List of governors of Kansas

The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government. The Governor is the Commander-in-Chief of the Kansas National Guard when not called into Federal use.

Kansas has had 47 governors since becoming a state.

The current governor is Laura Kelly. She started on January 14, 2019.

Since 1962, the governor lives in the governor's mansion.

List of Governors
 Governors of Kansas Territory 
+ Governors of the Territory of KansasGovernorTerm in officeAppointed by175pxAndrew Horatio Reeder–August 16, 1855Franklin Pierce275pxWilson Shannon–August 18, 1856375pxJohn W. Geary–March 20, 1857475pxRobert J. Walker–December 15, 1857James Buchanan575pxJames W. Denver–November 1858675pxSamuel Medary–December 1860

 Governors of Kansas 
+ Governors of the State of KansasGovernorTerm in officePartyElectionLt. Governor775px Charles L. Robinson–January 12, 1863(not candidate for election)Republican1860 Joseph Pomeroy Root875pxThomas Carney–January 9, 1865(not candidate for election)Republican1862Thomas A. Osborn975pxSamuel J. Crawford–November 4, 1868(resigned)Republican1864James McGrew1866Nehemiah Green1075pxNehemiah Green–January 11, 1869(successor took office)RepublicanSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant1175pxJames M. Harvey–January 13, 1873(not candidate for election)Republican1868Charles Vernon Eskridge1870Peter Percival Elder1275pxThomas A. Osborn–January 8, 1877(not candidate for election)Republican1872Elias S. Stover1874Melville J. Salter1375pxGeorge T. Anthony–January 13, 1879(not candidate for election)Republican1876Lyman U. Humphrey1475pxJohn St. John–January 8, 1883(lost election)Republican18781880David Wesley Finney1575pxGeorge Washington Glick–January 12, 1885(lost election)Democratic18821675pxJohn Martin–January 14, 1889(not candidate for election)Republican1884Alexander P. Riddle18861775pxLyman U. Humphrey–January 8, 1893(not candidate for election)Republican1888Andrew Jackson Felt18901875pxLorenzo D. Lewelling–January 14, 1895(lost election)Populist1892Percy Daniels1975pxEdmund Needham Morrill–January 11, 1897(lost election)Republican1894James Armstrong Troutman2075pxJohn W. Leedy–January 9, 1899(lost election)Populist1896Alexander Miller Harvey2175pxWilliam Eugene Stanley–January 12, 1903(not candidate for election)Republican1898Harry E. Richter19002275pxWillis J. Bailey–January 9, 1905(not candidate for election)Republican1902David John Hanna2375pxEdward W. Hoch–January 11, 1909(not candidate for election)Republican19041906William James Fitzgerald2475pxWalter R. Stubbs–January 13, 1913(not candidate for election)Republican19081910Richard Joseph Hopkins2575pxGeorge H. Hodges–January 11, 1915(lost election)Democratic1912Sheffield Ingalls2675pxArthur Capper–January 13, 1919(not candidate for election)Republican1914William Yoast Morgan19162775pxHenry Justin Allen–January 8, 1923(not candidate for election)Republican1918Charles Solomon Huffman19202875pxJonathan M. Davis–January 12, 1925(lost election)Democratic1922Benjamin S. Paulen2975pxBenjamin S. Paulen–January 14, 1929(not candidate for election)Republican1924De Lanson Alson Newton Chase19263075pxClyde M. Reed–January 12, 1931(not candidate for election)Republican1928Jacob W. Graybill3175pxHarry Hines Woodring–January 9, 1933(lost election)Democratic19303275pxAlf Landon–January 11, 1937(not candidate for election)Republican1932Charles W. Thompson19343375pxWalter A. Huxman–January 9, 1939(lost election)Democratic1936William M. Lindsay3475pxPayne Ratner–January 11, 1943(not candidate for election)Republican1938Carl E. Friend19403575pxAndrew Frank Schoeppel–January 13, 1947(not candidate for election)Republican1942Jess C. Denious19443675pxFrank Carlson–November 28, 1950(resigned)Republican1946Frank L. Hagaman194837Frank L. Hagaman–January 8, 1951(successor took office)RepublicanSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant38Edward F. Arn–January 10, 1955(not candidate for election)Republican1950Fred Hall195239Fred Hall–January 3, 1957(resigned)Republican1954John McCuish40John McCuish–January 14, 1957(successor took office)RepublicanSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant4175pxGeorge Docking–January 9, 1961(lost election)Democratic1956Joseph W. Henkle Sr.195842John Anderson Jr.–January 11, 1965(not candidate for election)Republican1960Harold H. Chase19624375pxWilliam H. Avery–January 9, 1967(lost election)Republican1964John Crutcher44 Robert Docking–January 13, 1975(term limited)Democratic19661968James H. DeCoursey Jr.1970Reynolds Shultz1972Dave Owen45Robert Frederick Bennett–January 8, 1979(lost election)Republican1974Shelby Smith4675pxJohn W. Carlin–January 12, 1987(term limited)Democratic1978Paul Dugan1982Thomas Docking47104x104pxMike Hayden–January 14, 1991(lost election)Republican1986Jack D. Walker48Joan Finney–January 9, 1995(not candidate for election)Democratic1990Jim Francisco4975pxBill Graves–January 13, 2003(term limited)Republican1994Sheila Frahm(resigned June 11, 1996)VacantGary Sherrer(appointed July 18, 1996)19985075pxKathleen Sebelius–April 28, 2009(resigned)Democratic2002John E. Moore2006Mark Parkinson5175pxMark Parkinson–January 10, 2011(not candidate for election)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacantTroy Findley(appointed May 15, 2009)5275pxSam Brownback–January 31, 2018(resigned)Republican2010Jeff Colyer20145375pxJeff Colyer–January 14, 2019(not candidate for election)RepublicanSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorTracey Mann (appointed February 14, 2018)5475pxLaura Kelly–presentDemocratic2018Lynn Rogers

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