Historical Record
Previous Governors of Kentucky
Governors who previously held office in Kentucky, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesAndy BeshearDemocrat2019–2027
Matt BevinRepublican2015–2019
Steve BeshearDemocrat2007–2015
Ernie FletcherRepublican2003–2007
Paul E. PattonDemocrat1995–2003
Brereton C. JonesDemocrat1991–1995
Wallace WilkinsonDemocrat1987–1991
Martha Layne CollinsDemocrat1983–1987
John Y. Brown Jr.Democrat1979–1983
Julian CarrollDemocrat1974–1979
Wendell FordDemocrat1971–1974
Louie NunnRepublican1967–1971
Ned BreathittDemocrat1963–1967
Bert CombsDemocrat1959–1963
Happy ChandlerDemocrat1955–1959
Lawrence WetherbyDemocrat1950–1955
Earle ClementsDemocrat1947–1950
Simeon WillisRepublican1943–1947
Keen JohnsonDemocrat1939–1943
Happy ChandlerDemocrat1935–1939
Ruby LaffoonDemocrat1931–1935
Flem D. SampsonRepublican1927–1931
William J. FieldsDemocrat1923–1927
Edwin P. MorrowRepublican1919–1923
James D. BlackDemocrat1919–1919
Augustus Owsley StanleyDemocrat1915–1919
James B. McCrearyDemocrat1911–1915
Augustus E. WillsonRepublican1907–1911
J. C. W. BeckhamDemocrat1900–1907
William GoebelDemocrat1900–1900
William S. TaylorRepublican1899–1900
William O'Connell BradleyRepublican1895–1899
John Y. BrownDemocrat1891–1895
Simon Bolivar BucknerDemocrat1887–1891
J. Proctor KnottDemocrat1883–1887
Luke P. BlackburnDemocrat1879–1883
James B. McCrearyDemocrat1875–1879
Preston LeslieDemocrat1871–1875
John W. StevensonDemocrat1867–1871
Thomas E. BramletteDemocrat1863–1867
John L. HelmDemocrat1867–1867
James Fisher RobinsonDemocrat1862–1863
Beriah MagoffinDemocrat1859–1862
Charles S. MoreheadIndependent1855–1859
Lazarus W. PowellDemocrat1851–1855
John L. HelmIndependent1850–1851
John J. CrittendenIndependent1848–1850
William OwsleyIndependent1844–1848
Robert P. LetcherIndependent1840–1844
Charles A. WickliffeIndependent1839–1840
James ClarkIndependent1836–1839
James Turner MoreheadIndependent1834–1836
John BreathittIndependent1832–1834
Thomas MetcalfeIndependent1828–1832
Joseph DeshaIndependent1824–1828
John AdairIndependent1820–1824
Gabriel SlaughterIndependent1816–1820
Isaac ShelbyIndependent1812–1816
George MadisonIndependent1816–1816
Charles ScottIndependent1808–1812
Christopher GreenupIndependent1804–1808
James GarrardIndependent1796–1804
Isaac ShelbyIndependent1792–1796