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Steve Beshear
Steve Beshear by Gage Skidmore.jpg
61st Governor of Kentucky
In office
December 11, 2007 – December 8, 2015
Lieutenant Daniel Mongiardo
Jerry Abramson
Preceded by Ernie Fletcher
Succeeded by Matt Bevin
49th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
In office
December 13, 1983 – December 8, 1987
Governor Martha Collins
Preceded by Martha Collins
Succeeded by Brereton Jones
Attorney General of Kentucky
In office
January 7, 1980 – December 13, 1983
Governor John Brown
Preceded by Robert Stephens
Succeeded by David Armstrong
Personal details
Born
Steven Lynn Beshear

September 21, 1944 (1944-09-21) (age 75)
Dawson Springs, Kentucky, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Jane Klingner
Children 2; including Andy
Residence Private
Alma mater University of Kentucky
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Branch/service  United States Army
Unit United States Army Reserve
Battles/wars Vietnam War

Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshaer (born September 21, 1944) is an American politician. In 2007, he became the Governor of Kentucky. He left office on December 8, 2015 because of term limits and was succeed by Matt Bevin.

In 1996, he ran for U.S. Senator representing Kentucky, but lost to Mitch McConnell.

Beshear delivered the Democratic response to a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress given by President Donald Trump on February 28, 2017.

His son is Governor Andy Beshear.

Images for kids

  • A pillared, two-story, gray marble building with several flower gardens in front

    Beshear objected to the Save the Mansion Fund charging a fee to tour the Governor's Mansion

  • A dark-haired woman in her fifties making a speech behind a podium and microphone

    Martha Layne Collins preceded Beshear as lieutenant governor and was governor during Beshear's term in that office.

  • A man in his late sixties with graying hair and glasses leaning against a column and wearing black suit, white shirt, and blue tie

    Mitch McConnell turned back Beshear's challenge for his Senate seat in 1996

  • A dark-haired man in his forties wearing glasses and a suit. He is smiling and facing left.

    Governor Ernie Fletcher failed on his re-election bid against Beshear

  • Beshearandwife

    Governor Beshear and his wife, Jane, at Fancy Farm 2011

  • An extremely compact white car with black, zebra-like stripes behind black cordons

    ZAP cars like this one would have been manufactured in Kentucky before the proposed factory lost its funding


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