List of Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky
The office of lieutenant governor ( Lieutenant Governor ) in the US state of Kentucky was first created by the state constitution of 1797. Until a constitutional amendment in 1992, the lieutenant governor acted as acting governor while the actual incumbent was outside the state. In addition, he was President of the State Senate , where he had the decisive vote in stalemates; this function was subsequently transferred to the newly created office of Senate President. The lieutenant governor is elected as the governor's running mate along with the governor.
As in other US states, the vice governor's office was vacant several times, either because the incumbent left office prematurely or the lieutenant governor had to take over from a governor who left early. Since the constitution of the state only provides for the appointment of the office to a popular election, the office of vice governor could not be refilled afterwards. Early elections , such as in countries and states with a parliamentary system of government , are excluded in the United States at both the federal and most state levels.
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
---|---|---|
Alexander Scott Bullitt | 1800-1804 | |
John Caldwell | 1804 | Democratic Republican |
vacant | ||
Thomas Posey | 1806-1808 | Democratic Republican |
Gabriel Slaughter | 1808-1812 | Democratic Republican |
Richard Hickman | 1812-1816 | Democratic Republican |
Gabriel Slaughter | 1816 | Democratic Republican |
vacant | ||
William Taylor Barry | 1820-1824 | Democratic Republican |
Robert Breckinridge McAfee | 1824-1828 | Democratic Republican |
John Breathitt | 1828-1832 | democrat |
James Turner Morehead | 1832-1834 | National Republican Party |
vacant | ||
Charles Anderson Wickliffe | 1836-1839 | Whig |
vacant | ||
Manlius Valerius Thomson | 1840-1844 | Whig |
Archibald Dixon | 1844-1848 | Whig |
John Larue helmet | 1848-1850 | Whig |
vacant | ||
John Burton Thompson | 1852-1853 | Whig |
vacant | ||
James Greene Hardy | 1855-1856 | American party |
vacant | ||
Linn Boyd | 1859 | democrat |
vacant | ||
Richard Taylor Jacob | 1863-1864 | democrat |
vacant | ||
John White Stevenson | 1867 | democrat |
vacant | ||
John Griffin Carlisle | 1871-1875 | democrat |
John Cox Underwood | 1875-1879 | democrat |
James Edwards Cantrill | 1879-1883 | democrat |
James Robert Hindman | 1883-1887 | democrat |
James William Bryan | 1887-1891 | democrat |
Mitchell Cary Alford | 1891-1895 | democrat |
William Jackson Worthington | 1895-1899 | republican |
John Marshall | 1899-1900 | republican |
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham | 1900 | democrat |
vacant | ||
William Pryor Thorne | 1903-1907 | democrat |
William Hopkinson Cox | 1907-1911 | republican |
Edward John McDermott | 1911-1915 | democrat |
James Dixon Black | 1915-1919 | democrat |
Samuel Thruston Ballard | 1919-1923 | republican |
Henry H. Denhardt | 1923-1927 | democrat |
James Breathitt | 1927-1931 | democrat |
Albert Benjamin Chandler | 1931-1935 | democrat |
Keen Johnson | 1935-1939 | democrat |
Rodes Kirby Myers | 1939-1943 | democrat |
Kenneth Herndon Tuggle | 1943-1947 | republican |
Lawrence Winchester Wetherby | 1947-1950 | democrat |
vacant | ||
Emerson Beauchamp | 1951-1955 | democrat |
Harry Lee Waterfield | 1955-1959 | democrat |
Wilson Watkins Wyatt | 1959-1963 | democrat |
Harry Lee Waterfield | 1963-1967 | democrat |
Wendell Hampton Ford | 1967-1971 | democrat |
Julian Morton Carroll | 1971-1974 | democrat |
vacant | ||
Thelma Hawkins Stovall | 1975-1979 | democrat |
Martha Layne Collins | 1979-1983 | democrat |
Steven Lynn Beshear | 1983-1987 | democrat |
Brereton Chandler Jones | 1987-1991 | democrat |
Paul Edward Patton | 1991-1995 | democrat |
Steve Henry | 1995-2003 | democrat |
Stephen B. Pence | 2003-2007 | republican |
Frank Daniel Mongiardo | 2007-2011 | democrat |
Jerry Edwin Abramson | 2011-2014 | democrat |
Eugenia Crittenden Blackburn Luallen | 2014-2015 | democrat |
Jenean Hampton | since 2015 | republican |
See also
- List of Kentucky Governors
- List of United States Senators from Kentucky
- List of members of the US House of Representatives from Kentucky
Web links
- Kentucky: Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth (English)
- The Political Graveyard (English)