The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Kentucky: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Treasurer Auditor of Public Accounts Agriculture Commissioner
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives State delegation to the United States Senate State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1792–1851
YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAttorneyGeneralTreasurerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator(Class II)U.S. Senator(Class III)U.S.House1792Isaac Shelby no such officeJames Brown George Nicholas John LoganDR majorityDR majorityJohn Brown John Edwards 2AAWashington/Jefferson 1793John Breckinridge 17941795John Brown Humphrey Marshall 2DR1796Jefferson/Burr 1797James Garrard Harry Toulmin James Blair 179817991800Jefferson/Burr 1801Alexander Scott Bullitt John Breckinridge 180218036DR1804Jefferson/Clinton 1805Christopher Greenup John Caldwell John Rowan Buckner Thruston vacantJohn Adair 1806Thomas Posey 1807Henry Clay Alfred W. GraysonDavid LoganJohn Pope 1808William C. GreenupMadison/Clinton 1809Charles Scott Gabriel Slaughter Jesse Bledsoe John P. Thomas1810Henry Clay 1811George M. Bibb 1812Fielding WhitlockMadison/Gerry Isaac Shelby Richard Hickman Martin D. Hardin 1813Christopher Greenup Jesse Bledsoe 10DRMartin D. Hardin 1814George Walker 1815William T. Barry Isham Talbot 1816Monroe/Tompkins George Madison Gabriel Slaughter Charles Stewart Todd Gabriel Slaughter vacantJohn Pope Martin D. Hardin 1817John J. Crittenden 18181819Samuel SouthRichard Mentor Johnson William Logan 1820Oliver G. WaggenerJoseph M. White Benjamin Hardin Isham Talbot 1821John Adair William T. Barry Cabell Breckinridge Solomon P. Sharp 1822182312DR (8, 4)1824Thomas Bell Monroe Clay/Sanford 1825Joseph Desha Robert B. McAfee William T. Barry Frederick W. S. Grayson James DavidsonRichard Mentor Johnson John Rowan 7NR, 5JJames C. Pickett James W. Denny 182621NC, 17OC62OC, 38NC8NR, 4J182722OC, 16NC56OC, 44NC7J, 5NR1828George Robertson 20NR, 18D54NR, 46D8J, 4NRJackson/Calhoun 1829Thomas Metcalfe John Breathitt Thomas T. Crittenden22NR, 16D57D, 42NR, 1?George M. Bibb 10J, 2NR183024NR, 14D64NR, 36D183120NR, 18D55NR, 44D, 1 tieHenry Clay 8J, 4NR1832John F. McCurdy20D, 18NR52NR, 48DClay/Sergeant 1833John Breathitt James T. Morehead Lewis SandersCharles S. Morehead 22NR, 16D60NR, 40D9NR, 4J183420D, 18NR60NR, 40DJames T. Morehead vacantJohn J. Crittenden 1835William Owsley 21W, 17D75W, 25DJohn J. Crittenden 1836Austin P. Cox23W, 15D63W, 37DHarrison/Granger 1837James Clark Charles A. Wickliffe James M. Bullock24W, 14D58W, 42DJohn J. Crittenden Henry Clay 12W, 1D1838Owen G. Cotes 71W, 29D183922W, 16D68W, 32D11W, 2DCharles A. Wickliffe vacant184060W, 38D, 2?Harrison/Tyler 1841Robert P. Letcher Manlius Valerius Thomson James Harlan 24W, 14D76W, 24DJames T. Morehead 184227W, 11D77W, 23DJohn J. Crittenden 184329W, 9D57W, 43D5D, 5W184426W, 12D62W, 38DClay/Frelinghuysen 1845William Owsley Archibald Dixon Benjamin Hardin 64W, 35D, 1?7W, 3D184624W, 14D62W, 38D1847George B. Kinkead 26W, 12D63W, 37DJoseph R. Underwood 6W, 4D184827W, 11D59W, 41DTaylor/Fillmore William Decatur Reed Thomas Metcalfe 1849John J. Crittenden John L. Helm Orlando Brown M. Conyers Johnson Richard CurdWintersmith64W, 36DHenry Clay 1850Joshua Fry Bell 59W, 41DJohn L. Helm vacantJohn William Finnell 185123W, 15D57W, 43D5D, 5W
1852–present