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List of Governors of Kentucky USA (1859 – 2023)
S.n.
Governor
Term From
Term To
Party
1
Isaac Shelby
4 June 1792
7 June 1796
Democratic-Republican
2
James Garrard
7 June 1796
5 September 1804
Democratic-Republican
3
Christopher Greenup
5 September 1804
1 September 1808
Democratic-Republican
4
Charles Scott
1 September 1808
24 August 1812
Democratic-Republican
5
Isaac Shelby
24 August 1812
5 September 1816
Democratic-Republican
6
George Madison
5 September 1816
14 October 1816
Democratic-Republican
7
Gabriel Slaughter
14 October 1816
29 August 1820
Democratic-Republican
8
John Adair
29 August 1820
24 August 1824
Democratic-Republican
9
Joseph Desha
24 August 1824
26 August 1828
Democratic-Republican
10
Thomas Metcalfe
26 August 1828
4 September 1832
National Republican
11
John Breathitt
4 September 1832
21 February 1834
Democratic
12
James T. Morehead
21 February 1834
30 August 1836
National Republican, later Whig
13
James Clark
30 August 1836
27 August 1839
Whig
14
Charles A. Wickliffe
27 August 1839
2 September 1840
Whig
15
Robert P. Letcher
2 September 1840
4 September 1844
Whig
16
William Owsley
4 September 1844
6 September 1848
Whig
17
John J. Crittenden
6 September 1848
31 July 1850
Whig
18
John L. Helm
31 July 1850
2 September 1851
Whig
19
Lazarus W. Powell
2 September 1851
4 September 1855
Democratic
20
Charles S. Morehead
4 September 1855
30 August 1859
Know Nothing
21
Beriah Magoffin
30 August 1859
18 August 1862
Democratic
22
James F. Robinson
18 August 1862
1 September 1863
Democratic
23
Thomas E. Bramlette
1 September 1863
3 September 1867
Democratic
24
John L. Helm
3 September 1867
8 September 1867
Democratic
25
John W. Stevenson
8 September 1867
3 February 1871
Democratic
26
Preston H. Leslie
3 February 1871
31 August 1875
Democratic
27
James B. McCreary
31 August 1875
2 September 1879
Democratic
28
Luke P. Blackburn
2 September 1879
5 September 1883
Democratic
29
J. Proctor Knott
5 September 1883
30 August 1887
Democratic
30
Simon B. Buckner
30 August 1887
2 September 1891
Democratic
31
John Young Brown
2 September 1891
10 December 1895
Democratic
32
William O. Bradley
10 December 1895
12 December 1899
Republican
33
William S. Taylor
12 December 1899
30 January 1900
Republican
34
William Goebel
30 January 1900
3 February 1900
Democratic
35
J. C. W. Beckham
3 February 1900
10 December 1907
Democratic
36
Augustus E. Willson
10 December 1907
12 December 1911
Republican
37
James B. McCreary
12 December 1911
7 December 1915
Democratic
38
Augustus O. Stanley
7 December 1915
19 May 1919
Democratic
39
James D. Black
19 May 1919
9 December 1919
Democratic
40
Edwin P. Morrow
9 December 1919
11 December 1923
Republicans
41
William J. Fields
11 December 1923
13 December 1927
Democratic
42
Flem D. Sampson
13 December 1927
8 December 1931
Republicans
43
Ruby Laffoon
8 December 1931
10 December 1935
Democratic
44
A. B. “Happy” Chandler
10 December 1935
9 October 1939
Democratic
45
Keen Johnson
9 October 1939
7 December 1943
Democratic
46
Simeon S. Willis
7 December 1943
9 December 1947
Republicans
47
Earle C. Clements
9 December 1947
27 November 1950
Democratic
48
Lawrence W. Wetherby
27 November 1950
13 December 1955
Democratic
49
A. B. “Happy” Chandler
13 December 1955
8 December 1959
Democratic
50
Bert T. Combs
8 December 1959
10 December 1963
Democratic
51
Edward T. Breathitt
10 December 1963
12 December 1967
Democratic
52
Louie B. Nunn
12 December 1967
7 December 1971
Republicans
53
Wendell H. Ford
7 December 1971
28 December 1974
Democratic
54
Julian M. Carroll
28 December 1974
11 December 1979
Democratic
55
John Y. Brown, Jr.
11 December 1979
13 December 1983
Democratic
56
Martha Layne Collins
13 December 1983
8 December 1987
Democratic
57
Wallace G. Wilkinson
8 December 1987
10 December 1991
Democratic
58
Brereton Jones
10 December 1991
12 December 1995
Democratic
59
Paul E. Patton
12 December 1995
9 December 2003
Democratic
60
Ernie Fletcher
9 December 2003
11 December 2007
Republicans
61
Steve Beshear
11 December 2007
8 December 2015
Democratic
62
Matt Bevin
8 December 2015
10 December 2019
Republicans
63
Andy Beshear
10 December 2019
Incumbent
Democratic