Governor's Mansion at 100 Years
Inscription
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
[Reverse]
Dedicated May 1, 2015.
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