Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky: Paul E. Patton, Steve Beshear, Wendell H. Ford, J. C. W. Beckham, Lawrence Wetherby, Happy Chandler General Books, 2010 - 300 pages Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 81. Chapters: Steve Beshear, Paul E. Patton, Wendell H. Ford, J. C. W. Beckham, Happy Chandler, Lawrence Wetherby, John L. Helm, Julian Carroll, Brereton Jones, Charles A. Wickliffe, Martha Layne Collins, Keen Johnson, Gabriel Slaughter, Archibald Dixon, John W. Stevenson, Thomas Posey, Daniel Mongiardo, James D. Black, John Breathitt, James Turner Morehead, Steve Henry, John G. Carlisle, Wilson W. Wyatt, William T. Barry, Linn Boyd, Thelma Stovall, Steve Pence, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Richard Taylor Jacob, James Greene Hardy, Alexander Scott Bullitt, John Burton Thompson, Harry Lee Waterfield, Richard Hickman, William H. Cox, Robert B. McAfee, James E. Cantrill, Emerson Beauchamp, James Breathitt, Jr., Manlius Valerius Thomson, Mitchell Cary Alford, Kenneth H. Tuggle, Horatio F. Simrall, John Marshall, Rodes K. Myers, Henry Denhardt, James William Bryan, John Caldwell, James R. Hindman, John C. Underwood, William Jackson Worthington, Edward J. McDermott, S. Thruston Ballard, William P. Thorne. Excerpt: Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear (Democratic Party; born September 21, 1944) is the 61st and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Elected in 2007, Beshear previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1979, was the state's Attorney General from 1980 to 1983, and was Lieutenant Governor from 1983 to 1987. Beshear's term expires in 2011, and he is seeking re-election. His running mate for the 2011 gubernatorial election will be former Louisville mayor Jerry Abramson; Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo opted to enter the 2010 Senate race instead of seeking re-election. After graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1968, Beshear briefly practiced law in New York before returning to Kentucky and being elected to the state legislature, where he gained a reputation as a co... |
