1845 Daniel Boone, explorer, 1845 Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, United States Senator, 1918 Augustus Owsley Stanley, Governor, 1958 Tom Garrett, state senator, 1979 Col. Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, 1980 A.B. "Happy" Chandler, Governor and United States Senator, 1991 Bert T. Combs, Governor, 1991 Thelma Stovall, Lt. Governor, 1994 Lawrence W. Wetherby, Governor, 1994 Wilson W. Wyatt, Lt. Governor, 1996 Vic Hellard Jr., Executive Director of the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, 1996 Mary Louise Foust, State Auditor, 1999. Wendell P. Butler, Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2000 Robert F. Stephens, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, 2002 Kenny Rapier, State Senator, 2002 Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt, Governor, 2003 Louie B. Nunn, Governor, 2004 William E. McAnulty Jr., Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court, 2008 Mike Haydon, Governor's Chief of Staff, 2012 Wendell Ford, Governor and United States Senator, 2015 Georgia Davis Powers, State Senator, 2016 John Y. Brown Jr., Governor and business mogul, 2022 Security The Capitol used to be completely open during normal business hours, and local residents often used the marble hallways for exercise (the Frankfort equivalent of "mall walking"). Currently, anyone without proper state credentials must go through a metal detector. Security for the complex is provided by officers from the Facilities Security Branch of the Kentucky State Police along with specifically assigned state troopers. See also Floral clock (Frankfort, Kentucky) List of state and territorial capitols in the United States Gallery References External links Official website of the Kentucky State Capitol Kentucky's State Capitols Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Kentucky Historical Society page on the Old State Capitol Kentucky Secretary of State Government of Kentucky State capitols in the United States Government buildings in Kentucky Government buildings with domes Tourist attractions in Franklin County, Kentucky Government buildings completed in 1905 Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky 1905 establishments in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Frankfort, Kentucky Beaux-Arts architecture in Kentucky