List of Governors of Kansas
Governors of Kansas
The eastern bulk of Kansas Territory was admitted to the Union as Kansas on January 29, 1861; the remainder become unorganized territory which would shortly be assigned to Colorado Territory.

List of Governors of Kansas

Section Title: Governors of Kansas
Table Section Text: The eastern bulk of Kansas Territory was admitted to the Union as Kansas on January 29, 1861; the remainder become unorganized territory which would shortly be assigned to Colorado Territory.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

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)	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

9	-	George Washington Glick	January 8, 1883 – January 12, 1885 (lost election)	Democratic	1882

10	John alexander martin.jpeg	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

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

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

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)	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)	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

38	Robert Docking	January 9, 1967 – January 13, 1975 (term limited)	Democratic	1966

1968	James H. DeCoursey Jr.

1970	Reynolds Shultz

1972	Dave Owen

39	Robert Frederick Bennett	January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979 (lost election)	Republican	1974	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)	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)	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	Democratic	2018	Lynn Rogers

Sentence(s)

Payne Harry Ratner was the 28th Governor of Kansas from 1939 to 1943.

final_sentence: Payne Harry Ratner was the 28th Governor of Kansas from 1939 to 1943.