Who was the Governor of Kentucky in 1909?

Answer 1

Ruby Laffoon (born January 15, 1869 in Madisonville, Kentucky; died March 1, 1941 in Madisonville, Kentucky) succeeded Flem D. Sampson as the forty-third Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 8, 1931 and December 10, 1935.

Following the end of Laffoon's term as Governor of Kentucky, Happy Chandler (born July 14, 1898 in Corydon, Kentucky; died June 15, 1991 in Versailles, Kentucky) became the forty-fourth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 10, 1935 and October 9, 1939.

Answer 2

John Y. Brown (born June 28, 1835 in Claysville, Kentucky; died Janaury 11, 1904 in Henderson, Kentucky) succeeded Simon Bolivar Buckner as the thirty-first Governor of Kentucky, serving between September 2, 1891 and December 10, 1895.

Following the end of Brown's term as Governor of Kentucky, William O. Bradley (born March 18, 1847 in Garrard County, Kentucky; died May 23, 1914 in Washington DC) became the thirty-second Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 10, 1895 and December 12, 1899.

Answer 3

William O. Bradley (born March 18, 1847 in Garrard County, Kentucky; died May 23, 1914 in Washington DC) succeeded John Y. Brown as the thirty-second Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 10, 1895 and December 12, 1899.

Following the end of Bradley's term as Governor of Kentucky, William S. Taylor (born October 10, 1853 in Butler County, Kentucky; died August 2, 1928 in Indianapolis, Indiana) became the thirty-third Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 12, 1899 and January 31, 1900.

Answer 4

Augustus E. Willson (born October 13, 1846 in Maysville, Kentucky; died August 24, 1931 in Louisville, Kentucky) succeeded JCW Beckham as the thirty-sixth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 10, 1907 and December 12, 1911, including the whole of 1909.

Answer 5

James B. McCreary (born July 8, 1838 in Richmond, Kentucky; died October 8, 1918 in Richmond, Kentucky) succeeded Augustus E. Willson as the thirty-seventh Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 12, 1911 and December 7, 1915.

Following the end of McCreary's term as governor of Kentucky, Augustus O. Stanley (born May 21, 1867 in Shelbyville, Kentucky; died August 12, 1958 in Washington DC) became the thirty-eighth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 7, 1915 and May 19, 1919.

Answer 6

Brereton Jones (born June 27, 1939 in Gallipolis, Ohio) succeeded Wallace G. Wilkinson as the fifty-eighth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 10, 1991 and December 12, 1995.

Following the end of Jones' term as Governor of Kentucky, Paul E. Patton (born May 26, 1937 in Falisburg, Kentucky) became the fifty-ninth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 12, 1995 and December 9, 2003.