | | 1907-1911 | ||
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| 1919 | | 1919 | ||
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| − | | Edwin Porch Morrow | + | | [[Edwin Morrow|Edwin Porch Morrow]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
| 1919-1923 | | 1919-1923 | ||
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| 1923-1927 | | 1923-1927 | ||
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| − | | Flem Davis Sampson | + | | [[Flem Sampson|Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
| 1927-1931 | | 1927-1931 | ||
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| 1931-1935 | | 1931-1935 | ||
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| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
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| 1939-1943 | | 1939-1943 | ||
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| − | | Simeon Slavens Willis | + | | [[Simeon Willis|Simeon Slavens Willis]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
| 1943-1947 | | 1943-1947 | ||
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| − | | Earle Chester Clements | + | | [[Earle Clements|Earle Chester Clements]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1947-1950 | | 1947-1950 | ||
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| 1950-1955 | | 1950-1955 | ||
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| − | | Bert | + | | Bertram Thomas "Bert" Combs |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
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| 1963-1967 | | 1963-1967 | ||
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| − | | Louie | + | | [[Louie B. Nunn]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
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| 1974-1979 | | 1974-1979 | ||
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| − | | John | + | | John Young Brown, Jr. |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1979-1983 | | 1979-1983 | ||
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| 1983-1987 | | 1983-1987 | ||
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| − | | Wallace | + | | [[Wallace Wilkinson|Wallace Glenn Wilkinson]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1987-1991 | | 1987-1991 | ||
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| − | | Brereton | + | | [[Brereton Jones|Brereton Chandler Jones]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1991-1995 | | 1991-1995 | ||
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| 2003-2007 | | 2003-2007 | ||
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| − | | Steven L. Beshear | + | | [[Steve Beshear|Steven L. Beshear]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| − | | | + | | 2007–2015 |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Matt Bevin]] | ||
| + | | Republican | ||
| + | | 2015–2019 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Andy Beshear]] | ||
| + | | Democrat | ||
| + | | 2019-present | ||
|} | |} | ||
| + | ==Further reading== | ||
| + | * Harrison, Lowell H., ed. ''Kentucky's Governors, 1792-1985.'' Lexington: U. Press of Kentucky, 1985. 217 pp. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
| + | {{Governors}} | ||
[[Category:Kentucky Governors]] | [[Category:Kentucky Governors]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Kentucky]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:18, November 23, 2021
A list of governors from the state of Kentucky.[1]
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac Shelby | Jeffersonian Republican | 1792-1796 |
| James Garrard | Jeffersonian Republican | 1796-1804 |
| Christopher Greenup | Jeffersonian Republican | 1804-1808 |
| Charles Scott | Jeffersonian Republican | 1808-1812 |
| George Madison | Jeffersonian Republican | 1816 |
| Gabriel Slaughter | Jeffersonian Republican | 1816-1820 |
| John Adair | Democratic Republican | 1820-1824 |
| Joseph Desha | Jeffersonian Republican | 1824-1828 |
| Thomas Metcalfe | Whig | 1828-1832 |
| John Breathitt | Jacksonian Democrat | 1832-1834 |
| James Turner Morehead | Whig | 1834-1836 |
| James Clark | Whig | 1836-1839 |
| Charles Anderson Wickliffe | Whig | 1839-1840 |
| Robert Perkins Letcher | Whig | 1840-1844 |
| William Owsley | Whig | 1844-1848 |
| John Jordan Crittenden | Whig | 1848-1850 |
| John Larue Helm | Whig | 1850-1851, 1867 |
| Lazarus Whitehead Powell | Democrat | 1851-1855 |
| Charles Slaughter Morehead | American | 1855-1859 |
| Beriah Magoffin | Democrat | 1859-1862 |
| James Fisher Robinson | Democrat | 1862-1863 |
| Thomas Elliott Bramlette | Democrat | 1863-1867 |
| John White Stevenson | Democrat | 1867-1871 |
| Preston Hopkins Leslie | Democrat | 1871-1875 |
| James Bennett McCreary | Democrat | 1875-1879, 1911-1915 |
| Luke Pryor Blackburn | Democrat | 1879-1883 |
| James Proctor Knott | Democrat | 1883-1887 |
| Simon Bolivar Buckner | Democrat | 1887-1891 |
| John Young Brown | Democrat | 1891-1895 |
| William O. Bradley | Republican | 1895-1899 |
| William Sylvester Taylor | Republican | 1899-1900 |
| William Goebel | Democrat | 1900 |
| John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham | Democrat | 1900-1907 |
| Augustus Everett Willson | Republican | 1907-1911 |
| Augustus Owsley Stanley | Democrat | 1915-1919 |
| James Dixon Black | Democrat | 1919 |
| Edwin Porch Morrow | Republican | 1919-1923 |
| William Jason Fields | Democrat | 1923-1927 |
| Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson | Republican | 1927-1931 |
| Ruby Laffoon | Democrat | 1931-1935 |
| A. B. "Happy" Chandler | Democrat | 1935-1939, 1955-1959 |
| Keen Johnson | Democrat | 1939-1943 |
| Simeon Slavens Willis | Republican | 1943-1947 |
| Earle Chester Clements | Democrat | 1947-1950 |
| Lawrence Winchester Wetherby | Democrat | 1950-1955 |
| Bertram Thomas "Bert" Combs | Democrat | 1959-1963 |
| Edward Thompson Breathitt | Democrat | 1963-1967 |
| Louie B. Nunn | Republican | 1967-1971 |
| Wendell Hampton Ford | Democrat | 1971-1974 |
| Julian Morton Carroll | Democrat | 1974-1979 |
| John Young Brown, Jr. | Democrat | 1979-1983 |
| Martha Layne Collins | Democrat | 1983-1987 |
| Wallace Glenn Wilkinson | Democrat | 1987-1991 |
| Brereton Chandler Jones | Democrat | 1991-1995 |
| Paul E. Patton | Democrat | 1995-2003 |
| Ernie Fletcher | Republican | 2003-2007 |
| Steven L. Beshear | Democrat | 2007–2015 |
| Matt Bevin | Republican | 2015–2019 |
| Andy Beshear | Democrat | 2019-present |
Further reading
- Harrison, Lowell H., ed. Kentucky's Governors, 1792-1985. Lexington: U. Press of Kentucky, 1985. 217 pp.