List of Kentucky General Assemblies

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The following is a list of legislative terms of the Kentucky General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Kentucky became part of the United States on June 1, 1792.

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  1. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky via HathiTrust . 1835-1970
  2. 1 2 Legislative Research Commission (2005), "Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005: Vol. I, 1900 - 1949" (PDF), Informational Bulletin No. 175 (4th revised edition), p. 3 via legislature.ky.gov, A Constitutional History of the Kentucky General Assembly
  3. Frank Kanenaugh (1920), Kentucky directory for the use of courts, state and county officials and General Assembly of the State of Kentucky, p. 186, hdl:2027/nyp.33433014945533 via HathiTrust
  4. "General Assembly of Kentucky", Kentucky directory for the use of courts, state and county officials and General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky 1942-43, p. 158 via HathiTrust
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Kentucky Elections Results 1973-1979", elect.ky.gov, Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections, retrieved 2024-08-05
  6. "Kentucky Legislature: Who's Who", lrc.state.ky.us, archived from the original on 2000-05-11 via Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "General Assembly Directories", legislature.ky.gov, Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, retrieved 2024-08-05. 2010-2023
  8. "Kentucky General Assembly", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-05

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