List of governors of Kentucky

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky<ref>KY Const. § 69.</ref> and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.<ref>KY Const. § 75.</ref> The governor has a duty to enforce state laws;<ref>KY Const. § 81</ref> the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly;<ref>KY Const. § 88.</ref> the power to convene the legislature;<ref>KY Const. § 80.</ref> and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.<ref>KY Const. § 77.</ref> The governor is also empowered to reorganize the state government or reduce it in size. Historically, the office has been regarded as one of the most powerful executive positions in the United States.<ref name="encyclopedia">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

Fifty-nine individuals have held the office of governor. Prior to a 1992 amendment to the state's constitution, the governor was prohibited from succeeding himself or herself in office, though four men (Isaac Shelby, John L. Helm, James B. McCreary and Happy Chandler) served multiple non-consecutive terms. Paul E. Patton, the first Kentucky governor eligible for a second consecutive term under the amendment, won his reelection bid in 1999. James Garrard succeeded himself in 1800, before the constitutional provision existed. Garrard is also the longest serving governor, serving for a total period of eight years and 90 days. In 2023 Democrat Andy Beshear became the 3rd incumbent governor in Kentucky history to be reelected to a second consecutive term.

William Goebel, who was elected to the office in the disputed election of 1899, remains the only governor of any U.S. state to die from assassination while in office.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> Goebel is also the shortest serving governor, serving for a period of only three days. Martha Layne Collins, who held the office from 1983 to 1987, was the first woman to serve as governor and was only the third woman to serve as governor of any U.S. state who was not the wife or widow of a previous governor.<ref name="encyclopedia" /> The 63rd and current Kentucky governor is Democrat Andy Beshear, who took office on December 10, 2019.

Governors

Kentucky County, Virginia was admitted to the Union as Kentucky on June 1, 1792. There have been 59 governors, serving 63 distinct terms.

An unelected group proclaimed Kentucky's secession from the Union on November 20, 1861, and it was annexed by the Confederate States of America on December 10, 1861. The Confederate government elected two governors, but it never held much control over the state.

The original 1792 Kentucky Constitution had the governor chosen by an electoral college for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of June.<ref>1799 Const. art. II, § 2–3</ref> The second constitution in 1799 changed this to a popular vote, prevented governors from succeeding themselves within seven years of their terms, and moved the start date to the fourth Tuesday after the election.<ref>1799 Const. art. III, § 3–5</ref> The third constitution in 1850 reduced the succession limitation to four years, and moved the start date of the term to the fifth Tuesday after the election.<ref>1850 Const. art. III, § 3–5</ref> A 1992 amendment allowed governors to have a second term before being prevented from succeeding themselves for four years.<ref>KY Const. § 71</ref> Originally, should the office of governor be vacant, the speaker of the Senate would exercise the powers of the office;<ref>1792 Const. art. III, § 16–18</ref> in 1799, the office of lieutenant governor was created to fill this role,<ref>1799 Const. art. III, § 16–18</ref> and, as of 1992, is elected on the same ticket as the governor.<ref>KY Const. § 70</ref>

Governors of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Template:AbbrTemplate:Efn	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. GovernorTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
1	File:Isaac shelby.jpg	rowspan="12" style="background: Template:Party color;"|	Isaac Shelby Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-shelby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – June 1, 1796 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1792	Office did not exist
2	File:JGarrard.jpg	James Garrard Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-garrard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 5, 1804 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1796
			1800			rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
3	File:Christopher Greenup.jpg	Christopher Greenup Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-greenup">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – August 23, 1808 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1804	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Vacant
			rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname Template:Small
4	File:Charles Scott.jpg	Charles Scott Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-scott">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – August 24, 1812 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1808	Template:Sortname
5	File:Isaac shelby.jpg	Isaac Shelby Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-shelby" />	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – September 5, 1816 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1812	Template:Sortname
6	File:George Madison.jpg	George Madison Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-madison">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – October 14, 1816 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1816	Template:Sortname
7	File:Gabriel Slaughter.jpg	Gabriel Slaughter Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-slaughter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 7, 1820 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
8	File:JOHN ADAIR colour corrected.jpg	John Adair Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-adair">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – August 24, 1824 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1820	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
9	File:Joseph Desha by Katherine Helm.jpg	Joseph Desha Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-desha">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 26, 1828 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1824	Template:Sortname
10	File:TMetcalfe.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Thomas Metcalfe Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-metcalfe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 28, 1832 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	National RepublicanTemplate:Efn	1828	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
11	File:John Breathitt.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	John Breathitt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-breathitt-john">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – February 21, 1834 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1832	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
12	File:JTMorehead.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	James Turner Morehead Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-morehead-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 30, 1836 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	National RepublicanTemplate:Efn	Template:Small	Vacant
13	File:JClark.jpg	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	James Clark Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-clark">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 27, 1839 Template:Small	WhigTemplate:Sfn	1836	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
14	File:Wickliffe CA.jpg	Charles A. Wickliffe Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-wickliffe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 2, 1840 Template:Small	WhigTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
15	File:RPLetcher.jpg	Robert P. Letcher Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-letcher">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 4, 1844 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	WhigTemplate:Sfn	1840	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
16	File:William Owsley.jpg	William Owsley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-owsley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 6, 1848 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	WhigTemplate:Sfn	1844	Template:Sortname
17	File:John Jordan Crittenden - Brady 1855.jpg	John J. Crittenden Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-crittenden">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – July 30, 1850 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	WhigTemplate:Sfn	1848Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
18	File:JohnLaRueHelm.jpg	John L. Helm Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-helm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – September 2, 1851 Template:Small	WhigTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
19	File:Lazarus W. Powell - Brady-Handy.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Lazarus W. Powell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-powell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 4, 1855 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1851	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
20	File:Charles Slaughter Morehead.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Charles S. Morehead Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-morehead-charles">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 30, 1859 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	AmericanTemplate:Sfn	1855	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
21	File:Beriah Magoffin - Brady-Handy.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Beriah Magoffin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-magoffin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 18, 1862 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1859	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname Template:Small
		Vacant
22	File:James F Robinson.jpg			James Fisher Robinson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-robinson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 1, 1863 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
23	File:Thomas E. Bramlette (Kentucky).jpg	rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Thomas E. Bramlette Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bramlette">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 3, 1867 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Union DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1863	rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
24	File:JohnLaRueHelm.jpg	rowspan="10" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	John L. Helm Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-helm" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 8, 1867 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1867	rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
25	File:John Stevenson.jpg	John W. Stevenson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stevenson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – February 13, 1871 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
			1868 Template:Small
26	File:PHLeslie.jpg	Preston Leslie Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-leslie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 31, 1875 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
			1871			rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
27	File:James-B-McCreary.jpg	James B. McCreary Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mccreary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 2, 1879 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1875	Template:Sortname
28	File:Luke-P.-Blackburn.jpg	Luke P. Blackburn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-blackburn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 4, 1883 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1879	Template:Sortname
29	File:J. Proctor Knott - Brady-Handy.jpg	J. Proctor Knott Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-knott">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 30, 1887 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1883	Template:Sortname
30	File:Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.jpg	Simon Bolivar Buckner Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-buckner">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 1, 1891 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1887	Template:Sortname
31	File:John Y. Brown 1835-1904 - Brady-Handy.jpg	John Y. Brown Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brown-john1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1895 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1891	Template:Sortname
32	File:William-O.-Bradley.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	William O'Connell Bradley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bradley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 12, 1899 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1895	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
33	File:William Sylvester Taylor.jpg	William S. Taylor Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-taylor">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 31, 1900 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1899Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
34	File:William Goebel circa 1889.jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	William Goebel Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-goebel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – February 3, 1900 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
35	File:BECKHAM, J.C.W. SENATOR LCCN2016858952 (cropped).jpg	J. C. W. Beckham Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-beckham">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1907 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Vacant
			1900 Template:Small
			1903			style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
36	File:August E. Willson, Governor of Kentucky.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Augustus E. Willson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-willson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 12, 1911 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1907	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
37	File:James-B-McCreary.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	James B. McCreary Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mccreary" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 7, 1915 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1911	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
38	File:Augustus O Stanley.jpg	Augustus Owsley Stanley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stanley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – May 19, 1919 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1915	Template:Sortname
39	File:James-Dixon-Black.jpg	James D. Black Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-black">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 9, 1919 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
40	File:Edwin-P-Morrow,-speaking.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Edwin P. Morrow Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-morrow">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 11, 1923 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1919	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
41	File:FIELDS, W.J. REPRESENTATIVE LCCN2016858772 (cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	William J. Fields Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-fields">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 13, 1927 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1923	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
42	File:Flem D. Sampson (KY).png	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Flem D. Sampson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-sampson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 8, 1931 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1927	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
43	File:Ruby Laffoon Portrait.png	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Ruby Laffoon Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-laffoon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1935 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1931	Template:Sortname
44	File:Albert B. Chandler Sr. (KY).jpg	Happy Chandler Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-chandler">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – October 9, 1939 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1935	Template:Sortname
45	File:Keen Johnson.jpg	Keen Johnson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johnson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 7, 1943 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
			1939			style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
46	File:Simeon Willis (KY).png	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Simeon Willis Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-willis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 9, 1947 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1943	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
47	File:Earle-Clements.jpg	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Earle Clements Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-clements">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 27, 1950 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1947	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
48	File:Lawrence-Wetherby (cropped).jpg	Lawrence Wetherby Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-wetherby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 13, 1955 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
			1951			rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
49	File:Albert B. Chandler Sr. (KY).jpg	Happy Chandler Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-chandler" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 8, 1959 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1955	Template:Sortname
50	File:Bert-Combs (cropped).jpg	Bert Combs Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-combs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1963 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1959	Template:Sortname
51	File:Ned-Breathitt-at-desk (cropped).jpg	Ned Breathitt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-breathitt-ned">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 12, 1967 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1963	Template:Sortname
52	File:Louie-Nunn (cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Louie Nunn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-nunn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 7, 1971 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1967	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
53	File:Sen Wendell Ford.jpg	rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Wendell Ford Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ford">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 28, 1974 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1971	Template:Sortname
54	File:Julian-Carroll.jpg	Julian Carroll Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-carroll">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 11, 1979 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
			1975			rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
55	File:John Y. Brown Jr. (KY).png	John Y. Brown Jr. Template:Small <ref name="nga-brown-john2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 13, 1983 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-brown-john2" />	1979	Template:Sortname
56	File:Lt. Governor Martha Layne Collins (cropped).jpg	Martha Layne Collins Template:Small <ref name="nga-collins">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 8, 1987 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-collins" />	1983	Template:Sortname
57	File:Wallace Wilkinson crop.jpg	Wallace Wilkinson Template:Small <ref name="nga-wilkinson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1991 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-wilkinson" />	1987	Template:Sortname
58	File:Nate Morris Gov Jones (cropped).jpg	Brereton C. Jones Template:Small <ref name="nga-jones">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 12, 1995 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-jones" />	1991	Template:Sortname
59	File:Paul E. Patton 2013 (cropped).jpg	Paul E. Patton Template:Small <ref name="nga-patton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 9, 2003 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-patton" />	1995	Template:Sortname
			1999
60	File:Ernie Fletcher.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Ernie Fletcher Template:Small <ref name="nga-fletcher">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 11, 2007 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="nga-fletcher" />	2003	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
61	File:Steve Beshear 2015.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Steve Beshear Template:Small <ref name="nga-beshear-steve">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 8, 2015 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-beshear-steve" />	2007	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
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Confederate governors

During the Civil War, a group of secessionists met at Russellville to form a Confederate government for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This government never successfully displaced the government in Frankfort, and Kentucky remained in the Union through the entire war. Two men were elected governor of the Confederate government: George W. Johnson, who served from November 20, 1861, to his death on April 8, 1862, at the Battle of Shiloh, and, on Johnson's death, Richard Hawes, who served until the Confederate surrender on April 9, 1865. The Confederate government disbanded shortly after the end of the war in 1865.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

See also

• Timeline of Kentucky history
• List of Kentucky General Assemblies

References

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External links

• Office of the Governor of Kentucky