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The first lady or first gentleman of Kentucky is the unofficial title of the spouse of the governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In situations where a governor was widowed or unmarried, the duties of the first spouse were undertaken by an official host. The current first lady of Kentucky is Britainy Beshear.

Contents

• List of first ladies and gentlemen and official hosts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
• References
• Further reading
• External links

List of first ladies and gentlemen and official hosts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

First ladies and gentlemen and official hosts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Name	Image	Birth - Death	Term	Governor	Ref(s)
Susannah Hart		February 18, 1764 – June 19, 1833	June 4, 1792 – June 1, 1796	Isaac Shelby	[1]
Elizabeth Mountjoy		May 26, 1751 – August 28, 1832	June 7, 1796 – September 5, 1804	James Garrard	[2]
Mary Catherine 'Caty' Pope		1765 – October 22, 1807	September 5, 1804 – October 22, 1807	Christopher Greenup	[3]
Judith Cary Bell Gist		1750 – June 1833	September 1, 1808 – August 24, 1812	Charles Scott (governor)	[4] [5]
Susannah Hart		February 18, 1764 – June 19, 1833	August 24, 1812 – September 5, 1816	Isaac Shelby	[1]
Elizabeth Thompson Rodes		October 26, 1770 – September 23, 1843	October 14, 1816 – August 29, 1820	Gabriel Slaughter	[6] [7]
Catherine Eleanor Palmer		October 17, 1768 – September 24, 1854	August 29, 1820 – August 24, 1824	John Adair	[8] [9]
Margaret 'Peggy' Bledsoe		July 7, 1773 – May 20, 1849	August 24, 1824 – August 26, 1828	Joseph Desha	[10] [11]
Nancy Mason		December 22, 1788 – June 19, 1852	August 26, 1828 – September 4, 1832	Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky politician)	[12] [13]
Susan Mildred Harris		January 26, 1800 – April 18, 1833	September 4, 1832 – April 18, 1833	John Breathitt	[14] [15]
Elizabeth Breathitt Harwood		March 11, 1799 – July 26, 1842	April 18, 1833 – February 21, 1834	John Breathitt	[16]
Susan Helm Roberts		1797 – March 14, 1838	February 21, 1834 – August 30, 1836	James T. Morehead (Kentucky politician)	[17] [18]
Judith Campbell Clark Bright		July 25, 1820 – December 24, 1855	August 30, 1836 – August 27, 1839	James Clark (Kentucky politician)	[19] [20]
Margaret Crepps		September 7, 1788 – December 18, 1863	August 27, 1839 – September 2, 1840	Charles A. Wickliffe	[21] [22]
Charlotte Robertson		mid-1790s – October 29, 1879	September 2, 1840 – September 4, 1844	Robert P. Letcher	[23] [24]
Elizabeth Gill		August 1, 1788 – April 17, 1858	September 4, 1844 – September 6, 1848	William Owsley	[25] [26]
Maria Knox Innes Todd		October 4, 1796 – September 8, 1851	September 6, 1848 – July 31, 1850	John J. Crittenden	[27] [28]
Lucinda Barbour Hardin		February 2, 1809 – December 25, 1885	July 31, 1850 – September 2, 1851	John L. Helm	[29] [30]
Mary Ann Drake Metcalfe		August 31, 1831 – May 6, 1900	September 2, 1851 – September 4, 1855	Lazarus Powell	[31] [32]
Margaret Leavy		Between 1804 and 1810 – December 17, 1871	September 4, 1855 – August 30, 1859	Charles S. Morehead	[33] [34]
Anna Nelson Shelby		August 5, 1818 – May 7, 1880	August 30, 1859 – August 18, 1862	Beriah Magoffin	[35] [36]
Emily Jane Robinson Burbridge Downey Busbey		July 14, 1827 – November 17, 1879	August 16, 1862 – September 1, 1863	James Fisher Robinson	[37] [38]
Sarah Lean Travis		October 4, 1819 – March 4, 1872	September 1, 1863 – September 3, 1867	Thomas E. Bramlette	[39] [40]
Lucinda Barbour Hardin		February 2, 1809 – December 25, 1885	September 3, 1867 – September 8, 1867	John L. Helm	[29] [30]
Sibella Winston		January 1823 – September 12, 1904	September 8, 1867 – February 3, 1871	John W. Stevenson	[41] [42]
Mary Maupin Kuykendall		April 22, 1833 – September 3, 1900	February 13, 1871 – August 31, 1875	Preston Leslie	[43] [44]
Sarah Catherine "Kate" Hughes		April 15, 1844 – October 22, 1908	August 31, 1875 – September 2, 1879	James B. McCreary	[45] [46]
Julia Marie Churchill		September 30, 1833 – December 26, 1922	September 2, 1879 – September 5, 1883	Luke P. Blackburn	[47] [48]
Sarah Rosannah McElroy		April 27, 1834 – July 16, 1915	September 5, 1883 – August 30, 1887	J. Proctor Knott	[49] [50]
Delia Hayes Claiborne		July 27, 1857 – March 3, 1932	August 30, 1887 – September 2, 1891	Simon Bolivar Buckner	[51] [52]
Rebecca Hart Dixon		May 28, 1839 – March 15, 1922	September 2, 1891 – December 10, 1895	John Y. Brown	[53] [54]
Margaret Robertson Duncan		January 1, 1846 – September 8, 1923	December 10, 1895 – December 12, 1899	William O'Connell Bradley	[55] [56]
Sarah "Sallie" Belle Tanner		July 12, 1862 – July 9, 1901	December 12, 1899 – January 13, 1900	William S. Taylor (Kentucky politician)	[57] [58]
Julia Tevis Wickliffe Beckham		July 14, 1835 – August 1, 1913	February 3, 1900 – November 20, 1900	J. C. W. Beckham	[59]
Jean Raphael Fuqua		August 19, 1879 – October 4, 1962	November 21, 1900 – December 10, 1907	J. C. W. Beckham	[60] [61]
Mary Elizabeth Ekin		August 15, 1847 – July 29, 1934	December 10, 1907 – December 12, 1911	Augustus E. Willson	[62] [63]
Harriet Newberry McCreary Gay Harbison		June 23, 1895 – March 22, 1971	December 12, 1911 – December 7, 1915	James B. McCreary	[64] [65]
Susan "Sue" F. Soaper		October 3, 1874 – December 21, 1970	December 7, 1915 – May 19, 1919	Augustus Owsley Stanley	[66] [67]
Mary Janette "Nettie" Pitzer		December 10, 1859 – November 19, 1942	May 19, 1919 – December 9, 1919	James D. Black	[68]
Katherine "Kate" Hail Waddle		November 25, 1878 – September 8, 1957	December 9, 1919 – December 11, 1923	Edwin P. Morrow	[69] [70]
Dora Belle McDavid		March 15, 1875 – April 1, 1970	December 11, 1923 – December 13, 1927	William J. Fields	[71] [72]
Susan "Susie" Rachel Steele		November 18, 1875 – February 6, 1952	December 13, 1927 – December 8, 1931	Flem D. Sampson	[73] [74]
Mary Bryant Nisbet		February 13, 1874 – June 5, 1972	December 8, 1931 – December 10, 1935	Ruby Laffoon	[75] [76]
Mildred Lucille Watkins		November 23, 1899 – January 23, 1995	December 10, 1935 – October 9, 1939	Happy Chandler	[77] [78]
Eunice Lee Nichols		September 19, 1895 – May 14, 1982	October 9, 1939 – December 7, 1943	Keen Johnson	[79] [80]
Ida Lee Mills		December 25, 1897 – November 11, 1978	December 7, 1943 – December 9, 1947	Simeon Willis	[81] [82]
Sara McGoodwin Blue		November 23, 1894 – February 23, 1976	December 9, 1947 – November 27, 1950	Earle Clements	[83] [84]
Helen Dwyer		December 27, 1907 – January 12, 2005	November 27, 1950 – December 13, 1955	Lawrence Wetherby	[85]
Mildred Lucille Watkins		November 23, 1899 – January 23, 1995	December 13, 1955 – December 8, 1959	Happy Chandler	[77] [78]
Mabel Hall		April 8, 1915 – December 22, 1972	December 8, 1959 – December 10, 1963	Bert Combs	[86]
Frances Holleman		September 12, 1926 – July 11, 1985	December 10, 1963 – December 12, 1967	Ned Breathitt	[87]
Beula Cornelius Aspey		February 19, 1914 – June 30, 1995	December 12, 1967 – December 26, 1971	Louie Nunn	[88]
Ruby Jean Neel		March 1, 1924 – October 12, 2025	December 7, 1971 – December 28, 1974	Wendell Ford	[89]
Charlann Harting		September 17, 1932 – September 10, 2014	December 28, 1974 – December 11, 1979	Julian Carroll	[90]
Phyllis George		June 25, 1949 – May 14, 2020	December 11, 1979 – December 13, 1983	John Y. Brown Jr.	[91]
William Louis Collins		January 8, 1938 – living	December 13, 1983 – December 8, 1987	Martha Layne Collins	[92]
Martha Carol Stafford		August 28, 1941 – May 7, 2014	December 8, 1987 – December 10, 1991	Wallace Wilkinson	[93]
Elizabeth "Libby" Alexander Lloyd		October 2, 1943 – living	December 10, 1991 – December 12, 1995	Brereton C. Jones	[94] [95]
Judi Jane Conway		November 23, 1940 – living	December 12, 1995 – December 9, 2003	Paul E. Patton	[96]
Glenna Aubin Foster		May 11, 1952 – living	December 9, 2003 – December 11, 2007	Ernie Fletcher	[96]
Mary Jane Klingner		December 13, 1946 – living	December 11, 2007 – December 8, 2015	Steve Beshear	[97]
Glenna Young		1965 – living	December 8, 2015 – December 10, 2019	Matt Bevin
Britainy Colman		July 11, 1979 – living	December 10, 2019 – present	Andy Beshear	[98]

References

Further reading

• Kentucky Governors : 1792–2000. By Robert A. Powell. Tampa, FL : Silverhawke Publications, 2000.
• Kentucky's Governors. Edited by Lowell H. Harrison. Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
• The People's House : Governor's Mansions of Kentucky. By Thomas D. Clark. Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 2002.

External links

• Official Kentucky Governor website