List of Kentucky Governors
- Isaac Shelby Democratic-Republican. 1792-1796
- James Garrard Dem.-Rep. 1796-1804
- Christopher Greenup Dem.-Rep. 1804-1808
- Charles Scott Dem.-Rep. 1808-1812
- Isaac Shelby Dem.-Rep. 1812-1816
- George Madison Dem.-Rep. 1816-1816
- Gabriel Slaughter Dem.-Rep. 1816-1820
- John Adair Dem.-Rep. 1820-1824
- Joseph Desha Dem.-Rep. 1824-1828
- Thomas Metcalfe National Republican 1828-1832
- John Breathitt Democratic 1832-1834
- James T. Morehead Nat. Rep. 1834-1836
- James Clark Whig 1836-1839
- Charles A. Wickliffe Whig 1839-1840
- Robert P. Letcher Whig 1840-1844
- William Owsley Whig 1844-1848
- John J. Crittenden Whig 1848-1850
- John L. Helm Whig 1850-1851
- Lazarus W. Powell Democratic 1851-1855
- Charles S. Morehead Know-Nothing Party 1855-1859
- Beriah Magoffin Democratic 1859-1862
- James F. Robinson Union 1862-1863
- Thomas E. Bramlette Union 1863-1867
- John L. Helm Democratic 1867-1867
- John W. Stevenson Democratic 1867-1871
- Preston H. Leslie Democratic 1871-1875
- James B. McCreary Democratic 1875-1879
- Luke P. Blackburn Democratic 1879-1883
- J. Proctor Knott Democratic 1883-1887
- Simon B. Buckner Democratic 1887-1891
- John Young Brown Democratic 1891-1895
- William O. Bradley Republican 1895-1899
- William S. Taylor Republican 1899-1900
- William Goebel Democratic 1900-1900
- J. C. W. Beckham Democratic 1900-1907
- Augustus E. Willson Republican 1907-1911
- James B. McCreary Democratic 1911-1915
- Augustus O. Stanley Democratic 1915-1919
- James D. Black Democratic 1919-1919
- Edwin P. Morrow Republican 1919-1923
- William J. Fields Democratic 1923-1927
- Flem D. Sampson Republican 1927-1931
- Ruby Laffoon Democratic 1931-1935
- Albert B. Chandler Democratic 1935-1939
- Keen Johnson Democratic 1939-1943
- Simeon S. Willis Republican 1943-1947
- Earle C. Clements Democratic 1947-1950
- Lawrence W. Wetherby Democratic 1950-1955
- Albert B. Chandler Democratic 1955-1959
- Bert T. Combs Democratic 1959-1963
- Edward T. Breathitt Democratic 1963-1967
- Louie B. Nunn Republican 1967-1971
- Wendell Ford Democratic 1971-1974
- Julian M. Carroll Democratic 1974-1979
- John Y. Brown, Jr Democratic 1979-1983
- Martha Layne Collins Democratic 1983-1987
- Wallace G. Wilkinson Democratic 1987-1991
- Brereton C. Jones Democratic 1991-1995
- Paul E. Patton Democratic 1995-2003
- Ernie Fletcher Republican 2003-
