Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky

The office of Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky was created under the state's second constitution, which was ratified in 1799. The current Lieutenant Governor is Democrat Jacqueline Coleman, who has been office since December 10, 2019.

Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
Commonwealth seal
Incumbent Jacqueline Coleman since December 10, 2019
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Alexander Scott Bullitt (1800)
Formation	Kentucky Constitution
Salary	$124,113.60
Website	http://ltgovernor.ky.gov

List

      Democratic (29)       Democratic-Republican (5)       National Republican (1)       Free Soil (0)       Republican (7)       Whig (5)

#	Name	Political Party	Term	Governor(s) served under
1	Alexander Scott Bullitt		1800–1804	James Garrard
2	John Caldwell		1804	Christopher Greenup
3	Thomas Posey	Democratic-Republican	1806–1808	Christopher Greenup
4	Gabriel Slaughter	Democratic-Republican	1808–1812	Charles Scott
5	Richard Hickman		1812–1816	Isaac Shelby
6	Gabriel Slaughter	Democratic-Republican	1816	George Madison
Vacant 1816–1820				Gabriel Slaughter
7	William T. Barry	Democratic-Republican	1820–1824	John Adair
8	Robert B. McAfee	Democratic-Republican	1824–1828	Joseph Desha
9	John Breathitt	Democratic	1828–1832	Thomas Metcalfe
10	James T. Morehead	National Republican, Whig	1832–1834	John Breathitt
Vacant 1834–1836				James T. Morehead
11	Charles A. Wickliffe	Whig	1836–1839	James Clark
12	Manlius Valerius Thomson		1840–1844	Robert P. Letcher
13	Archibald Dixon	Whig	1844–1848	William Owsley
14	John LaRue Helm	Whig	1848–1850	John J. Crittenden
Vacant 1850–1851				John L. Helm
15	John Burton Thompson	Whig, Know Nothing	1851–1853	Lazarus W. Powell
16	James Greene Hardy	Know Nothing	1855–1856	Charles S. Morehead
Vacant 1856–1859
17	Linn Boyd	Democratic	1859	Beriah Magoffin
18	Richard Taylor Jacob	Democratic	1863–1864	Thomas E. Bramlette
Vacant 1864–1867				Thomas E. Bramlette
19	John W. Stevenson	Democratic	1867	John L. Helm
Vacant 1867–1871
20	John G. Carlisle	Democratic	1871–1875	Preston H. Leslie
21	John C. Underwood		1875–1879	James B. McCreary
22	James E. Cantrill		1879–1883	Luke P. Blackburn
23	James R. Hindman	Democratic	1883–1887	J. Proctor Knott
24	James W. Bryan	Democratic	1887–1891	Simon Bolivar Buckner
25	Mitchell C. Alford	Democratic	1891–1895	John Young Brown
26	William J. Worthington	Republican	1895–1899	William O. Bradley
27	John Marshall	Republican	1899–1900	William S. Taylor
28	J. C. W. Beckham	Democratic	1900	William Goebel
Newton Willard Utley (Acting) 1900–1903 J. C. W. Beckham
29	William P. Thorne		1903–1907	J. C. W. Beckham
30	William H. Cox	Republican	1907–1911	Augustus E. Willson
31	Edward J. McDermott	Democratic	1911–1915	James B. McCreary
32	James D. Black	Democratic	1915–1919	Augustus O. Stanley
33	S. Thruston Ballard	Republican	1919–1923	James D. Black Edwin P. Morrow
34	Henry Denhardt		1923–1927	William J. Fields
35	James Breathitt, Jr.	Democratic	1927–1931	Flem D. Sampson
36	Happy Chandler	Democratic	1931–1935	Ruby Laffoon
37	Keen Johnson	Democratic	1935–1939	Happy Chandler
38	Rodes K. Myers		1939–1943	Keen Johnson
39	Kenneth H. Tuggle	Republican	1943–1947	Simeon Willis
40	Lawrence W. Wetherby	Democratic	1947–1950	Earle Clements
41	Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp	Democratic	1951–1955	Lawrence W. Wetherby vacant
42	Harry Lee Waterfield	Democratic	1955–1959	Happy Chandler
43	Wilson W. Wyatt	Democratic	1959–1963	Bert Combs
44	Harry Lee Waterfield	Democratic	1963–1967	Ned Breathitt
45	Wendell H. Ford	Democratic	1967–1971	Louie Nunn
46	Julian M. Carroll	Democratic	1971–1974	Wendell Ford
Vacant 1974–1975
47	Thelma Stovall	Democratic	1975–1979	Julian Carroll
48	Martha Layne Collins	Democratic	1979–1983	John Y. Brown Jr.
49	Steve Beshear	Democratic	1983–1987	Martha Layne Collins
50	Brereton C. Jones	Democratic	1987–1991	Wallace Wilkinson
51	Paul E. Patton	Democratic	1991–1995	Brereton C. Jones
52	Steve Henry	Democratic	1995–2003	Paul E. Patton
53	Steve Pence	Republican	2003–2007	Ernie Fletcher
54	Daniel Mongiardo	Democratic	2007–2011	Steve Beshear
55	Jerry Abramson	Democratic	2011–2014	Steve Beshear
56	Crit Luallen	Democratic	2014–2015	Steve Beshear
57	Jenean Hampton	Republican	2015–2019	Matt Bevin
58	Jacqueline Coleman	Democratic	2019–present	Andy Beshear

Lieutenant Governor Of Kentucky Media

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  Kentucky's first governor's mansion served as the lieutenant governor's official residence for many years.

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  Early American military and political figure Thomas Posey (1750 - 1818.

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  Gabriel Slaughter (1767–1830), the seventh Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky

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  Gabriel Slaughter (1767–1830), the seventh Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky

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  William T. Barry by C.B. King

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  Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Robert B. McAfee

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  John Breathitt (1786–1834), the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky

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  John Turner Morehead (1797 – 1854), the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky

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  Kentucky Governor Charles A. Wickliffe

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  Kentucky Senator Archibald Dixon