| | This article does not cite any references or sources. (February 2008) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | Martha Layne Collins (born December 7, 1936 in Bagdad, Kentucky) was Governor of the U.S. State of Kentucky from 1983 through 1987; she is a member of the Democratic Party. [[1]] This is a list of Governors of Kentucky: See also Kentucky Categories: Lists of United States governors | Governors of Kentucky ...
The office of Lieutentant Governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentuckys four constitutions, beginning in 1797. ...
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Bagdad, Kentucky is an unincorporated town located in northeastern Shelby County. ...
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Bagdad, Kentucky is an unincorporated town located in northeastern Shelby County. ...
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Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²) - Width 140 miles (225 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 1. ...
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After graduating from the University of Kentucky, Collins began her professional career as a school teacher in the public schools of Louisville and Woodford County. Collins worked in various Democratic campaigns. Her first elected office was that of Clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, where she served from 1975 through 1979. She was elected Lieutenant Governor for the state in 1979 and served in that office until she was elected Governor four years later. She defeated Jim Bunning by 561,674 (54.6%) to 454,650 (44.2%). Collins was the first and to date only woman to be elected Governor of Kentucky and only the third woman in United States history to be elected governor of a state who was not the wife or widow of a previous governor, and only the sixth to serve in that capacity. She served as Governor from 1983 through 1987. In 1998, Bunning was elected to the U.S Senate. The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ...
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Woodford County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ...
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James Paul David Jim Bunning (born October 23, 1931 in Southgate, Kentucky) is an American politician who was a Hall of Fame pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1971. ...
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While governor, Collins was chairperson of the 1984 Democratic National Convention. During her term in office, some important educational reforms were enacted. Collins successfully sought state incentives for Toyota to locate its manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky; those incentives were controversial at the time but Toyota has been an important employer and source of numerous other businesses and jobs created in Kentucky since then. Collins' husband Dr. Bill Collins was the cause of an influence-peddling scandal while she was in office. The 1984 Democratic National Convention was held in San Francisco, California in July of 1984, to select a candidate for the 1984 United States presidential election. ...
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After her service as governor Collins was president of Saint Catharine College for six years and held various positions in residence at other colleges and universities in Kentucky. She is currently Executive Scholar in Residence at Georgetown College. She has not run for office after her service as governor, though her son ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor of Kentucky in 1987. Collins is currently on the Board of Directors of Eastman Kodak. She is also Chairwoman of the Kentucky World Trade Center. Saint Catharine College is a small Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in St Catharine, Kentucky. ...
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| Governors of Kentucky | Shelby • Garrard • Greenup • Scott • Shelby • Madison • Slaughter • Adair • Desha • Metcalfe • J. Breathitt • J. Morehead • Clark • Wickliffe • Letcher • Owsley • Crittenden • Helm • Powell • C. Morehead • Magoffin • Robinson • Bramlette • Helm • Stevenson • Leslie • McCreary • Blackburn • Knott • Buckner • Brown • Bradley • Taylor • Goebel • Beckham • Willson • McCreary • Stanley • Black • Morrow • Fields • Sampson • Laffoon • Chandler • Johnson • Willis • Clements • Wetherby • Chandler • Combs • E. Breathitt • Nunn • Ford • Carroll • Brown Jr. • Collins • Wilkinson • Jones • Patton • Fletcher • Beshear Kentucky also had two Confederate Governors: George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes. John Young Brown Jr. ...
This is a list of Governors of Kentucky: See also Kentucky Categories: Lists of United States governors | Governors of Kentucky ...
Wallace Glenn Wilkinson (December 12, 1941âJuly 5, 2002) was a Kentucky businessman who made a fortune with college bookstores, and Governor of Kentucky, 1987-1991. ...
Thelma Stovall (born April 1, 1919) won statewide elective offices in Kentucky, capping her career as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1975-1979. ...
The office of Lieutentant Governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentuckys four constitutions, beginning in 1797. ...
Steven L. Beshear (1944-), a Democrat, won election as a member of the Kentucky State Senate, Attorney General of Kentucky and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky before losing races for Governor of Kentucky and the United States Senate. ...
John Young Brown Jr. ...
Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky: 1903 J. C. W. Beckham 1927 J. C. W. Beckham 1931 Ruby Laffoon 1935 Happy Chandler 1939 Keen Johnson 1943 J. Lyter Donaldson 1947 Earle C. Clements 1951 Lawrence Wetherby 1955 Happy Chandler 1959 Bert T. Combs 1963 Edward T. Breathitt 1967 Henry Ward...
Wallace Glenn Wilkinson (December 12, 1941âJuly 5, 2002) was a Kentucky businessman who made a fortune with college bookstores, and Governor of Kentucky, 1987-1991. ...
Thelma Stovall (born April 1, 1919) won statewide elective offices in Kentucky, capping her career as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1975-1979. ...
Steven L. Beshear (1944-), a Democrat, won election as a member of the Kentucky State Senate, Attorney General of Kentucky and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky before losing races for Governor of Kentucky and the United States Senate. ...
The Kentucky Court of Appeals is the lower of Kentuckys two appellate courts, under the Kentucky Supreme Court. ...
This is a list of Governors of Kentucky: See also Kentucky Categories: Lists of United States governors | Governors of Kentucky ...
Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 â July 18, 1826) was an American soldier and the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1792 to 1796 and from 1812 to 1816. ...
James Garrard was the Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. ...
Christopher Greenup Christopher Greenup (1750âApril 27, 1818) was an American lawyer and politician from Frankfort, Kentucky. ...
For the Charles Scott who was British ambassador to Imperial Russia, 1898-1904 see Charles Scott (ambassador). ...
Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 â July 18, 1826) was an American soldier and the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1792 to 1796 and from 1812 to 1816. ...
George Madison was the Governor of Kentucky in 1816. ...
Governor Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter (1767 Culpepper County Virginia â 19 September 1830 Mercer County, Kentucky) Democratic-Republican party was the 7th governor of Kentucky (19 October 1817 â 7 September 1820). ...
John Adair John Adair (January 9, 1757 â May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, soldier and statesman of Mercer County, Kentucky. ...
Joseph Desha (December 9, 1768 â October 12, 1842) was the ninth governor of Kentucky. ...
Thomas Metcalfe (March 20, 1780 - August 18, 1855) was a United States politician, serving many different posts throughout his life, including U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Kentucky. ...
John Breathitt (1786â1834) was a 19th century politician who served as the Governor of Kentucky from 1832â1834, dying in office. ...
James Turner Morehead (May 24, 1797 - December 28, 1854) was a United States Senator from Kentucky. ...
James Clark (January 16, 1779 â August 27, 1839) was the thirteenth governor of Kentucky. ...
Charles A. Wickliffe Charles Anderson Wickliffe, politician, born in Bardstown, Kentucky, 8 June 1788; died in Ilchester in Howard County, Maryland, 31 October 1869. ...
Robert Perkins Letcher (February 10, 1788 â January 24, 1861) was the fifteenth governor of Kentucky. ...
William Owsley (1782 – December 1862) was an American politician and jurist. ...
John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1786âJuly 26, 1863) was an American statesman. ...
John LaRue Helm John LaRue Helm (July 4, 1802âSeptember 8, 1867) was one of the most illustrious sons of Elizabethtown and Hardin County. ...
Lazarus W. Powell was the Governor of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855, and later a United States Senator from Kentucky. ...
Charles Slaughter Morehead (July 7, 1802 â December 21, 1868) was the twentieth governor of Kentucky. ...
Beriah Magoffin (April 18, 1815 - February 28, 1885) was the Governor of Kentucky from 1859 to 1862. ...
James Fisher Robinson (October 4, 1800 - October 31, 1882) was the twenty-second Governor of Kentucky. ...
Thomas Elliott Bramlette (January 3, 1817 â January 12, 1875) was the twenty-third Governor of Kentucky. ...
John LaRue Helm John LaRue Helm (July 4, 1802âSeptember 8, 1867) was one of the most illustrious sons of Elizabethtown and Hardin County. ...
John White Stevenson (2 May 1812 - 10 August 1886) succeeded Governor John Helm, who died while in office in 1867. ...
Preston H. Leslie (8 March 1819 - 7 February 1907) was the governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1871-1875. ...
James B. McCreary McCreary ( July 8, 1838-Oct. ...
Luke P. Blackburn Luke Pryor Blackburn (July 16, 1816 - September 14, 1887) was Governor of Kentucky from 1879 to 1883. ...
James Proctor Knott (1830 - June 18, 1911) was the Attorney General of Missouri at the outset of the American Civil War and Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. ...
Simon Bolivar Buckner Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 1, 1823 â January 8, 1914) was a career U.S. Army officer and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, the officer who yielded to Ulysses S. Grants famous demand for unconditional surrender at the Battle of...
John Young Brown (June 28, 1835-January 11, 1904) was a Representative from Kentucky. ...
William OC. Bradley William OConnell Bradley (March 18, 1847 - May 23, 1914) was a U.S. senator from Kentucky. ...
William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) was the Governor of Kentucky from December 1899 until January 1900. ...
William J. Goebel (January 4, 1856 â February 3, 1900)[3] was a controversial American politician who served as Governor of Kentucky for a few days in 1900 before being assassinated. ...
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (August 5, 1869 - January 9, 1940) served as both Governor of Kentucky and in the United States Senate. ...
Augustus Everett Willson (October 13, 1846 â August 24, 1931) was the thirty-sixth Governor of Kentucky. ...
James B. McCreary McCreary ( July 8, 1838-Oct. ...
Augustus Owsley Stanley (May 21, 1867 - August 12, 1958) was governor of Kentucky from 1915 to 1918. ...
James Dixon Black (September 24, 1849 â August 4, 1938) was governor of Kentucky for part of 1919. ...
Edwin Porch Morrow (November 28, 1877 â June 15, 1935) was a Republican Governor of Kentucky from 1919 â 1923. ...
William Jason Fields (December 29, 1874 - October 21, 1954) was the governor of Kentucky from 1923 to 1927. ...
Flemon Davis Sampson (1873 - 1967) was governor of Kentucky from 1927 through 1931. ...
Ruby Laffoon (January 15, 1869 â March 1, 1941) was the forty-third Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1931 to 1935. ...
Albert Benjamin Happy Chandler, Sr. ...
Keen Johnson (January 12, 1896 - February 7, 1970) served as Governor of Kentucky 1939-1943. ...
Simeon Slavens Willis (1 December 1879 - 2 April 1965) was a US lawyer, judge and politician. ...
Earle Chester Clements (October 22, 1896 - March 12, 1985) served as Governor of Kentucky and as a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky. ...
Lawerence Winchester Wetherby (January 2, 1908 - March 27, 1994) served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and as Governor of Kentucky upon the resignation of Governor Earle C. Clements as Clements went to the United States Senate. ...
Albert Benjamin Happy Chandler, Sr. ...
Bert T. Combs (August 13, 1911-December 4, 1991),born in Clay County, Kentucky, was the Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1959 through 1963. ...
Edward Thompson Ned Breathitt Jr. ...
Louie Broady Nunn, (March 8, 1924-January 29, 2004) a native of Park in Barren County was Governor of Kentucky from 1967 to 1971. ...
Wendell Hampton Ford (born September 8, 1924) is an American politician from Kentucky who belongs to the Democratic Party. ...
Julian Morton Carroll (born April 16, 1931) was Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky from 1974 to 1979 as a Democrat. ...
John Young Brown Jr. ...
Wallace Glenn Wilkinson (December 12, 1941âJuly 5, 2002) was a Kentucky businessman who made a fortune with college bookstores, and Governor of Kentucky, 1987-1991. ...
Brereton Jones Brereton Chandler Jones (born June 27, 1939) is an American political figure. ...
Paul E. Patton Paul E. Patton (born May 26, 1937) served as Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. ...
Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) has served as governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky since December 9, 2003. ...
Steven L. Beshear (1944-), a Democrat, won election as a member of the Kentucky State Senate, Attorney General of Kentucky and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky before losing races for Governor of Kentucky and the United States Senate. ...
Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial) States that seceded under CSA control States and territories claimed by CSA without formal secession and/or control Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia...
George W. Johnson (born May 27, 1811; died April 8, 1862) was the head of a shadow government of Kentucky formed by secessionists during the American Civil War. ...
Kentuckys Provisinal Governor of the Confederates Richard Hawes (1797â1877) He was brother of Albert Gallatin Hawes, nephew of Aylett Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner), a Representative from Kentucky. ...
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The office of Lieutentant Governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentuckys four constitutions, beginning in 1797. ...
Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761âApril 13, 1816) was an American pioneer and statesman who was an early settler in Kentucky. ...
Caldwell, John (1757-1804) was a Kentucky Politician, State Senator, and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. ...
Governor Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter (1767 Culpepper County Virginia â 19 September 1830 Mercer County, Kentucky) Democratic-Republican party was the 7th governor of Kentucky (19 October 1817 â 7 September 1820). ...
Richard Hickman (1757 - 1832) was the 3rdLieutenant Governor of Kentucky, serving in that capacity from 1812 to 1816 under Issac Shelby during Shelbys second term as governor. ...
Governor Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter (1767 Culpepper County Virginia â 19 September 1830 Mercer County, Kentucky) Democratic-Republican party was the 7th governor of Kentucky (19 October 1817 â 7 September 1820). ...
William Taylor Barry (February 5, 1784âAugust 30, 1835) was an American statesman and jurist. ...
Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784-1849) was a Kentucky politician, and was the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving from 1824 to 1828. ...
John Breathitt (1786â1834) was a 19th century politician who served as the Governor of Kentucky from 1832â1834, dying in office. ...
James Turner Morehead (May 24, 1797 - December 28, 1854) was a United States Senator from Kentucky. ...
Charles A. Wickliffe Charles Anderson Wickliffe, politician, born in Bardstown, Kentucky, 8 June 1788; died in Ilchester in Howard County, Maryland, 31 October 1869. ...
Manlius Valerius Thomson (1802-1850) was a Kentucky Lawyer, Politician, and the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844. ...
Archibald Dixon (April 2, 1802 - April 23, 1876) held numerous Kentucky and U.S. national political offices. ...
John LaRue Helm John LaRue Helm (July 4, 1802âSeptember 8, 1867) was one of the most illustrious sons of Elizabethtown and Hardin County. ...
John Burton Thompson (December 14, 1810 - January 7, 1874) was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky. ...
James G. Hardy (May 3, 1795 - July 16, 1856) was a popular Kentucky politician who belonged to the American or Know-Nothing Party. ...
Linn Boyd (November 22, 1800âDecember 17, 1859) 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. ...
Richard Taylor Jacob (March 13, 1825 - September 13, 1903) was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1863-64). ...
John White Stevenson (2 May 1812 - 10 August 1886) succeeded Governor John Helm, who died while in office in 1867. ...
John G. Carlisle (September 5, 1834 - July 31, 1910) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party during the last quarter of the 19th century. ...
John Cox Underwood (1840-1913) was the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving in that campacity from 1875 to 1879. ...
James E. Cantrill (1839-1909) was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1839. ...
James Robert Hindman (1839-1912) was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky He was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1839. ...
James William Bryan (1853-1903) was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky He was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1853. ...
Mitchell Cary Alford (1855-1914) was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. ...
William Jackson Worthington (b. ...
John Marshall (b. ...
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (August 5, 1869 - January 9, 1940) served as both Governor of Kentucky and in the United States Senate. ...
William P. Thorne (b. ...
W.H. Cox was an American politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1907 to 1911, under Governor Augustus E. Willson. ...
Edward J. McDermott was an American politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1911 to 1915, under Governor James B. McCreary. ...
James Dixon Black (September 24, 1849 â August 4, 1938) was governor of Kentucky for part of 1919. ...
S. Thruston Ballard was an American politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923, under Governor Edwin P. Morrow. ...
Henry Denhardt was an American politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1923 to 1927, under Governor William J. Fields. ...
James Breathitt, Jr. ...
Albert Benjamin Happy Chandler, Sr. ...
Keen Johnson (January 12, 1896 - February 7, 1970) served as Governor of Kentucky 1939-1943. ...
Rodes Kirby Myers (1900-1960) was an active Kentucky Democrat and served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1939-1943. ...
Kenneth H. Tuggle (1904 - 1978), a Republican, served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1943-1947. ...
Lawerence Winchester Wetherby (January 2, 1908 - March 27, 1994) served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and as Governor of Kentucky upon the resignation of Governor Earle C. Clements as Clements went to the United States Senate. ...
Emerson Doc Beauchamp (1899 - 1971) served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor Lawrence Wetherby. ...
Harry Lee Waterfield (1911-1988), a Democrat, served twice as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and unsuccessfully sought election as Governor of Kentucky. ...
Wilson Watkins Wyatt (November 21, 1905 â June 11, 1996) served as Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1941 to 1945 and as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1959 to 1963. ...
Harry Lee Waterfield (1911-1988), a Democrat, served twice as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and unsuccessfully sought election as Governor of Kentucky. ...
Wendell Hampton Ford (born September 8, 1924) is an American politician from Kentucky who belongs to the Democratic Party. ...
Julian Morton Carroll (born April 16, 1931) was Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky from 1974 to 1979 as a Democrat. ...
Thelma Stovall (born April 1, 1919) won statewide elective offices in Kentucky, capping her career as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1975-1979. ...
Steven L. Beshear (1944-), a Democrat, won election as a member of the Kentucky State Senate, Attorney General of Kentucky and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky before losing races for Governor of Kentucky and the United States Senate. ...
Brereton Jones Brereton Chandler Jones (born June 27, 1939) is an American political figure. ...
Paul E. Patton Paul E. Patton (born May 26, 1937) served as Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. ...
Steve Henry (1953 - ) was a Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1995 through 2003. ...
Stephen B. Pence (born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 22, 1953) is Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. ...
Daniel Mongiardo, (born July 4, 1960) is a physician and a Democratic U.S. politician from the state of Kentucky. ...
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