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The Governor of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of Kentucky's state government. Here is the list of individuals who became Governor.

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Governors of the State of Kentucky
No.[a] Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[b][c]
1     Isaac Shelby June 4, 1792
–
June 7, 1796
(not candidate for election) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1792 Office did not exist
2   James Garrard June 7, 1796
–
September 5, 1804
(term limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1796
1800   Alexander Scott Bullitt
3   Christopher Greenup September 5, 1804
–
September 1, 1808
(term limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1804 John Caldwell
(died November 19, 1804)
Vacant
  Thomas Posey
(acting, elected Speaker in 1805)
4   Charles Scott September 1, 1808
–
August 24, 1812
(term limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1808 Gabriel Slaughter
5   Isaac Shelby August 24, 1812
–
September 5, 1816
(term limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1812 Richard Hickman
6   George Madison September 5, 1816
–
October 14, 1816
(died in office) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1816 Gabriel Slaughter
7   Gabriel Slaughter October 14, 1816
–
August 29, 1820
(not candidate for election) 		Democratic-
Republican 		Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
8   John Adair August 29, 1820
–
August 24, 1824
(term limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1820 William T. Barry
9   Joseph Desha August 24, 1824
–
August 26, 1828
(term limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1824 Robert B. McAfee
10   Thomas Metcalfe August 26, 1828
–
September 4, 1832
(term limited) 		National
Republican 		1828 John Breathitt[d]
11   John Breathitt September 4, 1832
–
February 21, 1834
(died in office) 		Democratic 1832 James Turner Morehead[e]
12   James Turner Morehead February 21, 1834
–
August 30, 1836
(not candidate for election) 		National
Republican[f] 		Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
13   James Clark August 30, 1836
–
August 27, 1839
(died in office) 		Whig 1836 Charles A. Wickliffe
14   Charles A. Wickliffe August 27, 1839
–
September 2, 1840
(not candidate for election) 		Whig Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
15   Robert P. Letcher September 2, 1840
–
September 4, 1844
(term limited) 		Whig 1840 Manlius Valerius Thomson
16   William Owsley September 4, 1844
–
September 6, 1848
(term limited) 		Whig 1844 Archibald Dixon
17   John J. Crittenden September 6, 1848
–
July 31, 1850
(resigned)[g] 		Whig 1848[h] John L. Helm
18   John L. Helm July 31, 1850
–
September 2, 1851
(not candidate for election) 		Whig Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
19   Lazarus W. Powell September 2, 1851
–
September 4, 1855
(term limited) 		Democratic 1851 John Burton Thompson[i]
20   Charles S. Morehead September 4, 1855
–
August 30, 1859
(term limited) 		Know Nothing 1855 James Greene Hardy
21   Beriah Magoffin August 30, 1859
–
August 18, 1862
(resigned)[j] 		Democratic 1859 Linn Boyd
(died December 17, 1859)
Vacant
22   James Fisher Robinson August 18, 1862
–
September 1, 1863
(not candidate for election) 		Democratic Succeeded from
President of
the Senate
23   Thomas E. Bramlette September 1, 1863
–
September 3, 1867
(term limited) 		Democratic 1863 Richard Taylor Jacob
24   John L. Helm September 3, 1867
–
September 8, 1867
(died in office) 		Democratic 1867 John W. Stevenson
25   John W. Stevenson September 8, 1867
–
February 3, 1871
(resigned)[k] 		Democratic Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
1868
(special)
26   Preston Leslie February 3, 1871
–
August 31, 1875
(term limited) 		Democratic Succeeded from
President of
the Senate
1871 John G. Carlisle
27   James B. McCreary August 31, 1875
–
September 2, 1879
(term limited) 		Democratic 1875 John C. Underwood
28   Luke P. Blackburn September 2, 1879
–
September 5, 1883
(term limited) 		Democratic 1879 James E. Cantrill
29   J. Proctor Knott September 5, 1883
–
August 30, 1887
(term limited) 		Democratic 1883 James R. Hindman
30   Simon Bolivar Buckner August 30, 1887
–
September 2, 1891
(term limited) 		Democratic 1887 James William Bryan
31   John Y. Brown September 2, 1891
–
December 10, 1895
(term limited) 		Democratic 1891 Mitchell Cary Alford
32   William O'Connell Bradley December 10, 1895
–
December 12, 1899
(term limited) 		Republican 1895 William Jackson Worthington
33   William S. Taylor December 12, 1899
–
January 31, 1900
(removed from office)[l] 		Republican 1899 John Marshall
34   William Goebel January 31, 1900
–
February 3, 1900
(died in office)[l] 		Democratic J. C. W. Beckham
35   J. C. W. Beckham February 3, 1900
–
December 10, 1907
(term limited) 		Democratic Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor[l] 		Vacant
1900
(special)
1903 William P. Thorne
36   Augustus E. Willson December 10, 1907
–
December 12, 1911
(term limited) 		Republican 1907 William Hopkinson Cox
37   James B. McCreary December 12, 1911
–
December 7, 1915
(term limited) 		Democratic 1911 Edward J. McDermott
38   Augustus Owsley Stanley December 7, 1915
–
May 19, 1919
(resigned)[m] 		Democratic 1915 James D. Black
39   James D. Black May 19, 1919
–
December 9, 1919
(lost election) 		Democratic Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
40   Edwin P. Morrow December 9, 1919
–
December 11, 1923
(term limited) 		Republican 1919 S. Thruston Ballard
41   William J. Fields December 11, 1923
–
December 13, 1927
(term limited) 		Democratic 1923 Henry Denhardt
42 Flem D. Sampson December 13, 1927
–
December 8, 1931
(term limited) 		Republican 1927 James Breathitt Jr.[d]
43   Ruby Laffoon December 8, 1931
–
December 10, 1935
(term limited) 		Democratic 1931 Happy Chandler
44   Happy Chandler December 10, 1935
–
October 9, 1939
(resigned)[n] 		Democratic 1935 Keen Johnson
45   Keen Johnson October 9, 1939
–
December 7, 1943
(term limited) 		Democratic Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
1939 Rodes K. Myers
46 Simeon Willis December 7, 1943
–
December 9, 1947
(term limited) 		Republican 1943 Kenneth H. Tuggle
47   Earle Clements December 9, 1947
–
November 27, 1950
(resigned)[o] 		Democratic 1947 Lawrence Wetherby
48   Lawrence Wetherby November 27, 1950
–
December 13, 1955
(term limited) 		Democratic Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
1951 Emerson Beauchamp
49   Happy Chandler December 13, 1955
–
December 8, 1959
(term limited) 		Democratic 1955 Harry Lee Waterfield
50   Bert Combs December 8, 1959
–
December 10, 1963
(term limited) 		Democratic 1959 Wilson W. Wyatt
51   Ned Breathitt December 10, 1963
–
December 12, 1967
(term limited) 		Democratic 1963 Harry Lee Waterfield
52   Louie Nunn December 12, 1967
–
December 7, 1971
(term limited) 		Republican 1967 Wendell Ford[d]
53   Wendell Ford December 7, 1971
–
December 28, 1974
(resigned)[p] 		Democratic 1971 Julian Carroll
54   Julian Carroll December 28, 1974
–
December 11, 1979
(term limited) 		Democratic Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor 		Vacant
1975 Thelma Stovall
55   John Y. Brown Jr. December 11, 1979
–
December 13, 1983
(term limited) 		Democratic 1979 Martha Layne Collins
56   Martha Layne Collins December 13, 1983
–
December 8, 1987
(term limited) 		Democratic 1983 Steve Beshear
57 Wallace Wilkinson December 8, 1987
–
December 10, 1991
(term limited) 		Democratic 1987 Brereton Jones
58   Brereton Jones December 10, 1991
–
December 12, 1995
(term limited) 		Democratic 1991 Paul E. Patton
59   Paul E. Patton December 12, 1995
–
December 9, 2003
(term limited) 		Democratic 1995 Steve Henry
1999
60   Ernie Fletcher December 9, 2003
–
December 11, 2007
(lost election) 		Republican 2003 Steve Pence
61   Steve Beshear December 11, 2007
–
December 8, 2015
(term limited) 		Democratic 2007 Daniel Mongiardo
2011 Jerry Abramson
(resigned November 13, 2014)
Crit Luallen
62   Matt Bevin December 8, 2015
–
December 10, 2019
(lost election) 		Republican 2015 Jenean Hampton
63   Andy Beshear December 10, 2019
–
Incumbent[q] 		Democratic 2019 Jacqueline Coleman

Notes change

  1. ↑ The state labels Matt Bevin as the 62nd governor;[1] based on this, subsequent terms of repeat governors are numbered.
  2. ↑ The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in the 1799 constitution.[2]
  3. ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Represented the Democratic Party.
  5. ↑ Represented the National Republican Party.
  6. ↑ The National Republican Party changed its name to the Whig Party in 1834.
  7. ↑ Crittenden resigned to be Attorney General of the United States.
  8. ↑ The 1850 Constitution shifted the election schedule forward, shortening this term by a year.
  9. ↑ Represented the Whig Party.
  10. ↑ Magoffin resigned due to his disagreement with the state legislature over neutrality in the American Civil War.
  11. ↑ Stevenson resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Taylor won the 1899 election and was sworn into office. However, the legislature challenged the validity of his win, claiming ballot fraud. His challenger, Goebel, was shot on January 30, 1900, but was named governor by the legislature and sworn in the next day; he died three days later. Since Lieutenant Governor Marshall's win had also been invalidated, Beckham, having been named lieutenant governor, succeeded Goebel.
  13. ↑ Stanley resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  14. ↑ Chandler resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the United States Senate.
  15. ↑ Clements resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  16. ↑ Ford resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  17. ↑ Beshear's first term expires on December 12, 2023.

References change

  1. ↑ "Governor Matt Bevin". Governor of Kentucky. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ 1799 Const. art. II, § 15
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