Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
---|---|---|---|
Gov. Matt Bevin | Kentucky |
2015 - 2019 |
Republican |
Gov. Steven L. Beshear | Kentucky |
2007 - 2015 |
Democratic |
Gov. Ernie Fletcher | Kentucky |
2003 - 2007 |
Republican |
Gov. Paul E. Patton | Kentucky |
1995 - 2003 |
Democratic |
Gov. Brereton C. Jones | Kentucky |
1991 - 1995 |
Democratic |
Gov. Wallace G. Wilkinson | Kentucky |
1987 - 1991 |
Democratic |
Gov. Martha Layne Collins | Kentucky |
1983 - 1987 |
Democratic |
Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. | Kentucky |
1979 - 1983 |
Democratic |
Gov. Julian Morton Carroll | Kentucky |
1974 - 1979 |
Democratic |
Gov. Wendell Hampton Ford | Kentucky |
1971 - 1974 |
Democratic |
Gov. Louie Broady Nunn | Kentucky |
1967 - 1971 |
Republican |
Gov. Edward Thompson Breathitt | Kentucky |
1963 - 1967 |
Democratic |
Gov. Bert Thomas Combs | Kentucky |
1959 - 1963 |
Democratic |
Gov. Albert Benjamin Chandler | Kentucky |
1955 - 1959 1935 - 1939 |
Democratic |
Gov. Lawrence Winchester Wetherby | Kentucky |
1950 - 1955 |
Democratic |
Gov. Earle Chester Clements | Kentucky |
1947 - 1950 |
Democratic |
Gov. Simeon Slavens Willis | Kentucky |
1943 - 1947 |
Republican |
Gov. Keen Johnson | Kentucky |
1939 - 1943 |
Democratic |
Gov. Ruby Laffoon | Kentucky |
1931 - 1935 |
Democratic |
Gov. Flem Davis Sampson | Kentucky |
1927 - 1931 |
Republican |
Gov. William Jason Fields | Kentucky |
1923 - 1927 |
Democratic |
Gov. Edwin Porch Morrow | Kentucky |
1919 - 1923 |
Republican |
Gov. James Dixon Black | Kentucky |
1919 - 1919 |
Democratic |
Gov. Augustus Owsley Stanley | Kentucky |
1915 - 1919 |
Democratic |
Gov. James Bennett McCreary | Kentucky |
1911 - 1915 1875 - 1879 |
Democratic |
Gov. Augustus Everett Willson | Kentucky |
1907 - 1911 |
Republican |
Gov. John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham | Kentucky |
1900 - 1907 |
Democratic |
Gov. William Goebel | Kentucky |
1900 - 1900 |
Democratic |
Gov. William Sylvester Taylor | Kentucky |
1899 - 1900 |
Republican |
Gov. William O. Bradley | Kentucky |
1895 - 1899 |
Republican |
Gov. John Young Brown Sr. | Kentucky |
1891 - 1895 |
Democratic |
Gov. Simon Bolivar Buckner | Kentucky |
1887 - 1891 |
Democratic |
Gov. James Proctor Knott | Kentucky |
1883 - 1887 |
Democratic |
Gov. Luke Pryor Blackburn | Kentucky |
1879 - 1883 |
Democratic |
Gov. Preston Hopkins Leslie | Kentucky |
1871 - 1875 |
Democratic |
Gov. John White Stevenson | Kentucky |
1867 - 1871 |
Democratic |
Gov. John Larue Helm | Kentucky |
1867 - 1867 1850 - 1851 |
Whig |
Gov. Thomas Elliott Bramlette | Kentucky |
1863 - 1867 |
Democratic |
Gov. James Fisher Robinson | Kentucky |
1862 - 1863 |
Democratic |
Gov. Beriah Magoffin | Kentucky |
1859 - 1862 |
Democratic |
Gov. Charles Slaughter Morehead | Kentucky |
1855 - 1859 |
American |
Gov. Lazarus Whitehead Powell | Kentucky |
1851 - 1855 |
Democratic |
Gov. John Jordan Crittenden | Kentucky |
1848 - 1850 |
Whig |
Gov. William Owsley | Kentucky |
1844 - 1848 |
Whig |
Gov. Robert Perkins Letcher | Kentucky |
1840 - 1844 |
Whig |
Gov. Charles Anderson Wickliffe | Kentucky |
1839 - 1840 |
Whig |
Gov. James Clark | Kentucky |
1836 - 1839 |
Whig |
Gov. James Turner Morehead | Kentucky |
1834 - 1836 |
Whig |
Gov. John Breathitt | Kentucky |
1832 - 1834 |
Jacksonian Democratic |
Gov. Thomas Metcalfe | Kentucky |
1828 - 1832 |
Whig |
Gov. Joseph Desha | Kentucky |
1824 - 1828 |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
Gov. John Adair | Kentucky |
1820 - 1824 |
Democratic-Republican |
Gov. Gabriel Slaughter | Kentucky |
1816 - 1820 |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
Gov. George Madison | Kentucky |
1816 - 1816 |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
Gov. Charles Scott | Kentucky |
1808 - 1812 |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
Gov. Christopher Greenup | Kentucky |
1804 - 1808 |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
Gov. James Garrard | Kentucky |
1796 - 1804 |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
Gov. Isaac Shelby | Kentucky |
1792 - 1796 |
Jeffersonian-Republican |