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)

Frank L. Hagaman served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas and later as the 31st Governor of Kansas.
Frank L. Hagaman served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas and later as the 31st Governor of Kansas.
Frank L. Hagaman served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas and later as the 31st Governor of Kansas.

final_sentence: Frank L. Hagaman served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas and later as the 31st Governor of Kansas.
final_sentence: Frank L. Hagaman served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas and later as the 31st Governor of Kansas.
final_sentence: Frank L. Hagaman served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas and later as the 31st Governor of Kansas.