KENTUCKY

U.S. STATE KENTUCKY
In 1792 the Virginian county of Kentucky - established in 1776 - became a
separate State of the Union.
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STATE OFFICERS
Governors

1867 - 1871   John White Stevenson                           1812 - 1886
1871 - 1875   Preston Hopkins Leslie                         1819 - 1907
1875 - 1879   James Bennett McCreary                         1838 - 1918
1879 - 1883   Luke Pryor Blackburn                           1816 - 1887
1883 - 1887   James Proctor Knott                            1830 - 1911
1887 - 1891   Simon Bolivar Buckner                          1823 - 1914
1891 - 1895   John Young Brown                               1835 - 1904
1895 - 1899   William O'Connell Bradley                      1848 - 1929
1899 - 1900   William Sylvester Taylor                       1853 - 1928
1900          William Goebel                                 1856 - 1900
1900 - 1907   John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham                  1869 - 1940
1907 - 1911   Augustus Everett Willson                       1846 - 1931
1911 - 1915   James Bennett McCreary (2x) 
1915 - 1919   Augustus Owsley Stanley                        1867 - 1958
1919 - 1923   Edwin Porch Morrow                             1878 - 1935
1923 - 1927   William Jason Fields                           1874 - 1954
1927 - 1931   Flemon "Flem" Davis Sampson                    1873 - 1967
1931 - 1935   Ruby Laffoon                                   1869 - 1941
1935 - 1939   Albert Benjamin Chandler                       1898 - 1991
1939 - 1943   Keen Johnson                                   1896 - 1970
1943 - 1947   Simeon Slavens Willis                          1879 - 1965


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