John Caldwell (Kentucky politician)

John Caldwell (1757 – November 19, 1804) was a Kentucky politician, state senator, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving under Governor Christopher Greenup.

He was elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 1792, and was later elected the 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1804. Caldwell died while presiding over the State Senate in his first year as Lieutenant Governor from "inflammation of the brain".^[1] John Caldwell is the namesake of Caldwell County, Kentucky.^[2]

Notes

↑ Political Graveyard Entries on Caldwell
↑ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 108.

Political offices
Preceded by Alexander Scott Bullitt	Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1804	Succeeded by Thomas Posey

Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky

Bullitt Caldwell Posey Slaughter (1st time) Hickman Slaughter (2nd time) Barry McAfee Breathitt J. Morehead Wickliffe M. Thomson Dixon Helm J. Thompson Hardy Boyd Jacob Stevenson Carlisle Underwood Cantrill Hindman Bryan Alford Worthington Marshall Beckham Thorne Cox McDermott Black Ballard Denhardt Breathitt Jr. Chandler Johnson Myers Tuggle Wetherby Beauchamp Waterfield Wyatt Waterfield Ford Carroll Stovall Collins Beshear Jones Patton Henry Pence Mongiardo Abramson Luallen Hampton

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