Kentucky Governors
Term: December 8, 1959 to December 10, 1963
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Governor Bert T. Combs
Democratic
13 August 1911 — 04 December 1991
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First Lady Mabel Hall Combs
08 April 1915 — 22 December 1972
Term: December 10, 1963 to December 12, 1967
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Governor Edward T. Breathitt, Jr.
Democratic
26 November 1924 — 24 October 2003
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First Lady Frances Holleman Breathitt
12 September 1926 — 11 July 1985
Term: December 12, 1967 to December 26, 1971
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Governor Louie B. Nunn
Republican
08 March 1924 — 29 January 2004
First Lady Beulah Cornelius Aspley Nunn
30 September 1914 — 26 December 1995
Term: December 7, 1971 to December 28, 1978
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Governor Wendell Ford
Democratic
08 September 1924 — 22 January 2015
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First Lady Jean Neel Ford
Term: December 28, 1974 to December 11, 1979
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Governor Julian Morton Carroll
Democratic
16 April 1931 — 10 December 2023
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First Lady Charlann Harting Carroll
17 September 1932 — 10 September 2014
Term: December 11, 1979 to December 13, 1983
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Governor John Young Brown, Jr.
Democratic
28 December 1933 — 22 November 2022
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First Lady Phyllis George Brown
25 June 1949 — 14 May 2020
Term: December 13, 1983 to December 8, 1987
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Governor Martha Layne Collins
Democratic
07 December 1936 —
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First Gentleman Dr. Billy Louis Collins
08 January 1938 —