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Adjutant General of Commonwealth of Kentucky | |
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since December 10, 2019 | |
Kentucky National Guard | |
Seat | Frankfort, Kentucky |
Appointer | Governor of Kentucky |
Term length | Four years or end of appointing Governor's term |
Formation | 1793 |
First holder | Percival "Pierce" Butler |
The Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, also known as the Adjutant General of the Kentucky National Guard, is the head of the Kentucky National Guard. Established in 1793, the adjutant general is appointed by the Governor of Kentucky to a term that expires alongside that of the appointing governor.
The current adjutant general is Major General Haldane B. Lamberton, who was appointed by Governor Andy Beshear on December 10, 2019.
History
Formation
The first constitution of Kentucky, ratified in April 1792, named the Governor of Kentucky as commander-in-chief of the army, navy, and militia of the commonwealth unless they are called into national service. It also granted the governor the authority to appoint field and staff officers of the militia. This provision predated the passage of the Militia Acts of 1792 by only a few weeks, which granted the President of the United States the authority to summon state militias into federal service.
While the exact date is unknown, Governor Isaac Shelby appointed Percival "Pierce" Butler as Kentucky's first adjutant general. The first official act taken by General Pierce is recorded to have been in March 1793.
Political post
In the decades prior to the American Civil War, the post of adjutant general was utilized as a political rather than military office. For example, Governor John L. Helm appointed John Marshall Harlan to the position at the age of 18 despite the fact that he had no prior experience serving in public office, and his only military experience was "drilling" for the Mexican–American War.
Civil War
Reconstruction
Assassination of William Goebel
Modern office
Eligibility and appointment
According to Kentucky Revised Statute 36.020
Duties
List of adjutants general
No. | Portrait | Name | Term | |
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1 | Percival "Pierce" Butler | 1793 – 1817 | Isaac Shelby
James Garrard Christopher Greenup Charles Scott Isaac Shelby George Madison Gabriel Slaughter | |
2 | Oliver G. Waggener | 1817 – 1828 | Gabriel Slaughter
John Adair Joseph Desha | |
3 | Preston S. Loughborough | 1828 – 1829 | Joseph Desha | |
4 | Peter Dudley | 1829 – 1851 | Thomas Metcalf
John Breathitt James T. Morehead James Clark Charles A. Wickliffe Robert P. Letcher William Owsley John J. Crittenden John L. Helm | |
5 | John Marshall Harlan | 1851 – 1859 | John L. Helm
Lazarus W. Powell Charles S. Morehead | |
6 | Scott Brown | 1859 – 1861 | Beriah Magoffin | |
7 | John William Finnell | 1861 – 1863 | Beriah Magoffin
James F. Robinson | |
8 | John Boyle | 1863 – 1864 | Thomas E. Bramlette | |
9 | Daniel Weisiger Lindsey | 1864 – 1867 | Thomas E. Bramlette | |
10 | Franklin Lane Wolford | 1867 – 1870 | John W. Stevenson | |
11 | Josiah Stoddard Johnston | 1870 – 1871 | John W. Stevenson | |
12 | James Allen Dawson | 1871 – 1875 | Preston H. Leslie | |
13 | John Montgomery Wright | 1875 – 1879 | James B. McCreary | |
14 | Joseph Preyer Nuckols | 1879 – 1883 | Luke P. Blackburn | |
15 | John Breckenridge Castleman | 1883 – 1887 | J. Proctor Knott | |
16 | Samuel Ewing Hill | 1887 – 1891 | Simon Bolivar Buckner | |
17 | Andrew Jackson Gross | 1891 – 1893 | John Y. Brown | |
18 | John Crepps Wickliffe | 1893 – 1894 | John Y. Brown | |
19 | Andrew Jackson Gross | 1894 – 1895 | John Y. Brown | |
20 | Daniel Ray Collier | 1895 – 1898 | William O'Connell Bradley
William S. Taylor | |
21 | Wilbur Rush Smith | 1898 | William S. Taylor | |
22 | Daniel Ray Collier | 1898 – 1900 | Williams S. Taylor
William Goebel J. C. W. Beckham | |
23 | John Breckenridge Castleman | 1900 | William Goebel
J. C. W. Beckham | |
24 | David Rodman Murray Jr. | 1900 – 1903 | J. C. W. Beckham | |
25 | William Purcell Dennis Haly | 1903 – 1906 | J. C. W. Beckham | |
26 | Henry Robert Lawrence | 1906 – 1907 | J. C. W. Beckham | |
27 | Philip Preston Johnston | 1907 – 1912 | Augustus E. Wilson | |
28 | William Birch Haldeman | 1912 – 1914 | James B. McCreary | |
29 | James Tandy Ellis | 1914 – 1919 | Augustus O. Stanley
James D. Black | |
30 | James Madison DeWeese | 1919 – 1920 | Edwin P. Morrow | |
31 | Isaac Wilder | 1920 | Edwin P. Morrow | |
32 | Jackson Morris | 1920 – 1923 | Edwin P. Morrow | |
33 | Jouett Henry | 1923 – 1924 | William J. Fields | |
34 | James Arthur Kehoe | 1924 – 1927 | William J. Fields | |
35 | William Henry Jones Jr. | 1927 – 1932 | Flem D. Sampson
Ruby Laffoon | |
36 | Henry Herman Denhardt | 1932 – 1935 | Ruby Laffoon | |
37 | George Lee McLain | 1935 – 1939 | Albert "Happy" Chandler | |
38 | John Arthur Polin | 1939 – 1944 | Keen Johnson | |
39 | Gustavus Herbert May | 1944 – 1947 | Simeon Willis | |
40 | Roscoe Lee Murray | 1947 – 1951 | Earle C. Clements
Lawrence W. Wetherby | |
41 | Jesse Scott Lindsey | 1951 – 1955 | Lawrence W. Wetherby | |
42 | John Jacob Bethurum Williams | 1955 – 1959 | Albert "Happy" Chandler | |
43 | Arthur Young Lloyd | 1959 – 1967 | Bert Combs
Edward T. Breathitt | |
44 | Allan Kenneth Carrell | 1967 – 1968 | Louie Nunn | |
45 | Larry Clark Dawson | 1968 – 1971 | Louie Nunn | |
46 | Richard L. Frymire Jr. | 1971 – 1977 | Wendell Ford
Julian Carroll | |
47 | Billy Gene Wellman | 1977 – 1987 | Julian Carroll
John Y. Brown Jr. Martha Layne Collins | |
48 | Michael Walker Davidson | 1987 – 1991 | Wallace G. Wilkinson | |
49 | Tebbs Shewmaker Moore | 1991 | Wallace G. Wilkinson | |
50 | Robert Louis DeZarn | 1991 – 1995 | Brerton C. Jones | |
51 | John Russell Groves Jr. | 1995 – 2001 | Paul Patton | |
52 | Dean Allen Youngman | 2001 – 2003 | Paul Patton | |
53 | Donald C. Storm | 2003 – 2007 | Ernie Fletcher | |
54 | Edward W. Tonini | 2007 – 2015 | Steve Beshear | |
55 | Stephen R. Hogan | 2015 – 2019 | Matt Bevin | |
56 | Haldane B. Lamberton | December 10, 2019 – Present | Andy Beshear |