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List of Governors of Kansas
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| Party | Governors |
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| Republican | 32 |
| Democratic | 10 |
| Populist | 2 |
The following is a list of the Governors of the State of Kansas.
- The area that became Kansas was part of Louisiana Territory, later renamed Missouri Territory, until 1821, and unorganized until it became its own territory; see List of Governors of Missouri for the period from 1805 to 1821.
- A small part of Kansas was once part of the Republic of Texas (see List of Presidents of the Republic of Texas, and before that, was part of Mexico (see Spanish governors of New Mexico).
Contents |
- ^ Impeached but not convicted or removed.
- ^ Resigned to take command of the 19th Kansas Infantry.
- ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ Resigned with 11 days left in his term, and the first act of his successor was to appoint him to the Kansas Supreme Court.
- ^ Governor Sebelius' term expires 2011; she is term limited.
This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Kansas except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | U.S. Congress | Other offices held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | Senate | |||
| Wilson Shannon | 1855–1856 (territorial) | U.S. Representative from Ohio, Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to Mexico | ||
| John W. Geary | 1856–1857 (territorial) | Governor of Pennsylvania | ||
| Robert J. Walker | 1857 (territorial) | U.S. Senator from Mississippi, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| James W. Denver | 1857–1858 (territorial) | U.S. Representative from California | ||
| Samuel Medary | 1858–1860 (territorial) | Governor of Minnesota Territory | ||
| Frederick Perry Stanton | 1857 (acting territorial) | U.S. Representative from Tennessee | ||
| James M. Harvey | 1869–1873 | S | ||
| Edmund Needham Morrill | 1895–1897 | H | ||
| Willis Joshua Bailey | 1903–1905 | H | ||
| Arthur Capper | 1915–1919 | S | ||
| Henry Justin Allen | 1919–1923 | S | ||
| Clyde M. Reed | 1929–1931 | S | ||
| Harry H. Woodring | 1931–1933 | U.S. Secretary of War | ||
| Walter A. Huxman | 1937–1939 | Tenth Circuit Court Judge | ||
| Andrew F. Schoeppel | 1943–1947 | S | ||
| Frank Carlson | 1947–1950 | H | S* | |
| William H. Avery | 1965–1967 | H | ||
As of August 2007, five former governors were alive, the oldest being William H. Avery (1965–1967, born 1911). The most recent governor to die was Joan Finney (1991–1995), on July 28, 2001.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| John Anderson, Jr. | 1961–1965 | May 8, 1917 |
| William H. Avery | 1965–1967 | August 11, 1911 |
| John W. Carlin | 1979–1987 | March 5, 1940 |
| Mike Hayden | 1987–1991 | March 16, 1944 |
| Bill Graves | 1995–2003 | January 9, 1953 |
Years are actual terms in office.
- Denver, James W.
- Geary, John White
- Medary, Samuel
- Reeder, Andrew Horatio
- Shannon, Wilson
- Walker, Robert J.
- 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
- Kansas Officials, 1854 to present. Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.
- Office of the Governor for the state of Kansas
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