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List of Governors of Kentucky Kentucky was initially Kentucky County in Virginia. It achieved statehood and was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792; see the list of governors of Virginia for the period before statehood. There have been 57 governors, serving 61 distinct terms.An unelected group proclaimed Kentucky's secession from the Union on November 20, 1861, and it was annexed by the Confe...