List of Governors of Kentucky - Other High Offices Held

Other High Offices Held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Kentucky except where noted.

* Denotes those offices for which the governor resigned the governorship.

In addition, one Confederate governor, Richard Hawes, served as a U.S. Representative.

Name Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held Source
House Senate
Christopher Greenup 1804–1808 H
John Adair 1820–1824 H S
Joseph Desha 1824–1828
Thomas Metcalfe 1828–1832 H S
James T. Morehead 1834–1836 S
James Clark 1836–1839 H
Charles A. Wickliffe 1839–1840 H U.S. Postmaster General
Robert P. Letcher 1840–1844 H Ambassador to Mexico
John J. Crittenden 1848–1850 H S U.S. Attorney General* (twice)
Lazarus W. Powell 1851–1855 S
Charles S. Morehead 1855–1859 H
John W. Stevenson 1867–1871 H S*
Preston Leslie 1871–1875 Governor of Montana Territory
James B. McCreary 1875–1879
1911–1915		 H S
J. Proctor Knott 1883–1887 H
John Y. Brown 1891–1895 H
William O. Bradley 1895–1899 S
J. C. W. Beckham 1900–1907 S
Augustus O. Stanley 1915–1919 H S*
William J. Fields 1923–1927 H
A. B. "Happy" Chandler 1935–1939
1955–1959		 S*
Earle C. Clements 1947–1950 H S*
Bert T. Combs 1959–1963 Sixth Circuit Court Judge
Wendell H. Ford 1971–1975 S*
Ernie Fletcher 2003–2007 H

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