# Lijst van gouverneurs van Kentucky

Dit is een lijst met gouverneurs van de Amerikaanse staat Kentucky.

## Gouverneurs van Kentucky (1792–heden)

| Nr. | Gouverneur van Kentucky Governor of Kentucky | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Verkiezing(en) |
| 1 | Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) | 4 juni 1792 | 6 juni 1796 | DR | 1792 |
| 2 | James Garrard (1749–1822) | 6 juni 1796 | 4 september 1804 | DR | 1796 |
| 2 | James Garrard (1749–1822) | 6 juni 1796 | 4 september 1804 | DR | 1800 |
| 3 | Christopher Greenup (1750–1818) | 4 september 1804 | 1 september 1808 | DR | 1804 |
| 4 | Charles Scott (1739–1813) | 1 september 1808 | 24 augustus 1812 | DR | 1808 |
| 5 | Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) | 24 augustus 1812 | 6 september 1816 | DR | 1812 |
| 6 | George Madison (1763–1816) | 6 september 1816 | 14 oktober 1816 | DR | 1816 |
| 7 | Gabriel Slaughter (1767–1830) | 14 oktober 1816 | 30 augustus 1820 | DR | 1816 |
| 8 | John Adair (1757–1840) | 30 augustus 1820 | 24 augustus 1824 | DR | 1820 |
| 9 | Joseph Desha (1768–1842) | 24 augustus 1824 | 26 augustus 1828 | DR (1824–28) | 1824 |
| 9 | Joseph Desha (1768–1842) | 24 augustus 1824 | 26 augustus 1828 | D (1828) | 1824 |
| 10 | Thomas Metcalfe (1780–1855) | 26 augustus 1828 | 4 september 1832 | NR | 1828 |
| 11 | John Breathitt (1786–1867) | 4 september 1832 | 21 februari 1834 | D | 1832 |
| 12 | James Morehead (1797–1854) | 21 februari 1834 | 30 augustus 1836 | W | 1832 |
| 13 | James Clark (1779–1839) | 30 augustus 1836 | 27 augustus 1839 | W | 1836 |
| 14 | Charles Wickliffe (1788–1869) | 27 augustus 1839 | 2 september 1840 | W | 1836 |
| 15 | Robert Letcher (1788–1861) | 2 september 1840 | 4 september 1844 | W | 1840 |
| 16 | William Owsley (1782–1862) | 4 september 1844 | 6 september 1848 | W | 1844 |
| 17 | John Crittenden (1787–1863) | 6 september 1848 | 22 juli 1850 | W | 1848 |
| 18 | John Helm (1802–1867) | 22 juli 1850 | 1 september 1851 | W | 1848 |
| 19 | Lazarus Powell (1812–1867) | 1 september 1851 | 5 september 1855 | D | 1851 |
| 20 | Charles Morehead (1802–1868) | 5 september 1855 | 30 augustus 1859 | KN | 1855 |
| 21 | Beriah Magoffin (1815–1885) | 30 augustus 1859 | 18 augustus 1862 | D | 1859 |
| 22 | James Robinson (1800–1882) | 18 augustus 1862 | 1 september 1863 | D | 1859 |
| 23 | Thomas Bramlette (1817–1875) | 1 september 1863 | 3 september 1867 | D | 1863 |
| 24 | John Helm (1802–1867) | 3 september 1867 | 8 september 1867 | D | 1867 |
| 25 | John Stevenson (1812–1886) | 8 september 1867 | 4 maart 1871 | D | 1867 |
| 25 | John Stevenson (1812–1886) | 8 september 1867 | 4 maart 1871 | D | 1868 |
| 26 | Preston Leslie (1819–1907) | 4 maart 1871 | 31 augustus 1875 | D | 1868 |
| 26 | Preston Leslie (1819–1907) | 4 maart 1871 | 31 augustus 1875 | D | 1871 |
| 27 | James McCreary (1838–1918) | 31 augustus 1875 | 1 september 1879 | D | 1875 |
| 28 | Luke Blackburn (1816–1887) | 1 september 1879 | 5 september 1883 | D | 1879 |
| 29 | Proctor Knott (1830–1911) | 5 september 1883 | 30 augustus 1887 | D | 1883 |
| 30 | Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823–1914) | 30 augustus 1887 | 1 september 1891 | D | 1887 |
| 31 | John Young Brown I (1835–1904) | 1 september 1891 | 10 december 1895 | D | 1891 |
| 32 | William Bradley (1847–1914) | 10 december 1895 | 12 december 1899 | R | 1895 |
| 33 | William Sylvester Taylor (1853–1928) | 12 december 1899 | 30 januari 1900 | R | 1899 |
| 34 | William Goebel (1856–1900) | 30 januari 1900 | 3 februari 1900 | D | 1899 |
| 35 | John Beckham (1858–1934) | 3 februari 1900 | 10 december 1907 | D | 1899 |
| 35 | John Beckham (1858–1934) | 3 februari 1900 | 10 december 1907 | D | 1900 |
| 35 | John Beckham (1858–1934) | 3 februari 1900 | 10 december 1907 | D | 1903 |
| 36 | Augustus Willson (1846–1931) | 10 december 1907 | 11 december 1911 | R | 1907 |
| 37 | James McCreary (1838–1918) | 11 december 1911 | 10 december 1915 | D | 1911 |
| 38 | Augustus Stanley (1867–1958) | 10 december 1915 | 19 mei 1919 | D | 1915 |
| 39 | James Dixon Black (1849–1938) | 19 mei 1919 | 9 december 1919 | D | 1915 |
| 40 | Edwin Morrow (1877–1935) | 9 december 1919 | 10 december 1923 | R | 1919 |
| 41 | William Fields (1874–1954) | 10 december 1923 | 13 december 1927 | D | 1923 |
| 42 | Flem Sampson (1875–1967) | 13 december 1927 | 7 december 1931 | R | 1927 |
| 43 | Ruby Laffoon (1869–1941) | 7 december 1931 | 10 december 1935 | D | 1931 |
| 44 | Happy Chandler (1898–1991) | 10 december 1935 | 10 oktober 1939 | D | 1935 |
| 46 | Keen Johnson (1896–1970) | 10 oktober 1939 | 7 december 1943 | D | 1935 |
| 46 | Keen Johnson (1896–1970) | 10 oktober 1939 | 7 december 1943 | D | 1939 |
| 46 | Simeon Willis (1879–1965) | 7 december 1943 | 7 december 1947 | R | 1943 |
| 47 | Earle Clements (1896–1985) | 7 december 1947 | 25 november 1950 | D | 1947 |
| 48 | Lawrence Wetherby (1908–1994) | 25 november 1950 | 10 december 1955 | D | 1947 |
| 48 | Lawrence Wetherby (1908–1994) | 25 november 1950 | 10 december 1955 | D | 1951 |
| 49 | Happy Chandler (1898–1991) | 10 december 1955 | 9 december 1959 | D | 1955 |
| 50 | Bert Combs (1911–1991) | 9 december 1959 | 10 december 1963 | D | 1959 |
| 51 | Ned Breathitt (1924–2003) | 10 december 1963 | 13 december 1967 | D | 1963 |
| 52 | Louie Nunn (1924–2004) | 13 december 1967 | 7 december 1971 | R | 1967 |
| 53 | Wendell Ford (1924–2015) | 7 december 1971 | 28 december 1974 | D | 1971 |
| 54 | Julian Carroll (1931 –2023) | 28 december 1974 | 13 december 1983 | D | 1971 |
| 54 | Julian Carroll (1931 –2023) | 28 december 1974 | 13 december 1983 | D | 1979 |
| 55 | John Young Brown II (1933–2022) | 11 december 1979 | 13 december 1983 | D | 1979 |
| 56 | Martha Layne Collins (1936) | 13 december 1983 | 7 december 1987 | D | 1983 |
| 57 | Wallace Wilkinson (1941–2002) | 7 december 1987 | 10 december 1991 | D | 1987 |
| 58 | Brereton Jones (1939–2023) | 10 december 1991 | 10 december 1995 | D | 1991 |
| 59 | Paul Patton (1937) | 10 december 1995 | 10 december 2003 | D | 1995 |
| 59 | Paul Patton (1937) | 10 december 1995 | 10 december 2003 | D | 1999 |
| 60 | Ernie Fletcher (1952) | 10 december 2003 | 10 december 2007 | R | 2003 |
| 61 | Steve Beshear (1944) | 10 december 2007 | 8 december 2015 | D | 2007 |
| 61 | Steve Beshear (1944) | 10 december 2007 | 8 december 2015 | D | 2011 |
| 62 | Matt Bevin (1967) | 8 december 2015 | 10 december 2019 | R | 2015 |
| 63 | Andy Beshear (1977) | 10 december 2019 | heden | D | 2019 |
| 63 | Andy Beshear (1977) | 10 december 2019 | heden | D | 2023 |
| Alabama: Kay Ivey (R) Alaska: Mike Dunleavy (R) Arizona: Katie Hobbs (D) Arkansas: Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) Californië: Gavin Newsom (D) Colorado: Jared Polis (D) Connecticut: Ned Lamont (D) Delaware: John Carney (D) Florida: Ron DeSantis (R) Georgia: Brian Kemp (R) Hawaï: Josh Green (D) Idaho: Brad Little (R) Illinois: J. B. Pritzker (D) Indiana: Eric Holcomb (R) Iowa: Kim Reynolds (R) Kansas: Laura Kelly (D) Kentucky: Andy Beshear (D) | Louisiana: Jeff Landry (R) Maine: Janet Mills (D) Maryland: Wes Moore (D) Massachusetts: Maura Healey (D) Michigan: Gretchen Whitmer (D) Minnesota: Tim Walz (D) Mississippi: Tate Reeves (R) Missouri: Mike Parson (R) Montana: Greg Gianforte (R) Nebraska: Jim Pillen (R) Nevada: Joe Lombardo (R) New Hampshire: Chris Sununu (R) New Jersey: Phil Murphy (D) New Mexico: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) New York: Kathy Hochul (D) North Carolina: Roy Cooper (D) | North Dakota: Doug Burgum (R) Ohio: Mike DeWine (R) Oklahoma: Kevin Stitt (R) Oregon: Tina Kotek (D) Pennsylvania: Josh Shapiro (D) Rhode Island: Dan McKee (D) South Carolina: Henry McMaster (R) South Dakota: Kristi Noem (R) Tennessee: Bill Lee (R) Texas: Greg Abbott (R) Utah: Spencer Cox (R) Vermont: Phil Scott (R) Virginia: Glenn Youngkin (R) Washington: Jay Inslee (D) West Virginia: Jim Justice (R) Wisconsin: Tony Evers (D) Wyoming: Mark Gordon (R) |
(D): Democraat · (R): Republikein · (O): Onafhankelijk
* 1 2 3 4 5 Overleden tijdens ambtstermijn
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Justitie
* ↑ Afgetreden
* 1 2 3 4 5 Afgetreden na verkiezing tot senator
* ↑ Afgezet en uit functie ontheven