Kentucky's Governors

by Harrison, Lowell Hayes

• ISBN13: 9780813123264
• ISBN10: 0813123267
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-12
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

" The contributors to Kentucky's Governors profile every chief executive of the Bluegrass State from eighteenth-century governor Isaac Shelby to the recently elected Ernie Fletcher. First published in 1985, Kentucky's Governors has now been expanded and revised to include the state's most recent governors -- Wilkinson, Jones, Patton, and Fletcher -- and new information on respected figures such as Republican governor Louie B. Nunn. An introduction by Kentucky's historian laureate, Thomas D. Clark, provides insights into successive governors' evolving constitutional powers and their changing roles in politics and policy. Following Clark's overview, each chapter presents significant biographical information while detailing the campaign, election, achievements, strengths, and weaknesses of each governor.

Author Biography

Lowell H. Harrison is professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Kentucky Governorship: an Overview	xiii
Thomas D. Clark
Isaac Shelby (1792--1796, 1812--1816)	1	(6)
Paul W. Beasley
James Garrard (1796--1804)	7	(5)
H.E. Everman
Christopher Greenup (1804--1808)	12	(4)
James F. Hopkins
Charles Scott (1808--1812)	16	(4)
Harry M. Ward
George Madison (1816)	20	(2)
James F. Hopkins
Gabriel Slaughter (1816--1820)	22	(4)
James F. Hopkins
John Adair (1820--1824)	26	(3)
Charles J. Bussey
Joseph Desha (1824--1828)	29	(4)
Charles J. Bussey
Thomas Metcalfe (1828--1832)	33	(5)
Frank F. Mathias
John Breathitt (1832--1834)	38	(5)
Frank F. Mathias
James Turner Morehead (1834--1836)	43	(4)
Frank F. Mathias
James Clark (1836--1839)	47	(4)
Victor B. Howard
Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1839--1840)	51	(4)
Helen Bartter Crocker
Robert Perkins Letcher (1840--1844)	55	(5)
Frank H. Heck
William Owsley (1844--1848)	60	(4)
Stuart Seely Sprague
John Jordan Crittenden (1848--1850)	64	(4)
Victor B. Howard
John Larue Helm (1850--1851, 1867)	68	(3)
Tom Owen
Lazarus Whitehead Powell (1851--1855)	71	(4)
James A. Ramage
Charles Slaughter Morehead (1855--1859)	75	(3)
James A. Ramage
Beriah Magoffin (1859--1862)	78	(4)
Lowell H. Harrison
George W. Johnson (1861--1862, Confederate)	82	(3)
Lowell H. Harrison
Richard Hawes (1862--1865, Confederate)	85	(4)
Lowell H. Harrison
James F. Robinson (1862--1863)	89	(4)
John David Smith
Thomas Elliott Bramlette (1863--1867)	93	(5)
Ross A. Webb
John White Stevenson (1867--1871)	98	(3)
Tom Owen
Preston Hopkins Leslie (1871--1875)	101	(4)
Ross A. Webb
James B. McCreary (1875--1879, 1911--1915)	105	(6)
Nicholas C. Burckel
Luke Pryor Blackburn (1879--1883)	111	(4)
Nancy Disher Baird
J. Proctor Knott (1883--1887)	115	(4)
Robert M. Ireland
Simon Bolivar Buckner (1887--1891)	119	(4)
Lowell H. Harrison
John Young Brown (1891--1895)	123	(4)
Robert M. Ireland
William O'Connell Bradley (1895--1899)	127	(4)
James C. Klotter
William Sylvester Taylor (1899--1900)	131	(3)
James C. Klotter
William Goebel (1900)	134	(3)
James C. Klotter
J.C.W. Beckham (1900--1907)	137	(4)
Nicholas C. Burckel
Augustus Everett Willson (1907--1911)	141	(4)
Thomas H. Appleton Jr.
Augustus Owsley Stanley (1915--1919)	145	(4)
Thomas H. Appleton Jr.
James Dixon Black (1919)	149	(3)
Melba Porter Hay
Edwin Porch Morrow (1919--1923)	152	(4)
Melba Porter Hay
William Jason Fields (1923--1927)	156	(4)
William E. Ellis
Flem D. Sampson (1927--1931)	160	(4)
Robert F. Sexton
Ruby Laffoon (1931--1935)	164	(4)
William E. Ellis
Albert Benjamin Chandler (1935--1939, 1955--1959)	168	(9)
Charles P. Roland
Keen Johnson (1939--1943)	177	(4)
Frederic D. Ogden
Simeon Willis (1943--1947)	181	(4)
James C. Klotter
Earle Chester Clements (1947--1950)	185	(6)
Thomas H. Syvertsen
Lawrence W. Wetherby (1950--1955)	191	(5)
John E. Kleber
Bert T. Combs (1959--1963)	196	(4)
George W. Robinson
Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. (1963--1967)	200	(6)
Kenneth E. Harrell
Louie B. Nunn (1967--1971)	206	(5)
Robert F. Sexton
Al Cross
Wendell Hampton Ford (1971--1974)	211	(6)
Landis Jones
Julian Morton Carroll (1974--1979)	217	(4)
Stuart Seely Sprague
Al Cross
John Y. Brown Jr. (1979--1983)	221	(8)
Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau
Bruce L. McClure
Martha Layne Collins (1983--1987)	229
Ed Ryan
Elizabeth Duffy Fraas
Wallace Glenn Wilkinson (1987--1991)	23	(221)
Roger C. Adams
Brereton C. Jones (1991--1995)	244	(7)
Penny M. Miller
Paul Edward Patton (1995--2003)	251	(13)
Paul Blanchard
Ernest Lee Fletcher (2003-- )	264	(5)
Al Cross
Contributors	269	(6)
Index	275