Executive Branch of Kentucky
Governor of Kentucky
Isaac Shelby
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1750; d. July 18 1826.
Democratic-Republican Party
1792 – 1796
Isaac Shelby
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1750; d. July 18 1826.
Democratic-Republican Party
1812 – 1816
John Adair
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1757; d. May 19 1840.
Democratic-Republican Party
1820 – 1824
Joseph Desha
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1768; d. October 11 1842.
Democratic-Republican Party
1824 – 1828
Charles Anderson Wickliffe
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1788; d. October 31 1869.
Whig Party
1839 – 1840
Robert Perkins Letcher
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1788; d. January 24 1861.
Whig Party
1840 – 1844
William Owsley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1782; d. December 9 1862.
Whig Party
1844 – 1848
John Jordan Crittenden
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1787; d. July 26 1863.
Whig Party
1848 – 1850
Lazarus Whitehead Powell
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1812; d. July 3 1867.
Democratic Party
1851 – 1855
Charles Slaughter Morehead
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1802; d. December 21 1868.
Know-Nothing Party
1855 – 1859
Beriah Magoffin
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1815; d. February 28 1885.
Democratic Party
1859 – 1862
Thomas Elliott Bramlette
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1817; d. January 12 1875.
Democratic Party
1863 – 1867
James Bennett McCreary
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1838; d. October 8 1918.
Democratic Party
1875 – 1879
James Proctor Knott
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1830; d. June 18 1911.
Democratic Party
1883 – 1887
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1823; d. January 8 1914.
Democratic Party
1887 – 1891
William O’Connell Bradley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1847; d. May 23 1914.
Republican Party
1895 – 1899
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1869; d. January 9 1940.
Democratic Party
1900 – 1907
James Bennett McCreary
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1838; d. October 8 1918.
Democratic Party
1911 – 1915
Edwin Porch Morrow
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1829; d. July 17 1891.
Republican Party
1919 – 1923
William Jason Fields
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1874; d. October 21 1954.
Democratic Party
1923 – 1927
Ruby Laffoon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1869; d. March 1 1941.
Democratic Party
1931 – 1935
Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1898; d. June 15 1991.
Democratic Party
1935 – 1939
Earle Chester Clements
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1896; d. March 12 1985.
Democratic Party
1947 – 1950
Lawrence Winchester Wetherby
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1908; d. March 27 1994.
Democratic Party
1950 – 1955
Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1898; d. June 15 1991.
Democratic Party
1955 – 1959
Louie Broady Nunn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1924; d. January 29 2004.
Republican Party
1967 – 1971
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
Thomas Posey
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1750; d. March 19 1818.
Democratic-Republican Party
1806 – 1808
William Taylor Barry
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1784; d. August 30 1835.
Democratic-Republican Party
1820 – 1824
Charles Anderson Wickliffe
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1788; d. October 31 1869.
Whig Party
1836 – 1839
Manlius Valerius Thomson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1802; d. July 22 1850.
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1840 – 1844
Archibald Dixon
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1802; d. April 23 1876.
Whig Party
1844 – 1848
Linn Boyd
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1800; d. December 17 1859.
Democratic Party
1859
John Griffin Carlisle
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1834; d. July 31 1910.
Democratic Party
1871 – 1875
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1869; d. January 9 1940.
Democratic Party
1900
Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1898; d. June 15 1991.
Democratic Party
1931 – 1935
Lawrence Winchester Wetherby
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1908; d. March 27 1994.
Democratic Party
1947 – 1950
Isaac Emerson Beauchamp
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1899; d. April 15 1971.
Democratic Party
1951 – 1955
Confederate Kentucky
Governor of Kentucky
George Washington Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1811; d. April 8 1862.
Non-Partisan
1861 – 1862
Richard Hawes, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1797; d. May 25 1877.
Non-Partisan
1862 – 1865
Government of Kentucky
Secretary of State of Kentucky
James Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1766; d. April 7 1835.
Democratic-Republican Party
1792 – 1796
John Rowan
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1773; d. July 13 1843.
Democratic-Republican Party
1804 – 1807
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1788; d. September 1 1823.
Democratic-Republican Party
1820 – 1823
William Taylor Barry
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1784; d. August 30 1835.
Democratic-Republican Party
1824 – 1825
George Robertson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1790; d. May 16 1874.
Democratic-Republican Party
1828
John Jordan Crittenden
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1787; d. July 26 1863.
Whig Party
1834 – 1835
William Owsley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1782; d. December 9 1862.
Whig Party
1835 – 1836
James Harlan
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1800; d. February 18 1863.
Whig Party
1840 – 1844
Orlando Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1801; d. July 6 1867.
Whig Party
1848 – 1849
Mason Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1799; d. January 27 1867.
Know-Nothing Party
1855 – 1859
James Andrew McKenzie
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1840; d. June 25 1904.
Democratic Party
1883 – 1887
Attorney General of Kentucky
George Nicholas
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1754; d. July 25 1799.
Non-Partisan
1792
John Breckinridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1760; d. December 14 1806.
Democratic-Republican Party
1793 – 1797
Solomon Porcius Sharp
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1787; d. November 7 1825.
Democratic-Republican Party
1821 – 1825
Charles Slaughter Morehead
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1802; d. December 21 1868.
Whig Party
1832 – 1838
James Harlan
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1800; d. February 18 1863.
Whig Party
1851 – 1859
John Marshall Harlan
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1833; d. October 14 1911.
Unionist Party
1863 – 1867
Marvel Mills Logan
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1874; d. October 3 1939.
Democratic Party
1916 – 1917
Charles Irving Dawson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1881; d. April 24 1969.
Republican Party
1920 – 1923
Kentucky State Treasurer
Mason Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1799; d. January 27 1867.
Democratic Party
1865 – 1867
Isaac Emerson Beauchamp
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1899; d. April 15 1971.
Democratic Party
1964 – 1968
Legislature of Kentucky
Kentucky Senate
Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate
John Morgan McGarvey
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1979.
Democratic Party
2019 – 2023
Kentucky House of Representatives
Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
John Breckinridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1760; d. December 14 1806.
Democratic-Republican Party
1799 – 1800
John Adair
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1757; d. May 19 1840.
Democratic-Republican Party
1802 – 1803
William Logan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1776; d. August 8 1822.
Democratic-Republican Party
1803 – 1807
William Logan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1776; d. August 8 1822.
Democratic-Republican Party
1808 – 1810
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1788; d. September 1 1823.
Democratic-Republican Party
1817 – 1819
Leslie Combs
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1793; d. August 22 1881.
Whig Party
1846
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1869; d. January 9 1940.
Democratic Party
1898 – 1900