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.

## List

|#|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|
|colspan=4 align=center|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|
|colspan=4 align=center|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|
|colspan=4 align=center|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|
|colspan=4 align=center|Vacant 1856–1859||||
|17|Linn Boyd|Democratic|1859|Beriah Magoffin|
|18|Richard Taylor Jacob|Democratic|1863–1864|Thomas E. Bramlette|
|colspan=4 align=center|Vacant 1864–1867|Thomas E. Bramlette|||
|19|John W. Stevenson|Democratic|1867|John L. Helm|
|colspan=4 align=center|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|
|colspan=4 align=center|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|
|colspan=4 align=center|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|

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Lieutenant Governor
- **body**: Kentucky
- **insignia**: Seal of Kentucky.svg
- **insigniasize**: 110px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of Kentucky, Commonwealth seal
- **image**: Jacqueline Coleman.png
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Jacqueline Coleman
- **incumbentsince**: December 10, 2019
- **style**: The Honorable
- **termlength**: Four years, renewable once
- **salary**: $124,113.60
- **formation**: Kentucky Constitution
- **inaugural**: Alexander Scott Bullitt (1800)
- **website**: http://ltgovernor.ky.gov