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Capital: Frankfort
State Nickname: Bluegrass State
State Bird: Cardinal
State Flower: Goldenrod
Admitted to the Union: June 1, 1792
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| Governors |
June 4, 1792 to June 7, 1796:
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Isaac Shelby
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June 7, 1796 to June 1, 1804:
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James Garrard
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June 1, 1804 to June 1, 1808:
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Christopher Greenup
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June 1, 1808 to June 1 1812:
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Charles Scott
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June 1, 1812 to June 1, 1816:
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Isaac Shelby
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June 1, 1816 to October 21, 1816:
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George Madison
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October 21, 1816 to June 1, 1820:
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Gabriel Sluaghter
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June 1, 1820 to June 1, 1824:
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John Adair
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June 1, 1824 to June 1, 1828:
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Jospeh Desha
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June 1, 1828 to June 1, 1832:
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Thomas Metcalfe
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June 1, 1832 to February 22, 1834:
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John Breathlitt
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February 22, 1834 to June 1, 1836:
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James Morehead
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June 1, 1836 to October 5, 1839:
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James Clark
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October 5, 1839 to June 1, 1840:
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Charles A. Wickliffe
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June 1, 1840 to June 1, 1844:
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Robert P. Letcher
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June 1, 1844 to June 1, 1848:
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Willaim Owslev
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June 1, 1848 to July 31, 1850:
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John J. Crittenden
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July 31, 1850 to September 2, 1851:
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John L. Helm
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September 2, 1855 to September, 1859:
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Charles S. Morehead
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September, 1859 to August 18, 1862:
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Beriah Magoffin
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August 18, 1862 to September, 1863:
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James F. Robinson
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September, 1863 to September, 1867:
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Thomas E. Bramlette
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September 3, 1867 to September 13, 1867:
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John L. Helm
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September 13, 1867 to March 4, 1871:
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John W. Stevenson
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March 4, 1871 to September, 1875:
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Preston H. Leslie
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September, 1875 to September, 1879:
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James B. McCreary
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September, 1879 to September, 1883:
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Luke P. Blackburn
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September, 1883 to September, 1887:
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J. Proctor Knott
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September, 1887 to September, 1891:
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Simon B. Buckner
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September, 1891 to December, 1895:
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John Y. Brown
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December, 1895 to December 12, 1899:
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William O. Bradley
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December 12, 1899 to January 31, 1900:
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William S. Taylor
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January 31, 1900 to February 3, 1900:
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William Goebel
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February 3, 1900 to December 10, 1907:
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John C. W. Beckham
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December 10, 1907 to December 12, 1911:
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August E. Wilson
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December 12, 1911 to December 7, 1915:
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James B. McCreary
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December 7, 1915 to May 19, 1919:
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August O. Stanley
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May 19, 1919 to December 19, 1919:
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James D. Black
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December 9, 1919 to December 11, 1923:
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Edwin P. Morrow
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December 1,, 1923 to December 13, 1927:
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William J. Fields
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December 13, 1927 to December 8, 1931:
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Flem D. Sampson
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December 8, 1931 to December 10, 1935:
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Ruby Lafoon
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December 10, 1935 to October 9, 1939:
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Albert "Happy" Chandler
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October 9, 1939 to December 7, 1943:
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Keen Johnson
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December 7, 1943 to December 9, 1947:
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Simeon S. Willis
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December 9, 1947 to November 27, 1950:
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Earle C. Clements
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November 27, 1950 to December 13, 1955:
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Lawrence W. Weatherby
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December 13, 1955 to December 9, 1959:
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Albert "Happy" Chandler
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December 9, 1959 to December 10, 1963:
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Bert T. Combs
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December 10, 1963 to December 12, 1967:
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Edward T. Breathitt
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December 12, 1967 to December 7, 1971:
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Louie B. Nunn
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December 7, 1971 to December 28, 1974:
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Wendell H. Ford
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December 28, 1974 to December 11, 1979:
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Juliam Carroll
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December 11, 1979 to December 13, 1983:
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John Y. Brown
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December 13, 1983 to December 8, 1987:
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Martha Layne Collins
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December 8, 1987 to December 10, 1991:
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Wallace G. Wilkinson
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December 10, 1991 to December 12, 1995:
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Brereton C. Jones
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December 12, 1995 to December 9, 2003:
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Paul E. Patton
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December 9, 2003 to December 11, 2007:
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Ernie Fletcher
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December 11, 2007
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Steve Beshear
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| Senators - Class II |
June 18, 1792 – March 3, 1805
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John Brown
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March 4, 1805 – December 18, 1809
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Buckner Thruston
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January 4, 1810 – March 4, 1811
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Henry Clay, Sr.
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March 4, 1811 – August 23, 1814
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George Mortimer Bibb * Resigned
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August 30, 1814 – December 16, 1814
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George Walker
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December 16, 1814 – May 1, 1816
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William Taylor Barry * Resigned
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November 13, 1816 – March 3, 1817
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John Jordan Crittenden * Resigned
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December 10, 1819 – March 3, 1829
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Richard Mentor Johnson
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March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835
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George Mortimer Bibb
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March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841
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John Jordan Crittenden
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March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1847
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James Turner Morehead
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March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
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Joseph Rogers Underwood
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March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859
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John Burton Thompson
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March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1865
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Lazarus Whitehead Powell
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March 4, 1865 – February 7, 1868
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James Guthrie * Resigned
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February 19, 1868 – March 3, 1871
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Thomas Clay McCreery
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March 4 1871 – March 3 1877
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John White Stevenson
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March 4, 1877 – May 3, 1890
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James Burnie Beck * Died in office
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May 26, 1890 – February 4, 1893
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John Griffin Carlisle * Resigned office
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February 5, 1893 – March 3, 1901
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William Lindsay
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March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1897
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Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
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March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913
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Thomas Hanson Paynter
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March 4, 1913 – August 28, 1918
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Ollie Murray James * Resigned
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September 7, 1918 – March 3, 1919
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George Brown Martin
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May 19, 1919 – March 3, 1925
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Augustus Owsley Stanley
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March 4, 1925 – January 9, 1930
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Frederic Mosley Sackett
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January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930
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John Marshall Robsion
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December 1, 1930 – March 3, 1931
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Ben Mitchell Williamson
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March 4, 1931 – October 3, 1939
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Marvel Mills Logan
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October 10, 1939 – November 5, 1945
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Albert Benjamin Chandler, Sr.
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November 19, 1945 – November 5, 1946
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William Abner Stanfill
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November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1949
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John Sherman Cooper
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January 3, 1949 – March 8, 1951
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Virgil Munday Chapman * Died in office
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March 19, 1951 – November 4, 1952
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Thomas Rust Underwood
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November 5, 1952 – January 3, 1955
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John Sherman Cooper
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January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1956
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Alben William Barkley
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June 21, 1956 – November 6, 1956
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Robert Humphreys
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November 7, 1956 – January 3, 1973
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John Sherman Cooper
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January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1985
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Walter Darlington Huddleston
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January 3, 1985 –
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Addison Mitchell McConnell, Jr.
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| Senators - Class III |
June 18, 1792 – March 3, 1795
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John Edwards
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March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801
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Humphrey Marshall
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March 4, 1801 – August 7, 1805
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John Breckinridge * Resigned
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November 8, 1805 – November 18, 1806
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John Adair * Resigned
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November 19, 1806 – March 4, 1807
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Henry Clay, Sr.
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March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813
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John Pope
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March 4, 1813 – December 24, 1814
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Jesse Bledsoe
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February 2, 1815 – March 3, 1819
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Isham Talbot
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March 4, 1819 – May 28, 1820
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William Logan * Resigned
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October 19, 1820 – March 3, 1825
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Isham Talbot
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March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
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John Rowan
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November 10, 1831 – March 31, 1842
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Henry Clay, Sr.
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March 4, 1842 – March 3, 1848
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John Jordan Crittenden * Resigned
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June 23, 1848 – March 3, 1849
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Thomas Metcalfe
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March 4, 1849 – June 29, 1852
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Henry Clay, Sr. * Died in office
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July 6, 1852 – August 31, 1852
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David Meriwether
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September 1, 1852 – March 3, 1855
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Archibald Dixon
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March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861
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John Jordan Crittenden
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March 4, 1861 – December 4, 1861
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John Cabell Breckinridge
* Expelled
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December 23, 1861 – September 22, 1872
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Garrett Davis * Died in office
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September 27, 1872 – March 3, 1873
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Willis Benson Machen
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March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879
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Thomas Clay McCreery
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March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885
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John Stuart Williams
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March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1897
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Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
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March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903
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William Joseph Deboe
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March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909
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James Bennett McCreary
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March 4, 1909 – May 23, 1914
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William O'Connell Bradley
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November 3, 1914 – March 3, 1915
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Johnson Newton Camden, Jr.
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March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921
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John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham
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March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927
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Richard P. Ernst
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March 4, 1927 – January 19, 1949
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Alben William Barkley
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January 20, 1949 – November 26, 1950
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Garrett Lee Withers
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November 27, 1950 – January 3, 1957
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Earle Chester Clements
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January 3, 1957 – December 16, 1968
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Thruston Ballard Morton
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December 17, 1968 – December 27, 1974
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Marlow Webster Cook
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December 28, 1974 – January 3, 1999
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Wendell Hampton Ford
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January 6, 1999 –
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James Paul David Bunning
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| State Song |
My Old Kentucky Home
Words and Music by: Stephen C. Foster |
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home
'Tis summer, the people are gay;
The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom,
While the birds make music all the day;
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,
All merry, all happy, and bright,
By'n by hard times comes a-knocking at the door,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night!
ChorusWeep no more, my lady,
Oh weep no more today!
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home,
For the old Kentucky home far away.They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon,
On meadow, the hill and the shore,
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,
On the bench by that old cabin door;
The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart,
With sorrow where all was delight;
The time has come when the people have to part,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night!ChorusThe head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the people may go;
A few more days and the trouble all will end
In the field where sugar-canes may grow;
A few more days for to tote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light,
A few more days till we totter on the road,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night!
The song was adopted during the 1986 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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State Population
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1790: 73,677 |
1800: 220,955 |
1810: 406,511 |
1820: 564,317 |
1830: 687,917 |
1840: 779,828 |
1850: 982,405 |
1860: 1,115,684 |
1870: 1,321,011 |
1880: 1,648,690 |
1890: 1,858,635 |
1900: 2,147,174 |
1910: 2,289,905 |
1920: 2,416,630 |
1930: 2,164,589 |
1940: 2,845,627 |
1950: 2,944,806 |
1960: 3,038,156 |
1970: 3,220,711 |
1980: 3,660,777 |
1990: 3,685,296 |
2000: 4,042,209 |
State Capitol Building 1907
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