1820s

## 1820

* January 18 – Abraham Buford born.
* February 11 – Theodore O'Hara born.
* March 1 – David Walker died, aged ~56.
* March 1 – David Walker left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* May 16 – John Milton Elliott born.
* May 28 – William Logan left office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* June 15 – Tunstall Quarles left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 9th District.
* June 17 – John W. Cannon born.
* August 1 – Thomas Montgomery entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 9th District.
* August 29 – Gabriel Slaughter left office as Governor of Kentucky.
* August 29 – John Adair entered office as 8th Governor of Kentucky.
* August 31 – Joseph S. Fowler born.
* September 26 – Daniel Boone died, aged 85.
* October 19 – Isham Talbot entered office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* October 28 – Henry Clay left as Speaker of the US House Representatives position.
* November 2 – Perry County formed.
* November 13 – Francis Johnson entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* December 8 – John P. Campbell, Jr. born.

## 1821

* January 16 – John C. Breckinridge born.
* February 12 – Samuel L. Casey born.
* February 22 – Joshua Bullitt born.
* March 4 – Henry Clay left office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – William Brown left office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – Alney McLean left office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. left office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 4 – Samuel Hughes Woodson entered office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – John Telemachus Johnson entered office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – Anthony New entered office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – Wingfield Bullock entered office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* April 27 – Walter N. Haldeman born.
* August 6 – John Speed Smith entered office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* September 10 – Thomas Turner born.
* October 13 – Wingfield Bullock died, aged ~55.
* October 13 – Wingfield Bullock left office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* November 6 – Gordon Granger born.
* November 21 – James D. Breckinridge entered office as US House of representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* November 30 – Gustavus Woodson Smith born.
* December 2 – Alvin Hawkins born.
* December 16 – Robert Porter Caldwell born.
* December 17 – Kentucky abolished debtor's prisons

## 1822

* January 2 – William E. Simms born.
* January 19 – James Garrard died, aged 73.
* January 29 – Henry Wooldridge born.
* February 13 – James B. Beck born.
* March 1 – Charles Champion Gilbert born.
* April 22 – Reubin Field died, aged ~50.
* May 27 – Alexander Von Schrader born.
* August 1 – Matthew Lyon died, aged 72.
* August 8 – William Logan died, aged 45.
* September 1 – Presley Ewing born.
* October 8 – Elijah Phister born.
* October 30 – Marion C. Taylor born.
* November 3 – Calloway County formed.
* November 14 – William Harrow born.
* November 23 – William Chrisman born.
* December 7 – Morgan County formed.
* December 24 – James Knox died, aged ~82.

## 1823

* March 4 – Samuel Hughes Woodson left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – John Telemachus Johnson left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – Thomas Metcalfe left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 4th District.
* March 4 – Anthony New left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – Francis Johnson left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – John Speed Smith left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – James D. Breckinridge left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 4 – Thomas Montgomery left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 9th District.
* March 4 – Benjamin Hardin left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Thomas Metcalfe entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – Henry Clay entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – Robert P. Letcher entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 4th District.
* March 4 – John Telemachus Johnson entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – David White entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – Thomas P. Moore entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Richard Aylett Buckner entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 4 – Charles A. Wickliffe entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 9th District.
* March 4 – Francis Johnson entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Philip Thompson entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – Robert Pryor Henry entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* March 4 – Henry Clay became Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
* March 10 – Martin Davis Hardin died, aged 43.
* March 12 – William F. Perry born.
* March 19 – Delos Thurman Bligh born.
* April 1 – Simon Bolivar Buckner born.
* May 14 – Joseph B. Smith born.
* August 8 – Walter C. Whitaker born.
* September 1 – Cabell Breckinridge died, aged 35.
* September 22 – John Duncan Young born.
* September 27 – James S. Jackson born.

## 1824

* January 7 – James Morrison Hawes born.
* January 22 – Reuben T. Durrett born.
* February 29 – William Tell Coleman born.
* April 20 – Mary Elizabeth Bliss born.
* May 16 – Milton Jameson Durham born.
* June 23 – Lucian F. Anderson born.
* August 24 – John Adair left office as Governor of Kentucky.
* August 24 – Joseph Holmes Desha entered office as 9th Governor of Kentucky.
* September 18 – Thomas Buford born.
* September 24 – Edwin Otway Burnham born.
* October 7 – A. J. Alexander born.
* October 16 – John Bryan Bowman born.
* October 29 – Joseph Horace Lewis born.
* November 4 – Second Capitol building burned in Frankfort.
* December 20 – Enoch Milton Benson born.
* December 25 – Henry English Read born.

## 1825

* February 3 – Oscar Turner, Sr. born.
* March 3 – William Evans Arthur born.
* March 3 – William Lowther "Mudwall" Jackson, Jr. born.
* March 4 – Isham Talbott left office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* March 4 – Henry Clay left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* March 4 – John Telemachus Johnson left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – David White left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – Philip Thompson left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 4 – Henry Clay left US Speaker of the US House of Representatives position.
* March 4 – Henry Clay entered office as 9th US Secretary of State.
* March 4 – John Rowan entered office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* March 4 – James Johnson entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – Joseph Lecompte entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 6th District.
* March 4 – William Singleton Young entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* March 13 – Richard Taylor Jacob born.
* June 1 – John Hunt Morgan born.
* July 4 – William Andrew Quarles born.
* July 11 – Edward Henry Hobson born.
* July 25 – William L. Weller born.
* July 31 – Thomas Hart Taylor born.
* August 1 – James Clark entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 3rd District.
* August 18 – Sanders Dewees Bruce born.
* August 21 – John Richard Barret born.
* October 5 – Benjamin Franklin Bradley born.
* October 25 – Henry Cornelius Burnett born.
* October 30 – Randolph McCoy born.
* November 7 – Solomon P. Sharp died, aged 38.
* November 7 – The Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy happened in Frankfort.
* December 12 – Temporary building burned while House was in session in Frankfort.

## 1826

* January 7 – John Logan died, aged 36.
* February 1 – John R. Eden born.
* February 7 – Thomas Todd died, aged 61.
* February 27 – Henry Davis McHenry born.
* March 4 – John Buford born.
* April 20 – Joseph Pryor Nuckols born.
* July 4 – Green Clay Smith born.
* July 7 – Jereboam O. Beauchamp died, aged 23.
* July 7 – Anna Cooke Beauchamp died, aged ~40.
* July 18 – Isaac Shelby died, aged 75.
* July 24 – Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. died, aged 37.
* August 13 – James Johnson died, aged 52.
* August 13 – James Johnson left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* August 25 – Robert Pryor Henry died, aged 37.
* August 25 – Robert Pryor Henry left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* September 11 – John Edward Halsell born.
* October 16 – Richard Clough Anderson died, aged 73.
* October 16 – Samuel McKee died, aged 52.
* December 7 – Robert L. McHatton entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* December 11 – John F. Henry entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* December 17 – John Watson Barr born.
* December 26 – William Clayton Anderson born.

## 1827

* January 12 – Legislature approved building a third capitol building in Frankfort.
* January 24 – John Albert Broadus born.
* March 4 – David Trimble left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Francis Johnson left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – John F. Henry left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* March 4 – Henry Daniel entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 1st District.
* March 4 – Joel Yancey entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 10th District.
* March 4 – Chittenden Lyon entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 12th District.
* June 30 – Edward Crossland born.
* July 7 – James Murrell Shackleford born.
* July 28 – Samuel Hughes Woodson died, aged 49.
* August 10 – Matthew Harris Jouet died, aged 39.
* August 15 – Charles William Milliken born.
* September 20 – William Singleton Young died, aged 37.
* September 20 – William Singleton Young left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* October 27 – Albert Fink born.
* November 5 – John Calhoon entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* November 7 – John Calhoon left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.
* December 22 – Thomas Chilton entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 11th District.

## 1828

* February 11 – William Jennings Landrum born.
* February 28 – Eli Metcalfe Bruce born.
* April 2 – Thomas Montgomery died, aged ~48.
* April 6 – Charles W. Field born.
* April 8 – General George Baird Hodge born.
* April 14 – Henry Clay Dunlap born.
* May 28 – Alpheus Baker born.
* June 1 – Thomas Metcalfe left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* August 25 – Robert Trimble died, aged 51.
* August 28 – Joseph Holmes Desha left office as Governor of Kentucky.
* August 28 – Thomas Metcalfe entered office as 10th Governor of Kentucky.
* August 30 – John Daniel Clardy born.
* September 28 – Thomas Hinde died, aged 91.
* November 23 – George Morgan Thomas born.
* December 1 – John Chambers entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.

## 1829

* January 13 – Laban Theodore Moore born.
* January 19 – Richard Lee Taylor died, aged 84.
* February 8 – James A. Williamson born.
* March 4 – Richard M. Johnson left office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* March 4 – Henry Clay left office as US Secretary of State.
* March 4 – John Chambers left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – Robert L. McHatton left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – Thomas P. Moore left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Richard Aylett Buckner left office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 4 – George M. Bibb entered office as US Senator from Kentucky.
* March 4 – Nicholas D. Coleman entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 2nd District.
* March 4 – Richard Mentor Johnson entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
* March 4 – John Kincaid entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
* March 4 – Nathan Gaither entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* March 16 – Nicola Marshall born
* November 11 – Benjamin Edwards died, aged 76.
* November 14 – Theodore Legrand Burnett born.
* November 26 – Thomas Buck Reed died, aged 42.