List of Governors of Kansas

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Number of Governors of Kansas by party affiliation
Party	Governors
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).

1 List of governors
2 Notes
3 Other high offices held
4 Living former governors
5 Alphabetical lists of governors
6 See also
7 Resources
8 External links

[edit] List of governors

#	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Lt. Governor	Notes
1	Charles L. Robinson	Republican	February 9, 1861	January 12, 1863	Joseph Pomeroy Root	^[1]
2	Thomas Carney	Republican	January 12, 1863	January 9, 1865	Thomas Andrew Osborn
3	Samuel J. Crawford	Republican	January 9, 1865	November 4, 1868	James McGrew	^[2]
3	Samuel J. Crawford	Republican	January 9, 1865	November 4, 1868	Nehemiah Green	^[2]
4	Nehemiah Green	Republican	November 4, 1868	January 11, 1869	None	^[3]
5	James M. Harvey	Republican	January 11, 1869	January 13, 1873	Charles Vernon Eskridge
5	James M. Harvey	Republican	January 11, 1869	January 13, 1873	Peter Percival Elder
6	Thomas A. Osborn	Republican	January 13, 1873	January 8, 1877	Elias Sleeper Stover
6	Thomas A. Osborn	Republican	January 13, 1873	January 8, 1877	Melville J. Salter
7	George T. Anthony	Republican	January 8, 1877	January 13, 1879	Melville J. Salter
7	George T. Anthony	Republican	January 8, 1877	January 13, 1879	Lyman U. Humphrey
8	John P. St. John	Republican	January 13, 1879	January 8, 1883	Lyman U. Humphrey
8	John P. St. John	Republican	January 13, 1879	January 8, 1883	David Wesley Finney
9	George W. Glick	Democratic	January 8, 1883	January 12, 1885	David Wesley Finney
10	John A. Martin	Republican	January 12, 1885	January 14, 1889	Alexander Pancoast Riddle
11	Lyman U. Humphrey	Republican	January 14, 1889	January 8, 1893	Andrew Jackson Felt
12	Lorenzo D. Lewelling	Populist	January 8, 1893	January 14, 1895	Percy Daniels
13	Edmund N. Morrill	Republican	January 14, 1895	January 11, 1897	James Armstrong Troutman
14	John W. Leedy	Populist	January 11, 1897	January 9, 1899	Alexander Miller Harvey
15	William E. Stanley	Republican	January 9, 1899	January 12, 1903	Harry E. Richter
16	Willis J. Bailey	Republican	January 12, 1903	January 9, 1905	David John Hanna
17	Edward W. Hoch	Republican	January 9, 1905	January 11, 1909	David John Hanna
17	Edward W. Hoch	Republican	January 9, 1905	January 11, 1909	William James Fitzgerald
18	Walter R. Stubbs	Republican	January 11, 1909	January 13, 1913	William James Fitzgerald
18	Walter R. Stubbs	Republican	January 11, 1909	January 13, 1913	Richard Joseph Hopkins
19	George H. Hodges	Democratic	January 13, 1913	January 11, 1915	Sheffield Ingalls
20	Arthur Capper	Republican	January 11, 1915	January 13, 1919	William Yoast Morgan
21	Henry J. Allen	Republican	January 13, 1919	January 8, 1923	Charles Solomon Huffman
22	Jonathan M. Davis	Democratic	January 8, 1923	January 12, 1925	Ben Sanford Paulen
23	Ben S. Paulen	Republican	January 12, 1925	January 14, 1929	De Lanson Alson Newton Chase
24	Clyde M. Reed	Republican	January 14, 1929	January 12, 1931	Jacob W. Graybill
25	Harry H. Woodring	Democratic	January 12, 1931	January 9, 1933	Jacob W. Graybill
26	Alfred M. Landon	Republican	January 9, 1933	January 11, 1937	Charles W. Thompson
27	Walter A. Huxman	Democratic	January 11, 1937	January 9, 1939	William M. Lindsay
28	Payne Ratner	Republican	January 9, 1939	January 11, 1943	Carl E. Friend
29	Andrew F. Schoeppel	Republican	January 11, 1943	January 13, 1947	Jess C. Denious
30	Frank Carlson	Republican	January 13, 1947	November 28, 1950	Frank L. Hagaman	^[4]
31	Frank L. Hagaman	Republican	November 28, 1950	January 8, 1951	None	^[3]
32	Edward F. Arn	Republican	January 8, 1951	January 10, 1955	Fred Hall
33	Fred Hall	Republican	January 10, 1955	January 3, 1957	John McCuish	^[5]
34	John McCuish	Republican	January 3, 1957	January 14, 1957	None	^[3]
35	George Docking	Democratic	January 14, 1957	January 9, 1961	Joseph W. Henkle, Sr.
36	John Anderson, Jr.	Republican	January 9, 1961	January 11, 1965	Harold H. Chase
37	William H. Avery	Republican	January 11, 1965	January 9, 1967	John Crutcher
38	Robert Docking	Democratic	January 9, 1967	January 13, 1975	James H. DeCoursey, Jr.
					Reynolds Shultz
					Dave Owen
39	Robert F. Bennett	Republican	January 13, 1975	January 8, 1979	Shelby Smith
40	John W. Carlin	Democratic	January 8, 1979	January 12, 1987	Paul V. Dugan
40	John W. Carlin	Democratic	January 8, 1979	January 12, 1987	Thomas R. Docking
41	Mike Hayden	Republican	January 12, 1987	January 14, 1991	Jack D. Walker
42	Joan Finney	Democratic	January 14, 1991	January 9, 1995	James Francisco
43	Bill Graves	Republican	January 9, 1995	January 13, 2003	Sheila Frahm
43	Bill Graves	Republican	January 9, 1995	January 13, 2003	Gary Sherrer
44	Kathleen Sebelius	Democratic	January 13, 2003	Incumbent	John E. Moore	^[6]
44	Kathleen Sebelius	Democratic	January 13, 2003	Incumbent	Mark Parkinson	^[6]

[edit] Notes

^ 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.

[edit] Other high offices held

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
Name	Gubernatorial term	House	Senate	Other offices held
Wilson Shannon	1855–1856 (territorial)			U.S. Representative from Ohio, Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to Mexico
John W. Geary	1856–1857 (territorial)			Mayor of San Francisco, 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)			Secretary of State of California, 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

[edit] Living former governors

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

[edit] Alphabetical lists of governors

Years are actual terms in office.

[edit] Territorial governors

[edit] Acting territorial governors

Beebe, George Monroe
Stanton, Frederick Perry
Walsh, Hugh Sleight
Woodson, Daniel

[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,

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

[edit] See also

[edit] Resources

Kansas Officials, 1854 to present. Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.

[edit] External links

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[edit] Notes

[edit] Other high offices held

[edit] Living former governors

[edit] Alphabetical lists of governors

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