Happy Chandler (born July 14, 1898 in Corydon, Kentucky; died June 15, 1991 in Versailles, Kentucky) succeeded Lawrence W. Wetherby as the forty-ninth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 13, 1955 and December 8, 1959.
Following the end of Chandler's term as Governor of Kentucky, Bert T. Combs (born August 13, 1911 in Manchester, Kentucky; died December 4, 1991 in Powell County, Kentucky) became the fiftieth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 8, 1959 and December 10, 1963.
Bert T. Combs (born August 13, 1911 in Manchester, Kentucky; died December 4, 1991 in Powell County, Kentucky) succeeded Happy Chandler as the fiftieth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 8, 1959 and December 10, 1963, including the whole of 1962.
Governor of Kentucky was created in 1792.
Happy Chandler (born July 14, 1898 in Corydon, Kentucky; died June 15, 1991 in Versailles, Kentucky) succeeded Lawrence W. Wetherby as the forty-ninth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 13, 1955 and December 8, 1959, including the whole of 1957.
Happy Chandler (born July 14, 1898 in Corydon, Kentucky; died June 15, 1991 in Versailles, Kentucky) succeeded Lawrence W. Wetherby as the forty-ninth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 13, 1955 and December 8, 1959, including the whole of 1958.
Bert T. Combs (born August 13, 1911 in Manchester, Kentucky; died December 4, 1991 in Powell County, Kentucky) succeeded Happy Chandler as the fiftieth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 8, 1959 and December 10, 1963, including the whole of 1960.
Bert T. Combs (born August 13, 1911 in Manchester, Kentucky; died December 4, 1991 in Powell County, Kentucky) succeeded Happy Chandler as the fiftieth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 8, 1959 and December 10, 1963, including the whole of 1961.
Lawrence Wetherby (born January 2, 1908 in Middletown, Kentucky; died March 27, 1994 in Frankfort, Kentucky) succeeded Earle C. Clements as the forty-eighth Governor of Kentucky, serving between November 27, 1950 and December 13, 1955. Following the end of Wetherby'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-ninth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 13, 1955 and December 8, 1959.
Bert T. Combs (born August 13, 1911 in Manchester, Kentucky; died December 4, 1991 in Powell County, Kentucky) succeeded Happy Chandler as the fiftieth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 8, 1959 and December 10, 1963. Following the end of Combs' term as Governor of Kentucky, Edward T. Breathitt (born November 26, 1924 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky; died October 14, 2003 in Lexington, Kentucky) became the fifty-first Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 10, 1963 and December 12, 1967.
As of spring 2015, Steve Beshear is the Governor of Kentucky.
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.