The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

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• Governor
  Governor of Kentucky
  The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once...
  
  
• Lieutenant Governor
  Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
  The office of lieutenant governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentucky's four constitutions, beginning in 1797. The lieutenant governor serves as governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to the Vice President of the United States assuming the powers of the presidency...
  
  
• Secretary of State
  Secretary of State of Kentucky
  The Secretary of State of Kentucky is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is now an elected office, but was an appointed office prior to 1891. The current Secretary of State is Democrat Elaine Walker, who was appointed by Governor Steve Beshear to fulfill the...
  
  
• Attorney General
  Attorney General of Kentucky
  The Attorney General of Kentucky is an office created by the Kentucky Constitution. . Under Kentucky law, he serves several roles, including the state's chief prosecutor , the state's chief law enforcement officer , and the state's chief law officer...
  
  
• State Treasurer
• Auditor of Public Accounts
• Agriculture Commissioner

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
  Kentucky Senate
  The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky Senate is composed of 38 members elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. There are no term limits for Kentucky Senators...
  
  
• State House of Representatives
  Kentucky House of Representatives
  The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve...
  
  
• State delegation to the United States Senate
• State delegation to the United States House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election

United States presidential election

Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

 was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (A), (D), (DR), (I), (NR), (R), and (W).

Year	|Executive offices	|General Assembly Kentucky General Assembly The Kentucky General Assembly, also called the Kentucky Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky.The General Assembly meets annually in the state capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky, convening on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Kentucky These are tables of congressional delegations from Kentucky to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-1789 - 1792: One representative from Virginia:Until November 9, 1792, Kentucky was a part of Virginia...	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor Governor of Kentucky The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once...	Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky The office of lieutenant governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentucky's four constitutions, beginning in 1797. The lieutenant governor serves as governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to the Vice President of the United States assuming the powers of the presidency...	Sec. of State Secretary of State of Kentucky The Secretary of State of Kentucky is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is now an elected office, but was an appointed office prior to 1891. The current Secretary of State is Democrat Elaine Walker, who was appointed by Governor Steve Beshear to fulfill the...	Attorney General Attorney General of Kentucky The Attorney General of Kentucky is an office created by the Kentucky Constitution. . Under Kentucky law, he serves several roles, including the state's chief prosecutor , the state's chief law enforcement officer , and the state's chief law officer...	Treasurer	Auditor	Ag. Comm.	State Senate Kentucky Senate The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky Senate is composed of 38 members elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. There are no term limits for Kentucky Senators...	State House Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1792	Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby was the first and fifth Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. He was also a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812...  (DR)	no such office				William McDowell
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797	James Garrard James Garrard James Garrard was an American soldier who served as the second Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. He was also a Baptist minister, but his secretary of state, Unitarian minister Henry Toulmin, influenced him to adopt Socinianism...  (DR)					George Madison George Madison George Madison was the sixth Governor of Kentucky. He was the first governor of Kentucky to die in office, serving only a few weeks in 1816. Little is known of Madison's early life. He was a member of the influential Madison family of Virginia, and was a second cousin to President James Madison...  (DR)
1798
1799
1800
1801		Alexander Scott Bullitt Alexander Scott Bullitt Alexander Scott Bullitt was an American pioneer and statesman who was an early settler in Kentucky. He was a political leader in the early days of Kentucky statehood....  (DR)
1802
1803
1804
1805	Christopher Greenup Christopher Greenup Christopher Greenup was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and the third Governor of Kentucky...  (DR)	John Caldwell John Caldwell (Kentucky politician) John Caldwell was a Kentucky Politician, State Senator, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.He was elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 1792, and was later elected the 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, elected in 1804, and died while presiding over the State Senate in his first...  (DR)
		vacant
1806		Thomas Posey Thomas Posey Thomas Posey was an officer in the American Revolution, a general during peacetime, the third Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Governor of the Indiana Territory, and a Louisiana Senator.-Family and background:...  (DR)
1807
1808
1809	Charles Scott Charles Scott (governor of Kentucky) Charles Scott was an American soldier and politician who served as the fourth Governor of Kentucky from 1808 to 1812. Orphaned at an early age, Scott served under Edward Braddock and George Washington in the French and Indian War...  (DR)	Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter was the seventh Governor of Kentucky and was the first person to ascend to that office upon the death of the sitting governor. His family moved to Kentucky from Virginia when he was very young. He became a member of the Kentucky militia, serving throughout his political career...  (DR)
1810
1811
1812
1813	Isaac Shelby (DR)	Richard Hickman Richard Hickman Richard Hickman was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, serving in that capacity from 1812 to 1816 under Isaac Shelby during Shelby's second term as governor....  (DR)
1814
1815
1816
	George Madison (DR)	Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter was the seventh Governor of Kentucky and was the first person to ascend to that office upon the death of the sitting governor. His family moved to Kentucky from Virginia when he was very young. He became a member of the Kentucky militia, serving throughout his political career...  (DR)
	Gabriel Slaughter (DR)	vacant				John Madison
1817
1818
1819
1820						Peter Clay
1821	John Adair John Adair John Adair was an American pioneer, soldier and statesman. He was the eighth Governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. Adair enlisted in the state militia and served in the Revolutionary War, where he was held captive by the British for a period of time...  (DR)	William T. Barry William T. Barry William Taylor Barry was an American statesman and jurist.-History:Born near Lunenburg, Virginia, he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1796 with his parents John Barry, an American Revolutionary War veteran, and Susannah Barry...  (DR)				Ben Shelby
1822
1823
1824
1825	Joseph Desha Joseph Desha Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth Governor of Kentucky. Desha was the first Kentucky governor not to have served in the Revolutionary War. He did, however, serve under William Henry Harrison and "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War, and lost two brothers in battle...  (DR)	Robert B. McAfee Robert B. McAfee Robert Breckinridge McAfee was a Kentucky politician, and was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving from 1824 to 1828....  (DR)
1826
1827
1828
1829	Thomas Metcalfe Thomas Metcalfe (US politician) Thomas Metcalfe , also known as Thomas Metcalf or as "Stonehammer", was a U.S. Representative, Senator, and the tenth Governor of Kentucky. He was the first gubernatorial candidate in the state's history to be chosen by a nominating convention rather than a caucus...  (NR)	John Breathitt John Breathitt John Breathitt was the 11th Governor of Kentucky. He was the first Democrat to hold this office and was the second Kentucky governor to die in office. Shortly after his death, Breathitt County, Kentucky was created and named in his honor.Early in life, Breathitt was appointed a deputy surveyor in...  (NR)
1830
1831
1832
1833	John Breathitt (D)	James Turner Morehead James Turner Morehead (Kentucky) James Turner Morehead was a United States Senator and the 12th Governor of Kentucky. He was the first native-born Kentuckian to hold the governorship of the state...  (D)
1834
	James Turner Morehead (NR)	vacant				Thomas Scudder Page Thomas Scudder Page Thomas Scudder Page was Kentucky's first elected auditor of public accounts, and the first elected official to be tried for corruption in that state. He was born in New York City and came to Kentucky in 1817...
1835
1836
1837	James Clark James Clark (Kentucky) James Clark was a 19th-century American politician who served in all three branches of Kentucky's government and in the U.S. House of Representatives. His political career began in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1807...  (W)	Charles A. Wickliffe Charles A. Wickliffe Charles Anderson Wickliffe was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He also served as Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, the 14th Governor of Kentucky, and was appointed Postmaster General by President John Tyler...  (W)
1838
1839
	Charles A. Wickliffe (W)	vacant
1840
1841	Robert P. Letcher Robert P. Letcher Robert Perkins Letcher was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U.S. Representative, Minister to Mexico, and the 15th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in the Kentucky General Assembly where he was Speaker of the House in 1837 and 1838. A strong supporter of the...  (W)	Manlius Valerius Thomson Manlius Valerius Thomson Manlius Valerius Thomson was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. From 1840 to 1844, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky....  (W)
1842
1843
1844
1845	William Owsley William Owsley William Owsley was an associate justice on the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the 16th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly and was Kentucky Secretary of State under Governor James Turner Morehead.Owsley studied law under John Boyle...  (W)	Archibald Dixon Archibald Dixon Archibald Dixon was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky. He represented the Whig Party in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly, and was elected the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1844, serving under Governor William Owsley. In 1851, the Whigs nominated him for governor, but he lost to...  (W)
1846
1847						H. Q. Bradley
1848
1849	John J. Crittenden John J. Crittenden John Jordan Crittenden was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore...  (W)	John L. Helm John L. Helm John LaRue Helm was the 18th and 24th governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky, although his service in that office totaled less than fourteen months. He also represented Hardin County in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly and was chosen to be the Speaker of the Kentucky House of...  (W)				John B. Temple
1850
	John L. Helm (W)	vacant				James A. Barbour
1851
1852	Lazarus W. Powell Lazarus W. Powell Lazarus Whitehead Powell was the 19th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1851 to 1855. He was later elected to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate from 1859 to 1865....  (D)	John Burton Thompson John Burton Thompson John Burton Thompson was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Harrodsburg, becoming the Commonwealth's Attorney...  (D)				Thomas Scudder Page (W)
1853
1854
1855
1856	Charles S. Morehead Charles S. Morehead Charles Slaughter Morehead was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, and served as the 20th Governor of Kentucky...  (A)	James Greene Hardy James Greene Hardy James Greene Hardy was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky who belonged to the American or Know-Nothing Party. Prior to being elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, he was a prominent surveyor and teacher for many years.-Early life and family:Hardy was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia...  (A)				Thomas Scudder Page (A)
1857
1858
1859
1860	Beriah Magoffin Beriah Magoffin Beriah Magoffin was the 21st Governor of Kentucky, serving during the early part of the Civil War. Personally, Magoffin adhered to a states' rights position, including the right of a state to secede from the Union, and he sympathized with the Confederate cause...  (D)	Linn Boyd Linn Boyd Linn Boyd was a prominent U.S. politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the House as a Democrat from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1855, serving seven terms in the House...  (D)				Grant Green Grant Green Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....  (D)
1861		vacant
1862
	James F. Robinson James F. Robinson James Fisher Robinson was the 22nd Governor of Kentucky, serving the remainder of the unfinished term of Governor Beriah Magoffin. Magoffin, a Confederate sympathizer, became increasingly ineffective after the elections of 1861 yielded a supermajority to pro-Union forces in both houses of the...  (D)
1863
1864	Thomas E. Bramlette Thomas E. Bramlette Thomas Elliott Bramlette was the 23rd Governor of Kentucky. He was elected in 1863 and guided the state through the latter part of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction. At the outbreak of the war, Bramlette put his promising political career on hold and enlisted in the Union Army,...  (D)	Richard Taylor Jacob Richard Taylor Jacob Richard Taylor Jacob was 17th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky .-Background and Early Life:Richard Taylor Jacob was born in Oldham County, Kentucky into a locally influential family...  (D)				A. T. Samuels (D)
1865
1866
1867
	John L. Helm John L. Helm John LaRue Helm was the 18th and 24th governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky, although his service in that office totaled less than fourteen months. He also represented Hardin County in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly and was chosen to be the Speaker of the Kentucky House of...  (D)	John W. Stevenson John W. Stevenson John White Stevenson was a U.S. Representative, the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, the 25th Governor of Kentucky and U.S. Senator. His father, Andrew Stevenson, had served as Speaker of the House and minister to Great Britain...  (D)				D. Howard Smith (D)
1868	John W. Stevenson (D)	vacant
1869
1870
1871
	Preston H. Leslie (D)	John G. Carlisle (D)
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876	James B. McCreary James B. McCreary James Bennett McCreary was a lawyer and politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor...  (D)	John C. Underwood John C. Underwood John Cox Underwood was the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving in that capacity from 1875 to 1879....  (D)
1877
1878
1879
1880	Luke P. Blackburn Luke P. Blackburn Luke Pryor Blackburn was a physician, philanthropist, and politician from the US state of Kentucky. He was elected the 28th governor of Kentucky, serving from 1879 to 1883. Until the election of Ernie Fletcher in 2003, Blackburn was the only physician to serve as governor of Kentucky...  (D)	James E. Cantrill James E. Cantrill James Edwards Cantrill was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He served as a Captain in the Confederate States Army Cavalry as a portion of Morgan's Men...  (D)				Fayette Hewitt (D)
1881
1882
1883
1884	J. Proctor Knott J. Proctor Knott James Proctor Knott was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Missouri in 1850 and began his political career there...  (D)	James R. Hindman James R. Hindman James Robert Hindman was Lieutenant Governor of KentuckyHe was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1839. In 1883, he ran for, and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, serving a full four year term under Governor J...  (D)
1885
1886
1887
1888	Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. Simon Bolivar Buckner fought in the United States Army in the Mexican–American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He later served as the 30th Governor of Kentucky....  (D)	James William Bryan James William Bryan James William Bryan was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.He was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1853. In 1887, he ran for, and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, serving a full four year term under Governor Simon B. Buckner....  (D)
1889
1890						L. C. Norman
1891
1892	John Y. Brown John Y. Brown (1835-1904) John Young Brown was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the United States House of Representatives and served as its 31st governor. Brown was elected to the House of Representatives for three non-consecutive terms, each of which was marred by controversy...  (D)	Mitchell Cary Alford Mitchell Cary Alford Mitchell Cary Alford was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.-Early life:Mitchell Alford was born in Fayette County, Kentucky on July 10, 1856. He enrolled at Kentucky University , and graduated in 1877. He began studying law the following year, and earned a law degree with honors at Kentucky...  (D)
1893
1894
1895
1896	William O. Bradley (R)	William Jackson Worthington William Jackson Worthington William Jackson Worthington served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor William O. Bradley from 1895-1899. He was born in Pennsylvania and died in Boyd County, Kentucky.-References:...  (R)				Sam H. Stone (R)
1897
1898
1899
1900	William S. Taylor William S. Taylor William Sylvester Taylor was the 33rd Governor of Kentucky. He was initially declared the winner of the disputed gubernatorial election of 1899, but the Kentucky General Assembly reversed the election results, giving the victory to his opponent, William Goebel...  (R)	John Marshall John Marshall (Kentucky) John Marshall served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor William S. Taylor from 1899–1900. Both Governor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Marshall were removed from office by a Supreme Court decision that ruled that William Goebel had rightly been elected governor in the...  (R)			Samuel Hager (D)	John S. Sweeny
	William Goebel William Goebel William Justus Goebel was an American politician who served as the 34th Governor of Kentucky for a few days in 1900 after having been mortally wounded by an assassin the day before he was sworn in...  (D)	J. C. W. Beckham J. C. W. Beckham John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham was the 35th Governor of Kentucky and a United States Senator from Kentucky...  (D)				Gus G. Coulter
	J. C. W. Beckham (D)	vacant
1901
1902
1903
1904		William P. Thorne William P. Thorne William Pryor Thorne served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor J. C. W. Beckham from 1903–1907. He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky and died in 1928.-References:...  (D)				Samuel Hager (D)
1905
1906
1907
1908	Augustus E. Willson Augustus E. Willson Augustus Everett Willson was the 36th Governor of Kentucky. Orphaned at the age of twelve, Willson went to live with relatives in New England...  (R)	William Hopkinson Cox (R)				Frank P. Jones
1909
1910
1911
1912	James B. McCreary James B. McCreary James Bennett McCreary was a lawyer and politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor...  (D)	Edward J. McDermott Edward J. McDermott Edward John McDermott was an American politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1911 to 1915, under Governor James B. McCreary....  (D)				Henry Bosworth							Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...  and Thomas R. Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson...
1913
1914
1915
1916	Augustus O. Stanley Augustus O. Stanley Augustus Owsley Stanley I was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he served as the 38th Governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate...  (D)	James D. Black James D. Black James Dixon Black was the 39th Governor of Kentucky, serving for seven months in 1919. He ascended to the office when Governor Augustus O. Stanley was elected to the U.S. Senate....  (D)				Robert L. Greene Robert L. Greene Robert L. Greene is an American psychologist known for his work on human learning and memory. He has conducted notable experiments on why some lists of words are more memorable.Greene earned a B.A. from University of Pennsylvania in 1979 and his Ph.D...
1917
1918
1919
	James D. Black (D)	vacant				Thomas Martin Jones
1920	Edwin P. Morrow Edwin P. Morrow Edwin Porch Morrow was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923. He was the only Republican elected to this office between 1907 and 1927. He championed the typical Republican causes of his day, namely equal rights for African-Americans and the use of...  (R)	S. Thruston Ballard S. Thruston Ballard Samuel Thruston Ballard was an American politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923, under Governor Edwin P. Morrow.-External links:...  (R)				John J. Craig							James M. Cox James M. Cox James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920....  and Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
1921
1922
1923
1924	William J. Fields William J. Fields William Jason Fields was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Known as "Honest Bill from Olive Hill", he represented Kentucky's Ninth District in the U.S...  (D)	Henry Denhardt Henry Denhardt Henry H. Denhardt was a Democratic American politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1923 to 1927, under Governor William J. Fields....  (D)											Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...  and Charles G. Dawes Charles G. Dawes Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S...
1925
1926
1927
1928	Flem D. Sampson Flem D. Sampson Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson was the 42nd Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1927 to 1931. He graduated from Valparaiso University in 1894, and opened a law practice in Barbourville, Kentucky. He formed a political alliance with future congressmen Caleb Powers and John Robsion, both prominent...  (R)	James Breathitt, Jr. James Breathitt, Jr. James Breathitt, Jr. was an American politician from Kentucky.Breathitt was born on December 14, 1890 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.Breathitt was educated at Centre College....  (D)											Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...  and Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...  (R)
1929
1930
1931
1932	Ruby Laffoon Ruby Laffoon Ruby Laffoon was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He was the state's 43rd governor, serving from 1931 to 1935. At age 17, Laffoon moved to Washington, D.C. to live with his uncle, U.S. Representative Polk Laffoon...  (D)	Happy Chandler Happy Chandler Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr. was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his political positions, he also served as the second Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1945 to 1951 and...  (D)											Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...  and John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...
1933
1934
1935
1936	Happy Chandler (D)	Keen Johnson Keen Johnson Keen Johnson was the 45th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1939 to 1943. He remains the only journalist to have served in that capacity. After serving in World War I, Johnson purchased and edited the Elizabethtown Mirror...  (D)
1937
1938
1939
	Keen Johnson (D)	Rodes K. Myers Rodes K. Myers Rodes Kirby Myers was an active Kentucky Democrat and served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1939-1943.Myers' hometown was Bowling Green, Kentucky. Myers was a Kentucky delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1956.In 1939 Myers ran for Lieutenant Governor...  (D)
1940													Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...  and Henry A. Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A...  (D)
1941
1942
1943
1944	Simeon S. Willis Simeon S. Willis Simeon Slavens Willis was the 46th Governor of Kentucky, United States, serving from 1943 to 1947. He was the only Republican elected governor of Kentucky between 1927 and 1967....  (R)	Kenneth H. Tuggle Kenneth H. Tuggle Kenneth H. Tuggle , a Republican, served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1943-1947. It was 53 years before another Republican was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky....  (R)											Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...  and Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...  (D)
1945
1946
1947
1948	Earle C. Clements Earle C. Clements Earle Chester Clements was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was its 47th Governor, serving from 1947 to 1950...  (D)	Lawrence W. Wetherby (D)											Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...  and Alben W. Barkley Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....  (D)
1949
1950
1951	Lawrence W. Wetherby (D)	vacant
1952		Emerson Beauchamp Emerson Beauchamp Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor Lawrence Wetherby."Doc" Beauchamp was from Logan County, Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II. He served in the Kentucky Senate from 1944 through 1946. He was elected Lieutenant...  (D)	Charles K. O'Connell (D)										Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman John Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman was an American politician from the state of Alabama. A conservative Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from 1937 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson's running mate in...  (D)
1953
1954
1955
1956	Happy Chandler (D)	Harry Lee Waterfield Harry Lee Waterfield Harry Lee Waterfield , a Democrat, served twice as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and unsuccessfully sought election as Governor of Kentucky....  (D)	Thelma Stovall Thelma Stovall Thelma Hawkins Stovall was a pioneering female Southern politician who won several statewide elective offices in Kentucky, capping her career as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under the administration of her fellow Democrat, Governor Julian Carroll.Stovall was born in Munfordville, Kentucky. She...  (D)		Henry H. Carter Henry H. Carter Henry Hare Carter was an American linguistics professor,commander in the US Naval Reserve, translator, and a Spanish or Portuguese writer of textbooksand research.- Life and career :...  (D)								Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...  and Richard M. Nixon (R)
1957
1958
1959
1960	Bert T. Combs Bert T. Combs Bertram Thomas Combs was a jurist and politician from the US state of Kentucky. After serving on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he was elected the 50th Governor of Kentucky in 1959 on his second run for the office. Following his gubernatorial term, he was appointed to the Sixth Circuit Court of...  (D)	Wilson Wyatt (D)	Henry H. Carter (D)	John Bayne Breckinridge (D)	Thelma Stovall (D)								Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)
1961
1962
1963
1964	Edward T. Breathitt Edward T. Breathitt Edward Thompson "Ned" Breathitt, Jr. was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. A member of one of the state's political families, he was the 51st Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1963 to 1967...  (D)	Harry Lee Waterfield (D)	Thelma Stovall (D)		Emerson Beauchamp (D)								Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...  and Hubert H. Humphrey (D)
1965
1966
1967
1968	Louie B. Nunn Louie B. Nunn Louie Broady Nunn was the 52nd governor of Kentucky. Elected in 1967, he was the first Republican elected to that office since Simeon Willis in 1943 and the last to hold it until the election of Ernie Fletcher in 2003....  (R)	Wendell H. Ford Wendell H. Ford Wendell Hampton Ford is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be successively elected lieutenant governor, governor, and U.S. senator in Kentucky history...  (D)	Elmer Begley (R)	John Bayne Breckinridge (D)	Thelma Stovall (D)								Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...  (R)
1969
1970
1971			Ken Harper (R)
1972	Wendell H. Ford (D)	Julian Carroll Julian Carroll Julian Morton Carroll is a politician from the US state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he is presently a member of the Kentucky Senate, representing Anderson, Franklin, Woodford, and part of Fayette counties. From 1974 to 1979, he served as the 54th Governor of Kentucky, succeeding Wendell H. Ford, who...  (D)	Thelma Stovall (D)		Drexell R. Davis Drexell R. Davis Drexell R. Davis , a Democrat, held several elective offices in Kentucky. He was born Shelby County, Kentucky....  (D)
1973										Walter D. Huddleston(D)		5D, 2R
1974											Wendell H. Ford Wendell H. Ford Wendell Hampton Ford is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be successively elected lieutenant governor, governor, and U.S. senator in Kentucky history...  (D)
1975	Julian Carroll (D)	vacant
1976		Thelma Stovall (D)	Drexell R. Davis (D)	Robert F. Stephens (D)	Frances Jones Mills Frances Jones Mills Frances Jones Mills was a state official in Kentucky for a large portion of the 1970s and 1980s.Mills was born in Gray, Kentucky. Mills was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives from Knox County, Kentucky in 1961 as a Democrat, serving one term from a heavily Republican district. She...  (D)	George L. Atkins (D)	Thomas O. Harris (D)	31D, 7R					Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...  and Walter Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...  (D)
1977
1978								31D, 7R
1979												4D, 3R
1980	John Y. Brown, Jr. John Y. Brown, Jr. This article is about one of four John Young Browns, from Kentucky, that have served political office. For others see: John Young Brown ...  (D)	Martha Layne Collins Martha Layne Collins Martha Layne Collins is a politician from the US state of Kentucky. From 1983 to 1987 she was the 56th Governor of Kentucky, having served the previous four years as lieutenant governor. She was Kentucky's first and only female governor to date...  (D)	Frances Jones Mills (D)	Steve Beshear Steve Beshear Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear is an American politician who is the 61st Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A Democrat, Beshear previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1979, was the state's Attorney General from 1980 to 1983, and was Lieutenant Governor from...  (D)	Drexell R. Davis (D)	James B. Graham (D)	Alben W. Barkley II (D)	30D, 8R					Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....  and George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...  (R)
1981
1982								29D, 9R
1983
1984	Martha Layne Collins (D)	Steve Beshear (D)	Drexell R. Davis (D)	David L. Armstrong David L. Armstrong David L. Armstrong was mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1999 to 2003.Armstrong was born in Hope, Arkansas. Prior to becoming mayor, he had served as Jefferson County Judge/Executive since 1989. He was raised in Madison, Indiana...  (D)	Frances Jones Mills (D)	Mary Ann Tobin (D)	David Boswell David Boswell (Kentucky politician) David E. Boswell is a former Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate, having represented the 8th District from 1990 to 2011. Earlier he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1978 through 1983. He was the 2008 Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 2nd...  (D)
1985									74D, 26R	Mitch McConnell Mitch McConnell Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr. is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky and the Republican Minority Leader.- Early life, education, and military service :...  (R)
1986
1987
1988	Wallace G. Wilkinson Wallace G. Wilkinson Wallace Glenn Wilkinson was an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1987 to 1991, he served as the state's fifty-seventh governor. Wilkinson dropped out of college at the University of Kentucky in 1962 to attend to a book retail business he started...  (D)	Brereton Jones Brereton Jones Brereton Chandler Jones is a horse breeder and politician from the US state of Kentucky. From 1987 to 1991, he served as lieutenant governor of Kentucky and from 1991 to 1995, he was the state's 58th governor...  (D)	Bremer Ehrler Bremer Ehrler Bremer Ehrler , a Democrat, served as County Judge/Executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky, was elected to three terms as county clerk for Jefferson County beginning in 1973, served as postmaster of Louisville, Kentucky in the 1960s, and was elected to a term as Kentucky Secretary of State and...  (D)	Fred Cowan Fred Cowan Fred Cowan is a Kentucky politician. He currently serves as a Kentucky Circuit Judge of the 30th judicial district in Louisville. He is a former Kentucky Attorney General and former member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives for the 32nd district...  (D)	Robert Mead (D)	Bob Babbage (D)	Ward "Butch" Burnette (D)						George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....  (R)
1989
1990
1991
1992	Brereton Jones (D)	Paul E. Patton Paul E. Patton Paul Edward Patton was the 59th governor of Kentucky, serving from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, he was the first governor eligible to succeed himself in office since James Garrard in 1800...  (D)	Bob Babbage (D)	Chris Gorman (D)	Frances Jones Mills (D)	Ben Chandler Ben Chandler Albert Benjamin "Ben" Chandler III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...  (D)	Ed Logsdon (D)						Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...  and Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....  (D)
1993								24D, 14R	71D, 29R			4D, 2R
1994												3D, 3R
1995												4R, 2D
1996	Paul E. Patton (D)	Steve Henry (D)	John Y. Brown, III John Y. Brown, III John Young Brown III is a Kentucky politician. Brown served as Secretary of State of Kentucky from 1996 to 2004. In 2007, Brown ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky as the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Jody Richards, the Speaker of the...  (D)	Ben Chandler (D)	John Kennedy Hamilton (D)	Ed Hatchett Ed Hatchett Edward Hatchett is an American attorney and politician from Glasgow, Kentucky. A Democrat, Hatchett was the elected State Auditor in Kentucky from 1995-2003.-Early life and education:...  (D)	Billy Ray Smith (D)
1997								21 Coal., 17D				5R, 1D
1998
1999								19D, 19R			Jim Bunning Jim Bunning James Paul David "Jim" Bunning is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician.During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1955 to 1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career...  (R)
2000					Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller (politician) Jonathan Miller is a politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky currently serving as Secretary for the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, assuming that post in December, 2007...  (D)			20R,18D					George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
2001
2002
2003
2004	Ernie Fletcher Ernie Fletcher Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcher is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. In 1999, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th governor of Kentucky and served in that office...  (R)	Steve Pence Steve Pence Stephen B. Pence was the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He took office with fellow Republican Ernie Fletcher in December 2003.-Education:...  (R)	Trey Grayson Trey Grayson Charles Merwin "Trey" Grayson III is the director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, a former Secretary of State of Kentucky and a candidate in the 2010 GOP primary to replace Jim Bunning, losing to Rand Paul.-Early years and career:A product of the Kenton County public school...  (R)	Greg Stumbo Greg Stumbo Gregory D. "Greg" Stumbo is the Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Stumbo, a member of the Democratic Party, is a former Kentucky Attorney General from 2003 to 2007.-Early Career:...  (D)		Crit Luallen Crit Luallen Eugenia Crittenden Blackburn "Crit" Luallen is the current Auditor of Public Accounts for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.-Early Life and Education:Luallen is a native of Frankfort...  (D)	Richie Farmer (R)		57D, 43R			4R, 2D
2005												5R, 1D
2006									61D, 39R
2007												4R, 2D
2008	Steve Beshear (D)	Daniel Mongiardo Daniel Mongiardo Frank Daniel Mongiardo is an American physician and politician from Kentucky. Mongiardo is a Democrat and has been Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky since 2007. He was a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 2001 to 2007. He also ran for the U.S...  (D)		Jack Conway Jack Conway (politician) John William “Jack” Conway is an American politician from Kentucky. Conway is a Democrat and has served as the Attorney General of Kentucky since 2008. Prior to his election as attorney general, he was a candidate in the 2002 U.S. House of Representatives election for , narrowly losing to Anne...  (D)	Todd Hollenbach Todd Hollenbach Todd Hollenbach is the Kentucky State Treasurer. A Democrat, Hollenbach was elected to the position of Treasurer in 2007 and re-elected in 2011.-Education:...  (D)			22R, 15D, 1I	63D, 37R				John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....  and Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...  (R)
2009									65D, 35R
2010
2011			Elaine Walker Elaine Walker Elaine Nogay Walker is an American politician and the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She assumed office on January 29, 2011 and is a member of the Democratic Party...  (D)						59D, 41R		Rand Paul Rand Paul Randal Howard "Rand" Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. He is a member of the Republican Party. A member of the Tea Party movement, he describes himself as a "constitutional conservative" and a libertarian...  (R)
Year	Governor Governor of Kentucky The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once...	Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky The office of lieutenant governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentucky's four constitutions, beginning in 1797. The lieutenant governor serves as governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to the Vice President of the United States assuming the powers of the presidency...	Sec. of State Secretary of State of Kentucky The Secretary of State of Kentucky is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is now an elected office, but was an appointed office prior to 1891. The current Secretary of State is Democrat Elaine Walker, who was appointed by Governor Steve Beshear to fulfill the...	Attorney General Attorney General of Kentucky The Attorney General of Kentucky is an office created by the Kentucky Constitution. . Under Kentucky law, he serves several roles, including the state's chief prosecutor , the state's chief law enforcement officer , and the state's chief law officer...	Treasurer	Auditor	Ag. Comm.	State Senate Kentucky Senate The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky Senate is composed of 38 members elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. There are no term limits for Kentucky Senators...	State House Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices							|General Assembly Kentucky General Assembly The Kentucky General Assembly, also called the Kentucky Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky.The General Assembly meets annually in the state capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky, convening on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Kentucky These are tables of congressional delegations from Kentucky to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-1789 - 1792: One representative from Virginia:Until November 9, 1792, Kentucky was a part of Virginia...

See also

• Law and government in Kentucky