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Governor[b][c]1\u00a0Isaac Shelby(1750\u20131826)[18][19]June 4, 1792\u2013June 1, 1796(did not run)Democratic-Republican1792Office did not exist2James Garrard(1749\u20131822)[20][21]June 1, 1796\u2013September 5, 1804(term-limited)Democratic-Republican17961800\u00a0Alexander Scott Bullitt3Christopher Greenup(1750\u20131818)[22][23]September 5, 1804\u2013September 1, 1808(term-limited)Democratic-Republican1804John Caldwell(died November 19, 1804)Vacant\u00a0Thomas Posey(acting, elected Speaker in 1805)4Charles Scott(1739\u20131813)[24][25]September 1, 1808\u2013August 24, 1812(term-limited)Democratic-Republican1808Gabriel Slaughter5Isaac Shelby(1750\u20131826)[18][19]August 24, 1812\u2013September 5, 1816(term-limited)Democratic-Republican1812Richard Hickman6George Madison(1763\u20131816)[26][27]September 5, 1816\u2013October 14, 1816(died in office)Democratic-Republican1816Gabriel Slaughter7Gabriel Slaughter(1767\u20131830)[28][29]October 14, 1816\u2013August 29, 1820(did not run)Democratic-RepublicanSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant8John Adair(1757\u20131830)[30][31]August 29, 1820[d]\u2013August 24, 1824(term-limited)Democratic-Republican1820William T. Barry9Joseph Desha(1768\u20131842)[33][34]August 24, 1824\u2013August 26, 1828(term-limited)Democratic-Republican1824Robert B. McAfee10Thomas Metcalfe(1780\u20131855)[35][36]August 26, 1828\u2013September 4, 1832(term-limited)NationalRepublican1828John Breathitt[e]11John Breathitt(1786\u20131834)[37][38]September 4, 1832\u2013February 21, 1834(died in office)Democratic1832James Turner Morehead[f]12James Turner Morehead(1797\u20131854)[39][40]February 21, 1834\u2013August 30, 1836(did not run)NationalRepublican[g]Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant13James Clark(1779\u20131839)[41][42]August 30, 1836\u2013August 27, 1839(died in office)Whig1836Charles A. Wickliffe14Charles A. Wickliffe(1788\u20131869)[43][44]August 27, 1839\u2013September 2, 1840(did not run)WhigSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant15Robert P. Letcher(1788\u20131861)[45][46]September 2, 1840\u2013September 4, 1844(term-limited)Whig1840Manlius Valerius Thomson16William Owsley(1782\u20131862)[47][48]September 4, 1844\u2013September 6, 1848(term-limited)Whig1844Archibald Dixon17John J. Crittenden(1787\u20131863)[49][50]September 6, 1848\u2013July 31, 1850(resigned)[h]Whig1848[i]John L. Helm18John L. Helm(1802\u20131867)[51][52]July 31, 1850\u2013September 2, 1851(did not run)WhigSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant19Lazarus W. Powell(1812\u20131867)[53][54]September 2, 1851\u2013September 4, 1855(term-limited)Democratic1851John Burton Thompson[j]20Charles S. Morehead(1802\u20131868)[55][56]September 4, 1855\u2013August 30, 1859(term-limited)Know Nothing1855James Greene Hardy21Beriah Magoffin(1815\u20131885)[57][58]August 30, 1859\u2013August 18, 1862(resigned)[k]Democratic1859Linn Boyd(died December 17, 1859)Vacant22James Fisher Robinson(1800\u20131882)[59][60]August 18, 1862\u2013September 1, 1863(did not run)DemocraticSucceeded frompresident ofthe Senate23Thomas E. Bramlette(1817\u20131875)[61][62]September 1, 1863\u2013September 3, 1867(term-limited)Democratic1863Richard Taylor Jacob24John L. Helm(1802\u20131867)[51][52]September 3, 1867\u2013September 8, 1867(died in office)Democratic1867John W. Stevenson25John W. Stevenson(1812\u20131886)[63][64]September 8, 1867\u2013February 3, 1871(resigned)[l]DemocraticSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant1868(special)26Preston Leslie(1819\u20131907)[65][66]February 3, 1871\u2013August 31, 1875(term-limited)DemocraticSucceeded frompresident ofthe Senate1871John G. Carlisle27James B. McCreary(1838\u20131918)[67][68]August 31, 1875\u2013September 2, 1879(term-limited)Democratic1875John C. Underwood28Luke P. Blackburn(1816\u20131887)[69][70]September 2, 1879\u2013September 5, 1883(term-limited)Democratic1879James E. Cantrill29J. Proctor Knott(1830\u20131911)[71][72]September 5, 1883\u2013August 30, 1887(term-limited)Democratic1883James R. Hindman30Simon Bolivar Buckner(1823\u20131914)[73][74]August 30, 1887\u2013September 2, 1891(term-limited)Democratic1887James William Bryan31John Y. Brown(1835\u20131904)[75][76]September 2, 1891\u2013December 10, 1895(term-limited)Democratic1891Mitchell Cary Alford32William O’Connell Bradley(1847\u20131914)[77][78]December 10, 1895\u2013December 12, 1899(term-limited)Republican1895William Jackson Worthington33William S. Taylor(1853\u20131928)[79][80]December 12, 1899\u2013January 31, 1900(removed from office)[m]Republican1899John Marshall34William Goebel(1856\u20131900)[81][82]January 31, 1900\u2013February 3, 1900(died in office)[m]DemocraticJ. C. W. Beckham35J. C. W. Beckham(1869\u20131940)[83][84]February 3, 1900\u2013December 10, 1907(term-limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernor[m]Vacant1900(special)1903William P. Thorne36Augustus E. Willson(1846\u20131931)[85][86]December 10, 1907\u2013December 12, 1911(term-limited)Republican1907William Hopkinson Cox37James B. McCreary(1838\u20131918)[67][68]December 12, 1911\u2013December 7, 1915(term-limited)Democratic1911Edward J. McDermott38Augustus Owsley Stanley(1867\u20131958)[87][88]December 7, 1915\u2013May 19, 1919(resigned)[n]Democratic1915James D. Black39James D. Black(1849\u20131938)[89][90]May 19, 1919\u2013December 9, 1919(lost election)DemocraticSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant40Edwin P. Morrow(1877\u20131935)[91][92]December 9, 1919\u2013December 11, 1923(term-limited)Republican1919S. Thruston Ballard41William J. Fields(1874\u20131954)[93][94]December 11, 1923\u2013December 13, 1927(term-limited)Democratic1923Henry Denhardt42Flem D. Sampson(1875\u20131967)[95][96]December 13, 1927\u2013December 8, 1931(term-limited)Republican1927James Breathitt Jr.[e]43Ruby Laffoon(1869\u20131941)[97][98]December 8, 1931\u2013December 10, 1935(term-limited)Democratic1931Happy Chandler44Happy Chandler(1898\u20131991)[99][100]December 10, 1935\u2013October 9, 1939(resigned)[o]Democratic1935Keen Johnson45Keen Johnson(1896\u20131970)[101][102]October 9, 1939\u2013December 7, 1943(term-limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant1939Rodes K. Myers46Simeon Willis(1879\u20131965)[103][104]December 7, 1943\u2013December 9, 1947(term-limited)Republican1943Kenneth H. Tuggle47Earle Clements(1896\u20131985)[105][106]December 9, 1947\u2013November 27, 1950(resigned)[p]Democratic1947Lawrence Wetherby48Lawrence Wetherby(1908\u20131994)[107][108]November 27, 1950\u2013December 13, 1955(term-limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant1951Emerson Beauchamp49Happy Chandler(1898\u20131991)[99][100]December 13, 1955\u2013December 8, 1959(term-limited)Democratic1955Harry Lee Waterfield50Bert Combs(1911\u20131991)[109][110]December 8, 1959\u2013December 10, 1963(term-limited)Democratic1959Wilson W. Wyatt51Ned Breathitt(1924\u20132003)[111][112]December 10, 1963\u2013December 12, 1967(term-limited)Democratic1963Harry Lee Waterfield52Louie Nunn(1924\u20132004)[113][114]December 12, 1967\u2013December 7, 1971(term-limited)Republican1967Wendell Ford[e]53Wendell Ford(1924\u20132015)[115][116]December 7, 1971\u2013December 28, 1974(resigned)[q]Democratic1971Julian Carroll54Julian Carroll(b. 1931)[117][118]December 28, 1974\u2013December 11, 1979(term-limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromlieutenantgovernorVacant1975Thelma Stovall55John Y. Brown Jr.(1933\u20132022)[119]December 11, 1979\u2013December 13, 1983(term-limited)Democratic1979Martha Layne Collins56Martha Layne Collins(b. 1936)[120]December 13, 1983\u2013December 8, 1987(term-limited)Democratic1983Steve Beshear57Wallace Wilkinson(1941\u20132002)[121]December 8, 1987\u2013December 10, 1991(term-limited)Democratic1987Brereton Jones58Brereton C. Jones(b. 1939)[122]December 10, 1991\u2013December 12, 1995(term-limited)Democratic1991Paul E. Patton59Paul E. Patton(b. 1937)[123]December 12, 1995\u2013December 9, 2003(term-limited)Democratic1995Steve Henry199960Ernie Fletcher(b. 1952)[124]December 9, 2003\u2013December 11, 2007(lost election)Republican2003Steve Pence61Steve Beshear(b. 1944)[125]December 11, 2007\u2013December 8, 2015(term-limited)Democratic2007Daniel Mongiardo2011Jerry Abramson(resigned November 13, 2014)Crit Luallen62Matt Bevin(b. 1967)[126]December 8, 2015\u2013December 10, 2019(lost election)Republican2015Jenean Hampton63Andy Beshear(b. 1977)[127]December 10, 2019\u2013Incumbent[r]Democratic2019Jacqueline Coleman     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/list-of-governors-of-kentucky\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"List of governors of Kentucky"}}]}]