Governor of Kentucky was created in 1792.
Richard Yates (born January 18, 1815 in Warsaw, Kentucky; died November 27, 1873 in St. Louis, Missouri) succeeded John Wood as the thirteenth Governor of Illinois, serving between January 14, 1861 and January 16, 1865. Following the end of Yates' term as Governor, Richard James Oglesby (born July 25, 1824 in Oldham County, Kentucky; died April 24, 1899 in Elkhart, Illinois) became the fourteenth Governor of Illinois, serving between January 16, 1865 and January 11, 1869.
As of spring 2015, Steve Beshear is the Governor of Kentucky.
Kentucky (March 18, 1976, after having rejected it on February 24, 1865)
John Brough (born September 17, 1811 in Marietta, Ohio; died August 29, 1865 in Cleveland, Ohio) succeeded David Tod as the twenty-sixth Governor of Ohio, serving between January 11, 1864 and his death. Following Brough's death, Charles Anderson (born June 1, 1814 in Louisville, Kentucky; died September 2, 1895 in Kuttawa, Kentucky) became the twenty-seventh Governor of Ohio, serving between August 29, 1865 and January 8, 1866.
University of Kentucky was created in 1865.
Simmonds' Battery Kentucky Light Artillery ended in 1865.
Kentucky doesn't have a president; it has a governor. In 2012, the present governor of Kentucky is Steve Beshear.
The current Governor of Kentucky is Steve Beshear (D). Beshear assumed office as the 61st Governor of Kentucky on December 11, 2007.The current Governor of the US State, Kentucky is Steve Beshear. This is as of July 7, 2014.
Isaac Shelby was the first (and later the 5th) governor of Kentucky state.The first Kentucky Governor after Virginia was split into Virginia and Kentucky in 1792 was Democratic-Republican Isaac Shelby.
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Steve Beschar is the current Governor of Kentucky. He assumed office on December 11, 2007.