James Garrard

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James Garrard
2nd Governor of Kentucky
In office 1796 – 1804
Lieutenant(s)	Alexander Scott Bullitt (1800-1804)
Preceded by	Isaac Shelby
Succeeded by	Christopher Greenup
Born	January 14, 1749 Stafford County, Virginia
Died	January 9, 1822 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Political party	Jeffersonian Republican
Profession	Minister, Farmer, Miller, Whiskey Distiller
Religion	Baptist[1]

James Garrard was the Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. He was born in Stafford County, Virginia, January 14, 1749. While a militia officer in the Revolutionary war he was called from the army to a seat in the Virginia legislature. Here he was a zealous advocate of the bill for the establishment of religious liberty. He moved with the early settlers to Kentucky in 1783 and settled on Stoner River, near Paris, where he became a member of the convention which framed the first constitution of the state. Here he was ordained to the Baptist ministry having also been a farmer, miller and whiskey maker. In 1791 he was chairman of a committee that reported to the Elkhorn Baptist association a memorial and remonstrance in favor of excluding slavery from the commonwealth by constitutional enactment. He was elected governor (Jeffersonian Republican)in 1796, and re-elected in 1800 – one of the few Kentucky Governors to serve successive terms. During his governorship he added twenty six counties (including Garrard county) to the state’s districts and was the first governor to live in the Governor’s mansion. He died in Bourbon County, Kentucky, January 9, 1822. Garrard County, Kentucky was named after him.

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Preceded by Isaac Shelby

Governor of Kentucky 1796–1804

Succeeded by Christopher Greenup

Governors of Kentucky

Shelby • Garrard • Greenup • Scott • Shelby • Madison • Slaughter • Adair • Desha • Metcalfe • J. Breathitt • J. Morehead • Clark • Wickliffe • Letcher • Owsley • Crittenden • Helm • Powell • C. Morehead • Magoffin • Robinson • Bramlette • Helm • Stevenson • Leslie • McCreary • Blackburn • Knott • Buckner • Brown • Bradley • Taylor • Goebel • Beckham • Willson • McCreary • Stanley • Black • Morrow • Fields • Sampson • Laffoon • Chandler • Johnson • Willis • Clements • Wetherby • Chandler • Combs • E. Breathitt • Nunn • Ford • Carroll • Brown Jr. • Collins • Wilkinson • Jones • Patton • Fletcher Kentucky also had two Confederate Governors: George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes.

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