List of governors of Kentucky

The Governor of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of Kentucky's state government. Here is the list of individuals who became Governor. 

List of governors
+ Governors of the State of KentuckyGovernorTerm in officePartyElectionLt. Governor175px Isaac Shelby–June 7, 1796(not candidate for election)Democratic-Republican1792Office did not exist275pxJames Garrard–September 5, 1804(term limited)Democratic-Republican17961800 Alexander Scott Bullitt375pxChristopher Greenup–September 1, 1808(term limited)Democratic-Republican1804John Caldwell(died November 19, 1804)Vacant Thomas Posey(acting, elected Speaker in 1805)475pxCharles Scott–August 24, 1812(term limited)Democratic-Republican1808Gabriel Slaughter575pxIsaac Shelby–September 5, 1816(term limited)Democratic-Republican1812Richard Hickman675pxGeorge Madison–October 14, 1816(died in office)Democratic-Republican1816Gabriel Slaughter775pxGabriel Slaughter–August 29, 1820(not candidate for election)Democratic-RepublicanSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant875pxJohn Adair–August 24, 1824(term limited)Democratic-Republican1820William T. Barry975pxJoseph Desha–August 26, 1828(term limited)Democratic-Republican1824Robert B. McAfee1075pxThomas Metcalfe–September 4, 1832(term limited)NationalRepublican1828John Breathitt1175pxJohn Breathitt–February 21, 1834(died in office)Democratic1832James Turner Morehead1275pxJames Turner Morehead–August 30, 1836(not candidate for election)NationalRepublicanSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1375pxJames Clark–August 27, 1839(died in office)Whig1836Charles A. Wickliffe1475pxCharles A. Wickliffe–September 2, 1840(not candidate for election)WhigSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1575pxRobert P. Letcher–September 4, 1844(term limited)Whig1840Manlius Valerius Thomson1675pxWilliam Owsley–September 6, 1848(term limited)Whig1844Archibald Dixon1775pxJohn J. Crittenden–July 31, 1850(resigned)Whig1848John L. Helm1875pxJohn L. Helm–September 2, 1851(not candidate for election)WhigSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1975pxLazarus W. Powell–September 4, 1855(term limited)Democratic1851John Burton Thompson2075pxCharles S. Morehead–August 30, 1859(term limited)Know Nothing1855James Greene Hardy2175pxBeriah Magoffin–August 18, 1862(resigned)Democratic1859Linn Boyd(died December 17, 1859)Vacant2275pxJames Fisher Robinson–September 1, 1863(not candidate for election)DemocraticSucceeded fromPresident ofthe Senate2375pxThomas E. Bramlette–September 3, 1867(term limited)Democratic1863Richard Taylor Jacob2475pxJohn L. Helm–September 8, 1867(died in office)Democratic1867John W. Stevenson2575pxJohn W. Stevenson–February 3, 1871(resigned)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1868(special)2675pxPreston Leslie–August 31, 1875(term limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromPresident ofthe Senate1871John G. Carlisle2775pxJames B. McCreary–September 2, 1879(term limited)Democratic1875John C. Underwood2875pxLuke P. Blackburn–September 5, 1883(term limited)Democratic1879James E. Cantrill2975pxJ. Proctor Knott–August 30, 1887(term limited)Democratic1883James R. Hindman3075pxSimon Bolivar Buckner–September 2, 1891(term limited)Democratic1887James William Bryan3175pxJohn Y. Brown–December 10, 1895(term limited)Democratic1891Mitchell Cary Alford3275pxWilliam O'Connell Bradley–December 12, 1899(term limited)Republican1895William Jackson Worthington3375pxWilliam S. Taylor–January 31, 1900(removed from office)Republican1899John Marshall3475pxWilliam Goebel–February 3, 1900(died in office)DemocraticJ. C. W. Beckham3575pxJ. C. W. Beckham–December 10, 1907(term limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1900(special)1903William P. Thorne3675pxAugustus E. Willson–December 12, 1911(term limited)Republican1907William Hopkinson Cox3775pxJames B. McCreary–December 7, 1915(term limited)Democratic1911Edward J. McDermott3875pxAugustus Owsley Stanley–May 19, 1919(resigned)Democratic1915James D. Black3975pxJames D. Black–December 9, 1919(lost election)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant4075pxEdwin P. Morrow–December 11, 1923(term limited)Republican1919S. Thruston Ballard4175pxWilliam J. Fields–December 13, 1927(term limited)Democratic1923Henry Denhardt42Flem D. Sampson–December 8, 1931(term limited)Republican1927James Breathitt Jr.4375pxRuby Laffoon–December 10, 1935(term limited)Democratic1931Happy Chandler4475pxHappy Chandler–October 9, 1939(resigned)Democratic1935Keen Johnson4575pxKeen Johnson–December 7, 1943(term limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1939Rodes K. Myers46Simeon Willis–December 9, 1947(term limited)Republican1943Kenneth H. Tuggle4775pxEarle Clements–November 27, 1950(resigned)Democratic1947Lawrence Wetherby4875pxLawrence Wetherby–December 13, 1955(term limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1951Emerson Beauchamp4975pxHappy Chandler–December 8, 1959(term limited)Democratic1955Harry Lee Waterfield5075pxBert Combs–December 10, 1963(term limited)Democratic1959Wilson W. Wyatt5175pxNed Breathitt–December 12, 1967(term limited)Democratic1963Harry Lee Waterfield5275pxLouie Nunn–December 7, 1971(term limited)Republican1967Wendell Ford5375pxWendell Ford–December 28, 1974(resigned)Democratic1971Julian Carroll5475pxJulian Carroll–December 11, 1979(term limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1975Thelma Stovall5575pxJohn Y. Brown Jr.–December 13, 1983(term limited)Democratic1979Martha Layne Collins5675pxMartha Layne Collins–December 8, 1987(term limited)Democratic1983Steve Beshear57Wallace Wilkinson–December 10, 1991(term limited)Democratic1987Brereton Jones5875pxBrereton Jones–December 12, 1995(term limited)Democratic1991Paul E. Patton5975pxPaul E. Patton–December 9, 2003(term limited)Democratic1995Steve Henry19996075pxErnie Fletcher–December 11, 2007(lost election)Republican2003Steve Pence6175pxSteve Beshear–December 8, 2015(term limited)Democratic2007Daniel Mongiardo2011Jerry Abramson(resigned November 13, 2014)Crit Luallen6275pxMatt Bevin–December 10, 2019(lost election)Republican2015Jenean Hampton6375px|Kentucky Governor Andy BeshearAndy Beshear–IncumbentDemocratic2019Jacqueline Coleman

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