“There’s nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Figure timeline
Matt Bevin
Matthew Griswold Bevin is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 62nd governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019, losing re-election in 2019 to Democrat Andy Beshear. He is currently the CEO of Neuronetrix Solutions, LLC.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
business · Governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019 · politician · businessperson · governor · also Matt Bevin, Matthew Griswold Bevin, Matthew Bevin, Governor Matthew Bevin, Governor Matt Bevin, Governor Bevin
Born 9 January 1967 · Q19953601
86 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
10 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Quote
2026· 20 entries
“I guess it’s like we don’t know what to do about terrorists, but we’ve got a good military, and we can take down governments.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“We’ve made the decision we’re going to war with Iraq.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“I guess they don’t know what else to do.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“s Buck Run Baptist Church, but the service was moved to the Frankfort Convention Center and the invitation requirement was dropped following an”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“should not be allowed in the United States as it relates to the things being put in the hands of our young people”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“never sues on behalf of the people of Kentucky. He does it on behalf of his own political career ...”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“both their hymens were intact,”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“Sometimes you do pay it late and you pay interest on having paid it late. But you pay the taxes. ... You do this all the time in business.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“[W]e will not continue to enroll people at 138 percent of the federal poverty level [as allowed under the Affordable Care Act],”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“My intention has always been to execute this race on financial issues, on economic issues. In the last several weeks, 85 percent of what people talk about are these social issues. ... I think the issue has redefined this race whether any of us candidates want that to be the case or not.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“s lead had evaporated and that the race was essentially a three-way dead heat between him, Bevin, and Comer. Accusations against Comer Less than three weeks before the primary, Comer”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“s alleged connection to the Comer accusations had”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“I say with all due respect to a lot of folks who might say otherwise, sometimes we might need to get over it and move on. We have new races to run and new decisions to make. There is too much at stake.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“for the sole purpose of legalizing gamecock fighting at the state level.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
WKMS: Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin skips child support hearing as his son, ex-wife testify
- #news
- #headline
AOL: Judge orders Matt Bevin's arrest after failure to meet court deadline
- #news
- #headline
WDRB: Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin ordered to turn over financial records or face 60 days in jail
- #news
- #headline
Yahoo: Former Gov. Matt Bevin again faces jail or fine for not complying with court orders
- #news
- #headline
Yahoo: Matt Bevin tries for a second time to boot judge from divorce case
- #news
- #headline
2025· 2 entries
A Jefferson County, Kentucky judge issued a temporary protective order against Matt Bevin, restricting him from contacting Jonah Bevin and requiring him to relinquish all firearms in his possession until a March 19, 2025
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
On March 7, 2025, a Jefferson County, Kentucky judge issued a temporary protective order against Matt Bevin, restricting him from contacting Jonah Bevin and requiring him to relinquish all firearms in his possession until a March 19, 2025, hearing.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
2024· 3 entries
A Jefferson Circuit Judge granted Glenna Bevin's motion to limit Matt Bevin's access to their residence and property after his wife labeled his conduct "aggressive and unsettling
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
By the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) after being alerted by the U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
On May 1, 2024, a Jefferson Circuit Judge granted Glenna Bevin's motion to limit Matt Bevin's access to their residence and property after his wife labeled his conduct "aggressive and unsettling." Their divorce was finalized in March 2025.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
2019· 13 entries
It was reported that the FBI had questioned state representative Chris Harris about Bevin's pardons and on January 2, 2020, Attorney General Daniel Cameron asked the FBI to investigate the pardons
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
President of the Kentucky Senate Robert Stivers–speaking for the Republican majority–condemned the pardons, called on the U
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Election lost: 2019 gubernatorial election.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #election
- #lost
Bevin announced his support for a proposed bill to ban sanctuary cities in Kentucky
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
As its candidate for governor in 2019, while Kentucky's outgoing Attorney General Andy Beshear, son of Bevin's predecessor Steve Beshear, won the Democratic nomination
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin blamed teacher strikes for the death of a seven-year-old
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Claimed: “"So many of these people that are getting the chickenpox were vaccinated for it. It’s not being spread by the kids who didn’t have the vaccination."” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-by-figure
Bevin signed a bill that required public universities to protect free speech rights by banning them from disinviting speakers
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin signed into law a bill banning abortions after the heartbeat is detected, though a federal judge blocked the bill a few hours later
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin signed a bill into law removing the permit requirement to carry a concealed firearm in the state, becoming the 16th state to enact such legislation
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin stated that school closings for January 30 were a "sign America was soft"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
“catch the disease and become immune.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Campaign: 2019 gubernatorial election.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #election
- #campaign
2018· 2 entries
Bevin said that a cultural popularity of death, as evidenced by zombie television shows, is to blame for mass shootings, and that gun regulation is not the solution
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
McConnell urged Bevin to run for reelection, and on January 25, 2019, Bevin announced that he would run for a second term, choosing State Senator Ralph Alvarado as his running mate over current Lieutenant Governor Jenean
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2017· 4 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Kentucky Governor Bevin said State employees are bankrupting the state” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Bevin vetoed a bill that would have allowed a judge to order mentally disabled people to undergo outpatient treatment if they could not recognize their condition and if they had a history of hospitalization, due to his c
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin signed SB 17 into law, intended to "protect religious expression in public schools" by barring school districts from regulating student organizations in ways such as requiring them to accept LGBT people as members
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin signed the two abortion bills
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2016· 3 entries
Bevin released a video on social media claiming that House Democrats were not following through on their obligations to help craft the state budget
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin delivered a budget address to the General Assembly detailing his two-year budget proposal
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
If Paul's expected presidential bid kept him from running for re-election
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2015· 9 entries
Election lost: 2015 gubernatorial general election.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #election
- #lost
That the Comer campaign had leaked to the Herald-Leader emails showing that the husband of Crosbie had been in contact with the blogger
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin met with Davis in the jail and later attended a rally organized by Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee celebrating her subsequent release
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Conway promised to increase funding for early childhood education and expand its availability for those in poverty
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
The last day for candidates to file, Bevin announced he would seek the Republican nomination for governor
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
By 2015, Bevin said all of his children were homeschooled.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
Campaign: 2015 gubernatorial general election.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #election
- #campaign
Career landmark: Governor of Kentucky (2015–2019).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
And won the four-way Republican primary by 83 votes
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2014· 3 entries
Bevin apologized for attending the event, saying "I am genuinely sorry that my attendance at an event which, other than my comments, appears to have primarily involved a discussion of cockfighting, has created concern on
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
The News Journal reported that Bevin spoke at a pro-cockfighting rally in Corbin, Kentucky
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Campaign: 2014 U.S. Senate election.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #election
- #campaign
2013· 3 entries
Bevin announced that he would challenge McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader and a five-term incumbent, in the 2014 Republican primary because he did not believe that McConnell was conservative enough
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
“Who's too Weak to Live with Freedom?”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
The Senate Conservatives Fund endorsed Bevin
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2012· 1 entry
“s schooling, the Bevins opted not to move into the Kentucky Governor”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
2011· 2 entries
Mitch McConnell recruited him to challenge incumbent Democrat John Yarmuth to represent Kentucky's 3rd congressional district in 2012
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Bevin took his children out of school for a year for a 26,000-mile (42,000 km) tour of the United States, visiting sites of educational or historical interest, including the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where Martin Luther
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2008· 2 entries
Bevin took over management of the struggling Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Company of East Hampton, Connecticut
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
And the second quarter of 2009, when the extent of Bevin's involvement with the company was "unclear"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2007· 1 entry
And the new company failed to pay the property taxes on the home from escrow on time
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2003· 3 entries
17-year-old Brittiney was killed in a car accident
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
“Europe's Anti-American Obsession”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
Bevin recruited a group of managers from National City Corp
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1999· 2 entries
While working in the financial management industry
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Was offered a stake in National Asset Management and moved to Kentucky to take the job
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1993· 1 entry
Bevin worked as a financial consultant for SEI Investments Company in Pennsylvania and Boston, then served as a vice president with Putnam Investments
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1991· 1 entry
And that he had accompanied her to an abortion clinic
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1990· 1 entry
Completed a six-week Junior Officer Maintenance Course at Fort Knox in Kentucky
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1969· 1 entry
“The age of the democratic revolution: a political history of Europe and America, 1760-1860”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1967· 1 entry
Born 1967-01-09.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth
1949· 1 entry
“Help Keep Your School All-American”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1914· 1 entry
The eleven-member Bevin family was the largest to inhabit the mansion since its construction in 1914.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
1901· 1 entry
“The Status of Annexed Territory and of Its Free Civilized Inhabitants”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1897· 1 entry
“The Stars and Stripes Forever”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1858· 1 entry
“Provisional Constitution and Ordinances”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1843· 1 entry
“Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1832· 1 entry
By Bevin's great-great-great-grandfather and remaining in the family continuously since, Bevin Bros
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1794· 1 entry
“On the Memorial of the Relief Committee of Baltimore, for the Relief of St. Domingo Refugees”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote