Remembering Former Governor Brereton C. Jones
Remembering Former Governor Brereton C. Jones
June 27, 1939 – September 18, 2023
Brereton Jones (June 27, 1939 – September 18, 2023) was a politician from Kentucky. He served as the state’s 58th governor from 1991 to 1995, and as the 50th lieutenant governor of Kentucky from 1987 to 1991. After leaving the governor’s office, he chaired the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), a lobbying organization for Kentucky’s horse industry.
Recollections: Governors’ Roundtable
Eight former Kentucky governors — Edward T. (Ned) Breathitt, Louie B. Nunn, Wendell H. Ford, Julian M. Carroll, John Y. Brown Jr., Martha Layne Collins, Wallace Wilkinson, and Brereton C. Jones — share perspectives on their years in office, including some of the lighter moments. Veteran broadcast journalist Ferrell Wellman hosts. A 2000 KET production.
Kentucky in the 21st Century: A Roundtable Discussion with Kentucky Governors
Taped on location at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort, this Comment on Kentucky special features a discussion about Kentucky’s future with former governors Paul Patton, Brereton Jones, Martha Layne Collins, John Y. Brown Jr., and Julian Carroll. A 2005 KET production hosted by Al Smith.
Remembering Gov. Brereton Jones
This Kentucky Edition segment memorializes Brereton Jones, Kentucky’s former governor from 1991 to 1995, who died September 18, 2023, at age 84.
