US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

4-Jun-1792	7-Jun-1796	Isaac Shelby	(1st time, b. 1750, d. 1826, Democrat-Republican)
7-Jun-1796	5-Sep-1804	James Garrard	(b. 1749, d. 1822, Democrat-Republican)
5-Sep-1804	1-Sep-1808	Christopher Greenup	(b. 1750, d. 1818, Democrat-Republican)
1-Sep-1808	24-Aug-1812	Charles Scott	(b. 1739, d. 1813, Democrat-Republican)
24-Aug-1812	5-Sep-1816	Isaac Shelby	(2nd time, Democrat-Republican)
5-Sep-1816	19-Oct-1816	George Madison	(b. 1763, d. 1816, Democrat-Republican)
19-Oct-1816	7-Sep-1820	Gabriel Slaughter	(b. 1767, d. 1830, Democrat-Republican)
7-Sep-1820	24-Aug-1824	John Adair	(b. 1757, d. 1840, Democrat-Republican)
24-Aug-1824	26-Aug-1828	Joseph Desha	(b. 1768, d. 1842, Democrat-Republican)
26-Aug-1828	4-Sep-1832	Thomas Metcalfe	(b. 1780, d. 1855, N-R)
4-Sep-1832	22-Feb-1834	John Breathitt	(b. 1786, d. 1834, Democrat)
22-Feb-1834	30-Aug-1836	James T. Morehead	(b. 1797, d. 1854, N-R)
30-Aug-1836	12-Sep-1839	James Clark	(b. 1779, d. 1839, Whig)
12-Sep-1839	2-Sep-1840	Charles A. Wickliffe	(b. 1788, d. 1869, Whig)
2-Sep-1840	4-Sep-1844	Robert P. Letcher	(b. 1788, d. 1861, Whig)
4-Sep-1844	6-Sep-1848	William Owsley	(b. 1782, d. 1862, Whig)
6-Sep-1848	31-Jul-1850	John J. Crittenden	(b. 1787, d. 1863, Whig)
31-Jul-1850	2-Sep-1851	John L. Helm	(1st time, b. 1802, d. 1867, Whig)
2-Sep-1851	4-Sep-1855	Lazarus W. Powell	(b. 1812, d. 1867, Democrat)
4-Sep-1855	30-Aug-1859	Charles S. Morehead	(b. 1802, d. 1868, Know-Nothing)
30-Aug-1859	18-Aug-1862	Beriah Magoffin	(b. 1815, d. 1885, Democrat)
Nov-1861	9-Apr-1862	George W. Johnson	(Confederate, b. 1811, d. 1862, Democrat)
4-Oct-1862	1865	Richard Hawes	(Confederate b. 1797, d. 1877, Democrat)
18-Aug-1862	1-Sep-1863	James F. Robinson	(b. 1800, d. 1882, Uni)
1-Sep-1863	3-Sep-1867	Thomas E. Bramlette	(b. 1817, d. 1875, Uni)
3-Sep-1867	8-Sep-1867	John L. Helm	(2nd time, b. 1802, d. 1867, Democrat)
8-Sep-1867	5-Sep-1871	John W. Stevenson	(b. 1812, d. 1886, Democrat)
5-Sep-1871	31-Aug-1875	Preston H. Leslie	(b. 1819, d. 1907, Democrat)
31-Aug-1875	2-Sep-1879	James B. McCreary	(1st time, b. 1838, d. 1918, Democrat)
2-Sep-1879	5-Sep-1883	Luke P. Blackburn	(b. 1816, d. 1887, Democrat)
5-Sep-1883	30-Aug-1887	J. Proctor Knott	(b. 1830, d. 1911, Democrat)
30-Aug-1887	2-Sep-1891	Simon B. Buckner	(b. 1823, d. 1914, Democrat)
2-Sep-1891	10-Dec-1895	John Young Brown	(b. 1835, d. 1904, Democrat)
10-Dec-1895	12-Dec-1899	William O. Bradley	(b. 1848, d. 1929, Republican)
12-Dec-1899	31-Jan-1900	William S. Taylor	(b. 1853, d. 1928, Republican)
31-Jan-1900	3-Feb-1900	William J. Goebel	(b. 1856, d. 1900 assassination, Democrat)
3-Feb-1900	10-Dec-1907	J.C.W. Beckham	(b. 1869, d. 1940, Democrat)
10-Dec-1907	12-Dec-1911	Augustus E. Willson	(b. 1846, d. 1931, Republican)
12-Dec-1911	7-Dec-1915	James B. McCreary	(2nd time, Democrat)
7-Dec-1915	9-Dec-1919	A. Owsley Stanley	(b. 1867, d. 1958, Democrat)
9-Dec-1919	11-Dec-1923	Edwin P. Morrow	(b. 1878, d. 1935, Republican)
11-Dec-1923	13-Dec-1927	William J. Fields	(b. 1874, d. 1954, Democrat)
13-Dec-1927	8-Dec-1931	Flem D. Sampson	(b. 1873, d. 1967, Republican)
8-Dec-1931	10-Dec-1935	Ruby Laffoon	(b. 1869, d. 1941, Democrat)
10-Dec-1935	12-Dec-1939	Albert "Happy" Chandler	(1st time, b. 1898, d. 1991, Democrat)
12-Dec-1939	7-Dec-1943	Keen Johnson	(b. 1896, d. 1970, Democrat)
7-Dec-1943	9-Dec-1947	Simeon S. Willis	(b. 1879, d. 1965, Republican)
9-Dec-1947	27-Nov-1951	Earle C. Clements	(b. 1896, d. 1985, Democrat)
27-Nov-1951	13-Dec-1955	Lawrence W. Wetherby	(b. 1908, d. 1984, Democrat)
13-Dec-1955	8-Dec-1959	Albert "Happy" Chandler	(2nd time, Democrat)
8-Dec-1959	10-Dec-1963	Bert T. Combs	(b. 1911, d. 1991, Democrat)
10-Dec-1963	12-Dec-1967	Ned Breathitt	(b. 1924, d. 2003, Democrat)
12-Dec-1967	7-Dec-1971	Louie B. Nunn	(b. 1924, d. 2004, Republican)
7-Dec-1971	9-Dec-1975	Wendell H. Ford	(b. 1924, Democrat)
9-Dec-1975	11-Dec-1979	Julian Carroll	(b. 1931, Democrat)
11-Dec-1979	13-Dec-1983	John Y. Brown, Jr.	(b. 1933, Democrat)
13-Dec-1983	8-Dec-1987	Martha Layne Collins	(b. 1936, Democrat)
8-Dec-1987	10-Dec-1991	Wallace Wilkinson	(b. 1941, d. 2002, Democrat)
10-Dec-1991	12-Dec-1995	Brereton C. Jones	(b. 1939, Democrat)
12-Dec-1995	9-Dec-2003	Paul Patton	(b. 1937, Democrat)
9-Dec-2003	11-Dec-2007	Ernie Fletcher	(b. 1952, Republican)
11-Dec-2007	8-Dec-2015	Steve Beshear	(b. 1944, Democrat)
8-Dec-2015	--	Matt Bevin	(b. 1967, Republican)

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