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The 1848 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on 7 August 1848 in order to elect the Governor of Kentucky. Whig nominee and former United States Senator from Kentucky John J. Crittenden defeated Democratic nominee and former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives Lazarus W. Powell.[1]