Historical Marker

Governor's Mansion at 100 Years


Completed in 1914, the following governors lived in the Mansion for its first hundred years, 1914-2014: Gov. James B. McCreary, 1911-1915 Gov. Augustus O. Stanley, 1915-1919 Gov. James D. Black, 1919 Gov. Edwin P. Morrow, 1919-1923 Gov. William J. Fields, 1923-1927 Gov. Flem D. Sampson, 1927-1931 Gov. Ruby Laffoon, 1931-1935 Gov. A. B. Chandler, 1935-1939 Gov. Keen Johnson, 1939-1943 Gov. Simeon S. Willis, 1943-1947 Gov. Earle C. Clements, 1947-1950 Gov. Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 Gov. A. B. Chandler, 1955-1959 Gov. Bert T. Combs, 1959-1963 Gov. Edward T. Breathitt, 1963-1967 Gov. Louie B. Nunn, 1967-1971 Gov. Wendell H. Ford, 1971-1974 Gov. Julian M. Carroll, 1974-1979 Gov. John Y. Brown, Jr., 1979-1983 Gov. Martha Layne Collins, 1983-1987 Gov. Wallace G. Wilkinson, 1987-1991 Gov. Brereton C. Jones, 1991-1995 Gov. Paul E. Patton, 1995-2003 Gov. Ernie Fletcher, 2003-2007 Gov. Steven L. Beshear, 2007-2015.