List of Governors of Kansas
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This is a list of Governors of Kansas, United States of America.
Contents |
[edit] Timeline of governors
The following table lists elected Governors and Lieutenant Governors since Kansas achieved statehood.
| Political parties |
| Republican (R) |
| Democratic (D) |
| Populist (P) |
- Notes
- ^ Governor Robinson assumed office February 9, 1861 following the admission of Kansas as a state (January 29).
- ^ Lt. Governor Root assumed office February 12, 1861 following the admission of Kansas as a state.
- ^ a b Governor Crawford resigned November 4, 1868 to take command of the 19th Kansas Regiment; his term was completed by Lt. Governor Green.
- ^ a b Lt. Governor Salter resigned July 19, 1877 to become register of the Independence Land Office; Humphrey assumed office December 1 following the November 6 election.
- ^ a b Governor Carlson resigned November 28, 1950 to become a U.S. senator; his term was completed by Lt. Governor Hagaman.
- ^ a b Governor Hall resigned January 3, 1957 to become a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court; his term was completed by Lt. Governor McCuish.
- ^ a b Lt. Governor Frahm resigned June 11, 1996 to fill an open U.S. Senate seat; Sherrer was appointed by Governor Graves and assumed office on July 18.
- ^ a b c Moore's term ends January 8, 2007. Sebelius's second term and Parkinson's term will end on January 10, 2011.
[edit] Alphabetical lists of governors
Years are actual terms in office.
[edit] Territorial governors
- Denver, James W.
- Geary, John White
- Medary, Samuel
- Reeder, Andrew Horatio
- Shannon, Wilson
- Walker, Robert J.
[edit] Acting territorial governors
[edit] 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,
- 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
[edit] See also
[edit] Resources
- Kansas Officials, 1854 to present. Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.
[edit] External links
- Office of the Governor for the state of Kansas
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