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List of governors of Kentucky
The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky,[1] and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws;[3] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly;[4] the power to convene the legislature;[5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.[6] The governor is also empowered to reorganize the state government or reduce it in size. Historically, the office has been regarded as one of the most powerful executive positions in the United States.[7]
Fifty-nine individuals have held the office of governor. Prior to a 1992 amendment to the state's constitution, the governor was prohibited from succeeding himself or herself in office, though four men (Isaac Shelby, John L. Helm, James B. McCreary and Happy Chandler) served multiple non-consecutive terms. Paul E. Patton, the first Kentucky governor eligible for a second consecutive term under the amendment, won his reelection bid in 1999. James Garrard 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.
William Goebel, who was elected to the office in the disputed election of 1899, remains the only governor of any U.S. state to die from assassination while in office.[8] Goebel is also the shortest serving governor, serving for a period of only three days. Martha Layne Collins, 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.[7] The 63rd and current Kentucky governor is Democrat Andy Beshear, who took office on December 10, 2019.
Governors
Kentucky County, Virginia was admitted to the Union as Kentucky on June 1, 1792. There have been 59 governors, serving 63 distinct terms.
An unelected group proclaimed Kentucky's secession from the Union on November 20, 1861, and it was annexed by the Confederate States of America on December 10, 1861. The Confederate government elected two governors, but it never held much control over the state.
The original 1792 Kentucky Constitution had the governor chosen by an electoral college for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of June.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] A 1992 amendment allowed governors to have a second term before being prevented from succeeding themselves for four years.[12] Originally, should the office of governor be vacant, the speaker of the Senate would exercise the powers of the office;[13] in 1799, the office of lieutenant governor was created to fill this role,[14] and, as of 1992, is elected on the same ticket as the governor.[15]
| No.[a] | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[b][c] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) [18][19] | June 4, 1792 – June 1, 1796 (did not run) | Democratic- Republican | 1792 | Office did not exist | |||
| 2 | James Garrard (1749–1822) [20][21] | June 1, 1796 – September 5, 1804 (term-limited) | Democratic- Republican | 1796 | ||||
| 1800 | Alexander Scott Bullitt | |||||||
| 3 | Christopher Greenup (1750–1818) [22][23] | September 5, 1804 – September 1, 1808 (term-limited) | Democratic- Republican | 1804 | John Caldwell (died November 19, 1804) | |||
| Vacant | ||||||||
| Thomas Posey (acting, elected Speaker in 1805) | ||||||||
| 4 | Charles Scott (1739–1813) [24][25] | September 1, 1808 – August 24, 1812 (term-limited) | Democratic- Republican | 1808 | Gabriel Slaughter | |||
| 5 | Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) [18][19] | August 24, 1812 – September 5, 1816 (term-limited) | Democratic- Republican | 1812 | Richard Hickman | |||
| 6 | George Madison (1763–1816) [26][27] | September 5, 1816 – October 14, 1816 (died in office) | Democratic- Republican | 1816 | Gabriel Slaughter | |||
| 7 | Gabriel Slaughter (1767–1830) [28][29] | October 14, 1816 – August 29, 1820 (did not run) | Democratic- Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 8 | John Adair (1757–1840) [30][31] | August 29, 1820[d] – August 24, 1824 (term-limited) | Democratic- Republican | 1820 | William T. Barry | |||
| 9 | Joseph Desha (1768–1842) [33][34] | August 24, 1824 – August 26, 1828 (term-limited) | Democratic- Republican | 1824 | Robert B. McAfee | |||
| 10 | Thomas Metcalfe (1780–1855) [35][36] | August 26, 1828 – September 4, 1832 (term-limited) | National Republican | 1828 | John Breathitt[e] | |||
| 11 | John Breathitt (1786–1834) [37][38] | September 4, 1832 – February 21, 1834 (died in office) | Democratic | 1832 | James Turner Morehead[f] | |||
| 12 | James Turner Morehead (1797–1854) [39][40] | February 21, 1834 – August 30, 1836 (did not run) | National Republican[g] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 13 | James Clark (1779–1839) [41][42] | August 30, 1836 – August 27, 1839 (died in office) | Whig | 1836 | Charles A. Wickliffe | |||
| 14 | Charles A. Wickliffe (1788–1869) [43][44] | August 27, 1839 – September 2, 1840 (did not run) | Whig | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 15 | Robert P. Letcher (1788–1861) [45][46] | September 2, 1840 – September 4, 1844 (term-limited) | Whig | 1840 | Manlius Valerius Thomson | |||
| 16 | William Owsley (1782–1862) [47][48] | September 4, 1844 – September 6, 1848 (term-limited) | Whig | 1844 | Archibald Dixon | |||
| 17 | John J. Crittenden (1787–1863) [49][50] | September 6, 1848 – July 31, 1850 (resigned)[h] | Whig | 1848[i] | John L. Helm | |||
| 18 | John L. Helm (1802–1867) [51][52] | July 31, 1850 – September 2, 1851 (did not run) | Whig | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 19 | Lazarus W. Powell (1812–1867) [53][54] | September 2, 1851 – September 4, 1855 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1851 | John Burton Thompson[j] | |||
| 20 | Charles S. Morehead (1802–1868) [55][56] | September 4, 1855 – August 30, 1859 (term-limited) | Know Nothing | 1855 | James Greene Hardy | |||
| 21 | Beriah Magoffin (1815–1885) [57][58] | August 30, 1859 – August 18, 1862 (resigned)[k] | Democratic | 1859 | Linn Boyd (died December 17, 1859) | |||
| Vacant | ||||||||
| 22 | James Fisher Robinson (1800–1882) [59][60] | August 18, 1862 – September 1, 1863 (did not run) | Democratic | Succeeded from president of the Senate | ||||
| 23 | Thomas E. Bramlette (1817–1875) [61][62] | September 1, 1863 – September 3, 1867 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1863 | Richard Taylor Jacob | |||
| 24 | John L. Helm (1802–1867) [51][52] | September 3, 1867 – September 8, 1867 (died in office) | Democratic | 1867 | John W. Stevenson | |||
| 25 | John W. Stevenson (1812–1886) [63][64] | September 8, 1867 – February 3, 1871 (resigned)[l] | Democratic | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 1868 (special) | ||||||||
| 26 | Preston Leslie (1819–1907) [65][66] | February 3, 1871 – August 31, 1875 (term-limited) | Democratic | Succeeded from president of the Senate | ||||
| 1871 | John G. Carlisle | |||||||
| 27 | James B. McCreary (1838–1918) [67][68] | August 31, 1875 – September 2, 1879 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1875 | John C. Underwood | |||
| 28 | Luke P. Blackburn (1816–1887) [69][70] | September 2, 1879 – September 5, 1883 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1879 | James E. Cantrill | |||
| 29 | J. Proctor Knott (1830–1911) [71][72] | September 5, 1883 – August 30, 1887 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1883 | James R. Hindman | |||
| 30 | Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823–1914) [73][74] | August 30, 1887 – September 2, 1891 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1887 | James William Bryan | |||
| 31 | John Y. Brown (1835–1904) [75][76] | September 2, 1891 – December 10, 1895 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1891 | Mitchell Cary Alford | |||
| 32 | William O'Connell Bradley (1847–1914) [77][78] | December 10, 1895 – December 12, 1899 (term-limited) | Republican | 1895 | William Jackson Worthington | |||
| 33 | William S. Taylor (1853–1928) [79][80] | December 12, 1899 – January 31, 1900 (removed from office)[m] | Republican | 1899 | John Marshall | |||
| 34 | William Goebel (1856–1900) [81][82] | January 31, 1900 – February 3, 1900 (died in office)[m] | Democratic | J. C. W. Beckham | ||||
| 35 | J. C. W. Beckham (1869–1940) [83][84] | February 3, 1900 – December 10, 1907 (term-limited) | Democratic | Succeeded from lieutenant governor[m] | Vacant | |||
| 1900 (special) | ||||||||
| 1903 | William P. Thorne | |||||||
| 36 | Augustus E. Willson (1846–1931) [85][86] | December 10, 1907 – December 12, 1911 (term-limited) | Republican | 1907 | William Hopkinson Cox | |||
| 37 | James B. McCreary (1838–1918) [67][68] | December 12, 1911 – December 7, 1915 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1911 | Edward J. McDermott | |||
| 38 | Augustus Owsley Stanley (1867–1958) [87][88] | December 7, 1915 – May 19, 1919 (resigned)[n] | Democratic | 1915 | James D. Black | |||
| 39 | James D. Black (1849–1938) [89][90] | May 19, 1919 – December 9, 1919 (lost election) | Democratic | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 40 | Edwin P. Morrow (1877–1935) [91][92] | December 9, 1919 – December 11, 1923 (term-limited) | Republican | 1919 | S. Thruston Ballard | |||
| 41 | William J. Fields (1874–1954) [93][94] | December 11, 1923 – December 13, 1927 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1923 | Henry Denhardt | |||
| 42 | Flem D. Sampson (1875–1967) [95][96] | December 13, 1927 – December 8, 1931 (term-limited) | Republican | 1927 | James Breathitt Jr.[e] | |||
| 43 | Ruby Laffoon (1869–1941) [97][98] | December 8, 1931 – December 10, 1935 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1931 | Happy Chandler | |||
| 44 | Happy Chandler (1898–1991) [99][100] | December 10, 1935 – October 9, 1939 (resigned)[o] | Democratic | 1935 | Keen Johnson | |||
| 45 | Keen Johnson (1896–1970) [101][102] | October 9, 1939 – December 7, 1943 (term-limited) | Democratic | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 1939 | Rodes K. Myers | |||||||
| 46 | Simeon Willis (1879–1965) [103][104] | December 7, 1943 – December 9, 1947 (term-limited) | Republican | 1943 | Kenneth H. Tuggle | |||
| 47 | Earle Clements (1896–1985) [105][106] | December 9, 1947 – November 27, 1950 (resigned)[p] | Democratic | 1947 | Lawrence Wetherby | |||
| 48 | Lawrence Wetherby (1908–1994) [107][108] | November 27, 1950 – December 13, 1955 (term-limited) | Democratic | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 1951 | Emerson Beauchamp | |||||||
| 49 | Happy Chandler (1898–1991) [99][100] | December 13, 1955 – December 8, 1959 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1955 | Harry Lee Waterfield | |||
| 50 | Bert Combs (1911–1991) [109][110] | December 8, 1959 – December 10, 1963 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1959 | Wilson W. Wyatt | |||
| 51 | Ned Breathitt (1924–2003) [111][112] | December 10, 1963 – December 12, 1967 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1963 | Harry Lee Waterfield | |||
| 52 | Louie Nunn (1924–2004) [113][114] | December 12, 1967 – December 7, 1971 (term-limited) | Republican | 1967 | Wendell Ford[e] | |||
| 53 | Wendell Ford (1924–2015) [115][116] | December 7, 1971 – December 28, 1974 (resigned)[q] | Democratic | 1971 | Julian Carroll | |||
| 54 | Julian Carroll (b. 1931) [117][118] | December 28, 1974 – December 11, 1979 (term-limited) | Democratic | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 1975 | Thelma Stovall | |||||||
| 55 | John Y. Brown Jr. (1933–2022) [119] | December 11, 1979 – December 13, 1983 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1979 | Martha Layne Collins | |||
| 56 | Martha Layne Collins (b. 1936) [120] | December 13, 1983 – December 8, 1987 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1983 | Steve Beshear | |||
| 57 | Wallace Wilkinson (1941–2002) [121] | December 8, 1987 – December 10, 1991 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1987 | Brereton Jones | |||
| 58 | Brereton C. Jones (b. 1939) [122] | December 10, 1991 – December 12, 1995 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1991 | Paul E. Patton | |||
| 59 | Paul E. Patton (b. 1937) [123] | December 12, 1995 – December 9, 2003 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1995 | Steve Henry | |||
| 1999 | ||||||||
| 60 | Ernie Fletcher (b. 1952) [124] | December 9, 2003 – December 11, 2007 (lost election) | Republican | 2003 | Steve Pence | |||
| 61 | Steve Beshear (b. 1944) [125] | December 11, 2007 – December 8, 2015 (term-limited) | Democratic | 2007 | Daniel Mongiardo | |||
| 2011 | Jerry Abramson (resigned November 13, 2014) | |||||||
| Crit Luallen | ||||||||
| 62 | Matt Bevin (b. 1967) [126] | December 8, 2015 – December 10, 2019 (lost election) | Republican | 2015 | Jenean Hampton | |||
| 63 | Andy Beshear (b. 1977) [127] | December 10, 2019 – Incumbent[r] | Democratic | 2019 | Jacqueline Coleman | |||
Confederate governors
During the Civil War, a group of secessionists met at Russellville to form a Confederate government for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This government never successfully displaced the government in Frankfort, and Kentucky remained in the Union through the entire war. Two men were elected governor of the Confederate government: George W. Johnson, who served from November 20, 1861, to his death on April 8, 1862, at the Battle of Shiloh, and, on Johnson's death, Richard Hawes, who served until the Confederate surrender on April 9, 1865. The Confederate government disbanded shortly after the end of the war in 1865.[128]
See also
Notes
- ^ The state labels Matt Bevin as the 62nd governor;[16] based on this, subsequent terms of repeat governors are numbered.
- ^ The office of lieutenant governor was created in the 1799 constitution.[17]
- ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ^ The constitutional start date for 1820 would appear to be August 29, which is the date Sobel gives for when Adair took office;[30] however, the National Governor's Association says Adair took office September 6,[31] and the best contemporary reporting found so far is a blurb saying he was inaugurated on September 7.[32]
- ^ a b c Represented the Democratic Party.
- ^ Represented the National Republican Party.
- ^ The National Republican Party merged into the Whig Party during Morehead's term.
- ^ Crittenden resigned to be Attorney General of the United States.[49]
- ^ The 1850 constitution shifted the election schedule forward, shortening this term by a year.
- ^ Represented the Whig Party.
- ^ Magoffin resigned due to disagreement with the state legislature over neutrality in the American Civil War.[57]
- ^ Stevenson resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[63]
- ^ a b c 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.[79][81]
- ^ Stanley resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[87]
- ^ Chandler resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the United States Senate.[99]
- ^ Clements resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[105]
- ^ Ford resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[115]
- ^ Beshear's first term will expire on December 12, 2023.
References
- General
- . Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- "Former Kentucky Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. II. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- Constitution
- . Kentucky Legislature. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- (PDF). Commonwealth of Kentucky. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-13. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- (PDF). Commonwealth of Kentucky. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-13. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- (PDF). Commonwealth of Kentucky. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-13. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- Specific
- ^ KY Const. § 69.
- ^ KY Const. § 75.
- ^ KY Const. § 81
- ^ KY Const. § 88.
- ^ KY Const. § 80.
- ^ KY Const. § 77.
- ^ a b Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Governor, Office of". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
- ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Goebel Assassination". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
- ^ 1799 Const. art. II, § 2–3
- ^ 1799 Const. art. III, § 3–5
- ^ 1850 Const. art. III, § 3–5
- ^ KY Const. § 71
- ^ 1792 Const. art. III, § 16–18
- ^ 1799 Const. art. III, § 16–18
- ^ KY Const. § 70
- ^ "Governor Matt Bevin". Governor of Kentucky. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
- ^ 1799 Const. art. II, § 15
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 507–508
- ^ a b "Isaac Shelby". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 508–509
- ^ "James Garrard". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 509
- ^ "Christopher Greenup". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 510
- ^ "Charles Scott". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 510–511
- ^ "George Madison". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 511–512
- ^ "Gabriel Slaughter". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 512–513
- ^ a b "John Adair". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Adair elected". The Evening Post. 1820-09-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ Sobel pp. 513–514
- ^ "Joseph Desha". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 514
- ^ "Thomas Metcalfe". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 515
- ^ "John Breathitt". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 515–516
- ^ "James Turner Morehead". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 516–517
- ^ "James Clark". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 517–518
- ^ "Charles Anderson Wickliffe". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 518
- ^ "Robert Perkins Letcher". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 519
- ^ "William Owsley". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 519–520
- ^ "John Jordan Crittenden". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 520–521
- ^ a b "John Larue Helm". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 521–522
- ^ "Lazarus Whitehead Powell". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 522–523
- ^ "Charles Slaughter Morehead". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 523–524
- ^ "Beriah Magoffin". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 524–525
- ^ "James Fisher Robinson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 525–526
- ^ "Thomas Elliott Bramlette". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 526–527
- ^ "John White Stevenson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 527
- ^ "Preston Hopkins Leslie". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel p. 528
- ^ a b "James Bennett McCreary". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 529
- ^ "Luke Pryor Blackburn". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 529–530
- ^ "James Proctor Knott". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 530–531
- ^ "Simon Bolivar Buckner". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 531–532
- ^ "John Young Brown Sr". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 532–533
- ^ "William O. Bradley". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 533–534
- ^ "William Sylvester Taylor". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel p. 534
- ^ "William Goebel". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 535–536
- ^ "John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 536–537
- ^ "Augustus Everett Willson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 537–538
- ^ "Augustus Owsley Stanley". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 538
- ^ "James Dixon Black". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 539
- ^ "Edwin Porch Morrow". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 539–540
- ^ "William Jason Fields". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 540–541
- ^ "Flem Davis Sampson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 541–542
- ^ "Ruby Laffoon". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c Sobel pp. 542–543
- ^ a b "Albert Benjamin Chandler". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 543–544
- ^ "Keen Johnson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 544–545
- ^ "Simeon Slavens Willis". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 545–546
- ^ "Earle Chester Clements". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 546–547
- ^ "Lawrence Winchester Wetherby". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 547–548
- ^ "Bert Thomas Combs". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 548
- ^ "Edward Thompson Breathitt". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 549–550
- ^ "Louie Broady Nunn". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel p. 550
- ^ "Wendell Hampton Ford". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 551
- ^ "Julian Morton Carroll". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "John Y. Brown Jr". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Martha Layne Collins". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Wallace G. Wilkinson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Brereton C. Jones". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Paul E. Patton". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Ernie Fletcher". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Steven L. Beshear". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Matt Bevin". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Andy Beshear". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Confederate Government". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
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