1830s

## 1830

* February 12 – Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. born.
* June 6 – Perry Wilkes born.
* June 21 – Duval Payne died, aged 66.
* June 25 – Ephraim McDowell died, aged 58.
* August 29 – J. Proctor Knott born.
* September 19 – Gabriel Slaughter died, aged 62.
* October 2 – Andrew Eugene Erwin born.
* October 9 – Charles Hermany born.
* December 6 – George Graham Vest born.
* December 13 – James D. Walker born.

## 1831

* January 2 – James W. Tate born.
* January 5 – William Preston Johnson born.
* February 19 – John McConnell Rice born.
* March 4 – John Rowan left office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* March 4 – Nicholas D. Coleman left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – James Clark left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – John Kincaid left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Joel Yancey left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Thomas Chilton left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – Thomas A. Marshall entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – Chilton Allan entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – John Adair entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Christopher Thompkins entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Albert G. Hawes entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* April 4 – Andrew Rechmond Boone born.
* June 2 – Benjamin Hardin Helm born.
* June 29 – John Bell Hood born.
* August 19 – Stephen G. Burbridge born.
* October 19 – Robert Wickliffe Cooper born.
* November 10 – Henry Clay entered office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* December 28 – Elisha David Standiford born.

## 1832

* April 23 – Henry Thomas Harrison born.
* May 5 – William Northcut Sweeney born.
* June 30 – Emily Lucas Blackall born.
* July 3 – Richard Hickman died, aged 74.
* September 4 – Thomas Metcalfe left office as Governor of Kentucky.
* September 4 – John Breathitt entered office as 11th Governor of Kentucky.
* September 10 – Randall L. Gibson born.
* October 23 – Philip Lightfoot Lee born.
* December 23 – Andrew Jackson Clements born.

## 1833

* January 18 – Hugh Franklin Finley born.
* January 19 – David M. Beam born.
* March 2 – Anthony New died, aged ~86.
* March 4 – Henry Daniel left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Thomas A. Marshall left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – Chilton Allan left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – Robert P. Letcher left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 4th District.
* March 4 – Richard Mentor Johnson left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – Joseph Lecompte left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – John Adair left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Nathan Gaither left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 4 – Charles A. Wickliffe left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 9th District.
* March 4 – Christopher Thompkins left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Albert G. Hawes left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – Chittenden Lyon left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* March 4 – Chittenden Lyon entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Albert G. Hawes entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – Christopher Thompkins entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – Martin Beaty entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 4th District.
* March 4 – Thomas Chilton entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – Benjamin Hardin entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Patrick H. Pope entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 4 – James Love entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 9th District.
* March 4 – Chilton Allan entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Amos Davis entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – Thomas A. Marshall entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* March 4 – Richard Mentor Johnson entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 13th District.
* April 14 – John Blades Clark born.
* June 1 – John Marshall Harlan born.
* July 7 – James Ford died, aged 55.
* September 11 – William H. Hatch born.
* October 6 – William Brown died, aged 54.
* November 5 – Samuel McKee born.
* November 9 – William Jackson Worthington born.

## 1834

* February 21 – John Breathitt died, aged 47.
* February 21 – John Breathitt left office as Governor of Kentucky.
* February 21 – James Morehead entered office as 12th Governor of Kentucky.
* May 5 – Ed Porter Thompson born.
* May 26 – Armstead M. Alexander born.
* June 4 – Leeland Hathaway born.
* June 26 – John Wilkerson Kendall born.
* June 30 – Henry T. Stanton born.
* August 6 – Robert P. Petcher entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* August 27 – James B. Eustis born.
* October 19 – David White died, aged ~49.

## 1835

* February 28 – John Boyle died, aged 60.
* March 4 – George M. Bibb left office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* March 4 – Chittenden Lyon left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Christopher Thompkins left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – Martin Beaty left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 4th District.
* March 4 – Robert P. Letcher left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – Thomas Chilton left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – Patrick H. Pope left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 4 – James Love left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 9th District.
* March 4 – Amos Davis left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – Thomas A. Marshall left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* March 4 – John J. Crittenden entered office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* March 4 – Linn Boyd entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Joseph R. Underwood entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – Sherrod Williams entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 4th District.
* March 4 – James Harlan entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – John Calhoon entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – William J. Graves entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 4 – John White entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 9th District.
* March 4 – Richard French entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – John Chambers entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* April 12 – Reverend John Taylor died, aged 82.
* May 20 – Robert L. McHatton died, aged 46.
* May 29 – Thomas Satterwhite Noble born.
* June 3 – George Wood Monroe born.
* June 21 – Alexander D. Orr died. aged 73.
* June 28 – John Y. Brown born.
* August 30 – William T. Barry died, aged 51.
* September 4 – William Lindsay born.
* September 5 – John G. Carlisle born.
* September 22 – William Wirt Culbertson born.
* October 23 – Aldai Stevenson born.
* December 1 – Given Campbell born.

## 1836

* February 13 – Albert Seaton Berry born.
* February 22 – Hylan Benton Lyon born.
* March 6 – James Bowie died, aged 39.
* June 25 – Jesse Bledsoe died, aged 60.
* August 30 – James Morehead left office as Governor of Kentucky.
* August 30 – James Clark entered office as 13th Governor of Kentucky.
* September 3 – Thomas Z. Morrow born.
* September 23 – Boyd Winchester born.
* November 20 – John Thomas Croxton born.
* November 25 – Philip Thompson died, aged 47.

## 1837

* January 15 – John William Caldwell born.
* February 27 – James Neville Blakemore born.
* March 4 – Linn Boyd left office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Albert G. Hawes left office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – Benjamin Hardin left office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Chilton Allan left office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Richard French left office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – Richard Mentor Johnson left office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 13th District.
* March 4 – Richard Mentor Johnson entered office as 9th US Vice President.
* March 4 – John L. Murray entered office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Edward Rumsey entered office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – John Pope entered office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Richard Hawes entered office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Richard Menefee entered office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – William W. Southgate entered office as US House of Representative from Kentucky, 13th District.
* March 18 – Allen Latham Anderson born.
* July 31 – William Clarke Quantrill born.
* August 28 – William Campbell Preston Breckinridge born.
* August 29 – John Brown died, aged 79.
* September 25 – Isham Talbot died, aged ~64.
* December 7 – John Leathers Sandford born.
* December 11 – Alexander Brooks Montgomery born.
* December 20 – George Madison Adams born.
* December 20 – Charles Chilton Moore born.

## 1838

* January 27 – Albany incorporated.
* April 10 – Carter County formed.
* May 28 – Basil Wilson Duke born.
* July 8 – James B. McCreary born.
* October 1 – Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn born.

## 1839

* February 4 – James R. Hindman born.
* February 8 – Theodore Trauernicht born.
* February 9 – Silas Adams born.
* March 4 – John L. Muuray left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Edward Rumsey left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – James Harlan left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – John Calhoon left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – Richard Menefee left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – John Chambers left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* March 4 – William W. Southgate left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 13th District.
* March 4 – Linn Boyd entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Philip Triplett entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – Simeon H. Anderson entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – Willis Green entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – Landaff Andrews entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – Garrett Davis entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* March 4 – William Orlando Butler entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 13th District.
* June 20 – James E. Cantrill born.
* August 5 – Lehmann Hinemann born.
* August 17 – Moses Bensinger born.
* August 27 – James Clark left office as Governor of Kentucky.
* August 27 – Charles A. Wickliffe entered office as 14th Governor of Kentucky.
* September 14 – Asbury Harpending born.
* September 27 – James Clark died, aged 69.
* October 2 – Mary Barr Clay born.
* November 24 – Vincent Boreing born.