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Historically, the office has been regarded as one of the most powerful executive positions in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-encyclopedia-7">[7]</a> Fifty-nine individuals have held the office of governor. Prior to a 1992 amendment to the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Constitution">state's constitution</a>, the governor was prohibited from succeeding himself or herself in office, though four men (<a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_L._Helm" title="John L. Helm">John L. Helm</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_B._McCreary" title="James B. McCreary">James B. McCreary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Happy Chandler</a>) served multiple non-consecutive terms. <a href="/wiki/Paul_E._Patton" title="Paul E. Patton">Paul E. Patton</a>, the first Kentucky governor eligible for a second consecutive term under the amendment, won his reelection bid in 1999. <a href="/wiki/James_Garrard" title="James Garrard">James Garrard</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">Andy Beshear</a> became the 3rd incumbent governor in Kentucky history to be reelected to a second consecutive term. <a href="/wiki/William_Goebel" title="William Goebel">William Goebel</a>, who was elected to the office in the disputed <a href="/wiki/1899_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election">election of 1899</a>, remains the only governor of any U.S. state to die from assassination while in office.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Goebel is also the shortest serving governor, serving for a period of only three days. <a href="/wiki/Martha_Layne_Collins" title="Martha Layne Collins">Martha Layne Collins</a>, 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.<a href="#cite_note-encyclopedia-7">[7]</a> The 63rd and current Kentucky governor is <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">Andy Beshear</a>, who took office on December 10, 2019. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governors">Governors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_governors_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Governors">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_County,_Virginia" title="Kentucky County, Virginia">Kentucky County, Virginia</a> was <a href="/wiki/Admitted_to_the_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Admitted to the Union">admitted to the Union</a> as Kentucky on June 1, 1792. There have been 59 governors, serving 63 distinct terms. An unelected group proclaimed Kentucky's secession from the <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> on November 20, 1861, and it was annexed by the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a> on December 10, 1861. The Confederate government elected two governors, but it never held much control over the state. The original 1792 <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Constitution">Kentucky Constitution</a> had the governor chosen by an <a href="/wiki/Electoral_college" title="Electoral college">electoral college</a> for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of June.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> A 1992 amendment allowed governors to have a second term before being prevented from succeeding themselves for four years.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Originally, should the office of governor be vacant, the speaker of the Senate would exercise the powers of the office;<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> in 1799, the office of lieutenant governor was created to fill this role,<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> and, as of 1992, is elected on the same <a href="/wiki/Ticket_(election)" title="Ticket (election)">ticket</a> as the governor.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Governors of the Commonwealth of Kentucky </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><a href="#cite_note-17">[a]</a> </th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="3">Governor </th> <th scope="col">Term in office </th> <th scope="col">Party </th> <th scope="col">Election </th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky">Lt. Governor</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[b]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[c]</a> </th></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td data-sort-value="Shelby, Isaac"><a href="/wiki/File:Isaac_shelby.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Isaac_shelby.jpg/75px-Isaac_shelby.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Isaac_shelby.jpg/113px-Isaac_shelby.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Isaac_shelby.jpg/150px-Isaac_shelby.jpg 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="459" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="12" style="background: #008000;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a> (1750–1826) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978507–508-21">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-shelby-22">[19]</a> </td> <td>June 4, 1792<a href="#cite_note-23">[20]</a> – June 1, 1796 (did not run)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978507–508-21">[18]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1792_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1792 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1792</a> </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Office did not exist </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">2 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Garrard, James"><a href="/wiki/File:JGarrard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/JGarrard.jpg/75px-JGarrard.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/JGarrard.jpg/113px-JGarrard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/JGarrard.jpg/150px-JGarrard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="485" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Garrard" title="James Garrard">James Garrard</a> (1749–1822) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978508–509-25">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-garrard-26">[23]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">June 1, 1796<a href="#cite_note-27">[24]</a> – September 5, 1804 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1796_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1796 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1796</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1800_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1800 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1800</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #008000;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Scott_Bullitt" title="Alexander Scott Bullitt">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup">3 </th> <td rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Greenup, Christopher"><a href="/wiki/File:Christopher_Greenup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Christopher_Greenup.jpg/75px-Christopher_Greenup.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Christopher_Greenup.jpg/113px-Christopher_Greenup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Christopher_Greenup.jpg/150px-Christopher_Greenup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="485" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Greenup" title="Christopher Greenup">Christopher Greenup</a> (1750–1818) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978509-30">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-greenup-31">[27]</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">September 5, 1804<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> – August 23, 1808 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1804_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1804 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1804</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Caldwell_(Kentucky_politician)" title="John Caldwell (Kentucky politician)">John Caldwell</a> (died November 19, 1804) </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: #008000;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Posey" title="Thomas Posey">Thomas Posey</a> (acting, elected Speaker in 1805) </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">4 </th> <td data-sort-value="Scott, Charles"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Scott.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Charles_Scott.jpg/75px-Charles_Scott.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Charles_Scott.jpg/113px-Charles_Scott.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Charles_Scott.jpg/150px-Charles_Scott.jpg 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="461" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Scott_(governor)" title="Charles Scott (governor)">Charles Scott</a> (1739–1813) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978510-32">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-scott-33">[29]</a> </td> <td>August 23, 1808<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> – August 24, 1812 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1808_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1808 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1808</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Slaughter" title="Gabriel Slaughter">Gabriel Slaughter</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">5 </th> <td data-sort-value="Shelby, Isaac"><a href="/wiki/File:Isaac_shelby.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Isaac_shelby.jpg/75px-Isaac_shelby.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Isaac_shelby.jpg/113px-Isaac_shelby.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Isaac_shelby.jpg/150px-Isaac_shelby.jpg 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="459" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a> (1750–1826) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978507–508-21">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-shelby-22">[19]</a> </td> <td>August 24, 1812<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> – September 5, 1816 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1812_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1812 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1812</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hickman" title="Richard Hickman">Richard Hickman</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">6 </th> <td data-sort-value="Madison, George"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Madison.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/George_Madison.jpg/75px-George_Madison.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/George_Madison.jpg/113px-George_Madison.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/George_Madison.jpg/150px-George_Madison.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="485" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Madison" title="George Madison">George Madison</a> (1763–1816) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978510–511-34">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-madison-35">[31]</a> </td> <td>September 5, 1816<a href="#cite_note-37">[e]</a> – October 14, 1816 (died in office) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1816_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1816 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1816</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Slaughter" title="Gabriel Slaughter">Gabriel Slaughter</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">7 </th> <td data-sort-value="Slaughter, Gabriel"><a href="/wiki/File:Gabriel_Slaughter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Gabriel_Slaughter.jpg/75px-Gabriel_Slaughter.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Gabriel_Slaughter.jpg/113px-Gabriel_Slaughter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Gabriel_Slaughter.jpg/150px-Gabriel_Slaughter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="460" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Slaughter" title="Gabriel Slaughter">Gabriel Slaughter</a> (1767–1830) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978511–512-38">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-slaughter-39">[34]</a> </td> <td>October 14, 1816<a href="#cite_note-40">[35]</a> – September 7, 1820 (did not run) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">8 </th> <td data-sort-value="Adair, John"><a href="/wiki/File:JOHN_ADAIR_colour_corrected.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/JOHN_ADAIR_colour_corrected.jpg/75px-JOHN_ADAIR_colour_corrected.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/JOHN_ADAIR_colour_corrected.jpg/113px-JOHN_ADAIR_colour_corrected.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/JOHN_ADAIR_colour_corrected.jpg/150px-JOHN_ADAIR_colour_corrected.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="460" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Adair" title="John Adair">John Adair</a> (1757–1840) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978512–513-41">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-adair-42">[37]</a> </td> <td>September 7, 1820<a href="#cite_note-45">[f]</a> – August 24, 1824 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1820_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1820 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1820</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: #008000;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_T._Barry" title="William T. Barry">William T. Barry</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">9 </th> <td data-sort-value="Desha, Joseph"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Desha_by_Katherine_Helm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Joseph_Desha_by_Katherine_Helm.jpg/75px-Joseph_Desha_by_Katherine_Helm.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Joseph_Desha_by_Katherine_Helm.jpg/113px-Joseph_Desha_by_Katherine_Helm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Joseph_Desha_by_Katherine_Helm.jpg/150px-Joseph_Desha_by_Katherine_Helm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="460" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Desha" title="Joseph Desha">Joseph Desha</a> (1768–1842) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978513–514-46">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-desha-47">[41]</a> </td> <td>August 24, 1824<a href="#cite_note-48">[42]</a> – August 26, 1828 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic- Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1824_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1824</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._McAfee" title="Robert B. McAfee">Robert B. McAfee</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">10 </th> <td data-sort-value="Metcalfe, Thomas"><a href="/wiki/File:TMetcalfe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/TMetcalfe.jpg/75px-TMetcalfe.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/TMetcalfe.jpg/113px-TMetcalfe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/TMetcalfe.jpg/150px-TMetcalfe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="485" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #FFE6B0;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Metcalfe_(Kentucky_politician)" title="Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky politician)">Thomas Metcalfe</a> (1780–1855) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978514-49">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-metcalfe-50">[44]</a> </td> <td>August 26, 1828<a href="#cite_note-51">[45]</a> – August 28, 1832 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Party" title="National Republican Party">National Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[g]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1828_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1828 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1828</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Breathitt" title="John Breathitt">John Breathitt</a><a href="#cite_note-ltdem-57">[h]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">11 </th> <td data-sort-value="Breathitt, John"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Breathitt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/John_Breathitt.jpg/75px-John_Breathitt.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/John_Breathitt.jpg/113px-John_Breathitt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/John_Breathitt.jpg/150px-John_Breathitt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="460" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Breathitt" title="John Breathitt">John Breathitt</a> (1786–1834) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978515-58">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-breathitt-john-59">[51]</a> </td> <td>August 28, 1832<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> – February 21, 1834 (died in office) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin200329-60">[52]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1832_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1832 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1832</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #FFE6B0;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Turner_Morehead_(Kentucky_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Turner Morehead (Kentucky politician)">James Turner Morehead</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[i]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">12 </th> <td data-sort-value="Morehead, James"><a href="/wiki/File:JTMorehead.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JTMorehead.jpg/75px-JTMorehead.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JTMorehead.jpg/113px-JTMorehead.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JTMorehead.jpg/150px-JTMorehead.jpg 2x" data-file-width="373" data-file-height="459" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #FFE6B0;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Turner_Morehead_(Kentucky_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Turner Morehead (Kentucky politician)">James Turner Morehead</a> (1797–1854) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978515–516-62">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-morehead-james-63">[54]</a> </td> <td>February 21, 1834<a href="#cite_note-64">[55]</a> – August 30, 1836 (did not run)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978515–516-62">[53]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Party" title="National Republican Party">National Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[j]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">13 </th> <td data-sort-value="Clark, James"><a href="/wiki/File:JClark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/JClark.jpg/75px-JClark.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/JClark.jpg/113px-JClark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/JClark.jpg/150px-JClark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="485" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: #F0C862;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Clark_(Kentucky_politician)" title="James Clark (Kentucky politician)">James Clark</a> (1779–1839) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978516–517-67">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-clark-68">[58]</a> </td> <td>August 30, 1836<a href="#cite_note-69">[59]</a> – August 27, 1839 (died in office) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin200374-70">[60]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1836_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1836 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1836</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #F0C862;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Wickliffe" title="Charles A. Wickliffe">Charles A. Wickliffe</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">14 </th> <td data-sort-value="Wickliffe, Charles"><a href="/wiki/File:Wickliffe_CA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wickliffe_CA.jpg/75px-Wickliffe_CA.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wickliffe_CA.jpg/113px-Wickliffe_CA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wickliffe_CA.jpg/150px-Wickliffe_CA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="453" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Wickliffe" title="Charles A. Wickliffe">Charles A. Wickliffe</a> (1788–1869) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978517–518-71">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-wickliffe-72">[62]</a> </td> <td>August 27, 1839<a href="#cite_note-73">[63]</a> – September 2, 1840 (did not run) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978517–518-71">[61]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">15 </th> <td data-sort-value="Letcher, Robert"><a href="/wiki/File:RPLetcher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/RPLetcher.jpg/75px-RPLetcher.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/RPLetcher.jpg/113px-RPLetcher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/RPLetcher.jpg/150px-RPLetcher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="456" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Letcher" title="Robert P. Letcher">Robert P. Letcher</a> (1788–1861) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978518-74">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-letcher-75">[65]</a> </td> <td>September 2, 1840<a href="#cite_note-76">[66]</a> – September 4, 1844 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin200375-77">[67]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1840_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1840 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1840</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: #F0C862;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manlius_Valerius_Thomson" title="Manlius Valerius Thomson">Manlius Valerius Thomson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">16 </th> <td data-sort-value="Owsley, William"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Owsley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/William_Owsley.jpg/75px-William_Owsley.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/William_Owsley.jpg/113px-William_Owsley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/William_Owsley.jpg/150px-William_Owsley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="485" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Owsley" title="William Owsley">William Owsley</a> (1782–1862) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978519-78">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-owsley-79">[69]</a> </td> <td>September 4, 1844<a href="#cite_note-80">[70]</a> – September 6, 1848 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1799-29">[d]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin200376-81">[71]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1844_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1844 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1844</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Dixon" title="Archibald Dixon">Archibald Dixon</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">17 </th> <td data-sort-value="Crittenden, John"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Jordan_Crittenden_-_Brady_1855.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/John_Jordan_Crittenden_-_Brady_1855.jpg/75px-John_Jordan_Crittenden_-_Brady_1855.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/John_Jordan_Crittenden_-_Brady_1855.jpg/113px-John_Jordan_Crittenden_-_Brady_1855.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/John_Jordan_Crittenden_-_Brady_1855.jpg/150px-John_Jordan_Crittenden_-_Brady_1855.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1123" data-file-height="1432" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_J._Crittenden" title="John J. Crittenden">John J. Crittenden</a> (1787–1863) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978519–520-82">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-crittenden-83">[73]</a> </td> <td>September 6, 1848<a href="#cite_note-84">[74]</a> – July 30, 1850 (resigned)<a href="#cite_note-85">[k]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin200377-86">[75]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1848_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1848 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1848</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[l]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_L._Helm" title="John L. Helm">John L. Helm</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">18 </th> <td data-sort-value="Helm, John"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnLaRueHelm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnLaRueHelm.jpg/75px-JohnLaRueHelm.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnLaRueHelm.jpg/113px-JohnLaRueHelm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnLaRueHelm.jpg/150px-JohnLaRueHelm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="460" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_L._Helm" title="John L. Helm">John L. Helm</a> (1802–1867) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978520–521-88">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-helm-89">[77]</a> </td> <td>July 30, 1850<a href="#cite_note-91">[m]</a> – September 2, 1851 (did not run) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978520–521-88">[76]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">19 </th> <td data-sort-value="Powell, Lazarus"><a href="/wiki/File:Lazarus_W._Powell_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Lazarus_W._Powell_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/75px-Lazarus_W._Powell_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Lazarus_W._Powell_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/113px-Lazarus_W._Powell_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Lazarus_W._Powell_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/150px-Lazarus_W._Powell_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3448" data-file-height="4112" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_W._Powell" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazarus W. Powell">Lazarus W. Powell</a> (1812–1867) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978521–522-92">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-powell-93">[80]</a> </td> <td>September 2, 1851<a href="#cite_note-94">[81]</a> – September 4, 1855 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin200377-86">[75]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1851_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1851 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1851</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #F0C862;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Burton_Thompson" title="John Burton Thompson">John Burton Thompson</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[o]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">20 </th> <td data-sort-value="Morehead, Charles"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Slaughter_Morehead.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Charles_Slaughter_Morehead.jpg/75px-Charles_Slaughter_Morehead.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Charles_Slaughter_Morehead.jpg/113px-Charles_Slaughter_Morehead.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Charles_Slaughter_Morehead.jpg/150px-Charles_Slaughter_Morehead.jpg 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="885" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #D99FE8;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Morehead" title="Charles S. Morehead">Charles S. Morehead</a> (1802–1868) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978522–523-98">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-morehead-charles-99">[84]</a> </td> <td>September 4, 1855<a href="#cite_note-100">[85]</a> – August 30, 1859 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">American</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin200378-101">[86]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1855_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1855 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1855</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #D99FE8;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Greene_Hardy" title="James Greene Hardy">James Greene Hardy</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">21 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Magoffin, Beriah"><a href="/wiki/File:Beriah_Magoffin_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Beriah_Magoffin_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/75px-Beriah_Magoffin_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Beriah_Magoffin_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/113px-Beriah_Magoffin_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Beriah_Magoffin_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/150px-Beriah_Magoffin_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1760" data-file-height="2668" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Beriah_Magoffin" title="Beriah Magoffin">Beriah Magoffin</a> (1815–1885) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978523–524-102">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-magoffin-103">[88]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">August 30, 1859<a href="#cite_note-104">[89]</a> – August 18, 1862 (resigned)<a href="#cite_note-105">[p]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin200379-106">[90]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1859_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1859 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1859</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linn_Boyd" title="Linn Boyd">Linn Boyd</a> (died December 17, 1859) </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">22 </th> <td data-sort-value="Robinson, James"><a href="/wiki/File:James_F_Robinson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/James_F_Robinson.jpg/75px-James_F_Robinson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/James_F_Robinson.jpg/113px-James_F_Robinson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/James_F_Robinson.jpg/150px-James_F_Robinson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="460" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Fisher_Robinson" title="James Fisher Robinson">James Fisher Robinson</a> (1800–1882) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978524–525-107">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-robinson-108">[92]</a> </td> <td>August 18, 1862<a href="#cite_note-109">[93]</a> – September 1, 1863 (did not run) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from president of the Senate </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">23 </th> <td data-sort-value="Bramlette, Thomas"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_E._Bramlette_(Kentucky).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Thomas_E._Bramlette_%28Kentucky%29.jpg/75px-Thomas_E._Bramlette_%28Kentucky%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Thomas_E._Bramlette_%28Kentucky%29.jpg/113px-Thomas_E._Bramlette_%28Kentucky%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Thomas_E._Bramlette_%28Kentucky%29.jpg/150px-Thomas_E._Bramlette_%28Kentucky%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="703" data-file-height="925" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background: #ffaacc;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Bramlette" title="Thomas E. Bramlette">Thomas E. Bramlette</a> (1817–1875) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978525–526-110">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-bramlette-111">[95]</a> </td> <td>September 1, 1863<a href="#cite_note-112">[96]</a> – September 3, 1867 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_politician_(American_Civil_War)" title="Unionist politician (American Civil War)">Union Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978525–526-110">[94]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1863_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1863 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1863</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background: #ffaacc;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Taylor_Jacob" title="Richard Taylor Jacob">Richard Taylor Jacob</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">24 </th> <td data-sort-value="Helm, John"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnLaRueHelm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnLaRueHelm.jpg/75px-JohnLaRueHelm.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnLaRueHelm.jpg/113px-JohnLaRueHelm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnLaRueHelm.jpg/150px-JohnLaRueHelm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="460" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="10" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_L._Helm" title="John L. Helm">John L. Helm</a> (1802–1867) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978520–521-88">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-helm-89">[77]</a> </td> <td>September 3, 1867<a href="#cite_note-113">[97]</a> – September 8, 1867 (died in office) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1867_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1867 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1867</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_W._Stevenson" title="John W. Stevenson">John W. Stevenson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">25 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Stevenson, John"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Stevenson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/John_Stevenson.jpg/75px-John_Stevenson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/John_Stevenson.jpg/113px-John_Stevenson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/John_Stevenson.jpg/150px-John_Stevenson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5033" data-file-height="5451" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_W._Stevenson" title="John W. Stevenson">John W. Stevenson</a> (1812–1886) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978526–527-114">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-stevenson-115">[99]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">September 8, 1867<a href="#cite_note-116">[100]</a> – February 13, 1871 (resigned)<a href="#cite_note-117">[q]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1868_Kentucky_gubernatorial_special_election" title="1868 Kentucky gubernatorial special election">1868</a> (special) </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">26 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Leslie, Preston"><a href="/wiki/File:PHLeslie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/PHLeslie.jpg/75px-PHLeslie.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/PHLeslie.jpg/113px-PHLeslie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/PHLeslie.jpg/150px-PHLeslie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="373" data-file-height="453" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Preston_Leslie" title="Preston Leslie">Preston Leslie</a> (1819–1907) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978527-118">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-leslie-119">[102]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">February 13, 1871<a href="#cite_note-120">[103]</a> – August 31, 1875 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from president of the Senate </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1871_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1871 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1871</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_G._Carlisle" title="John G. Carlisle">John G. Carlisle</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">27 </th> <td data-sort-value="McCreary, James"><a href="/wiki/File:James-B-McCreary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/James-B-McCreary.jpg/75px-James-B-McCreary.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/James-B-McCreary.jpg/113px-James-B-McCreary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/James-B-McCreary.jpg/150px-James-B-McCreary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1920" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_B._McCreary" title="James B. McCreary">James B. McCreary</a> (1838–1918) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978528-121">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-mccreary-122">[105]</a> </td> <td>August 31, 1875<a href="#cite_note-123">[106]</a> – September 2, 1879 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1875_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1875 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1875</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_C._Underwood" title="John C. Underwood">John C. Underwood</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">28 </th> <td data-sort-value="Blackburn, Luke"><a href="/wiki/File:Luke-P.-Blackburn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Luke-P.-Blackburn.jpg/75px-Luke-P.-Blackburn.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Luke-P.-Blackburn.jpg/113px-Luke-P.-Blackburn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Luke-P.-Blackburn.jpg/150px-Luke-P.-Blackburn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="713" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_P._Blackburn" title="Luke P. Blackburn">Luke P. Blackburn</a> (1816–1887) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978529-124">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-blackburn-125">[108]</a> </td> <td>September 2, 1879<a href="#cite_note-126">[109]</a> – September 4, 1883 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1879_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1879 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1879</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_E._Cantrill" title="James E. Cantrill">James E. Cantrill</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">29 </th> <td data-sort-value="Knott, J. Proctor"><a href="/wiki/File:J._Proctor_Knott_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/J._Proctor_Knott_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/75px-J._Proctor_Knott_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/J._Proctor_Knott_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/113px-J._Proctor_Knott_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/J._Proctor_Knott_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/150px-J._Proctor_Knott_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3992" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Proctor_Knott" title="J. Proctor Knott">J. Proctor Knott</a> (1830–1911) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978529–530-127">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-knott-128">[111]</a> </td> <td>September 4, 1883<a href="#cite_note-129">[112]</a> – August 30, 1887 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1883_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1883 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1883</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_R._Hindman" title="James R. Hindman">James R. Hindman</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">30 </th> <td data-sort-value="Buckner, Simon"><a href="/wiki/File:Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Sr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Sr.jpg/75px-Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Sr.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Sr.jpg/113px-Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Sr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Sr.jpg/150px-Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Sr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2811" data-file-height="3660" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner" title="Simon Bolivar Buckner">Simon Bolivar Buckner</a> (1823–1914) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978530–531-130">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-buckner-131">[114]</a> </td> <td>August 30, 1887<a href="#cite_note-132">[115]</a> – September 1, 1891 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1887_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1887 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1887</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_William_Bryan" title="James William Bryan">James William Bryan</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">31 </th> <td data-sort-value="Brown, John 1"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Y._Brown_1835-1904_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/John_Y._Brown_1835-1904_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/75px-John_Y._Brown_1835-1904_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/John_Y._Brown_1835-1904_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/113px-John_Y._Brown_1835-1904_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/John_Y._Brown_1835-1904_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/150px-John_Y._Brown_1835-1904_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2128" data-file-height="2761" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Y._Brown_(politician,_born_1835)" title="John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835)">John Y. Brown</a> (1835–1904) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978531–532-133">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-brown-john1-134">[117]</a> </td> <td>September 1, 1891<a href="#cite_note-135">[118]</a> – December 10, 1895 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1891_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1891 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1891</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Cary_Alford" title="Mitchell Cary Alford">Mitchell Cary Alford</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">32 </th> <td data-sort-value="Bradley, William"><a href="/wiki/File:William-O.-Bradley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/William-O.-Bradley.jpg/75px-William-O.-Bradley.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/William-O.-Bradley.jpg/113px-William-O.-Bradley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/William-O.-Bradley.jpg/150px-William-O.-Bradley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="672" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Connell_Bradley" title="William O'Connell Bradley">William O'Connell Bradley</a> (1847–1914) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978532–533-136">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-bradley-137">[120]</a> </td> <td>December 10, 1895<a href="#cite_note-138">[121]</a> – December 12, 1899 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1895_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1895 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1895</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Jackson_Worthington" title="William Jackson Worthington">William Jackson Worthington</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">33 </th> <td data-sort-value="Taylor, William"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Sylvester_Taylor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/William_Sylvester_Taylor.jpg/75px-William_Sylvester_Taylor.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/William_Sylvester_Taylor.jpg/113px-William_Sylvester_Taylor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/William_Sylvester_Taylor.jpg/150px-William_Sylvester_Taylor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="562" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_S._Taylor_(Kentucky_politician)" title="William S. Taylor (Kentucky politician)">William S. Taylor</a> (1853–1928) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978533–534-139">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-taylor-140">[123]</a> </td> <td>December 12, 1899<a href="#cite_note-141">[124]</a> – January 31, 1900 (removed from office)<a href="#cite_note-elect-1899-143">[r]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1899_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1899</a><a href="#cite_note-elect-1899-143">[r]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Marshall_(Kentucky_politician)" title="John Marshall (Kentucky politician)">John Marshall</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">34 </th> <td data-sort-value="Goebel, William"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg/75px-William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg/113px-William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg/150px-William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg 2x" data-file-width="445" data-file-height="537" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Goebel" title="William Goebel">William Goebel</a> (1856–1900) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978534-142">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-goebel-144">[126]</a> </td> <td>January 31, 1900<a href="#cite_note-145">[127]</a> – February 3, 1900 (died in office)<a href="#cite_note-elect-1899-143">[r]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._C._W._Beckham" title="J. C. W. Beckham">J. C. W. Beckham</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup">35 </th> <td rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Beckham, J. C. W."><a href="/wiki/File:BECKHAM,_J.C.W._SENATOR_LCCN2016858952_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/BECKHAM%2C_J.C.W._SENATOR_LCCN2016858952_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-BECKHAM%2C_J.C.W._SENATOR_LCCN2016858952_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/BECKHAM%2C_J.C.W._SENATOR_LCCN2016858952_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-BECKHAM%2C_J.C.W._SENATOR_LCCN2016858952_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/BECKHAM%2C_J.C.W._SENATOR_LCCN2016858952_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-BECKHAM%2C_J.C.W._SENATOR_LCCN2016858952_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4400" data-file-height="5867" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/J._C._W._Beckham" title="J. C. W. Beckham">J. C. W. Beckham</a> (1869–1940) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978535–536-146">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-beckham-147">[129]</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">February 3, 1900<a href="#cite_note-148">[130]</a> – December 10, 1907 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor<a href="#cite_note-elect-1899-143">[r]</a> </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1900_Kentucky_gubernatorial_special_election" title="1900 Kentucky gubernatorial special election">1900</a> (special) </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1903_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1903 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1903</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_P._Thorne" title="William P. Thorne">William P. Thorne</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">36 </th> <td data-sort-value="Willson, Augustus"><a href="/wiki/File:August_E._Willson,_Governor_of_Kentucky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/August_E._Willson%2C_Governor_of_Kentucky.jpg/75px-August_E._Willson%2C_Governor_of_Kentucky.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/August_E._Willson%2C_Governor_of_Kentucky.jpg/113px-August_E._Willson%2C_Governor_of_Kentucky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/August_E._Willson%2C_Governor_of_Kentucky.jpg/150px-August_E._Willson%2C_Governor_of_Kentucky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1112" data-file-height="1579" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augustus_E._Willson" title="Augustus E. Willson">Augustus E. Willson</a> (1846–1931) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978536–537-149">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-willson-150">[132]</a> </td> <td>December 10, 1907<a href="#cite_note-151">[133]</a> – December 12, 1911 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1907_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1907 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1907</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Hopkinson_Cox" title="William Hopkinson Cox">William Hopkinson Cox</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">37 </th> <td data-sort-value="McCreary, James"><a href="/wiki/File:James-B-McCreary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/James-B-McCreary.jpg/75px-James-B-McCreary.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/James-B-McCreary.jpg/113px-James-B-McCreary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/James-B-McCreary.jpg/150px-James-B-McCreary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1920" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_B._McCreary" title="James B. McCreary">James B. McCreary</a> (1838–1918) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978528-121">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-mccreary-122">[105]</a> </td> <td>December 12, 1911<a href="#cite_note-152">[134]</a> – December 7, 1915 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1911_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1911 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1911</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._McDermott" title="Edward J. McDermott">Edward J. McDermott</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">38 </th> <td data-sort-value="Stanley, Augustus"><a href="/wiki/File:Augustus_O_Stanley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Augustus_O_Stanley.jpg/75px-Augustus_O_Stanley.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Augustus_O_Stanley.jpg/113px-Augustus_O_Stanley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Augustus_O_Stanley.jpg/150px-Augustus_O_Stanley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="571" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">Augustus Owsley Stanley</a> (1867–1958) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978537–538-153">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-stanley-154">[136]</a> </td> <td>December 7, 1915<a href="#cite_note-155">[137]</a> – May 19, 1919 (resigned)<a href="#cite_note-156">[s]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1915_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1915 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1915</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_D._Black" title="James D. Black">James D. Black</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">39 </th> <td data-sort-value="Black, James"><a href="/wiki/File:James-Dixon-Black.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/James-Dixon-Black.jpg/75px-James-Dixon-Black.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/James-Dixon-Black.jpg/113px-James-Dixon-Black.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/James-Dixon-Black.jpg/150px-James-Dixon-Black.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="764" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_D._Black" title="James D. Black">James D. Black</a> (1849–1938) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978538-157">[138]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-black-158">[139]</a> </td> <td>May 19, 1919<a href="#cite_note-159">[140]</a> – December 9, 1919 (lost election) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">40 </th> <td data-sort-value="Morrow, Edwin"><a href="/wiki/File:Edwin-P-Morrow,-speaking.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Edwin-P-Morrow%2C-speaking.jpg/75px-Edwin-P-Morrow%2C-speaking.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Edwin-P-Morrow%2C-speaking.jpg/113px-Edwin-P-Morrow%2C-speaking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Edwin-P-Morrow%2C-speaking.jpg/150px-Edwin-P-Morrow%2C-speaking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="489" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwin_P._Morrow" title="Edwin P. Morrow">Edwin P. Morrow</a> (1877–1935) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978539-160">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-morrow-161">[142]</a> </td> <td>December 9, 1919<a href="#cite_note-162">[143]</a> – December 11, 1923 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1919_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1919 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1919</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Thruston_Ballard" title="S. Thruston Ballard">S. Thruston Ballard</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">41 </th> <td data-sort-value="Fields, William"><a href="/wiki/File:William_J._Fields.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/William_J._Fields.jpg/75px-William_J._Fields.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/William_J._Fields.jpg/113px-William_J._Fields.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/William_J._Fields.jpg/150px-William_J._Fields.jpg 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="516" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fields" title="William J. Fields">William J. Fields</a> (1874–1954) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978539–540-163">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-fields-164">[145]</a> </td> <td>December 11, 1923<a href="#cite_note-165">[146]</a> – December 13, 1927 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1923 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1923</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Denhardt" title="Henry Denhardt">Henry Denhardt</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">42 </th> <td data-sort-value="Sampson, Flem"><a href="/wiki/File:Flem_D._Sampson_(KY).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flem_D._Sampson_%28KY%29.png/75px-Flem_D._Sampson_%28KY%29.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flem_D._Sampson_%28KY%29.png/113px-Flem_D._Sampson_%28KY%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flem_D._Sampson_%28KY%29.png/150px-Flem_D._Sampson_%28KY%29.png 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="639" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flem_D._Sampson" title="Flem D. Sampson">Flem D. Sampson</a> (1875–1967) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978540–541-166">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-sampson-167">[148]</a> </td> <td>December 13, 1927<a href="#cite_note-168">[149]</a> – December 8, 1931 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1927_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1927 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1927</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Breathitt_Jr." title="James Breathitt Jr.">James Breathitt Jr.</a><a href="#cite_note-ltdem-57">[h]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">43 </th> <td data-sort-value="Laffoon, Ruby"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruby_Laffoon_Portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruby_Laffoon_Portrait.png/75px-Ruby_Laffoon_Portrait.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruby_Laffoon_Portrait.png/113px-Ruby_Laffoon_Portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruby_Laffoon_Portrait.png/150px-Ruby_Laffoon_Portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="906" data-file-height="1208" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Laffoon" title="Ruby Laffoon">Ruby Laffoon</a> (1869–1941) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978541–542-169">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-laffoon-170">[151]</a> </td> <td>December 8, 1931<a href="#cite_note-171">[152]</a> – December 10, 1935 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1931_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1931 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1931</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Happy Chandler</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">44 </th> <td data-sort-value="Chandler, Happy"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._(KY).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg/75px-Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg/113px-Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg/150px-Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1459" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Happy Chandler</a> (1898–1991) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978542–543-172">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-chandler-173">[154]</a> </td> <td>December 10, 1935<a href="#cite_note-174">[155]</a> – October 9, 1939 (resigned)<a href="#cite_note-175">[t]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1935 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1935</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keen_Johnson" title="Keen Johnson">Keen Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">45 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Johnson, Keen"><a href="/wiki/File:Keen_Johnson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Keen_Johnson.jpg/75px-Keen_Johnson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Keen_Johnson.jpg/113px-Keen_Johnson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Keen_Johnson.jpg/150px-Keen_Johnson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="371" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Keen_Johnson" title="Keen Johnson">Keen Johnson</a> (1896–1970) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978543–544-176">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-johnson-177">[157]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">October 9, 1939<a href="#cite_note-178">[158]</a> – December 7, 1943 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1939_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1939 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1939</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodes_K._Myers" title="Rodes K. Myers">Rodes K. Myers</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">46 </th> <td data-sort-value="Willis, Simeon"><a href="/wiki/File:Simeon_Willis_(KY).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Simeon_Willis_%28KY%29.png/75px-Simeon_Willis_%28KY%29.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Simeon_Willis_%28KY%29.png/113px-Simeon_Willis_%28KY%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Simeon_Willis_%28KY%29.png/150px-Simeon_Willis_%28KY%29.png 2x" data-file-width="503" data-file-height="718" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Willis" title="Simeon Willis">Simeon Willis</a> (1879–1965) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978544–545-179">[159]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-willis-180">[160]</a> </td> <td>December 7, 1943<a href="#cite_note-181">[161]</a> – December 9, 1947 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1943_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1943 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1943</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_H._Tuggle" title="Kenneth H. Tuggle">Kenneth H. Tuggle</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">47 </th> <td data-sort-value="Clements, Earle"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle-Clements.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Earle-Clements.jpg/75px-Earle-Clements.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Earle-Clements.jpg/113px-Earle-Clements.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Earle-Clements.jpg/150px-Earle-Clements.jpg 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="478" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earle_Clements" title="Earle Clements">Earle Clements</a> (1896–1985) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978545–546-182">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-clements-183">[163]</a> </td> <td>December 9, 1947<a href="#cite_note-184">[164]</a> – November 27, 1950 (resigned)<a href="#cite_note-185">[u]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1947 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1947</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wetherby" title="Lawrence Wetherby">Lawrence Wetherby</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">48 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Wetherby, Lawrence"><a href="/wiki/File:Lawrence-Wetherby_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Lawrence-Wetherby_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Lawrence-Wetherby_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Lawrence-Wetherby_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Lawrence-Wetherby_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Lawrence-Wetherby_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Lawrence-Wetherby_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="239" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wetherby" title="Lawrence Wetherby">Lawrence Wetherby</a> (1908–1994) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978546–547-186">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-wetherby-187">[166]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">November 27, 1950<a href="#cite_note-188">[167]</a> – December 13, 1955 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1951 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1951</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emerson_Beauchamp" title="Emerson Beauchamp">Emerson Beauchamp</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">49 </th> <td data-sort-value="Chandler, Happy"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._(KY).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg/75px-Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg/113px-Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg/150px-Albert_B._Chandler_Sr._%28KY%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1459" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Happy Chandler</a> (1898–1991) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978542–543-172">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-chandler-173">[154]</a> </td> <td>December 13, 1955<a href="#cite_note-189">[168]</a> – December 8, 1959 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1955_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1955 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1955</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Lee_Waterfield" title="Harry Lee Waterfield">Harry Lee Waterfield</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">50 </th> <td data-sort-value="Combs, Bert"><a href="/wiki/File:Bert-Combs_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Bert-Combs_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Bert-Combs_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Bert-Combs_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Bert-Combs_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Bert-Combs_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Bert-Combs_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="442" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bert_Combs" title="Bert Combs">Bert Combs</a> (1911–1991) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978547–548-190">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-combs-191">[170]</a> </td> <td>December 8, 1959<a href="#cite_note-192">[171]</a> – December 10, 1963 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1959 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1959</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilson_W._Wyatt" title="Wilson W. Wyatt">Wilson W. Wyatt</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">51 </th> <td data-sort-value="Breathitt, Ned"><a href="/wiki/File:Ned-Breathitt-at-desk_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ned-Breathitt-at-desk_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Ned-Breathitt-at-desk_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ned-Breathitt-at-desk_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Ned-Breathitt-at-desk_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ned-Breathitt-at-desk_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Ned-Breathitt-at-desk_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="208" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ned_Breathitt" title="Ned Breathitt">Ned Breathitt</a> (1924–2003) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978548-193">[172]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-breathitt-ned-194">[173]</a> </td> <td>December 10, 1963<a href="#cite_note-195">[174]</a> – December 12, 1967 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1963 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1963</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Lee_Waterfield" title="Harry Lee Waterfield">Harry Lee Waterfield</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">52 </th> <td data-sort-value="Nunn, Louie"><a href="/wiki/File:Louie-Nunn_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Louie-Nunn_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Louie-Nunn_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Louie-Nunn_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Louie-Nunn_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Louie-Nunn_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Louie-Nunn_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="280" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louie_Nunn" title="Louie Nunn">Louie Nunn</a> (1924–2004) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978549–550-196">[175]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-nunn-197">[176]</a> </td> <td>December 12, 1967<a href="#cite_note-198">[177]</a> – December 7, 1971 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1967 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1967</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Ford" title="Wendell Ford">Wendell Ford</a><a href="#cite_note-ltdem-57">[h]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">53 </th> <td data-sort-value="Ford, Wendell"><a href="/wiki/File:Sen_Wendell_Ford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sen_Wendell_Ford.jpg/75px-Sen_Wendell_Ford.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sen_Wendell_Ford.jpg/113px-Sen_Wendell_Ford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sen_Wendell_Ford.jpg/150px-Sen_Wendell_Ford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="372" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Ford" title="Wendell Ford">Wendell Ford</a> (1924–2015) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978550-199">[178]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-ford-200">[179]</a> </td> <td>December 7, 1971<a href="#cite_note-201">[180]</a> – December 28, 1974 (resigned)<a href="#cite_note-202">[v]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1971_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1971 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1971</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julian_Carroll" title="Julian Carroll">Julian Carroll</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">54 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Carroll, Julian"><a href="/wiki/File:Julian-Carroll.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Julian-Carroll.jpg/75px-Julian-Carroll.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Julian-Carroll.jpg/113px-Julian-Carroll.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Julian-Carroll.jpg/150px-Julian-Carroll.jpg 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="344" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Carroll" title="Julian Carroll">Julian Carroll</a> (1931–2023) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978551-203">[181]</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-carroll-204">[182]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">December 28, 1974<a href="#cite_note-205">[183]</a> – December 11, 1979 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEEEEE;">Succeeded from lieutenant governor </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;">Vacant </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1975_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1975 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1975</a> </td> <td rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thelma_Stovall" title="Thelma Stovall">Thelma Stovall</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">55 </th> <td data-sort-value="Brown, John 2"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Y._Brown_Jr._(KY).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/John_Y._Brown_Jr._%28KY%29.png/75px-John_Y._Brown_Jr._%28KY%29.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/John_Y._Brown_Jr._%28KY%29.png/113px-John_Y._Brown_Jr._%28KY%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/John_Y._Brown_Jr._%28KY%29.png/150px-John_Y._Brown_Jr._%28KY%29.png 2x" data-file-width="446" data-file-height="593" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Y._Brown_Jr." title="John Y. Brown Jr.">John Y. Brown Jr.</a> (1933–2022) <a href="#cite_note-nga-brown-john2-206">[184]</a> </td> <td>December 11, 1979<a href="#cite_note-207">[185]</a> – December 13, 1983 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-brown-john2-206">[184]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1979 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1979</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martha_Layne_Collins" title="Martha Layne Collins">Martha Layne Collins</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">56 </th> <td data-sort-value="Collins, Martha"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._Governor_Martha_Layne_Collins_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Lt._Governor_Martha_Layne_Collins_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Lt._Governor_Martha_Layne_Collins_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Lt._Governor_Martha_Layne_Collins_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Lt._Governor_Martha_Layne_Collins_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Lt._Governor_Martha_Layne_Collins_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Lt._Governor_Martha_Layne_Collins_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="373" data-file-height="504" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martha_Layne_Collins" title="Martha Layne Collins">Martha Layne Collins</a> (<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1936) <a href="#cite_note-nga-collins-208">[186]</a> </td> <td>December 13, 1983<a href="#cite_note-209">[187]</a> – December 8, 1987 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-collins-208">[186]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1983 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1983</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Beshear" title="Steve Beshear">Steve Beshear</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">57 </th> <td data-sort-value="Wilkinson, Wallace"><a href="/wiki/File:Wallace_Wilkinson_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wallace_Wilkinson_crop.jpg/75px-Wallace_Wilkinson_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wallace_Wilkinson_crop.jpg/113px-Wallace_Wilkinson_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wallace_Wilkinson_crop.jpg/150px-Wallace_Wilkinson_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="539" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Wilkinson" title="Wallace Wilkinson">Wallace Wilkinson</a> (1941–2002) <a href="#cite_note-nga-wilkinson-210">[188]</a> </td> <td>December 8, 1987<a href="#cite_note-211">[189]</a> – December 10, 1991 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1850-96">[n]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-wilkinson-210">[188]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1987 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1987</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brereton_C._Jones" title="Brereton C. Jones">Brereton C. Jones</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">58 </th> <td data-sort-value="Jones, Brereton"><a href="/wiki/File:Nate_Morris_Gov_Jones_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nate_Morris_Gov_Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Nate_Morris_Gov_Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nate_Morris_Gov_Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Nate_Morris_Gov_Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nate_Morris_Gov_Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Nate_Morris_Gov_Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="946" data-file-height="1147" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brereton_C._Jones" title="Brereton C. Jones">Brereton C. Jones</a> (1939–2023) <a href="#cite_note-nga-jones-212">[190]</a> </td> <td>December 10, 1991<a href="#cite_note-213">[191]</a> – December 12, 1995 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1992-215">[w]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-jones-212">[190]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1991 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1991</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_E._Patton" title="Paul E. Patton">Paul E. Patton</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">59 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Patton, Paul"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_E._Patton_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Paul_E._Patton_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Paul_E._Patton_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Paul_E._Patton_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Paul_E._Patton_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Paul_E._Patton_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Paul_E._Patton_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="799" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Paul_E._Patton" title="Paul E. Patton">Paul E. Patton</a> (<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1937) <a href="#cite_note-nga-patton-216">[193]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">December 12, 1995<a href="#cite_note-217">[194]</a> – December 9, 2003 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1992-215">[w]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-patton-216">[193]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1995 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1995</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Henry" title="Steve Henry">Steve Henry</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="1999 Kentucky gubernatorial election">1999</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">60 </th> <td data-sort-value="Fletcher, Ernie"><a href="/wiki/File:Ernie_Fletcher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Ernie_Fletcher.jpg/75px-Ernie_Fletcher.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Ernie_Fletcher.jpg/113px-Ernie_Fletcher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Ernie_Fletcher.jpg/150px-Ernie_Fletcher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="564" data-file-height="694" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Fletcher" title="Ernie Fletcher">Ernie Fletcher</a> (<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1952) <a href="#cite_note-nga-fletcher-218">[195]</a> </td> <td>December 9, 2003<a href="#cite_note-219">[196]</a> – December 11, 2007 (lost election) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-fletcher-218">[195]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="2003 Kentucky gubernatorial election">2003</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Pence" title="Steve Pence">Steve Pence</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup">61 </th> <td rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Beshear, Steve"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_Beshear_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Steve_Beshear_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/75px-Steve_Beshear_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Steve_Beshear_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/113px-Steve_Beshear_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Steve_Beshear_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/150px-Steve_Beshear_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1781" data-file-height="2231" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Beshear" title="Steve Beshear">Steve Beshear</a> (<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1944) <a href="#cite_note-nga-beshear-steve-220">[197]</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">December 11, 2007<a href="#cite_note-221">[198]</a> – December 8, 2015 (term-limited)<a href="#cite_note-limits-1992-215">[w]</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-beshear-steve-220">[197]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election">2007</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Mongiardo" title="Daniel Mongiardo">Daniel Mongiardo</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2011_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="2011 Kentucky gubernatorial election">2011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Abramson" title="Jerry Abramson">Jerry Abramson</a> (resigned November 13, 2014) </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Crit_Luallen" title="Crit Luallen">Crit Luallen</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th scope="row">62 </th> <td data-sort-value="Bevin, Matt"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Bevin_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Matt_Bevin_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Matt_Bevin_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Matt_Bevin_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Matt_Bevin_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Matt_Bevin_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Matt_Bevin_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="934" data-file-height="1203" /></a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Bevin" title="Matt Bevin">Matt Bevin</a> (<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1967) <a href="#cite_note-nga-bevin-222">[199]</a> </td> <td>December 8, 2015<a href="#cite_note-223">[200]</a> – December 10, 2019 (lost election) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-bevin-222">[199]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election">2015</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jenean_Hampton" title="Jenean Hampton">Jenean Hampton</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <th rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup">63 </th> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Beshear, Andy"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Beshear_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Governor_Beshear_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Governor_Beshear_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Governor_Beshear_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Governor_Beshear_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Governor_Beshear_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Governor_Beshear_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="954" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">Andy Beshear</a> (<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1977) <a href="#cite_note-nga-beshear-andy-224">[201]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">December 10, 2019<a href="#cite_note-225">[202]</a> – Incumbent<a href="#cite_note-227">[x]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic</a><a href="#cite_note-nga-beshear-andy-224">[201]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election">2019</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Coleman" title="Jacqueline Coleman">Jacqueline Coleman</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:2em;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election">2023</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Confederate_governors">Confederate governors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_governors_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Confederate governors">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-clear-right"><div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gwjohnson_ky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Gwjohnson_ky.jpg/170px-Gwjohnson_ky.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Gwjohnson_ky.jpg/255px-Gwjohnson_ky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Gwjohnson_ky.jpg/340px-Gwjohnson_ky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="958" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(governor)" title="George W. Johnson (governor)">George W. Johnson</a>, 1st Confederate Governor of Kentucky</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard-Hawes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Richard-Hawes.jpg/170px-Richard-Hawes.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Richard-Hawes.jpg/255px-Richard-Hawes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Richard-Hawes.jpg/340px-Richard-Hawes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="818" data-file-height="978" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hawes" title="Richard Hawes">Richard Hawes</a>, 2nd Confederate Governor of Kentucky</figcaption></figure> </div></div> During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, a group of secessionists met at <a href="/wiki/Russellville,_Kentucky" title="Russellville, Kentucky">Russellville</a> to form a <a href="/wiki/Confederate_government_of_Kentucky" title="Confederate government of Kentucky">Confederate government</a> for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This government never successfully displaced the government in <a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a>, and Kentucky remained in the Union through the entire war. Two men were elected governor of the Confederate government: <a href="/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(governor)" title="George W. Johnson (governor)">George W. Johnson</a>, who served from November 20, 1861, to his death on April 8, 1862, at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh" title="Battle of Shiloh">Battle of Shiloh</a>, and, on Johnson's death, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hawes" title="Richard Hawes">Richard Hawes</a>, who served until the Confederate surrender on April 9, 1865. The Confederate government disbanded shortly after the end of the war in 1865.<a href="#cite_note-228">[204]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_governors_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Kentucky_history" title="Timeline of Kentucky history">Timeline of Kentucky history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kentucky_General_Assemblies" title="List of Kentucky General Assemblies">List of Kentucky General Assemblies</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_governors_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a> The state labels Matt Bevin as the 62nd governor;<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> based on this, subsequent terms of repeat governors are numbered. </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a> The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1799.<a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a> Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted. </li> <li id="cite_note-limits-1799-29">^ <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1799_29-8">i</a> Under the 1799 constitution, governors were ineligible for seven years after the end of their term.<a href="#cite_note-28">[25]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> The constitutional start date would have been August 27;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> however, contemporary news indicates Madison succeeded Shelby on September 5.<a href="#cite_note-36">[32]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a> The constitutional start date would have been August 29;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977205–208-24">[21]</a> however, what little contemporary reporting that has been found says he was inaugurated on September 7.<a href="#cite_note-43">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[39]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a> Kallenbach labels Metcalfe both as a <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977206-52">[46]</a> and a National Republican;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKallenbach1977209-53">[47]</a> Glashan labels him a National Republican;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGlashan1979108-54">[48]</a> and Dubin<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDubin20031828-55">[49]</a> and Sobel<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978514-49">[43]</a> describe him as a pro-Adams Administration candidate. </li> <li id="cite_note-ltdem-57">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ltdem_57-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ltdem_57-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ltdem_57-2">c</a> Represented the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Democratic_Party" title="Kentucky Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a> Represented the <a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Party" title="National Republican Party">National Republican Party</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a> Glashan labels Morehead a National Republican,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGlashan1979104-65">[56]</a> and Sobel notes he succeeded to governor as a Whig,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978515–516-62">[53]</a> as the National Republicans had transitioned into the Whig Party in 1834. </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a> Crittenden resigned, having been confirmed as <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of the United States">Attorney General of the United States</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978519–520-82">[72]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a> The 1850 constitution shifted the election schedule forward, shortening this term by a year. </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a> Helm was sworn in on July 31, but contemporary sources say Crittenden resigned on July 30.<a href="#cite_note-90">[78]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-limits-1850-96">^ <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-12">m</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-13">n</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-14">o</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-15">p</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-16">q</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-17">r</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-18">s</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-19">t</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-20">u</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-21">v</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-22">w</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-23">x</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-24">y</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-25">z</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-26">aa</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1850_96-27">ab</a> Under the 1850 constitution, governors were ineligible for four years after the end of their term.<a href="#cite_note-95">[82]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a> Represented the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig Party</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a> Magoffin resigned due to disagreement with the state legislature over neutrality in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978523–524-102">[87]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-117"><a href="#cite_ref-117">^</a> Stevenson resigned, having been <a href="/wiki/1871_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1871 United States Senate election in Kentucky">elected</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978526–527-114">[98]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-elect-1899-143">^ <a href="#cite_ref-elect-1899_143-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect-1899_143-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect-1899_143-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-elect-1899_143-3">d</a> Taylor won the 1899 election and was sworn into office. However, the legislature challenged the validity of his win, claiming ballot fraud. His challenger, Goebel, was shot on January 30, 1900, but was named governor by the legislature and sworn in the next day; he died three days later. Since Lieutenant Governor Marshall's win had also been invalidated, Beckham, having been named lieutenant governor, succeeded Goebel.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978533–534-139">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978534-142">[125]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-156"><a href="#cite_ref-156">^</a> Stanley resigned, having been <a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" title="1918 United States Senate election in Kentucky">elected</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978537–538-153">[135]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-175"><a href="#cite_ref-175">^</a> Chandler resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978542–543-172">[153]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-185"><a href="#cite_ref-185">^</a> Clements resigned, having been <a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 United States Senate special election in Kentucky">elected</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978545–546-182">[162]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-202"><a href="#cite_ref-202">^</a> Ford resigned, having been <a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" title="1974 United States Senate election in Kentucky">elected</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESobel1978550-199">[178]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-limits-1992-215">^ <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1992_215-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1992_215-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-limits-1992_215-2">c</a> Under a 1992 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible for four years after the end of their second consecutive elected term.<a href="#cite_note-214">[192]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-227"><a href="#cite_ref-227">^</a> Beshear's second term began on December 12, 2023, and <a href="/wiki/2027_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election" title="2027 Kentucky gubernatorial election">will expire</a> December 7, 2027; he will be term-limited.<a href="#cite_note-226">[203]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_governors_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>General</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100708030053/http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYGovernors.htm">"Kentucky's Governors"</a>. 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Retrieved July 25, 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.ourcampaigns.com&rft.atitle=Our+Campaigns+-+Governor+of+Kentucky+%28CSA%29+-+History&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourcampaigns.com%2FContainerHistory.html%3FContainerID%3D68438&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+governors+of+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Constitution</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100617101832/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Legresou/Constitu/list1.htm">"Kentucky Constitution"</a>. Kentucky Legislature. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Legresou/Constitu/list1.htm">the original</a> on June 17, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kentucky+Constitution&rft.pub=Kentucky+Legislature&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrc.ky.gov%2FLegresou%2FConstitu%2Flist1.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+governors+of+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100313211032/http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/7471028C-8BCC-41A2-BA80-02013D4FA550/0/1stKYConstitution.pdf">"1792 Kentucky Constitution"</a> (PDF). Commonwealth of Kentucky. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/7471028C-8BCC-41A2-BA80-02013D4FA550/0/1stKYConstitution.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on March 13, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1792+Kentucky+Constitution&rft.pub=Commonwealth+of+Kentucky&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcourts.ky.gov%2FNR%2Frdonlyres%2F7471028C-8BCC-41A2-BA80-02013D4FA550%2F0%2F1stKYConstitution.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+governors+of+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100313211007/http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E5470543-A249-4265-8EDD-0C0DDD6A7212/0/2ndKYConstitution.pdf">"1799 Kentucky Constitution"</a> (PDF). Commonwealth of Kentucky. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E5470543-A249-4265-8EDD-0C0DDD6A7212/0/2ndKYConstitution.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on March 13, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1799+Kentucky+Constitution&rft.pub=Commonwealth+of+Kentucky&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcourts.ky.gov%2FNR%2Frdonlyres%2FE5470543-A249-4265-8EDD-0C0DDD6A7212%2F0%2F2ndKYConstitution.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+governors+of+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100313210940/http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/514E219E-9A7A-4D29-A862-0C9BD00A3EC1/0/3rdKYConstitution.pdf">"1850 Kentucky Constitution"</a> (PDF). Commonwealth of Kentucky. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/514E219E-9A7A-4D29-A862-0C9BD00A3EC1/0/3rdKYConstitution.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on March 13, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1850+Kentucky+Constitution&rft.pub=Commonwealth+of+Kentucky&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcourts.ky.gov%2FNR%2Frdonlyres%2F514E219E-9A7A-4D29-A862-0C9BD00A3EC1%2F0%2F3rdKYConstitution.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+governors+of+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Specific</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> KY Const. § 69. </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> KY Const. § 75. </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> KY Const. § 81 </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> KY Const. § 88. </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> KY Const. § 80. </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> KY Const. § 77. </li> <li id="cite_note-encyclopedia-7">^ <a href="#cite_ref-encyclopedia_7-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-encyclopedia_7-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKleber1992" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Governor, Office of". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8131-1772-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-8131-1772-0"><bdi>0-8131-1772-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Governor%2C+Office+of&rft.btitle=The+Kentucky+Encyclopedia&rft.place=Lexington&rft.pub=The+University+Press+of+Kentucky&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-8131-1772-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+governors+of+Kentucky" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKleber1992" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Goebel Assassination". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. 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III, § 3–5 </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a> KY Const. § 71 </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> 1792 Const. art. III, § 16–18 </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> 1799 Const. art. III, § 16–18 </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> KY Const. § 70 </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://governor.ky.gov/about/governor-matt-bevin/">"Governor Matt Bevin"</a>. Governor of Kentucky. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Madison" title="George Madison">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Slaughter" title="Gabriel Slaughter">Slaughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adair" title="John Adair">Adair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Desha" title="Joseph Desha">Desha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Metcalfe_(Kentucky_politician)" title="Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky politician)">Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Breathitt" title="John Breathitt">J. Breathitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_T._Morehead_(Kentucky_politician)" title="James T. Morehead (Kentucky politician)">J. T. Morehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Clark_(Kentucky_politician)" title="James Clark (Kentucky politician)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Wickliffe" title="Charles A. Wickliffe">Wickliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Letcher" title="Robert P. Letcher">Letcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Owsley" title="William Owsley">Owsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Crittenden" title="John J. Crittenden">Crittenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Helm" title="John L. Helm">Helm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_W._Powell" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazarus W. Powell">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Morehead" title="Charles S. Morehead">C. S. Morehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beriah_Magoffin" title="Beriah Magoffin">Magoffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(governor)" title="George W. Johnson (governor)">G. W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Fisher_Robinson" title="James Fisher Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hawes" title="Richard Hawes">Hawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Bramlette" title="Thomas E. Bramlette">Bramlette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Helm" title="John L. Helm">Helm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Stevenson" title="John W. Stevenson">Stevenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_Leslie" title="Preston Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_B._McCreary" title="James B. McCreary">McCreary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_P._Blackburn" title="Luke P. Blackburn">Blackburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Proctor_Knott" title="J. Proctor Knott">Knott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner" title="Simon Bolivar Buckner">Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Y._Brown_(politician,_born_1835)" title="John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835)">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Connell_Bradley" title="William O'Connell Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Taylor_(Kentucky_politician)" title="William S. Taylor (Kentucky politician)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Goebel" title="William Goebel">Goebel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._C._W._Beckham" title="J. C. W. Beckham">Beckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_E._Willson" title="Augustus E. Willson">Willson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_B._McCreary" title="James B. McCreary">McCreary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._Black" title="James D. Black">Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_P._Morrow" title="Edwin P. Morrow">Morrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fields" title="William J. Fields">Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flem_D._Sampson" title="Flem D. Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Laffoon" title="Ruby Laffoon">Laffoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keen_Johnson" title="Keen Johnson">K. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Willis" title="Simeon Willis">Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earle_Clements" title="Earle Clements">Clements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wetherby" title="Lawrence Wetherby">Wetherby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Combs" title="Bert Combs">Combs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Breathitt" title="Ned Breathitt">N. Breathitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Nunn" title="Louie Nunn">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Ford" title="Wendell Ford">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Carroll" title="Julian Carroll">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Y._Brown_Jr." title="John Y. Brown Jr.">Brown Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Layne_Collins" title="Martha Layne Collins">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Wilkinson" title="Wallace Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brereton_C._Jones" title="Brereton C. Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_E._Patton" title="Paul E. Patton">Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Fletcher" title="Ernie Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Beshear" title="Steve Beshear">S. Beshear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Bevin" title="Matt Bevin">Bevin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">A. Beshear</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px;padding-left:1.5em;"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/80px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/120px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/160px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="662" data-file-height="662" /></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/16px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/23px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">California</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_California" title="List of governors of California">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Connecticut" title="List of governors of Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Florida" title="List of governors of Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Georgia" title="Governor of Georgia">Georgia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Georgia" title="List of governors of Georgia">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Hawaii" title="Governor of Hawaii">Hawaii</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Hawaii" title="List of governors of Hawaii">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Idaho" title="List of governors of Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Illinois</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Illinois" title="List of governors of Illinois">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">Indiana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Indiana" title="List of governors of Indiana">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Iowa" title="List of governors of Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kansas" title="List of governors of Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">Louisiana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Louisiana" title="List of governors of Louisiana">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">Maine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Maine" title="List of governors of Maine">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">Maryland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Maryland" title="List of governors of Maryland">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Michigan" title="Governor of Michigan">Michigan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Michigan" title="List of governors of Michigan">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Minnesota</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Minnesota" title="List of governors of Minnesota">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Governor of Mississippi">Mississippi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Mississippi" title="List of governors of Mississippi">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Missouri" title="List of governors of Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Montana" title="List of governors of Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nebraska" title="List of governors of Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nevada" title="List of governors of Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_Hampshire" title="List of governors of New Hampshire">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">New Jersey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_Jersey" title="List of governors of New Jersey">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Governor of New Mexico">New Mexico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_Mexico" title="List of governors of New Mexico">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">New York</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_York" title="List of governors of New York">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">North Carolina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Carolina" title="List of governors of North Carolina">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Dakota" title="Governor of North Dakota">North Dakota</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Ohio" title="List of governors of Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Governor of Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Oklahoma" title="List of governors of Oklahoma">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oregon" title="Governor of Oregon">Oregon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Oregon" title="List of governors of Oregon">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Pennsylvania" title="List of governors of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rhode_Island" title="Governor of Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of governors of Rhode Island">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Governor of South Carolina">South Carolina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Carolina" title="List of governors of South Carolina">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Governor of South Dakota">South Dakota</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Dakota" title="List of governors of South Dakota">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Tennessee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tennessee" title="List of governors of Tennessee">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">Texas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Texas" title="List of governors of Texas">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Utah" title="List of governors of Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vermont" title="Governor of Vermont">Vermont</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Vermont" title="List of governors of Vermont">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Virginia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of governors of Virginia">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Washington" title="List of governors of Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Virginia" title="List of governors of West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wisconsin" title="List of governors of Wisconsin">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wyoming" title="List of governors of Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_governors_of_insular_areas_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Lists of governors of insular areas of the United States">Territorial</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_governors#Territory_governors" title="List of current United States governors">current list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_American_Samoa" title="List of governors of American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Mayor of the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Washington,_D.C." title="List of mayors of Washington, D.C.">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Guam" title="List of governors of Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="List of governors of the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Puerto_Rico" title="List of governors of Puerto Rico">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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Philippines">Philippine Commonwealth</a> (until 1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands" title="High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands">Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Dominican_Republic#Foreign_governors_and_military_commanders_since_1903" title="List of presidents of the Dominican Republic">Santo Domingo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a> (capital)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Kentucky" title="Outline of Kentucky">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Kentucky-related_articles" title="Index of Kentucky-related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Kentucky" title="Cuisine of Kentucky">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Environment_of_Kentucky" title="Category:Environment of Kentucky">Environment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Kentucky" title="Climate change in Kentucky">climate change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Geography" title="Kentucky">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kentucky" title="History of Kentucky">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_education_in_Kentucky" title="History of education 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href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kentucky" title="Flag of Kentucky">flag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_theaters_in_Kentucky" title="List of theaters in Kentucky">Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourism_in_Kentucky" title="Category:Tourism in Kentucky">Tourism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Kentucky" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Kentucky">tourist attractions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Kentucky" title="Transportation in Kentucky">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Kentucky" title="Category:Kentucky">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Kentucky-related_articles" title="Index of Kentucky-related articles">Index</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Kentucky" title="Abortion in Kentucky">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kentucky" title="Culture of Kentucky">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Kentucky" title="Crime in Kentucky">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kentucky" title="Demographics of Kentucky">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Economy" title="Kentucky">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kentucky" title="Education in Kentucky">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Kentucky" title="Elections in Kentucky">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Kentucky" title="Gun laws in Kentucky">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Kentucky">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Kentucky">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Politics" title="Kentucky">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Kentucky" title="Sports in Kentucky">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Kentucky" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_region" title="Bluegrass region">The Bluegrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Coalfield" title="Eastern Kentucky Coalfield">Eastern Kentucky Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knobs_region" title="Knobs region">The Knobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky" title="Northern Kentucky">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennyroyal_Plateau" title="Pennyroyal Plateau">Pennyroyal Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Purchase" title="Jackson Purchase">The Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Coal_Field" title="Western Coal Field">Western Coal Fields</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kentucky" title="List of cities in Kentucky">25 largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" title="Covington, Kentucky">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Kentucky" title="Richmond, Kentucky">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Kentucky" title="Georgetown, Kentucky">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Kentucky" title="Florence, Kentucky">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinsville,_Kentucky" title="Hopkinsville, Kentucky">Hopkinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholasville,_Kentucky" title="Nicholasville, Kentucky">Nicholasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Kentucky" title="Elizabethtown, Kentucky">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Kentucky" title="Independence, Kentucky">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky" title="Henderson, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffersontown,_Kentucky" title="Jeffersontown, Kentucky">Jeffersontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radcliff,_Kentucky" title="Radcliff, Kentucky">Radcliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" title="Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray,_Kentucky" title="Murray, Kentucky">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlanger,_Kentucky" title="Erlanger, Kentucky">Erlanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Kentucky" title="Winchester, Kentucky">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Kentucky" title="Madisonville, Kentucky">Madisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Washington,_Kentucky" title="Mount Washington, Kentucky">Mount Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Matthews,_Kentucky" title="St. Matthews, Kentucky">St. Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">Metropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_metropolitan_area,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown_metropolitan_area" title="Elizabethtown metropolitan area">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_metropolitan_area" title="Evansville metropolitan area">Evansville, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington%E2%80%93Fayette_metropolitan_area" title="Lexington–Fayette metropolitan area">Lexington–Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_metropolitan_area" title="Louisville metropolitan area">Louisville/Jefferson County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_metropolitan_area" title="Cincinnati metropolitan area">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_metropolitan_area" title="Owensboro metropolitan area">Owensboro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Kentucky" title="Adair County, Kentucky">Adair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_County,_Kentucky" title="Allen County, Kentucky">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Anderson County, Kentucky">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballard_County,_Kentucky" title="Ballard County, Kentucky">Ballard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barren_County,_Kentucky" title="Barren County, Kentucky">Barren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Kentucky" title="Bath County, Kentucky">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Kentucky" title="Bell County, Kentucky">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Kentucky" title="Boone County, Kentucky">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourbon_County,_Kentucky" title="Bourbon County, Kentucky">Bourbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyd County, Kentucky">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyle_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyle County, Kentucky">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracken_County,_Kentucky" title="Bracken County, Kentucky">Bracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breathitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Breathitt County, Kentucky">Breathitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breckinridge_County,_Kentucky" title="Breckinridge County, Kentucky">Breckinridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Bullitt County, Kentucky">Bullitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kentucky" title="Butler County, Kentucky">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky" title="Caldwell County, Kentucky">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calloway_County,_Kentucky" title="Calloway County, Kentucky">Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Kentucky" title="Campbell County, Kentucky">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_County,_Kentucky" title="Carlisle County, Kentucky">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Kentucky" title="Carroll County, Kentucky">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Kentucky" title="Carter County, Kentucky">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_County,_Kentucky" title="Casey County, Kentucky">Casey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Kentucky" title="Christian County, Kentucky">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Kentucky" title="Clark County, Kentucky">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kentucky" title="Clay County, Kentucky">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Kentucky" title="Clinton County, Kentucky">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crittenden_County,_Kentucky" title="Crittenden County, Kentucky">Crittenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Kentucky" title="Cumberland County, Kentucky">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonson_County,_Kentucky" title="Edmonson County, Kentucky">Edmonson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_County,_Kentucky" title="Elliott County, Kentucky">Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estill_County,_Kentucky" title="Estill County, Kentucky">Estill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky" title="Fayette County, Kentucky">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleming_County,_Kentucky" title="Fleming County, Kentucky">Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Floyd County, Kentucky">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Kentucky" title="Franklin County, Kentucky">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Kentucky" title="Fulton County, Kentucky">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Kentucky" title="Gallatin County, Kentucky">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrard_County,_Kentucky" title="Garrard County, Kentucky">Garrard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Kentucky" title="Grant County, Kentucky">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graves_County,_Kentucky" title="Graves County, Kentucky">Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Kentucky" title="Grayson County, Kentucky">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_County,_Kentucky" title="Green County, Kentucky">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenup_County,_Kentucky" title="Greenup County, Kentucky">Greenup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Kentucky" title="Hancock County, Kentucky">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Kentucky" title="Hardin County, Kentucky">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_County,_Kentucky" title="Harlan County, Kentucky">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Kentucky" title="Harrison County, Kentucky">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart_County,_Kentucky" title="Hart County, Kentucky">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Henderson County, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Kentucky" title="Henry County, Kentucky">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickman_County,_Kentucky" title="Hickman County, Kentucky">Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_County,_Kentucky" title="Hopkins County, Kentucky">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jackson County, Kentucky">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessamine_County,_Kentucky" title="Jessamine County, Kentucky">Jessamine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kentucky" title="Johnson County, Kentucky">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenton_County,_Kentucky" title="Kenton County, Kentucky">Kenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knott_County,_Kentucky" title="Knott County, Kentucky">Knott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Kentucky" title="Knox County, Kentucky">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaRue_County,_Kentucky" title="LaRue County, Kentucky">LaRue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_County,_Kentucky" title="Laurel County, Kentucky">Laurel</a></li> <li><a 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Kentucky">Magoffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Kentucky" title="Marion County, Kentucky">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Kentucky" title="Marshall County, Kentucky">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Kentucky" title="Martin County, Kentucky">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Kentucky" title="Mason County, Kentucky">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCracken_County,_Kentucky" title="McCracken County, Kentucky">McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCreary_County,_Kentucky" title="McCreary County, Kentucky">McCreary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Kentucky" title="McLean County, Kentucky">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meade_County,_Kentucky" title="Meade County, Kentucky">Meade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menifee_County,_Kentucky" title="Menifee County, Kentucky">Menifee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Kentucky" title="Mercer County, Kentucky">Mercer</a></li> <li><a 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