Who was the Governor of Kentucky in 1979?

Julian M. Carroll (born April 16, 1931 in West Paducah, Kentucky) succeeded WenDELL H. Ford as the fifty-fourth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 28, 1974 and December 11, 1979.

Following the end of Carroll's term as Governor of Kentucky, John Y. Brown (born December 28, 1933 in Lexington, Kentucky) became the fifty-fifth Governor of Kentucky, serving between December 11, 1979 and December 13, 1983.