Tag: Kentucky governors

By Paul Whalen  2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with Republican candidate Matt Bevin set to take on Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.  Happy Chandler is featured below. Aside […]

By Paul Whalen  2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with Republican candidate Matt Bevin set to take on Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.  AUGUSTUS OWSLEY STANLEY 1867-1858 1915-1919 Term […]

By Paul Whalen  2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with Republican candidate Matt Bevin set to take on Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.  JCW BECKHAM 1869-1940  1900-1907 (Term) John […]

By Paul Whalen  2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with Republican candidate Matt Bevin set to take on Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.  WILLIAM O. BRADLEY 1847-1914 Term—1895-1899   […]

By Paul Whalen  2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with Republican candidate Matt Bevin set to take on Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.  PRESTON H. LESLIE 1819-1907 1871-1875 Term […]

By Paul Whalen  2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with Republican candidate Matt Bevin set to take on Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.     BERIAH MAGOFFIN 1859-1862 Term […]

By Paul Whalen  2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with Republican candidate Matt Bevin set to take on Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.  Robert Perkins Letcher.  ROBERT PERKINS LETCHER […]

2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with Republican candidate Matt Bevin set to take on Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.  By Paul Whalen  JOHN BREATHITT 1786-1834 1832-1834 (Term) Kentucky’s […]

By Paul Whalen  ISSUES IN 1820s KENTUCKY Kentucky and the nation were facing political realignment in the 1820s.  The Federalist Party had met its demise.  During the election of 1820, President James Monroe of the “Democratic-Republican” Party without Federalist opposition won all but one of the votes of the Electoral College. The “Panic of 1819” […]

Issac Shelby.  2015 is a Gubernatorial election year, with a full-slate of Republican candidates set to take on presumptive Democratic candidate and current Kentucky Attorney General, Jack Conway.  Fort Thomas resident, Paul Whalen, continues his look into the history of Kentucky’s Governor’s that will take us up to present day.  By Paul Whalen During the […]