List of governors of Kansas
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The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government. The Governor is the Commander-in-Chief of the Kansas National Guard when not called into Federal use.
Governor of Kansas | |
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Residence | Cedar Crest |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Charles L. Robinson |
Formation | February 9, 1861 |
Salary | $99,636 (2017)[1] |
Website | governor |
Kansas has had 47 governors since becoming a state.
The current governor is Laura Kelly. She started on January 14, 2019.
Since 1962, the governor lives in the governor's mansion.
List of Governors
changeGovernors of Kansas Territory
changeNo. | Governor | Term in office | Appointed by | |
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1 | Andrew Horatio Reeder | July 7, 1854 – August 16, 1855 |
Franklin Pierce | |
2 | Wilson Shannon | September 5, 1855 – August 18, 1856 | ||
3 | John W. Geary | September 9, 1856 – March 20, 1857 | ||
4 | Robert J. Walker | May 27, 1857 – December 15, 1857 |
James Buchanan | |
5 | James W. Denver | December 1857 – November 1858 | ||
6 | Samuel Medary | December 1858 – December 1860 |
Governors of Kansas
changeNo. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[a] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charles L. Robinson | February 9, 1861 – January 12, 1863 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1860 | Joseph Pomeroy Root | |||
2 | Thomas Carney | January 12, 1863 – January 9, 1865 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1862 | Thomas A. Osborn | |||
3 | Samuel J. Crawford | January 9, 1865 – November 4, 1868 (resigned)[b] |
Republican | 1864 | James McGrew | |||
1866 | Nehemiah Green | |||||||
4 | Nehemiah Green | November 4, 1868 – January 11, 1869 (successor took office) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
5 | James M. Harvey | January 11, 1869 – January 13, 1873 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1868 | Charles Vernon Eskridge | |||
1870 | Peter Percival Elder | |||||||
6 | Thomas A. Osborn | January 13, 1873 – January 8, 1877 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1872 | Elias S. Stover | |||
1874 | Melville J. Salter | |||||||
7 | George T. Anthony | January 8, 1877 – January 13, 1879 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1876 | ||||
Lyman U. Humphrey | ||||||||
8 | John St. John | January 13, 1879 – January 8, 1883 (lost election) |
Republican | 1878 | ||||
1880 | David Wesley Finney[c] | |||||||
9 | George Washington Glick | January 8, 1883 – January 12, 1885 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1882 | ||||
10 | John Martin | January 12, 1885 – January 14, 1889 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1884 | Alexander P. Riddle | |||
1886 | ||||||||
11 | Lyman U. Humphrey | January 14, 1889 – January 8, 1893 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1888 | Andrew Jackson Felt | |||
1890 | ||||||||
12 | Lorenzo D. Lewelling | January 8, 1893 – January 14, 1895 (lost election) |
Populist | 1892 | Percy Daniels | |||
13 | Edmund Needham Morrill | January 14, 1895 – January 11, 1897 (lost election) |
Republican | 1894 | James Armstrong Troutman | |||
14 | John W. Leedy | January 11, 1897 – January 9, 1899 (lost election) |
Populist | 1896 | Alexander Miller Harvey | |||
15 | William Eugene Stanley | January 9, 1899 – January 12, 1903 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1898 | Harry E. Richter | |||
1900 | ||||||||
16 | Willis J. Bailey | January 12, 1903 – January 9, 1905 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1902 | David John Hanna | |||
17 | Edward W. Hoch | January 9, 1905 – January 11, 1909 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1904 | ||||
1906 | William James Fitzgerald | |||||||
18 | Walter R. Stubbs | January 11, 1909 – January 13, 1913 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1908 | ||||
1910 | Richard Joseph Hopkins | |||||||
19 | George H. Hodges | January 13, 1913 – January 11, 1915 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1912 | Sheffield Ingalls[c] | |||
20 | Arthur Capper | January 11, 1915 – January 13, 1919 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1914 | William Yoast Morgan | |||
1916 | ||||||||
21 | Henry Justin Allen | January 13, 1919 – January 8, 1923 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1918 | Charles Solomon Huffman | |||
1920 | ||||||||
22 | Jonathan M. Davis | January 8, 1923 – January 12, 1925 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1922 | Benjamin S. Paulen[c] | |||
23 | Benjamin S. Paulen | January 12, 1925 – January 14, 1929 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1924 | De Lanson Alson Newton Chase | |||
1926 | ||||||||
24 | Clyde M. Reed | January 14, 1929 – January 12, 1931 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1928 | Jacob W. Graybill[c] | |||
25 | Harry Hines Woodring | January 12, 1931 – January 9, 1933 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1930 | ||||
26 | Alf Landon | January 9, 1933 – January 11, 1937 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1932 | Charles W. Thompson | |||
1934 | ||||||||
27 | Walter A. Huxman | January 11, 1937 – January 9, 1939 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1936 | William M. Lindsay | |||
28 | Payne Ratner | January 9, 1939 – January 11, 1943 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1938 | Carl E. Friend | |||
1940 | ||||||||
29 | Andrew Frank Schoeppel | January 11, 1943 – January 13, 1947 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1942 | Jess C. Denious | |||
1944 | ||||||||
30 | Frank Carlson | January 13, 1947 – November 28, 1950 (resigned)[d] |
Republican | 1946 | Frank L. Hagaman | |||
1948 | ||||||||
31 | Frank L. Hagaman | November 28, 1950 – January 8, 1951 (successor took office) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
32 | Edward F. Arn | January 8, 1951 – January 10, 1955 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1950 | Fred Hall | |||
1952 | ||||||||
33 | Fred Hall | January 10, 1955 – January 3, 1957 (resigned)[e] |
Republican | 1954 | John McCuish | |||
34 | John McCuish | January 3, 1957 – January 14, 1957 (successor took office) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
35 | George Docking | January 14, 1957 – January 9, 1961 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1956 | Joseph W. Henkle Sr. | |||
1958 | ||||||||
36 | John Anderson Jr. | January 9, 1961 – January 11, 1965 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1960 | Harold H. Chase | |||
1962 | ||||||||
37 | William H. Avery | January 11, 1965 – January 9, 1967 (lost election) |
Republican | 1964 | John Crutcher[c] | |||
38 | Robert Docking | January 9, 1967 – January 13, 1975 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1966 | ||||
1968 | James H. DeCoursey Jr. | |||||||
1970 | Reynolds Shultz[c] | |||||||
1972 | Dave Owen[c] | |||||||
39 | Robert Frederick Bennett | January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979 (lost election) |
Republican | 1974[f] | Shelby Smith | |||
40 | John W. Carlin | January 8, 1979 – January 12, 1987 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1978 | Paul Dugan | |||
1982 | Thomas Docking | |||||||
41 | Mike Hayden | January 12, 1987 – January 14, 1991 (lost election) |
Republican | 1986 | Jack D. Walker | |||
42 | Joan Finney | January 14, 1991 – January 9, 1995 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1990 | Jim Francisco | |||
43 | Bill Graves | January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003 (term limited) |
Republican | 1994 | Sheila Frahm (resigned June 11, 1996) | |||
Vacant | ||||||||
Gary Sherrer (appointed July 18, 1996) | ||||||||
1998 | ||||||||
44 | Kathleen Sebelius | January 13, 2003 – April 28, 2009 (resigned)[g] |
Democratic | 2002 | John E. Moore | |||
2006 | Mark Parkinson | |||||||
45 | Mark Parkinson | April 28, 2009 – January 10, 2011 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
Troy Findley (appointed May 15, 2009) | ||||||||
46 | Sam Brownback | January 10, 2011 – January 31, 2018 (resigned)[h] |
Republican | 2010 | Jeff Colyer | |||
2014 | ||||||||
47 | Jeff Colyer | January 31, 2018 – January 14, 2019 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Tracey Mann (appointed February 14, 2018) | |||
48 | Laura Kelly | January 14, 2019 – present[i] |
Democratic | 2018 | Lynn Rogers |
References
change- ↑ "Kansas Government Employee Payroll List". Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ↑ Crawford resigned to take command of the 19th Kansas Infantry.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Represented the Republican Party
- ↑ Carlson resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ↑ Hall resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the Kansas Supreme Court.
- ↑ First term under a 1972 constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to four years.
- ↑ Sebelius resigned to become United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- ↑ Brownback resigned on January 31, 2018, to become United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
- ↑ Kelly's first term expires on January 9, 2023.