Democratic nominees for Governor of Kentucky: 1828 William T. Barry 1832 John Breathitt 1836 Matthew Flournoy 1840 Richard French 1844 William O. Butler 1848 Lazarus W. Powell 1851 Lazarus W. Powell 1855 Beverly L. Clarke 1859 Beriah Magoffin 1863 Charles A. Wickliffe 1867 John L. Helm 1871 Preston H. Leslie 1875 James B. McCreary 1879 Luke P. Blackburn 1883 J. Proctor Knott 1887 Simon B. Buckner 1891 John Young Brown 1895 P. Wat Hardin 1899 William Goebel 1903 J. C. W. Beckham 1907 Samuel W. Hager 1911 James B. McCreary 1915 Augustus O. Stanley 1919 James D. Black 1923 William J. Fields 1927 J. C. W. Beckham 1931 Ruby Laffoon 1935 Happy Chandler 1939 Keen Johnson 1943 J. Lyter Donaldson 1947 Earle C. Clements 1951 Lawrence Wetherby 1955 Happy Chandler 1959 Bert T. Combs 1963 Edward T. Breathitt 1967 Henry Ward (Kentucky) 1971 Wendell H. Ford 1975 Julian Carroll 1979 John Y. Brown, Jr. 1983 Martha Layne Collins 1987 Wallace G. Wilkinson 1991 Brereton Jones 1995 Paul E. Patton 1999 Paul E. Patton 2003 Ben Chandler 2007 Steve Beshear 2011 Steve Beshear 2015 Jack Conway All except those in italics won the general election and were elected Governor of Kentucky. Nominees,Democratic Governor,nominees,Dem Kentucky,Governor,Dem + Kentucky Governor nominees