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The Kentucky Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the governor of Kentucky. The present Governor's Mansion, constructed in 1914 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, [83] is located at 704 Capitol Avenue in the state capital of Frankfort. [84]
The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky, [1] and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; [3] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly; [4] the power to convene the legislature; [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason ...
Andrew Graham Beshear (/ b ə ˈ ʃ ɪər / bə-SHEER; [1] born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Kentucky from 2016 to 2019. [2] He is the son of former Kentucky governor Steve Beshear.
He won by razor-thin margins in 2015 to claim his place as the state’s attorney general, and then in 2019 against one of the least popular governors in America in Bevin.
FILE - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear gives his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chamber at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [15] As of January 2025, there are 12 female state governors serving.
Steve Beshear, 79, first took state office as a legislator in 1974 and was defeated in a heated 1987 Democratic primary in his first run for governor (he also lost a 1996 Senate race).
Under the current Kentucky Constitution, the lieutenant governor assumes the duties of the governor only if the governor is incapacitated and cannot perform the duties of the office. Before 1992, the lieutenant governor took to power any time the governor was out of the state.