Governor Of Kansas
The
Governor of Kansas
holds the "supreme executive power" of the
State
as provided by the first article of the
Kansas
Constitution. The current Governor is
Kathleen Sebelius
, a member of the
Democratic Party
, who assumed office on
January 13
,
2003
. She will be up for re-election to a possible second term in
2006
. By constitutional provision, she cannot run for a third term. Lieutenant Governor
John E. Moore
was her running mate in the
2002
election. Before 1972, the governor was elected for a term of two years. The state constitution was then amended so that beginning with the 1974 election, the governor would
serve a maximum
of two consecutive 4-year terms. Each term begins on the second Monday of January following the election. The lieutenant governor is subject to the same limitations and runs on a combined ticket with the governor. If the governor becomes incapacitated, the lieutenant governor assumes the duties of the governor. However if both offices become vacant, the line of succession is determined by the legislature. Under present law, the president of the Senate would be next in line to assume the governorship, followed by the Speaker of the House.
Timeline of Governors
The following table lists elected Governors and Lieutenant Governors since statehood. An
alphabetical listing of Governors
is also available.
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1
Assumed office February 9 following the admission of Kansas as a state (January 29).
2
Assumed office February 12 following the admission of Kansas as a state.
3
Resigned.
# !! Governor !! Term !! Lt. Governor !! Term
1
Charles Robinson
1
(
R
)
1861
–
1863
Joseph Pomeroy Root
2
(
R
)
1861
–
1863
2
Thomas Carney
(
R
)
1863
–
1865
Thomas Andrew Osborn
(
R
)
1863
–
1865
owspan=2| 3
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Samuel Johnson Crawford
3
(
R
)
rowspan=2|
1865
–
1868
James McGrew
(
R
)
1865
–
1867
Nehemiah Green
(
R
)
1867
–
1868
4
Nehemiah Green
(
R
)
1868
–
1869
owspan=2| 5
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James Madison Harvey
(
R
)
rowspan=2|
1869
–
1873
Charles Vernon Eskridge
(
R
)
1869
–
1871
Peter Percival Elder
(
R
)
1871
–
1873
owspan=2| 6
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Thomas Andrew Osborn
(
R
)
rowspan=2|
1873
–
1877
Elias Sleeper Stover
(
R
)
1873
–
1875
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Melville Judson Salter
3
(
R
)
rowspan=2|
1875
–
1877
owspan=2| 7
rowspan=2|
George Tobey Anthony
(
R
)
rowspan=2|
1877
–
1879
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Lyman Underwood Humphrey
(
R
)
rowspan=2|
1877
–
1881
owspan=2| 8
rowspan=2|
John Pierce St. John
(
R
)
rowspan=2|
1879
–
1883
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David Wesley Finney
(
R
)
rowspan=2|
1881
–
1885
9
George Washington Glick
(
D
)
1883
–
1885
10
John Alexander Martin
(
R
)
1885
–
1889
Alexander Pancoast Riddle
(
R
)
1885
–
1889
11
Lyman Underwood Humphrey
(
R
)
1889
–
1893
12
Lorenzo D. Lewelling
(
P
)
1893
–
1895
13
Edmund Needham Morrill
(
R
)
1895
–
1897
14
John W. Leedy
(
P
)
1897
–
1899
15
William Eugene Stanley
(
R
)
1899
–
1903
16
Willis Joshua Bailey
(
R
)
1903
–
1905
17
Edward Wallis Hoch
(
R
)
1905
–
1909
18
Walter Roscoe Stubbs
(
R
)
1909
–
1913
19
George Hartshorn Hodges
(
D
)
1913
–
1915
20
Arthur Capper
(
R
)
1915
–
1919
21
Henry Justin Allen
(
R
)
1919
–
1923
22
Jonathan M. Davis
(
D
)
1923
–
1925
23
Ben S. Paulen
(
R
)
1925
–
1929
24
Clyde M. Reed
(
R
)
1929
–
1931
25
Harry H. Woodring
(
D
)
1931
–
1933
26
Alfred M. Landon
(
R
)
1933
–
1937
27
Walter A. Huxman
(
D
)
1937
–
1939
28
Payne Ratner
(
R
)
1939
–
1943
29
Andrew F. Schoeppel
(
R
)
1943
–
1947
30
Frank Carlson
(
R
)
1947
–
1950
31
Frank L. Hagaman
(
R
)
1950
–
1951
32
Edward F. Arn
(
R
)
1951
–
1955
33
Fred Hall
(
R
)
1955
–
1957
34
John McCuish
(
R
)
1957
–
1957
35
George Docking
(
D
)
1957
–
1961
36
John Anderson, Jr.
(
R
)
1961
–
1965
37
William H. Avery
(
R
)
1965
–
1967
38
Robert Docking
(
D
)
1967
–
1975
39
Robert Frederick Bennett
(
R
)
1975
–
1979
40
John W. Carlin
(
D
)
1979
–
1987
41
Mike Hayden
(
R
)
1987
–
1991
42
Joan Finney
(
D
)
1991
–
1995
43
Bill Graves
(
R
)
1995
–
2003
44
Kathleen Sebelius
(
D
)
2003
–
John E. Moore
See also
List of Governors of Kansas
External links
Office of the Governor
Constitution of the State of Kansas
Kansas
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