Kentucky

Kentucky is one of the fifty states that makes up the United States of America. It was the fifteenth state admitted to the U.S. on June 1, 1792. It is the thirty-seventh largest state by area, and the twenty-sixth largest by population.
==State Facts==
Name 	Kentucky
Capital City 	Frankfort
Population 	4, 467, 673  (26/50)
Area 	40, 408 square miles  (37/50)
Counties 	120
Largest Cities	Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Owensboro, Covington
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
Isaac Shelby
(1750-1826)	Dem-Rep.	1792-96 	Susan Shelby
2 	
James Garrard
(1749-1822)	Dem-Rep.	1796-1804	Elizabeth Garrard
3 	
Christopher Greenup
(1750-1818)	Dem-Rep.	1804-08 	Mary Greenup
4 	
Charles Scott
(1739-1813)	Dem-Rep.	1808-12 	Judith Scott
5 	
Isaac Shelby
(1750-1826)	Dem-Rep.	1812-16 	Susan Shelby
6 	
George Madison
(1763-1816)	Dem-Rep.	1816 	N/A
7 	
Gabriel Slaughter
(1767-1830)	Dem-Rep.	1816-20 	Elizabeth Slaughter
8 	
John Adair
(1757-1840)	Dem-Rep.	1820-24 	Catherine Adair
9 	
Joseph Desha
(1768-1842)	Dem-Rep.	1824-28 	Margaret Desha
10 	
Thomas Metcalfe
(1780-1855)	Nat.Rep.	1828-32 	Nancy Metcalfe
11 	
John Breathitt
(1786-1834)	Dem. 	1832-34 	Susannah Breathitt
12 	
James Turner Morehead
(1797-1854)	Nat.Rep.	1834-36 	Susan Morehead
13 	
James Clark
(1779-1839)	Whig 	1836-39 	Margaret Clark
14 	
Charles A. Wickliffe
(1788-1869)	Whig 	1839-40 	Margaret Wickliffe
15 	
Robert P. Letcher
(1788-1861)	Whig 	1840-44 	Charlotte Letcher
16 	
William Owsley
(1782-1862)	Whig 	1844-48 	Elizabeth Owsley
17 	
John J. Crittenden
(1787-1863)	Whig 	1848-50 	Maria Crittenden
18 	
John L. Helm
(1802-67)	Whig 	1850-51 	Lucinda Helm
19 	
Lazarus W. Powell
(1812-67)	Dem. 	1851-55 	N/A
20 	
Charles S. Morehead
(1802-68)	Kn-Not. 	1855-59 	Margaret Morehead
21 	
Beriah Magoffin
(1815-85)	Dem. 	1859-62 	Anna Magoffin
22 	
James Fisher Robinson
(1800-82)	Dem. 	1862-63 	N/A
23 	
Thomas E. Bramlette
(1817-75)	Dem. 	1863-67 	Sallie Bramlette
24 	
John L. Helm
(1802-67)	Dem. 	1867 	Lucinda Helm
25 	
John W. Stevenson
(1812-86)	Dem. 	1867-71 	Sibella Stevenson
26 	
Preston Leslie
(1819-1907)	Dem. 	1871-75 	Mary Leslie
27 	
James B. McCreary
(1838-1918)	Dem. 	1875-79 	Catherine McCreary
28 	
Luke P. Blackburn
(1816-87)	Dem. 	1879-83 	Julia Blackburn
29 	
J. Proctor Knott
(1830-1911)	Dem. 	1883-87 	Sarah Knott
30 	
Simon Bolivar Buckner
(1823-1914)	Dem. 	1887-91 	Delia Buckner
31 	
John Y. Brown
(1835-1904)	Dem. 	1891-95 	Rebecca Brown
32 	
William O'Connell Bradley
(1847-1914)	Rep. 	1895-99 	Margaret Bradley
33 	
William S. Taylor
(1853-1928)	Rep. 	1899-1900	Sara Taylor
34 	
William Goebel
(1856-1900)	Dem. 	1900 	N/A
35 	
J.C.W. Beckham
(1869-1940)	Dem. 	1900-07 	Jean Beckham
36 	
Augustus E. Willson
(1846-1913)	Rep. 	1907-11 	Mary Willson
37 	
James B. McCreary
(1838-1918)	Dem. 	1911-15 	N/A
38 	
Augustus Owsley Stanley
(1867-1958)	Dem. 	1915-19 	Susan Stanley
39 	
James D. Black
(1849-1938)	Dem. 	1919 	Nettie Black
40 	
Edwin P. Morrow
(1877-1935)	Rep. 	1919-23 	Katherine Morrow
41 	
William J. Fields
(1874-1954)	Dem. 	1923-27 	Dora Fields
42 	
Flem D. Sampson
(1875-1967)	Rep. 	1927-31 	Susan Sampson
43 	
Ruby Laffoon
(1869-1941)	Dem. 	1931-35 	Mary Laffoon
44 	
Happy Chandler
(1898-1991)	Dem. 	1935-39 	Mildred Chandler
45 	
Keen Johnson
(1896-1970)	Dem. 	1939-43 	Eunice Johnson
46 	
Simeon Willis
(1879-1965)	Rep. 	1943-47 	Ida Willis
47 	
Earle Clements
(1896-1985)	Dem. 	1947-50 	Sara Clements
48 	
Lawrence Wetherby
(1908-94)	Dem. 	1950-55 	Helen Wetherby
49 	
Happy Chandler
(1898-1991)	Dem. 	1955-59 	Mildred Chandler
50 	
Bert Combs
(1911-91)	Dem. 	1959-63 	Mabel Combs
51 	
Ned Breathitt
(1924-2003)	Dem. 	1963-67 	Frances Breathittt
52 	
Louie Nunn
(1924-2004)	Rep. 	1967-71 	Beula Nunn
53 	
Wendell Ford
(1924-2015)	Dem. 	1971-74 	Jean Ford
54 	
Julian Carroll
(1931-)	Dem. 	1974-79 	Charlann Carroll
55 	
John Y. Brown Jr.
(1933-)	Dem. 	1979-83 	Phyllis Brown
56 	
Martha Layne Collins
(1936-)	Dem. 	1983-87 	Bill Collins
57 	
Wallace Wilkinson
(1941-2002)	Dem. 	1987-91 	Martha Wilkinson
58 	
Brereton C. Jones
(1939-)	Dem. 	1991-95 	Libby Jones
59 	
Paul E. Patton
(1937-)	Dem. 	1995-2003	Judi Patton
60 	
Ernie Fletcher
(1952-)	Rep. 	2003-07 	Glenna Fletcher
61 	
Steve Beshear
(1944-)	Dem. 	2007-15 	Jane Beshear
62 	
Matt Bevin
(1967-)	Rep. 	2015-19 	Glenna Bevin
63 	
Andy Beshear
(1977-)	Dem. 	2019-Pr. 	Britainy Beshear
==U.S. Senators (Class 2 and Class 3)==
Class 2 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	John Brown
(1757-1837)	Democratic-Republican	1792-1805
(13 years)
2. 	Buckner Thruston
(1763-1845)	Democratic-Republican	1805-09
(4 years)
3. 	Henry Clay
(1777-1852)	Democratic-Republican	1810-11
(1 year)
4. 	George M. Bibb
(1776-1859)	Democratic-Republican	1811-14
(3 years)
5. 	George Walker
(1763-1819)	Democratic-Republican	1814-15
(1 year)
6. 	William T. Barry
(1784-1835)	Democratic-Republican	1815-16
(1 year)
7. 	Martin D. Hardin
(1780-1823)	Federalist 	1816-17
(1 year)
8. 	John J. Crittenden
(1787-1863)	Democratic-Republican	1817-19
(2 years)
9. 	Richard M. Johnson
(1780-1850)	Democratic 	1819-29
(10 years)
10. 	George M. Bibb
(1776-1859)	Democratic 	1829-35
(6 years)
11. 	John J. Crittenden
(1787-1863)	Whig 	1835-41
(6 years)
12. 	James Turner Morehead
(1797-1854)	Whig 	1841-47
(6 years)
13. 	Joseph R. Underwood
(1791-1876)	Whig 	1847-53
(6 years)
14. 	John Burton Thompson
(1810-74)	Know-Nothing 	1853-59
(6 years)
15. 	Lazarus W. Powell
(1812-67)	Democratic 	1859-65
(6 years)
16. 	James Guthrie
(1792-1869)	Democratic 	1865-68
(3 years)
17. 	Thomas C. McCreery
(1816-90)	Democratic 	1868-71
(3 years)
18. 	John W. Stevenson
(1812-86)	Democratic 	1871-77
(6 years)
19. 	James B. Beck
(1822-90)	Democratic 	1877-90
(13 years)
20. 	John G. Carlisle
(1834-1910)	Democratic 	1890-93
(3 years)
21. 	William Lindsay
(1835-1909)	Democratic 	1893-1901
(8 years)
22. 	Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
(1838-1918)	Democratic 	1901-07
(6 years)
23. 	Thomas H. Paynter
(1851-1921)	Democratic 	1907-13
(6 years)
24. 	Ollie Murray James
(1871-1918)	Democratic 	1913-18
(5 years)
25. 	George B. Martin
(1876-1945)	Democratic 	1918-19
(1 year)
26. 	Augustus Owsley Stanley
(1867-1958)	Democratic 	1919-25
(6 years)
27. 	Frederic M. Sackett
(1868-1941)	Republican 	1925-30
(5 years)
28. 	John M. Robsion
(1873-1948)	Republican 	1930
(10 months)
29. 	Ben M. Williamson
(1864-1941)	Democratic 	1930-31
(1 year)
30. 	M.M. Logan
(1874-1939)	Democratic 	1931-39
(8 years)
31. 	Happy Chandler
(1898-1991)	Democratic 	1939-45
(6 years)
32. 	William A. Stanfill
(1892-1971)	Republican 	1945-46
(1 year)
33. 	John Sherman Cooper
(1901-91)	Republican 	1946-49
(3 years)
34. 	Virgil Chapman
(1895-1951)	Democratic 	1949-51
(2 years)
35. 	Thomas R. Underwood
(1898-1956)	Democratic 	1951-52
(1 year)
36. 	John Sherman Cooper
(1901-91)	Republican 	1952-55
(3 years)
37. 	Alben W. Barkley
(1877-1956)	Democratic 	1955-56
(1 year)
38. 	Robert Humphreys
(1893-1977)	Democratic 	1956
(4 months)
39. 	John Sherman Cooper
(1901-91)	Republican 	1956-73
(17 years)
40. 	Walter Huddleston
(1926-2018)	Democratic 	1973-85
(12 years)
41. 	Mitch McConnell
(1942-)	Republican 	1985-Present
(36 years)
Class 3 (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	John Edwards
(1748-1837)	Anti-Administration 	1792-95
(3 years)
2. 	Humphrey Marshall
(1760-1841)	Federalist 	1795-1801
(6 years)
3. 	John Breckinridge
(1760-1806)	Democratic-Republican	1801-05
(4 years)
4. 	John Adair
(1757-1840)	Democratic-Republican	1805-06
(1 year)
5. 	Henry Clay
(1777-1852)	Democratic-Republican	1806-07
(1 year)
6. 	John Pope
(1770-1845)	Democratic-Republican	1807-13
(6 years)
7. 	Jesse Bledsoe
(1776-1836)	Democratic-Republican	1813-14
(1 year)
8. 	Isham Talbot
(1773-1837)	Democratic-Republican	1815-19
(4 years)
9. 	William Logan
(1776-1822)	Democratic-Republican	1819-20
(1 year)
10. 	Isham Talbot
(1773-1837)	Democratic-Republican	1820-25
(5 years)
11. 	John Rowan
(1773-1843)	Democratic 	1825-31
(6 years)
12. 	Henry Clay
(1777-1852)	Whig 	1831-42
(11 years)
13. 	John J. Crittenden
(1787-1863)	Whig 	1842-48
(6 years)
14. 	Thomas Metcalfe
(1780-1855)	Whig 	1848-49
(1 year)
15. 	Henry Clay
(1777-1852)	Whig 	1849-52
(3 years)
16. 	David Meriwether
(1800-93)	Democratic 	1852
(1 month)
17. 	Archibald Dixon
(1802-76)	Whig 	1852-55
(3 years)
18. 	John J. Crittenden
(1787-1863)	Know-Nothing 	1855-61
(6 years)
19. 	John C. Breckinridge
(1821-76)	Democratic 	1861
(9 months)
20. 	Garrett Davis
(1801-72)	Democratic 	1861-72
(11 years)
21. 	Willis B. Machen
(1810-93)	Democratic 	1872-73
(1 year)
22. 	Thomas C. McCreery
(1816-90)	Democratic 	1873-79
(6 years)
23. 	John Stuart Williams
(1818-98)	Democratic 	1879-85
(6 years)
24. 	Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
(1838-1918)	Democratic 	1885-97
(12 years)
25. 	William Joseph Deboe
(1849-1927)	Democratic 	1897-1903
(6 years)
26. 	James B. McCreary
(1838-1918)	Democratic 	1903-09
(6 years)
27. 	William O'Connell Bradley
(1847-1914)	Republican 	1909-14
(5 years)
28. 	Johnson N. Camden Jr.
(1865-1942)	Democratic 	1914-15
(1 year)
29. 	J.C.W. Beckham
(1869-1940)	Democratic 	1915-21
(6 years)
30. 	Richard P. Ernst
(1858-1934)	Republican 	1921-27
(6 years)
31. 	Alben W. Barkley
(1877-1956)	Democratic 	1927-49
(22 years)
32. 	Garrett Withers
(1884-1953)	Democratic 	1949-50
(1 year)
33. 	Earle Clements
(1896-1985)	Democratic 	1950-57
(7 years)
34. 	Thruston Ballard Morton
(1907-82)	Republican 	1957-68
(11 years)
35. 	Marlow Cook
(1926-2016)	Republican 	1968-74
(6 years)
36. 	Wendell Ford
(1924-2015)	Democratic 	1974-99
(25 years)
37. 	Jim Bunning
(1931-2017)	Republican 	1999-2011
(12 years)
38. 	Rand Paul
(1963-)	Republican 	2011-Present
(10 years)