Governors

13
August 30, 1836 to August 27, 1839
Whig

Governor James Clark

16 January 1779 —
27 August 1839
Kentucky Historical Society (Creator: Sophia DeButts Gray)

Official Hostess Judith Campbell Clark Bright (Governor Clark's daughter)

25 July 1820 —
24 December 1855

Widowed Governor Clark's daughter became First Hostess.
14
September 27, 1839 to September 2, 1840
Whig

Governor A. Charles Wickliffe

08 June 1788 —
31 October 1869
Kentucky Historical Society (Artist: Antoine Placide Gilbert)

First Lady Margaret Crepps Wickliffe

07 September 1788 —
10 December 1863

15
September 2, 1840 to September 4, 1844
Whig

Governor Robert P. Letcher

10 February 1788 —
24 January 1861
Kentucky Historical Society

First Lady Charlotte Robertson Letcher

1792 —
29 October 1879

16
September 4, 1844 to September 6, 1848
Whig

Governor William Owsley

24 March 1782 —
09 December 1862
Kentucky Historical Society (Creator: Sophia DeButts Gray)

First Lady Elizabeth Gill Owsley

01 August 1788 —
14 April 1858

17
September 6, 1848 to July 31, 1850
Whig

Governor John J. Crittenden

10 September 1787 —
26 July 1863
National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC)

First Lady Maria Knox Innes Todd Crittenden

04 October 1796 —
08 September 1851

18
August 31, 1851 to September 2, 1851
Whig

Governor John L. Helm

04 July 1802 —
08 September 1867
Kentucky Historical Society

First Lady Lucinda Barbour Hardin Helm

02 February 1809 —
25 December 1885
Brown Pusey House

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