Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidates
1895-1999
1895
| William O. Bradley |
Republican |
| P. Watt Hardin |
Democrat |
| Thomas Pettit |
Populist |
| T. B. Demaree |
Prohibition |
1899
| William S. Taylor |
Republican |
| William Goebel |
Democrat |
| John Y. Brown |
Independent Democrat |
| John G. Blair |
Populist |
| Wallace |
Prohibition |
| Schmutz |
Socialist Labor |
1900 Special Election
| J. C. W. Beckham |
Democrat |
| J. Yerkes |
Republican |
| John D. White |
Not labeled |
| A. H. Cardin |
Not labeled |
| Walter Roberts |
Not labeled |
| James Doyle |
Not labeled |
1903
| J. C. W. Beckham |
Democrat |
| Morris B. Belknap |
Republican |
| T. B. Demaree |
Prohibition |
| Nagle |
Socialist |
| Schmutz |
Socialist Labor |
1907
| Augustus E. Willson |
Republican |
| W. S. Hager |
Democrat |
| L. L. Pickett |
Prohibition |
| Andrews |
Socialist |
| Arnold |
Socialist Labor |
1911
| James B. McCreary |
Democrat |
| E. C. O'Rear |
Republican |
1915
| A. O. Stanley |
Democrat |
| Edwin P. Morrow |
Republican |
| L. L. Pickett |
Prohibition |
| Charles Dobbs |
Socialist |
| Fred J. Drexler |
Progressive |
1919
| Edwin P. Morrow |
Republican |
| J. D. Black |
Democrat |
| Becker |
Socialist |
1923
| William J. Fields |
Democrat |
| Charles I. Dawson |
Republican |
| William S. DeMuth |
Farmer-Labor |
| M. A. Brinkman |
Socialist |
1927
| Flem D. Sampson |
Republican |
| J. C. W. Beckman |
Democrat |
1931
| Ruby Laffoon |
Democrat |
| William B. Harrison |
Republican |
| John H. Thobe |
Socialist |
| Herman Horning |
Socialist Labor |
1935
| Albert B. Chandler |
Democrat |
| King Swope |
Republican |
| W. E. Cissna |
Prohibition |
| W. A. Sandefur |
Socialist |
| Herman Horning |
Socialist Labor |
| John Thobe |
Cooperative Commonwealth |
1939
| Keen Johnson |
Democrat |
| King Swope |
Republican |
1943
| Simeon S. Willis |
Republican |
| J. Lyter Donaldson |
Democrat |
| Andrew Johnson |
Prohibition |
1947
| Earle C. Clements |
Democrat |
| Eldon S. Dummit |
Republican |
| W. A. Sandefur |
Socialist |
1951
| Lawrence W. Wetherby |
Democrat |
| Eugene Siler |
Republican |
1955
| Albert B. Chandler |
Democrat |
| Edwin R. Denney |
Republican |
| Robert N. Garrison |
Prohibition |
| Jesse K. Lewis |
Free Citizens |
1959
| Bert T. Combs |
Democrat |
| John M. Robsion |
Republican |
1963
| Edward T. Breathitt |
Democrat |
| Louis B. Nunn |
Republican |
1967
| Louis B. Nunn |
Republican |
| Henry Ward |
Democrat |
| Christian H. Glans, Jr. |
Conservative |
1971
| Wendell H. Ford |
Democrat |
| Tom Emberton |
Republican |
| A. B. Chandler |
Independent |
| William Smith |
American Independent |
1975
| Julian Carroll |
Democrat |
| Robert E. Gable |
Republican |
1979
| John Y. Brown, Jr. |
Democrat |
| Louie B. Nunn |
Republican |
1983
| Martha Layne Collins |
Democrat |
| Jim Bunning |
Republican |
| Nicholas McCubbin |
Independent |
1987
| Wallace G. Wilkinson |
Democrat |
| John Harper |
Republican |
1991
| Brereton Jones |
Democrat |
| Larry J. Hopkins |
Republican |
1995
| Paul Patton |
Democrat |
| Larry Forgy |
Republican |
1999
| Paul Patton |
Democrat |
| Peppy Martin |
Republican |
| Gatewood Galbraith |
Reform |
| Nailah Jumoke-Harbrough |
Natural Law |
| Hoby Anderson |
Write in (Republican) |
Notes
- Unless otherwise noted, the candidates for each year are listed
in ranked order based on the number of votes they won, with victor first
- In the 1899 election, Taylor won more of the reported votes,
but Goebel contested the results and won the contest. On the day he took
the oath of office Goebel was shot, and died a few days later. His Lieutenant
Governor, Beckham, assumed the governorship pending a special election,
and Beckham then won the special election
- Third Party listings are complete with the possible exception
of 1979, 1987, and 1991
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