List of governors of Kansas

Governor of Kansas
State seal
Standard of the governor
Incumbent
Laura Kelly
since January 14, 2019
Government of Kansas
ResidenceCedar Crest
Term length
  • Four years, renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holderCharles L. Robinson
FormationFebruary 9, 1861
SuccessionLine of succession
DeputyLieutenant Governor of Kansas
Salary$99,636 (2017)
Websitegovernor.kansas.gov

The governor of Kansas is the head of state of Kansas and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kansas Legislature, to convene the legislature at any time, and to grant pardons.

Since becoming a state, Kansas has had 48 governors. The state's longest-serving governors were Robert Docking, John W. Carlin, and Bill Graves, each of whom served 8 years (Docking served four two-year terms; Carlin and Graves each served 2 4-year terms). The shortest-serving governor was John McCuish, who served only 11 days after the resignation of Fred Hall.

The current governor is Democrat Laura Kelly, who took office on January 14, 2019.

List of governors

Kansas Territory

Kansas Territory was organized on May 30, 1854, from land that had previously been part of Missouri Territory. Despite existing only for six years, it had six governors appointed by the president of the United States.

Governors of the Territory of Kansas
No. Governor Term in office Appointed by
1 Andrew Horatio Reeder
(1807–1864)
 June 29, 1854
–
July 31, 1855
(398 days; removed)		 Franklin Pierce
2 Wilson Shannon
(1802–1877)
 August 10, 1855
–
July 31, 1856
(357 days; replaced)		 Franklin Pierce
3 John W. Geary
(1819–1873)
 July 31, 1856
–
March 4, 1857
(217 days; resigned)		 Franklin Pierce
4 Robert J. Walker
(1801–1869)
 March 30, 1857
–
December 17, 1857
(263 days; resigned)		 James Buchanan
5 James W. Denver
(1817–1892)
 February 24, 1858
–
November 8, 1858
(258 days; resigned)		 James Buchanan
6 Samuel Medary
(1801–1864)
 November 23, 1858
–
December 20, 1860
(759 days; resigned)		 James Buchanan

State of Kansas

Flag of the governor prior to 1961. It is unclear when the governor's flag was first created

The eastern bulk of Kansas Territory was admitted to the Union as Kansas on January 29, 1861. The Kansas Constitution provided that a governor and lieutenant governor be elected every 2 years, for a term commencing on the second Monday in the January after the election. An amendment in 1972 increased terms to four years, with a limit that a governor could not serve more than two terms in a row, and provided that the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket. In the original constitution, should the office of governor be vacant, the powers would devolve upon the lieutenant governor, who nonetheless would remain in that office; the 1972 amendment changed it so that, in such an event, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.

Until 2018, there was no age or residency requirement to run for the office; in 2017, three teenagers were doing so. In 2018, a law was passed establishing the age to run for governor and lieutenant governor at 25.

Governors of the State of Kansas
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor
1   Charles L. Robinson
(1818–1894)
 February 9, 1861
–
January 12, 1863
(703 days;
lost nomination)		 Republican 1859   Joseph Pomeroy Root
2 Thomas Carney
(1824–1888)
 January 12, 1863
–
January 9, 1865
(729 days;
lost nomination)		 Republican 1862 Thomas A. Osborn
3 Samuel J. Crawford
(1835–1913)
 January 9, 1865
–
November 4, 1868
(1396 days; resigned)		 Republican 1864 James McGrew
1866 Nehemiah Green
4 Nehemiah Green
(1837–1890)
 November 4, 1868
–
January 11, 1869
(69 days; retired)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
5 James M. Harvey
(1833–1894)
 January 11, 1869
–
January 13, 1873
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1868 Charles Vernon Eskridge
1870 Peter Percival Elder
6 Thomas A. Osborn
(1836–1898)
 January 13, 1873
–
January 8, 1877
(1457 days; retired)		 Republican 1872 Elias S. Stover
1874 Melville J. Salter
7 George T. Anthony
(1824–1896)
 January 8, 1877
–
January 13, 1879
(736 days;
lost nomination)		 Republican 1876
Lyman U. Humphrey
8 John St. John
(1833–1916)
 January 13, 1879
–
January 8, 1883
(1457 days; lost election)		 Republican 1878
1880 David Wesley Finney
9 George Washington Glick
(1827–1911)
 January 8, 1883
–
January 12, 1885
(736 days; lost election)		 Democratic 1882
10 John Martin
(1839–1889)
 January 12, 1885
–
January 14, 1889
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1884 Alexander P. Riddle
1886
11 Lyman U. Humphrey
(1844–1915)
 January 14, 1889
–
January 9, 1893
(1457 days; retired)		 Republican 1888 Andrew Jackson Felt
1890
12 Lorenzo D. Lewelling
(1846–1900)
 January 9, 1893
–
January 14, 1895
(736 days; lost election)		 Populist 1892 Percy Daniels
13 Edmund Needham Morrill
(1834–1909)
 January 14, 1895
–
January 11, 1897
(729 days; lost election)		 Republican 1894 James Armstrong Troutman
14 John W. Leedy
(1849–1935)
 January 11, 1897
–
January 9, 1899
(729 days; lost election)		 Populist 1896 Alexander Miller Harvey
15 William Eugene Stanley
(1844–1910)
 January 9, 1899
–
January 12, 1903
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1898 Harry E. Richter
1900
16 Willis J. Bailey
(1854–1932)
 January 12, 1903
–
January 9, 1905
(729 days;
lost nomination)		 Republican 1902 David John Hanna
17 Edward W. Hoch
(1849–1925)
 January 9, 1905
–
January 11, 1909
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1904
1906 William James Fitzgerald
18 Walter R. Stubbs
(1858–1929)
 January 11, 1909
–
January 13, 1913
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1908
1910 Richard Joseph Hopkins
19 George H. Hodges
(1866–1947)
 January 13, 1913
–
January 11, 1915
(729 days; lost election)		 Democratic 1912 Sheffield Ingalls
20 Arthur Capper
(1865–1951)
 January 11, 1915
–
January 13, 1919
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1914 William Yoast Morgan
1916
21 Henry Justin Allen
(1868–1950)
 January 13, 1919
–
January 8, 1923
(1457 days; retired)		 Republican 1918 Charles Solomon Huffman
1920
22 Jonathan M. Davis
(1871–1943)
 January 8, 1923
–
January 12, 1925
(736 days; lost election)		 Democratic 1922 Benjamin S. Paulen
23 Benjamin S. Paulen
(1869–1961)
 January 12, 1925
–
January 14, 1929
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1924 De Lanson Alson Newton Chase
1926
24 Clyde M. Reed
(1871–1949)
 January 14, 1929
–
January 12, 1931
(729 days;
lost nomination)		 Republican 1928 Jacob W. Graybill
25 Harry Hines Woodring
(1887–1967)
 January 12, 1931
–
January 9, 1933
(729 days; lost election)		 Democratic 1930
26 Alf Landon
(1887–1987)
 January 9, 1933
–
January 11, 1937
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1932 Charles W. Thompson
1934
27 Walter A. Huxman
(1887–1972)
 January 11, 1937
–
January 9, 1939
(729 days; lost election)		 Democratic 1936 William M. Lindsay
28 Payne Ratner
(1896–1974)
 January 9, 1939
–
January 11, 1943
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1938 Carl E. Friend
1940
29 Andrew Frank Schoeppel
(1894–1962)
 January 11, 1943
–
January 13, 1947
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1942 Jess C. Denious
1944
30 Frank Carlson
(1893–1987)
 January 13, 1947
–
November 28, 1950
(1416 days; resigned)		 Republican 1946 Frank L. Hagaman
1948
31 Frank L. Hagaman
(1894–1966)
 November 28, 1950
–
January 8, 1951
(42 days;
lost nomination)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
32 Edward F. Arn
(1906–1998)
 January 8, 1951
–
January 10, 1955
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1950 Fred Hall
1952
33 Fred Hall
(1916–1970)
 January 10, 1955
–
January 3, 1957
(725 days; resigned)		 Republican 1954 John McCuish
34 John McCuish
(1906–1962)
 January 3, 1957
–
January 14, 1957
(12 days; retired)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
35 George Docking
(1904–1964)
 January 14, 1957
–
January 9, 1961
(1457 days; lost election)		 Democratic 1956 Joseph W. Henkle Sr.
1958
36 John Anderson Jr.
(1917–2014)
 January 9, 1961
–
January 11, 1965
(1464 days; retired)		 Republican 1960 Harold H. Chase
1962
37 William H. Avery
(1911–2009)
 January 11, 1965
–
January 9, 1967
(729 days; lost election)		 Republican 1964 John Crutcher
38 Robert Docking
(1925–1983)
 January 9, 1967
–
January 13, 1975
(2927 days; term-limited)		 Democratic 1966
1968 James H. DeCoursey Jr.
1970 Reynolds Shultz
1972 Dave Owen
39 Robert Frederick Bennett
(1927–2000)
 January 13, 1975
–
January 8, 1979
(1457 days; lost election)		 Republican 1974 Shelby Smith
40 John W. Carlin
(b. 1940)
 January 8, 1979
–
January 12, 1987
(2927 days; term-limited)		 Democratic 1978 Paul Dugan
1982 Thomas Docking
41 Mike Hayden
(b. 1944)
 January 12, 1987
–
January 14, 1991
(1464 days; lost election)		 Republican 1986 Jack D. Walker
42 Joan Finney
(1925–2001)
 January 14, 1991
–
January 9, 1995
(1457 days; retired)		 Democratic 1990 Jim Francisco
43 Bill Graves
(b. 1953)
 January 9, 1995
–
January 13, 2003
(2927 days; term-limited)		 Republican 1994 Sheila Frahm
(resigned June 11, 1996)
Vacant
Gary Sherrer
(appointed July 18, 1996)
1998
44 Kathleen Sebelius
(b. 1948)
 January 13, 2003
–
April 28, 2009
(2298 days; resigned)		 Democratic 2002 John E. Moore
2006 Mark Parkinson
45 Mark Parkinson
(b. 1957)
 April 28, 2009
–
January 10, 2011
(623 days; retired)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
Troy Findley
(appointed May 15, 2009)
46 Sam Brownback
(b. 1956)
 January 10, 2011
–
January 31, 2018
(2579 days; resigned)		 Republican 2010 Jeff Colyer
2014
47 Jeff Colyer
(b. 1960)
 January 31, 2018
–
January 14, 2019
(349 days;
lost nomination)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
Tracey Mann
(appointed February 14, 2018)
48 Laura Kelly
(b. 1950)
 January 14, 2019
–
Incumbent
(in office 2837 days)		 Democratic 2018 Lynn Rogers
(resigned January 2, 2021)
David Toland
(appointed January 2, 2021)
2022

Timeline

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
  2. ↑ Reeder was nominated on June 22, 1854, confirmed by the Senate on June 29, and took office on October 7.
  3. ↑ Reeder was dismissed by President Franklin Pierce, "on the tenuous grounds of illegal land speculation" when he refused another appointment.
  4. ↑ Shannon was appointed on August 10, 1855, during a Senate recess; nominated on December 7, 1855, and confirmed by the Senate on February 19, 1856. He took office on September 1, 1855.
  5. ↑ Shannon resigned on August 18, frustrated at how ungovernable he found the territory; however, his replacement had already been confirmed by the Senate.
  6. ↑ Geary was nominated on July 28, 1856, confirmed by the Senate on July 31, and took office on September 9.
  7. ↑ Geary resigned, "discouraged and feeling betrayed" due to the violence he had experienced.
  8. ↑ Walker was appointed on March 30, 1857, during a Senate recess; he was never confirmed by the Senate. He gave his inaugural address on May 27.
  9. ↑ Walker resigned following constant attack by pro-slavery forces and lack of support from the federal administration.
  10. ↑ Denver was nominated on January 12, 1858, and confirmed by the Senate on February 24.
  11. ↑ Denver resigned, tired of the constant strife and lack of support from the federal administration. He submitted his resignation on October 10, 1858, to take effect upon the arrival of his successor, but he left the territory on November 8.
  12. ↑ Medary was appointed on November 23, 1858, during a Senate recess; nominated on December 21; and confirmed by the Senate on December 22. He took office on December 18.
  13. ↑ Medary resigned following the election of Abraham Lincoln to president; he had already lost the election to be the first state governor.
  14. ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  15. ↑ Crawford resigned to take command of the 19th Kansas Infantry.
  16. ↑ Osborn instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Represented the Republican Party
  18. ↑ Humphrey instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives.
  19. ↑ Stanley instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
  20. ↑ Stubbs instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
  21. ↑ Capper was instead elected to the United States Senate.
  22. ↑ Reed lost the Republican nomination to Frank Haucke.
  23. ↑ Landon instead ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States.
  24. ↑ Carlson resigned; he had been elected to the United States Senate to replace Harry Darby, and Darby resigned early so that Carlson could be appointed to the seat early by his replacement as governor, Frank L. Hagaman.
  25. ↑ Hagaman had already lost the Republican nomination to Edward F. Arn when he succeeded Carlson.
  26. ↑ Hall resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the Kansas Supreme Court; he had already lost the Republican nomination to Warren W. Shaw.
  27. ↑ McCuish had already lost the election for lieutenant governor when he succeeded Hall.
  28. 1 2 3 Under a 1972 amendment to the constitution, governors may not be elected to more than two successive terms.
  29. ↑ First term under a 1972 constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to four years.
  30. ↑ Sebelius resigned, having been confirmed as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  31. ↑ Brownback resigned, having been confirmed as United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
  32. ↑ Colyer lost the Republican nomination to Kris Kobach.
  33. ↑ Kelly's second term began on January 9, 2023, and will expire on January 11, 2027; she will be term-limited.

References

General
Constitutions
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  6. ↑ KS Const. art. I, § 7.
  7. ↑ 10 Stat. 277
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