lieutenant predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion profession party office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
joseph pomeroy root samuel medary as governor of kansas territory thomas carney 17 august 1894 hardwick , massachusetts douglas county , kansas universalist -lrb- preference -rrb- doctor , newspaper editor , abolitionist republican governor of kansas july 21 , 1818 1st february 9 , 1861 sarah adams ; sara tappan doolittle lawrence crobinson.jpg charles l. robinson
 january 12 , 1863 charles l. robinson
charles l. robinson

charles lawrence robinson -lrb- july 21 , 1818 -- august 17 , 1894 -rrb- was the first governor of kansas .
he was also the first governor of a us state to be impeached , although he was not convicted or removed from office .
to date he is the only governor of kansas to be impeached .
