Kentucky People - Governors of Kentucky
1 Isaac Shelby 1792–1796
2 James Garrard 1796–1804
3 Christopher Greenup 1804–1808
4 Charles Scott 1808–1812
5 Isaac Shelby 1812–1816
6 George Madison 1816–1816
7 Gabriel Slaughter 1816–1820
8 John Adair 1820–1824
9 Joseph Desha 1824–1828
10 Thomas Metcalfe 1828–1832
11 John Breathitt 1832–1834
12 James T. Morehead 1834–1836
13 James Clark 1836–1839
14 Charles A. Wickliffe 1839–1840
15 Robert P. Letcher 1840–1844
16 William Owsley 1844–1848
17 John J. Crittenden 1848–1850
18 John L. Helm 1850–1851
19 Lazarus W. Powell 1851–1855
20 Charles S. Morehead 1855–1859
21 Beriah Magoffin 1859–1862
22 James F. Robinson 1862–1863
23 Thomas E. Bramlette 1863–1867
24 John L. Helm 1867–1867
25 John W. Stevenson 1867–1871
26 Preston H. Leslie 1871–1875
27 James B. McCreary 1875–1879
28 Luke P. Blackburn 1879–1883
29 J. Proctor Knott 1883–1887
30 Simon B. Buckner 1887–1891
31 John Young Brown 1891–1895
32 William O. Bradley 1895–1899
33 William S. Taylor 1899–1900
34 William Goebel 1900–1900
35 J. C. W. Beckham 1900–1907
36 Augustus E. Willson 1907–1911
37 James B. McCreary 1911–1915
38 Augustus O. Stanley 1915–1919
39 James D. Black 1919–1919
40 Edwin P. Morrow 1919–1923
41 William J. Fields 1923–1927
42 Flem D. Sampson 1927–1931
43 Ruby Laffoon 1931–1935
44 A. B. Chandler 1935–1939
45 Keen Johnson 1939–1943
46 Simeon S. Willis 1943–1947
47 Earle C. Clements 1947–1950
48 Lawrence W. Wetherby 1950–1955
49 A. B. Chandler 1955–1959
50 Bert T. Combs 1959-1963
51 Edward T. Breathitt 1963–1967
52 Louie B. Nunn 1967–1971
53 Wendell H. Ford 1971–1974
54 Julian M. Carroll 1974–1979
55 John Y. Brown, Jr. 1979–1983
56 Martha Layne Collins 1983–1987
57 Wallace G. Wilkinson 1987–1991
58 Brereton Jones 1991–1995
59 Paul E. Patton 1995–2003
60 Ernie Fletcher 2003—2007
61 Steve Beshear 2007-
For basic biographical information, photographs and outlines of the political careers of Kentucky's Governors, visit the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives' page: Kentucky's Governors.
See also Kentucky Political and Social Leaders and Current members of the U.S. Congress from Kentucky.
