Isaac Shelby Democratic-Republican 1792-1796
James Garrard " " 1796-1804
Christopher Greenup " " 1804-1808
Charles Scott " " 1808-1812
Isaac Shelby " " 1812-1816
George Madison* " " 1816
Gabriel Slaughter (acting) " " 1816-1820
John Adair " " 1820-1824
Joseph Desha " " 1824-1828
Thomas Metcalfe National " 1828-1832
John Breathitt* Democrat 1832-1834
James T. Morehead (acting) " 1834-1836
James Clark* Whig 1836
Charles A. Wickliffe (acting) " 1836-1840
Robert P. Letcher " 1840-1844
William Owsley " 1844-1848
John J. Crittenden[+] " 1848-1850
John L. Helm[+] Democrat 1850-1851
Lazarus W. Powell " 1851-1855
Charles S. Morehead American 1855-1859
Beriah Magoffin Democrat 1859-1862
James F. Robinson " 1862-1863
Thomas E. Bramlette " 1863-1867
John L. Helm* " 1867
John W. Stevenson[++] " 1867-1871
Preston H. Leslie[++] " 1871-1875
James B. McCreary " 1875-1879
Luke P. Blackburn " 1879-1883
J. Proctor Knott " 1883-1887
Simon B. Buckner " 1887-1891
John Y. Brown " 1891-1895
William O. Bradley Republican 1895-1899
William S. Taylor§ " 1899-1900
William Goebel* Democrat 1900
J. C. W. Beckham " 1900-1907
Augustus E. Willson Republican 1907-
* Died in office.
[+] Governor Crittenden resigned on the 31st of July to become
Attorney-General of the United States and John L. Helm served out
the unexpired term.
[++] Governor Stevenson resigned on the 13th of February 1871 to
become U.S. Senator from Kentucky. P. H. Leslie filled out the
remainder of the term and was elected in 1871 for a full term.
§ Taylor's election was contested by Goebel, who received the
certificate of election.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--For descriptions of physical features and accounts of
natural resources see _Reports of the Kentucky Geological Survey_, the
_Biennial Reports of the Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics_,
the _Reports_ of the United States Census and various publications of
the U.S. Geological Survey, and other publications listed in Bulletin
301 (_Bibliography and Index of North American Geology_ for 1901-1905)
and other bibliographies of the Survey. For an early description, see
Gilbert Imlay, _A Topographical Description of the Western Territory
of North America_ (London, 3rd ed., 1797), in which John Filson's
"Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke" (1784) is
reprinted. For a brief description of the Blue Grass Region, see James
Lane Allen's _The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky and other Kentucky
Articles_ (New York, 1900). An account of the social and industrial
life of the people in the "mountain" districts is given in William H.
Haney's _The Mountain People of Kentucky_ (Cincinnati, 1906). For
administration, see the _Official Manual for the Use of the Courts,
State and County Officials and General Assembly of the State of
Kentucky_ (Lexington), which contains the Constitution of 1891; _The
Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention ... of 1849_
(Frankfort, 1849); _The Official Report of the Proceedings and Debates
of the Constitutional Convention of 1890_ (4 vols., Frankfort, 1890);
B. H. Young, _History and Texts of Three Constitutions of Kentucky_
(Louisville, 1890); J. F. Bullitt and John Feland, _The General
Statutes of Kentucky_ (Frankfort and Louisville, 1877, revised
editions, 1881, 1887); and the _Annual Reports_ of state officers and
boards. For history see R. M. McElroy's _Kentucky in the Nation's
History_ (New York, 1909, with bibliography); or (more briefly) N. S.
Shaler's _Kentucky_ (Boston, 1885), in the American Commonwealths
Series. John M. Brown's _The Political Beginnings of Kentucky_
(Louisville, 1889) is a good monograph dealing with the period before
1792; it should be compared with Thomas M. Green's _The Spanish
Conspiracy: A Review of Early Spanish Movements in the Southwest_
(Cincinnati, 1891), written in reply to it. Among older histories are
Humphrey Marshall, _The History of Kentucky ... and the Present State
of the Country_ (2 vols., Frankfort, 1812, 1824), extremely
Federalistic in tone; Mann Butler, _History of Kentucky from its
Exploration and Settlement by the Whites to the close of the
Southwestern Campaign of 1813_ (Louisville, 1834; 2nd ed., Cincinnati,
1836), and Lewis Collins, _The History of Kentucky_ (2 vols., revised
edition, Covington, Ky., 1874), a valuable store-house of facts, the
basis of Shaler's work. E. D. Warfield's _The Kentucky Resolutions_ of
1798 (New York, 2nd ed., 1887) is an excellent monograph. For the
Civil War history see "Campaigns in Kentucky and Tennessee," in the
7th volume of _Papers of the Military Historical Society of
Massachusetts_ (Boston, 1908); Thomas Speed, _The Union Cause in
Kentucky_ (New York, 1907); Basil W. Duke, _History of Morgan's
Cavalry_ (Cincinnati, 1867), and general works on the history of the
war. See also Alvin F. Lewis, _History of Higher Education in
Kentucky_, in Circulars of Information of the U.S. Bureau of Education
(Washington, 1899), and R. G. Thwaites, _Daniel Boone_ (New York,
1902). There is much valuable material in the _Register_ (Frankfort,
1903 seq.) of the Kentucky State Historical Society, and especially in
the publications of the Filson Club of Louisville. Among the latter
are R. T. Durrett's _John Filson, the first Historian of Kentucky_
(1884); Thomas Speed, _The Wilderness Road_ (1886); W. H. Perrin, _The
Pioneer Press of Kentucky_ (1888); G. W. Ranck, _Boonesborough: Its
Founding, Pioneer Struggles, Indian Experiences, Transylvania Days and
Revolutionary Annals_ (1901), and _The Centenary of Kentucky_ (1892),
containing an address, "The State of Kentucky: its Discovery,
Settlement, Autonomy and Progress in a Hundred Years," by Reuben T.
Durrett.