Kentucky Governors
Term: September 2, 1840 to September 4, 1844
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Governor Robert P. Letcher
Whig
10 February 1788 — 24 January 1861
First Lady Charlotte Robertson Letcher
1792 — 29 October 1879
Term: September 4, 1844 to September 6, 1848
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Governor William Owsley
Whig
24 March 1782 — 09 December 1862
First Lady Elizabeth Gill Owsley
01 August 1788 — 14 April 1858
Term: September 6, 1848 to July 31, 1850
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Governor John J. Crittenden
Whig
10 September 1787 — 26 July 1863
First Lady Maria Knox Innes Todd Crittenden
04 October 1796 — 08 September 1851
Term: August 31, 1851 to September 2, 1851
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Governor John L. Helm
Whig
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First Lady Lucinda Barbour Hardin Helm
02 February 1809 — 25 December 1885
Term: September 2, 1851 to September 4, 1855
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Governor Lazarus W. Powell
Democratic
06 October 1812 — 03 July 1867
Official Hostess Mary Ann Drake Metcalfe (Kentucky Secretary of State wife)
31 August 1831 — 06 May 1900
Term: September 4, 1855 to August 30, 1859
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Governor Charles S. Morehead
Know Nothing – American
07 July 1802 — 21 December 1868
First Lady Margaret Leavy Morehead
1808 – 17 December 1871
Term: August 30, 1859 to August 18, 1862
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Governor Beriah Magoffin
Democratic
18 April 1815 — 28 February 1885
First Lady Anna Nelson Shelby Magoffin
5 August 1818 — 07 May 1880