Governors

7
October 14, 1816 to August 29, 1820
Democratic-Republican

Governor Gabriel Slaughter

12 December 1767 —
19 October 1830
Kentucky Historical Society (Creator: Ferdinand G. Walker)

First Lady Elizabeth Thomason Rodes Slaughter

1770 —
1843

8
August 29, 1820 to August 24, 1824
Democratic-Republican

Governor John Adair

09 January 1757 —
19 May 1840

First Lady Catherine Eleanor Palmer Adair

17 October 1768 —
24 September 1854
Louisville Courier-Journal

9
August 24, 1824 to August 26, 1828
Democratic-Republican

Governor Joseph Desha

09 December 1768 —
11 October 1842
Kentucky Historical Society

First Lady Margaret Bledsoe Desha

07 July 1773 —
20 May 1849

10
August 26, 1828 to September 4, 1832
National Republican

Governor Thomas Metcalfe

20 March 1780 —
18 August 1855
Kentucky Historical Society

First Lady Nancy Mason Metcalfe

19 June 1852 —

11
September 4, 1832 to February 21, 1834
Democratic

Governor John Breathitt

09 September 1786 —
21 February 1834

First Lady Susan Mildred Harris Breathitt (Governor's wife served til her death)

Official Hostess Elizabeth Breathitt Harwood (Governor's sister assumed counterpart role)

12
February 21, 1834 to August 30, 1836
National Republican

Governor James T. Morehead

24 May 1797 —
28 December 1854

First Lady Susan A. Roberts Morehead

14 March 1838 —

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