List of governors of Kansas

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox official post The governor of Kansas is the head of state of Kansas<ref name="ksc-1-3">KS Const. art. I, § 3.</ref> and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.<ref>KS Const. art. VIII, § 4.</ref> The governor has a duty to enforce state laws,<ref name="ksc-1-3" /> and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kansas Legislature,<ref>KS Const. art. II, § 14.</ref> to convene the legislature at any time,<ref>KS Const. art. I, § 5.</ref> and to grant pardons.<ref>KS Const. art. I, § 7.</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> Despite existing only for six years, it had six governors appointed by the president of the United States.

Governors of Kansas Territory

Template:Abbr	Governor		Term in officeTemplate:Efn	Appointed by
1	File:AReeder.jpg	Andrew Horatio Reeder Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – July 31, 1855 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
2	File:WShannon.jpg	Wilson Shannon Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – August 18, 1856 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
3	File:Portrait of Col. John W. Geary Crop.jpg	John W. Geary Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – March 4, 1857 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
4	File:Hon. Robert J. Walker, Miss - NARA - 528738.jpg	Robert J. Walker Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – December 17, 1857 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
5	File:James W Denver by Whitehurst Studio c1856.jpg	James W. Denver Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – November 8, 1858 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
6	File:SamuelMedary.jpg	Samuel Medary Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – December 20, 1860 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname

State of Kansas

File:Standard of the Governor of Kansas (pre-1961).svg

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.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> 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.<ref>1861 Const. art. I, § 1</ref> 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.<ref>KS Const. art. 1, § 1</ref> 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;<ref>1861 Const. art I, § 11</ref> the 1972 amendment changed it so that, in such an event, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.<ref>KS Const. art I, § 11</ref>

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

Governors of the State of Kansas

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1	File:CRobinson.jpg	rowspan="13" style="background: Template:Party color;"|	Charles L. Robinson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-robinson">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-robinson">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1863 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1859	rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
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3	File:Samuel J. Crawford.jpg	Samuel J. Crawford Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-crawford">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-crawford">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 4, 1868 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1864	Template:Sortname
					1866	Template:Sortname
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5	File:James M. Harvey.gif	James M. Harvey Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-harvey">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-harvey">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1873 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1868	rowspan="13" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
					1870	Template:Sortname
6	File:ThosAOsborn.gif	Thomas A. Osborn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-osborn">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-osborn">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 8, 1877 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1872	Template:Sortname
					1874	Template:Sortname
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					1880	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
9	File:GWGlick.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	George Washington Glick Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-glick">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-glick">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1885 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn		1882
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		1886
11	File:LUHumphrey.jpg	Lyman U. Humphrey Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-humphrey">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-humphrey">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1893 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1888	Template:Sortname
					1890
12	File:LDLewelling.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Lorenzo D. Lewelling Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-lewelling">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-lewelling">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1895 Template:Small	PopulistTemplate:Sfn	1892	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
13	File:ENMorrill.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Edmund Needham Morrill Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-morrill">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-morrill">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1897 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1894	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
14	File:JWLeedy.gif	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	John W. Leedy Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-leedy">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-leedy">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1899 Template:Small	PopulistTemplate:Sfn	1896	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
15	File:WEStanley.jpg	rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	William Eugene Stanley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stanley">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-stanley">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1903 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1898	rowspan="19" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1900
16	File:WJBailey.gif	Willis J. Bailey Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bailey">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-bailey">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1905 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1902	Template:Sortname
17	File:EWHoch (A stand hist of KS & Kansans, v.2, 1918).gif	Edward W. Hoch Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hoch">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-hoch">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1909 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1904
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18	File:WRStubbs.gif	Walter R. Stubbs Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stubbs">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-stubbs">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1913 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1908
					1910	Template:Sortname
19	File:Portrait of George H. Hodges.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	George H. Hodges Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hodges">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-hodges">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1915 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1912	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
20	File:Arthur Capper.png	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Arthur Capper Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-capper">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-capper">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1919 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1914	Template:Sortname
		1916
21	File:Henry Justin Allen.jpg	Henry Justin Allen Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-allen">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-allen">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 8, 1923 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1918	Template:Sortname
					1920
22	File:JonathanMDavis.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Jonathan M. Davis Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-davis">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-davis">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1925 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1922	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
23	File:BenPaulen.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Benjamin S. Paulen Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-paulen">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-paulen">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1929 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1924	Template:Sortname
		1926
24	File:ClydeMartinReed.jpg	Clyde M. Reed Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-reed">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-reed">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1931 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1928	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
25	File:Harry Hines Woodring, 53rd United States Secretary of War.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Harry Hines Woodring Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-woodring">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-woodring">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1933 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn		1930
26	File:LandonPortr.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Alf Landon Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-landon">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-landon">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1937 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1932	Template:Sortname
		1934
27	File:Walter A. Huxman (KS).png	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Walter A. Huxman Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-huxman">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-huxman">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1939 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1936	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
28	File:PayneRatner (cropped).jpg	rowspan="11" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Payne Ratner Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ratner">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-ratner">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1943 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1938	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1940
29	File:Andrew F. Schoeppel (KS).png	Andrew Frank Schoeppel Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-schoeppel">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-schoeppel">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1947 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1942	Template:Sortname
					1944
30	File:Frank Carlson.png	Frank Carlson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-carlson">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-carlson">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 28, 1950 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1946	Template:Sortname
					1948
31	File:Frank Hagaman (1949).png	Frank L. Hagaman Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hagaman">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 8, 1951 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
32	File:Edward F. Arn.jpg	Edward F. Arn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-arn">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-arn">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 10, 1955 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1950	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
					1952
33	File:Fred Hall (cropped).jpg	Fred Hall Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hall">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-hall">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1957 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1954	Template:Sortname
34	File:John McCuish (Kansas governor).jpg	John McCuish Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mccuish">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1957 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
35	File:George Docking.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	George Docking Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-docking-george">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-docking-george">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1961 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1956	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1958
36	File:John Anderson Governor.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	John Anderson Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-anderson">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-anderson">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1965 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1960	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1962
37	File:Avery William H.jpg	William H. Avery Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-avery">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-avery">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1967 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1964	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
38	File:Robert Docking (cropped).jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Robert Docking Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-docking-robert">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-docking-robert">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1975 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn		1966
		1968				style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
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		1972				Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
39	File:Robert Bennett (1978) (cropped).png	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Robert Frederick Bennett Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bennett">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-bennett">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 8, 1979 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1974Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
40	File:John Carlin.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	John W. Carlin Template:Small <ref name="nga-carlin">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-carlin">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1987 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-carlin" />	1978	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1982				Template:Sortname
41	File:Mike Hayden.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Mike Hayden Template:Small <ref name="nga-hayden">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-hayden">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1991 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="nga-hayden" />	1986	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
42		style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Joan Finney Template:Small <ref name="nga-finney">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-finney">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1995 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-finney" />	1990	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
43	File:Bill Graves.jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Bill Graves Template:Small <ref name="nga-graves">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ks-graves">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 2003 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-graves" />	1994	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname Template:Small
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		1998
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		2006				Template:Sortname
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		2014
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Timeline

Timeline of Kansas governors

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from:1854.49 till:1855.58 color:noparty text:"Andrew Horatio Reeder"
from:1855.61 till:1856.63 color:noparty text:"Wilson Shannon"
from:1856.58 till:1857.17 color:noparty text:"John W. Geary"
from:1857.24 till:1857.96 color:noparty text:"Robert J. Walker"
from:1858.15 till:1858.85 color:noparty text:"James W. Denver"
from:1858.9 till:1860.97 color:noparty text:"Samuel Medary"
from:1861.11 till:1863.03 color:rep text:"Charles L. Robinson"
from:1863.03 till:1865.02 color:rep text:"Thomas Carney"
from:1865.02 till:1868.84 color:rep text:"Samuel J. Crawford"
from:1868.84 till:1869.03 color:rep text:"Nehemiah Green"
from:1869.03 till:1873.04 color:rep text:"James M. Harvey"
from:1873.04 till:1877.02 color:rep text:"Thomas A. Osborn"
from:1877.02 till:1879.04 color:rep text:"George T. Anthony"
from:1879.04 till:1883.02 color:rep text:"John St. John"
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from:1885.03 till:1889.04 color:rep text:"John Martin"
from:1889.04 till:1893.02 color:rep text:"Lyman U. Humphrey"
from:1893.02 till:1895.04 color:populist text:"Lorenzo D. Lewelling"
from:1895.04 till:1897.03 color:rep text:"Edmund N. Morrill"
from:1897.03 till:1899.02 color:populist text:"John W. Leedy"
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See also

• List of Kansas state legislatures
• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Kansas

References

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Constitutions

• Constitution of the State of Kansas (1859), as amended. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
• Constitution of the State of Kansas (1859), original. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

Specific

External links

• Office of the Governor of Kansas