KENTUCKY GOVERNOR BIOGRAPHIES

KENTUCKY GENEALOGIES BY FILE NAME

Kentucky Governor Biographies

Helm, John LaRue

Kentucky Other Biographies

Birney II, James Gillespie

Breckinridge, John C.

Breckinridge, John

Clay I, Henry

Johnson, Richard Mentor

Kentucky Governor Genealogies by Surname

State of Kentucky Governors with Dates:

Shelby, Isaac 1792-1796, 1812-1816

Garrard, James 1796-1804

Greenup, Christopher 1804-1808

Scott, Charles 1808-1812

Madison, George 1816

Slaughter, Gabriel 1816-1820 Adair, John 1820-1824

Desha, Joseph 1824-1828 Metcalfe, Thomas 1828-1832

Breathitt, John 1832-1834

Morehead, James T. 1834-1836

Clark, James 1836-1839

Wickliffe, Charles A. 1839-1840

Letcher, Robert P. 1840-1844

Owsley, William 1844-1848

Crittenden, John J. 1848-1850

Helm, John L. 1850-1851, 1867

Powell, Lazarus W. 1851-1855

Morehead, Charles S. 1855-1859

Magoffin, Beriah 1859-1862

Hawes II, Richard (Confederate Governor) 1862

Robinson, James F. 1862-1863

Bramlette, Thomas E. 1863-1867

Stevenson, John W. 1867-1871

Leslie, Preston H. 1871-1875

McCreary, James B.1875-1879, 1911-1915

Blackburn, Luke P. 1879-1883

Knott, J. Proctor 1883-1887

Buckner, Simon B. 1887-1891

Brown I, John Young 1891-1895

Bradley, William O. 1895-1899

Taylor, William S. 1899-1900

Goebel, William 1900

Beckham, John Crepps Wickliffe 1900-1907

Willson, Augustus E. 1907-1911

Stanley I, Augustus Owsley 1915-1919

Black, James Dixon (Acting) 1919

Morrow, Edwin P. 1919-1923

Fields, William J. 1923-1927

Sampson, Flem D. 1927-1931

Laffoon, Ruby 1931-1935

Chandler I, A. B. "Happy" 1935-1939, 1955-1959

Johnson, Keen 1939-1943

Willis, Simeon S. 1943-1947

Clements, Earle C. 1947-1950

Wetherby, Lawrence W. 1950-1955

Combs, Bert T. 1959-1963

Breathitt, Edward T. 1963-1967

Nunn, Louie B. 1967-1971

Ford, Wendell H. 1971-1974

Carroll, Julian Morton 1975-1979

Brown IV, John Young 1979-1983

Collins, Martha Layne 1983-1987

Wilkinson, Wallace Glenn 1987-1991

Jones, Brereton 1991-1995

Patton, Paul E. 1995-2003

Fletcher, Ernie Lee 2003-2007

Beshear, Steven Lynn 2007-at least 2011

U.S. Senators from Kentucky, Genealogies by Surname, With Dates of Service:

Edwards, John Henry 1792-1795

Brown II, John 1792-1805

Marshall, Humphrey 1795-1801

Breckinridge I, John 1801-1805

Adair, John 1805-1806

Thruston, Buckner 1805-1809

Clay I, Henry 1806-1807, 1810-1811, 1831-1842, 1849-1852

Pope, John 1807-1813

Bibb, George Mortimer 1811-1814, 1829-1835

Bledsoe, Jesse 1813-1814

Walker II, George 1814

Barry, William Taylor 1814-1816

Talbot II, Isham 1815-1819, 1820-25

Hardin, Martin Davis 1816-1817

Crittenden II, John Jordan 1817-1819, 1835-1841, 1842-1848, 1855-1861

Logan, William 1819-1820

Johnson, Richard Mentor 1819-1829

Rowan I, John 1825-1831

Morehead, James Turner 1841-1847

Underwood, Joseph Rogers 1847-1853

Metcalfe, Thomas 1848-1849

Meriwether, David 1852

Dixon, Archibald 1852-1855

Thompson, John Burton 1853-1859

Powell II, Lazarus Whitehead 1859-1865

Breckinridge, John Cabell 1861

Davis, Garrett 1861-1872

Guthrie II, James 1865-1868

McCreery, Thomas Clay 1868-1871, 1873-1879

Stevenson, John White 1871-1877

Machen, Willis Benson 1872-1873

Beck, James Burnie 1877-1890

Williams, John Stuart 1879-1885

Blackburn, Joseph Clay Stiles 1885-1897, 1901-1907

Carlisle, John Griffin 1890-1893

Lindsay, William 1893-1901

Deboe, William Joseph 1897-1903

McCreary, James Bennett 1903-1909

Paynter, Thomas H. 1907-1913

Bradley, William O'Connell 1909-1914

James, Ollie M. 1913-1918

Camden II, Johnson Newlon 1914-1915

Beckham, John Crepps Wickliffe 1915-1921

Martin, George Brown 1918-1919

Stanley I, Augustus Owsley 1919-1925

Ernst, Richard P. 1921-1927

Sackett, Fred M. 1925-1930

Barkley, Alben William 1927-1949, 1955-1956

Robsion, John Marshall 1930

Williamson, Ben M. 1930-1931

Logan, Marvel M. 1931-1939

Chandler I, A. B. "Happy" 1939-1945

Stanfill, William A. 1945-1945

Cooper II, John Sherman 1946-1949, 1952-1955, 1956-1973

Withers, Garrett L. 1949-1950

Chapman, Virgil M. 1949-1951

Clements, Earle C. 1950-1957

Underwood, Thomas Rust 1951-1952

Humphreys, Robert 1956-1956

Morton, Thruston B. 1957-1968

Cook, Marlow 1968-1974

Huddleston, Walter D. 1973-1985

Ford, Wendell H. 1974-1999

McConnell II, Addison Mitchell 1985-at least 2011

Bunning, James Paul David "Jim" 1999-2011

Paul, Randal 2011-

Kentucky Other Genealogies by Surname

Boyd, Linn

Bristow, Benjamin Helm

Harlan I, John Marshall

Harlan III, John Marshall

Holt, Joseph

Johnson, Richard M.

McReynolds, James Clark

Morris (Kreps), Clara Juanita

Rutledge II, Wiley Blount

Smith, Green Clay

Speed, James

Todd, Thomas

Trimble, Robert

Vinson, Frederick Moore

White, John

Yager, Arthur

Kentucky Genealogies by File Name

Adair-KY-1

Barkley-KY-1

Barry-KY-1

Beckham-KY-1

Beshear-KY-1

Bibb-KY-1

Birney-KY-1

Black-KY-1

Blackburn-KY-1

Bledsoe-KY-1

Boyd-KY-1

Bradley-KY-1

Bramlette-KY-1

Breathitt-KY-1

Breckinridge-KY-1

Bristow-KY-1

Brown-KY-1

Brown-KY-2

Buckner-KY-1

Bunning-KY-1

Camden-KY-1

Carlisle-KY-1

Carroll-KY-1

Chandler-KY-1

Chapman-KY-1

Clark-KY-1

Clay-KY-2

Clements-KY-1

Combs-KY-1

Cook-KY-1

Cooper-KY-1

Crittenden-KY-1

Davis-KY-1

Deboe-KY-1

Desha-KY-1

Dixon-KY-1

Edwards-KY-1

Ernst-KY-1

Fields-KY-1

Fletcher-KY-1

Ford-KY-1

Garrard-KY-1

Goebel-KY-1

Greenup-KY-1

Guthrie-KY-1

Hall-KY-1

Hardin-KY-1

Harlan-KY-1

Hawes-KY-1

Helm-KY-1

Holt-KY-1

Huddleston-KY-1

Humphreys-KY-1

James-KY-2

Johnson-KY-1

Johnson-KY-2

Jones-KY-1

Knott-KY-1

Laffoon-KY-1

Leslie-KY-1

Letcher-KY-1

Lindsay-KY-1

Logan-KY-1

Machen-KY-1

Madison-KY-1

Magoffin-KY-1

Marshall-KY-1

Martin-KY-1

McConnell-KY-1

McCreary-KY-1

McDowell-KY-1

McReynolds-KY-1

Meriwether-KY-1

Metcalfe-KY-1

Morehead-KY-1

Morris-KY-1

Morrow-KY-1

Morton-KY-1

Nunn-KY-1

Owsley-KY-1

Patton-KY-1

Paul-KY-1

Pope-KY-1

Powell-KY-1

Robinson-KY-1

Robsion-KY-1

Rowan-KY-1

Rutledge-KY-1

Sackett-KY-1

Sampson-KY-1

Scott-KY-1

Shelby-KY-1

Slaughter-KY-1

Smith-KY-1

Speed-KY-1

Stanfill-KY-1

Stanley-KY-1

Stevenson-KY-1

Talbot-KY-1

Taylor-KY-1

Thompson-KY-1

Thruston-KY-1

Todd-KY-1

Trimble-KY-2

Underwood-KY-1

Underwood-KY-2

Vinson-KY-1

Walker-KY-1

Wetherby-KY-1

White-KY-2

Wickliffe-KY-1

Wilkinson-KY-1

Williams-KY-1

Williamson-KY-1

Willis-KY-1

Willson-KY-1

Withers-KY-1

Yager-KY-1