List of Governors of Kansas
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This is a list of Governors of Kansas. Years are actual terms in office.
Contents
Timeline of Governors
The following table lists elected Governors and Lieutenant Governors since statehood.
| Political parties |
| Republican (R) |
| Democratic (D) |
| Populist (P) |
| # | Governor | Term | Lt. Governor | Term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Robinson[1] (R) | 1861–1863 | Joseph Pomeroy Root[2] (R) | 1861–1863 | ||||
| 2 | Thomas Carney (R) | 1863–1865 | Thomas Andrew Osborn (R) | 1863–1865 | ||||
| 3 | Samuel Johnson Crawford[3] (R) | 1865–1868 | James McGrew (R) | 1865–1867 | ||||
| Nehemiah Green (R) | 1867–1868 | |||||||
| 4 | Nehemiah Green (R) | 1868–1869 | ||||||
| 5 | James Madison Harvey (R) | 1869–1873 | Charles Vernon Eskridge (R) | 1869–1871 | ||||
| Peter Percival Elder (R) | 1871–1873 | |||||||
| 6 | Thomas Andrew Osborn (R) | 1873–1877 | Elias Sleeper Stover (R) | 1873–1875 | ||||
| Melville J. Salter[3] (R) | 1875–1877 | |||||||
| 7 | George Tobey Anthony (R) | 1877–1879 | ||||||
| Lyman Underwood Humphrey (R) | 1877–1881 | |||||||
| 8 | John Pierce St. John (R) | 1879–1883 | ||||||
| David Wesley Finney (R) | 1881–1885 | |||||||
| 9 | George Washington Glick (D) | 1883–1885 | ||||||
| 10 | John Alexander Martin (R) | 1885–1889 | Alexander Pancoast Riddle (R) | 1885–1889 | ||||
| 11 | Lyman Underwood Humphrey (R) | 1889–1893 | Andrew Jackson Felt (R) | 1889–1893 | ||||
| 12 | Lorenzo D. Lewelling (P) | 1893–1895 | Percy Daniels (P) | 1893–1895 | ||||
| 13 | Edmund Needham Morrill (R) | 1895–1897 | James Armstrong Troutman (R) | 1895–1897 | ||||
| 14 | John W. Leedy (P) | 1897–1899 | Alexander Miller Harvey (P) | 1897–1899 | ||||
| 15 | William Eugene Stanley (R) | 1899–1903 | Harry E. Richter (R) | 1899–1903 | ||||
| 16 | Willis Joshua Bailey (R) | 1903–1905 | David John Hanna (R) | 1903–1907 | ||||
| 17 | Edward Wallis Hoch (R) | 1905–1909 | ||||||
| William James Fitzgerald (R) | 1907–1911 | |||||||
| 18 | Walter Roscoe Stubbs (R) | 1909–1913 | ||||||
| Richard Joseph Hopkins (R) | 1911–1913 | |||||||
| 19 | George Hartshorn Hodges (D) | 1913––1915 | Sheffield Ingalls (D) | 1913-1915 | ||||
| 20 | Arthur Capper (R) | 1915–1919 | William Yoast Morgan(R) | 1915-1919 | ||||
| 21 | Henry Justin Allen (R) | 1919–1923 | Charles Solomon Huffman(R) | 1919-1923 | ||||
| 22 | Jonathan M. Davis (D) | 1923–1925 | Ben Sanford Paulen(D) | 1923-1925 | ||||
| 23 | Ben S. Paulen (R) | 1925–1929 | De Lanson Alson Newton Chase(R) | 1925-1929 | ||||
| 24 | Clyde M. Reed (R) | 1929–1931 | Jacob W. Graybill(R) | 1929-1931 | ||||
| 25 | Harry H. Woodring (D) | 1931–1933 | Jacob W. Graybill(R) | 1931-1933 | ||||
| 26 | Alfred M. Landon (R) | 1933–1937 | Charles W. Thompson (R) | 1933-1937 | ||||
| 27 | Walter A. Huxman (D) | 1937–1939 | William M. Lindsay (D) | 1937-1939 | ||||
| 28 | Payne Ratner (R) | 1939–1943 | Carl E. Friend (R) | 1939]]-1943 | ||||
| 29 | Andrew F. Schoeppel (R) | 1943–1947 | Jess C. Denious(R) | 1943-1947 | ||||
| 30 | Frank Carlson (R) | 1947–1950 | Frank L. Hagaman(R) | 1947-1950 | ||||
| 31 | Frank L. Hagaman (R) | 1950–1951 | ||||||
| 32 | Edward F. Arn (R) | 1951–1955 | Fred Hall(R) | 1951-1955 | ||||
| 33 | Fred Hall (R) | 1955–1957 | John McCuish(R) | 1955-1957 | ||||
| 34 | John McCuish (R) | 1957–1957 | ||||||
| 35 | George Docking (D) | 1957–1961 | Joseph W. Henkle, Sr.(D) | 1957-1961 | ||||
| 36 | John Anderson, Jr. (R) | 1961–1965 | Harold H. Chase(R) | 1961-1965 | ||||
| 37 | William H. Avery (R) | 1965–1967 | John Crutcher(R) | 1965-1969 | ||||
| 38 | Robert Docking (D) | 1967–1975 | James H. DeCoursey, Jr.(D) | 1969-1971 | Reynolds Shultz(D) | 1971-1973 | Dave Owen(R) | 1973-1975 |
| 39 | Robert Frederick Bennett (R) | 1975–1979 | Shelby Smith(R) | 1975-1979 | Thomas R. Docking(D) | 1983-1987 | ||
| 40 | John W. Carlin (D) | 1979–1987 | Paul V. Dugan(D) | 1979-1983 | ||||
| 41 | Mike Hayden (R) | 1987–1991 | Jack D. Walker(R) | 1987-[1991]] | ||||
| 42 | Joan Finney (D) | 1991–1995 | James Francisco(d) | 1991-1995 | ||||
| 43 | Bill Graves (R) | 1995–2003 | Gary Sherrer (R) | 1995–2003 | ||||
| 44 | Kathleen Sebelius (D) | 2003– | John E. Moore(D) | 2003– |
- Notes
- Assumed office February 9 following the admission of Kansas as a state (January 29).
- Assumed office February 12 following the admission of Kansas as a state.
- Resigned.
Alphabetical Lists of Governors
- Denver, James W.
- Geary, John White
- Medary, Samuel
- Reeder, Andrew Horatio
- Shannon, Wilson
- Walker, Robert J.
Acting territorial governors
- Beebe, George Monroe
- Stanton, Frederick Perry
- Walsh, Hugh Sleight
- Woodson, Daniel
Governors since statehood
- Allen, Henry Justin (R), 1919–1923
- Anderson, John, Jr. (R), 1961–1965
- Anthony, George Tobey (R), 1877–1879
- Arn, Edward F. (R), 1951–1955
- Avery, William H. (R), 1965–1967
- Bailey, Willis Joshua (R), 1903–1905
- Bennett, Robert Frederick (R), 1975–1979
- Capper, Arthur (R), 1915–1919
- Carlin, John W. (D), 1979–1987
- Carlson, Frank (R), 1947–1950
- Carney, Thomas (R), 1863–1865
- Crawford, Samuel Johnson (R), 1865–1868
- Davis, Jonathan M. (D), 1923–1925
- Docking,
- :George (D), 1957–1961
- :Robert (D), 1967–1975
- Finney, Joan (D), 1991–1995
- Glick, George Washington (D), 1883–1885
- Graves, Bill (R), 1995–2003
- Green, Nehemiah (R), 1868–1869
- Hagaman, Frank L. (R), 1950–1951
- Hall, Fred (R), 1955–1957
- Harvey, James Madison (R), 1869–1873
- Hayden, Mike (R), 1987–1991
- Hoch, Edward Wallis (R), 1905–1909
- Hodges, George Hartshorn (D), 1913–1915
- Humphrey, Lyman Underwood (R), 1889–1893
- Huxman, Walter A. (D), 1937–1939
- Landon, Alfred M. (R), 1933–1937
- Leedy, John W. (P), 1897–1899
- Lewelling, Lorenzo D. (P), 1893–1895
- Martin, John Alexander (R), 1885–1889
- McCuish, John (R), 1957–1957
- Morrill, Edmund Needham (R), 1895–1897
- Osborn, Thomas Andrew (R), 1873–1877
- Paulen, Ben S. (R), 1925–1929
- Ratner, Payne (R), 1939–1943
- Reed, Clyde M. (R), 1929–1931
- Robinson, Charles (R), 1861–1863
- St. John, John Pierce (R), 1879–1883
- Schoeppel, Andrew F. (R), 1943–1947
- Sebelius, Kathleen (D), 2003–present
- Stanley, William Eugene (R), 1899–1903
- Stubbs, Walter Roscoe (R), 1909–1913
- Woodring, Harry H. (D), 1931–1933
See also
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