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Governor | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
Isaac Shelby | Democratic-Republican | 1792 - 1796 |
James Garrard | Democratic-Republican | 1796 - 1804 |
Christopher Greenup | Democratic-Republican | 1804 - 1808 |
Charles Scott | Democratic-Republican | 1808 - 1812 |
Isaac Shelby | Democratic-Republican | 1812 - 1816 |
George Madison | Democratic-Republican | 1816 - 1816 |
Gabriel Slaughter | Democratic-Republican | 1816 - 1820 |
John Adair | Democratic-Republican | 1820 - 1824 |
Joseph Desha | Democratic-Republican | 1824 - 1828 |
Thomas Metcalfe | National Republican | 1828 - 1832 |
John Breathitt | Democratic | 1832 - 1834 |
James Turner Morehead | National Republican | 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 | 1855 - 1859 |
Beriah Magoffin | Democratic | 1859 - 1862 |
James Fisher Robinson | Democratic | 1862 - 1863 |
Thomas E. Bramlette | Democratic | 1863 - 1867 |
John L. Helm | Democratic | 1867 - 1867 |
John W. Stevenson | Democratic | 1867 - 1871 |
Preston Leslie | Democratic | 1871 - 1875 |
James B. McCreary | Democratic | 1875 - 1879 |
Luke P. Blackburn | Democratic | 1879 - 1883 |
J. Proctor Knott | Democratic | 1883 - 1887 |
Simon Bolivar Buckner | Democratic | 1887 - 1891 |
John Y. Brown | Democratic | 1891 - 1895 |
William O'Connell 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 Owsley 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 |
Happy Chandler | Democratic | 1935 - 1939 |
Keen Johnson | Democratic | 1939 - 1943 |
Simeon Willis | Republican | 1943 - 1947 |
Earle Clements | Democratic | 1947 - 1950 |
Lawrence Wetherby | Democratic | 1950 - 1955 |
Happy Chandler | Democratic | 1955 - 1959 |
Bert Combs | Democratic | 1959 - 1963 |
Ned Breathitt | Democratic | 1963 - 1967 |
Louie Nunn | Republican | 1967 - 1971 |
Wendell Ford | Democratic | 1971 - 1974 |
Julian Carroll | Democratic | 1974 - 1979 |
John Y. Brown Jr. | Democratic | 1979 - 1983 |
Martha Layne Collins | Democratic | 1983 - 1987 |
Wallace Wilkinson | Democratic | 1987 - 1991 |
Brereton Jones | Democratic | 1991 - 1995 |
Paul E. Patton | Democratic | 1995 - 2003 |
Ernie Fletcher | Republican | 2003 - 2007 |
Steve Beshear | Democratic | 2007 - 2015 |
Matt Bevin | Republican | 2015 - 2019 |
Andy Beshear | Democratic | 2019 - |
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