High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear (born September 21, 1944) is an American politician who is the 61st Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A Democrat, 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.