| # | Governor | Party | Term | Lt. Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Shelby | Democratic-Republican | June 4, 1792 - June 7, 1796 | Office did not exist |
| 2 | James Garrard | Democratic-Republican | June 7, 1796 - September 5, 1804 | Alexander Scott Bullitt (1800-1804) |
| 3 | Christopher Greenup | Democratic-Republican | September 5, 1804 - September 1, 1808 | John Caldwell (died November 19, 1804; Thomas Posey |
| 4 | Charles Scott | Democratic-Republican | September 1, 1808 - August 24, 1812 | Gabriel Slaughter |
| 5 | Isaac Shelby | Democratic-Republican | August 24, 1812 - September 5, 1816 | Richard Hickman |
| 6 | George Madison | Democratic-Republican | September 5, 1816 - October 14, 1816 (died in office) | Gabriel Slaughter |
| 7 | Gabriel Slaughter | Democratic-Republican | October 14, 1816 - August 29, 1820 | Vacant |
| 8 | John Adair | Democratic-Republican | August 29, 1820 - August 24, 1824 | William T. Barry |
| 9 | Joseph Holmes Desha | Democratic-Republican | August 24, 1824 - August 26, 1828 | Robert B. McAfee |
| 10 | Thomas Metcalfe | National Republican | August 26, 1828 - September 4, 1832 | John Breathitt |
| 11 | John Breathitt | Democratic | September 4, 1832 - February 21, 1834 (died in office) | James Turner Morehead |
| 12 | James Turner Morehead | National Republican | February 21, 1834 - August 30, 1836 | Vacant |
| 13 | James Clark | Whig | August 30, 1836 - August 27, 1839 (died in office) | Charles A. Wickliffe |
| 14 | Charles A. Wickliffe | Whig | August 27, 1839 - September 2, 1840 | Vacant |
| 15 | Robert P. Letcher | Whig | September 2, 1840 - September 4, 1844 | Manlius Valerius Thomson |
| 16 | William Owsley | Whig | September 4, 1844 - September 6, 1848 | Archibald Dixon |
| 17 | John J. Crittenden | Whig | September 6, 1848 - July 31, 1850 (resigned) | John L. Helm |
| 18 | John L. Helm | Whig | July 31, 1850 - September 2, 1851 | Vacant |
| 19 | Lazarus W. Powell | Democratic | September 2, 1851 - September 4, 1855 | John Burton Thompson |
| 20 | Charles S. Morehead | Know Nothing | September 4, 1855 - August 30, 1859 | James Greene Hardy |
| 21 | Beriah Magoffin | Democratic | August 30, 1859 - August 18, 1862 (resigned) | Linn Boyd (died December 17, 1859) |
| 22 | James Fisher Robinson | Democratic | August 18, 1862 - September 1, 1863 | Vacant |
| 23 | Thomas E. Bramlette | Democratic | September 1, 1863 - September 3, 1867 | Richard Taylor Jacob |
| 24 | John L. Helm | Democratic | September 3, 1867 - September 8, 1867 (died in office) | John W. Stevenson |
| 25 | John W. Stevenson | Democratic | September 8, 1867 - February 3, 1871 (resigned) | Vacant |
| 26 | Preston Leslie | Democratic | February 3, 1871 - August 31, 1875 | John G. Carlisle |
| 27 | James B. McCreary | Democratic | August 31, 1875 - September 2, 1879 | John C. Underwood |
| 28 | Luke P. Blackburn | Democratic | September 2, 1879 - September 5, 1883 | James E. Cantrill |
| 29 | J. Proctor Knott | Democratic | September 5, 1883 - August 30, 1887 | James R. Hindman |
| 30 | Simon Bolivar Buckner | Democratic | August 30, 1887 - September 2, 1891 | James William Bryan |
| 31 | John Y. Brown | Democratic | September 2, 1891 - December 10, 1895 | Mitchell Cary Alford |
| 32 | William O'Connell Bradley | Republican | December 10, 1895 - December 12, 1899 | William Jackson Worthington |
| 33 | William S. Taylor | Republican | December 12, 1899 - January 31, 1900 (removed from office) | John Marshall |
| 34 | William Goebel | Democratic | January 31, 1900 - February 3, 1900 (assassinated) | J. C. W. Beckham |
| 35 | J. C. W. Beckham | Democratic | February 3, 1900 - December 10, 1907 | William P. Thorne (as of 1903) |
| 36 | Augustus E. Willson | Republican | December 10, 1907 - December 12, 1911 | William Hopkinson Cox |
| 37 | James B. McCreary | Democratic | December 12, 1911 - December 7, 1915 | Edward J. McDermott |
| 38 | Augustus Owsley Stanley | Democratic | December 7, 1915 - May 19, 1919 (Resigned) | James D. Black |
| 39 | James D. Black | Democratic | May 19, 1919 - December 9, 1919 | Vacant |
| 40 | Edwin P. Morrow | Republican | December 9, 1919 - December 11, 1923 | S. Thruston Ballard |
| 41 | William J. Fields | Democratic | December 11, 1923 - December 13, 1927 | Henry Denhardt |
| 42 | Flem D. Sampson | Republican | December 13, 1927 - December 8, 1931 | James Breathitt, Jr. |
| 43 | Ruby Laffoon | Democratic | December 8, 1931 - December 10, 1935 | Happy Chandler |
| 44 | Happy Chandler | Democratic | December 10, 1935 - October 9, 1939 (Resigned) | Keen Johnson |
| 45 | Keen Johnson | Democratic | October 9, 1939 - December 7, 1943 | Rodes K. Myers |
| 46 | Simeon Willis | Republican | December 7, 1943 - December 9, 1947 | Kenneth H. Tuggle |
| 47 | Earle Clements | Democratic | December 9, 1947 - November 27, 1950 (Resigned) | Lawrence Wetherby |
| 48 | Lawrence Wetherby | Democratic | November 27, 1950 - December 13, 1955 | Emerson Beauchamp |
| 49 | Happy Chandler | Democratic | December 13, 1955 - December 8, 1959 | Harry Lee Waterfield |
| 50 | Bert Combs | Democratic | December 8, 1959 - December 10, 1963 | Wilson W. Wyatt |
| 51 | Ned Breathitt | Democratic | December 10, 1963 - December 12, 1967 | Harry Lee Waterfield |
| 52 | Louie Nunn | Republican | December 12, 1967 - December 7, 1971 | Wendell Ford |
| 53 | Wendell Ford | Democratic | December 7, 1971 - December 28, 1974 (Resigned) | Julian Carroll |
| 54 | Julian Carroll | Democratic | December 28, 1974 - December 11, 1979 | Thelma Stovall |
| 55 | John Y. Brown, Jr. | Democratic | December 11, 1979 - December 13, 1983 | Martha Layne Collins |
| 56 | Martha Layne Collins | Democratic | December 13, 1983 - December 8, 1987 | Steve Beshear |
| 57 | Wallace Wilkinson | Democratic | December 8, 1987 - December 10, 1991 | Brereton Jones |
| 58 | Brereton Jones | Democratic | December 10, 1991 - December 12, 1995 | Paul Patton |
| 59 | Paul Patton | Democratic | December 12, 1995 - December 9, 2003 | Steve Henry |
| 60 | Ernie Fletcher | Republican | December 9, 2003 - December 11, 2007 | Steve Pence |
| 61 | Steve Beshear | Democratic | December 11, 2007 - December 8, 2015 | Jerry Abramson; Crit Luallen |
| 62 | Matt Bevin | Republican | December 8, 2015 - Current | Jenean Hampton |
The following is a list of Kentucky Governors.
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