James Garrard was an American farmer, Baptist minister and politician who served as the second governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. Because of term limits imposed by the state constitution adopted in 1799, he was the last Kentucky governor elected to two consecutive terms until the restriction was eased by a 1992 amendment, allowing Paul E. Patton's re-election in 1999.
James Garrard portrait in 1818
Mount Lebanon, Garrard's Bourbon County estate
Thomas Todd, one of the candidates in the 1795 gubernatorial election
Kentucky's first governor's mansion was constructed during Garrard's first term.
Paul Edward Patton is an American politician who served as the 59th governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, he was the first governor eligible to run for a second term in office, since James Garrard, in 1800. Since 2013, he has been the chancellor of the University of Pikeville in Pikeville, Kentucky, after serving as its president from 2010 to 2013. He also served as chairman of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education from 2009 to 2011.
Patton in 2013
The Pike County courthouse underwent a $5 million renovation under Patton.
James Garrard was the only Kentucky governor to succeed himself in office prior to Patton, doing so in 1800.