Jane Beshear

Jane Beshear
Beshear in 2011
First Lady of Kentucky
In role
December 11, 2007  December 8, 2015
GovernorSteve Beshear
Preceded byGlenna Fletcher
Succeeded byGlenna Bevin
Second Lady of Kentucky
In office
December 10, 1983  December 8, 1987
Lieutenant GovernorSteve Beshear
Preceded byPhyllis George
Succeeded byJudi Armstrong
Personal details
Born
Mary Jane Klingner

(1946-12-13) December 13, 1946
SpouseSteve Beshear (m. 1969)
Children2, including Andy
EducationUniversity of Kentucky

Mary Jane Beshear (née Klingner; born December 13, 1946) is an American educator who served as first lady of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015, during the tenure of her husband, former governor Steve Beshear. She is the mother of current Kentucky governor Andy Beshear.