Kentucky Governors
Term: August 29, 1820 to August 24, 1824
Governor John Adair
Democratic – Republican
09 January 1757 — 19 May 1840
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First Lady Catherine Eleanor Palmer Adair
17 October 1768 — 24 September 1854
Term: August 24, 1824 to August 26, 1828
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Governor Joseph Desha
Democratic – Republican
09 December 1768 — 11 October 1842
First Lady Margaret Bledsoe Desha
07 July 1773 — 20 May 1849
Term: August 26, 1828 to September 4, 1832
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Governor Thomas Metcalfe
National Republican
20 March 1780 — 18 August 1855
First Lady Nancy Mason Metcalfe
22 December 1788 – 19 June 1852
Term: September 4, 1832 to February 21, 1834
Governor John Breathitt
Democratic
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)
Term: February 21, 1834 to August 30, 1836
Governor James T. Morehead
National Republican
24 May 1797 — 14 March 1838
First Lady Susan A. Roberts Morehead
1797 – 14 March 1838
Term: August 30, 1836 to August 27, 1839
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Governor James Clark
Whig
16 January 1779 — 27 August 1839
Hostess Judith Campbell Clark Bright (Governor Clark's daughter)
25 July 1820 — 24 December 1855
Widowed Governor Clark's daughter became First Hostess.
Term: September 27, 1839 to September 2, 1840
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Governor A. Charles Wickliffe
Whig
08 June 1788 – 31 October 1869
First Lady Margaret Crepps Wickliffe
07 September 1788 — 10 December 1863