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1792-1796 - Isaac Shelby [1]
1796-1804 - James Garrard
1804-1808 - Christopher Greenup
1808-1812 - Charles Scott
1812-1816 - Isaac Shelby
1816 - George Madison [2]
1816-1820 - Gabriel Slaughter
1820-1824 - John Adair
1824-1828 - Joseph Desha
1828-1832 - Thomas Metcalfe [2]
1832-1834 - John Breathitt
1834-1836 - James Turner Morehead
1836-1839 - James Clark [2]
1839-1840 - Charles Anderson Wickliffe
1840-1844 - Robert P. Letcher
1844-1848 - William Owsley
1848-1850 - John J. Crittenden [3]
1850-1851 - John L. Helm [1]
1851-1855 - Lazarus Powell
1855-1859 - Charles Slaughter Morehead
1859-1862 - Beriah Magoffin [4]
1862-1863 - James F. Robinson
1863-1867 - Thomas E. Bramlette
1867 - John L. Helm [2]
1867-1871 - John W. Stevenson [5]
1871-1875 - Preston H. Leslie
1875-1879 - James B. McCreary [1]
1879-1883 - Luke Blackburn
1883-1887 - James Proctor Knott
1887-1891 - Simon Bolivar Buckner
1891-1895 - John Young Brown
1895-1899 - William O. Bradley
1899-1900 - William S. Taylor [6]
1900 - William Goebel [7] [8]
1900-1907 - John Crepps Wickliffe (J.C.W.) Beckham [9]
1907-1911 - Augustus E. Willson
1911-1915 - James B. McCreary
1915-1919 - Augustus Owsley Stanley [5]
1919 - James Dixon Black [10]
1919-1923 - Edwin P. Morrow
1923-1927 - William J. Fields
1927-1931 - Flem D. Sampson
1931-1935 - Ruby Laffoon
1935-1939 - A.B. (“Happy”) Chandler [5] [1]
1939-1943 - Keen Johnson
1943-1947 - Simeon S. Willis
1947-1950 - Earle C. Clements [5]
1950-1955 - Lawrence W. Wetherby
1955-1959 - A.B. (“Happy”) Chandler
1959-1963 - Bert T. Combs
1963-1967 - Edward (“Ned”) Breathitt
1967-1971 - Louie B. Nunn
1971-1974 - Wendell Ford
1974-1979 - Julian Carroll
1979-1983 - John Y. Brown, Jr.
1983-1987 - Martha Layne (Hall) Collins
1987-1991 - Wallace Wilkinson
1991-1995 - Brereton C. Jones
1995-2003 - Paul E. Patton
2003- - Ernie Fletcher
Notes:
[1] Elected to another term
[2] Died while holding office
[3] Resigned office when appointed to be U.S.Attorney General
[4] Resigned from office due to disagreements with the legislature over Kentucky’s role in the Civil War. He was allowed to pick his successor to the governorship.
[5] Resigned from office to accept a U.S. Senate seat.
[6] The Democratic General Assembly contested his election and declared it unconstitutional.
[7] Appointed by the General Assembly.
[8] Assassinated while holding office.
[9] Special election.
[10] Paroled Henry Youtsey, convicted assassin of Gov. William Goebel.
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