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Current governor Sam Brownback who took office on January 10, 2011
Standard of the Governor of Kansas

The Governor of Kansas is the head of the executive branch of Kansas's state government[1] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws,[1] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kansas Legislature,[3] to convene the legislature at any time,[4] and to grant pardons.[5]

The governor has a four-year term, commencing on the second Monday of January after election.[6] The governor originally had a two-year term; this was changed to four years by a constitutional amendment in 1974. The lieutenant governor is elected at the same time as the governor.[6] When the office of governor becomes vacant for any reason, the lieutenant governor becomes governor for the remainder of the term.[7]

Since becoming a state, Kansas has had 45 governors, including 32 Republicans, 11 Democrats, and 2 Populists. The state's longest-serving governors were Robert Docking, John W. Carlin, and Bill Graves, each of whom served 8 years and 4 days (Docking served four two-year terms; Carlin and Graves each served two four-year terms). The shortest-serving governor was John McCuish, who served only 11 days after the resignation of Fred Hall. The current governor is Republican Sam Brownback, who took office January 10, 2011 and was reelected November 4, 2014.

Governors

Territorial governors

Parties

  Democratic   Independent

# Picture Governor Party Took office Left office
1 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Andrew Horatio Reeder Democratic July 7, 1854 August 16, 1855
2 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Wilson Shannon Democratic September 5, 1855 August 18, 1856
3 style="background: Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color| John W. Geary Independent September 9, 1856 March 20, 1857
4 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Robert J. Walker Democratic May 27, 1857 December 15, 1857
5 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  James W. Denver Democratic December, 1857 November, 1858
6 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Samuel Medary Democratic December, 1858 December, 1860

State of Kansas

Parties

  Democratic   Populist   Republican

# Portrait Governor Party Took office Left office Lt. Governor Term Notes
1 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Charles L. Robinson Republican February 9, 1861 January 12, 1863 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Joseph Pomeroy Root 1 [N 1]
2 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Thomas Carney Republican January 12, 1863 January 9, 1865 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Thomas Andrew Osborn 2
3 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Samuel J. Crawford Republican January 9, 1865 November 4, 1868 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  James McGrew 3 [N 2]
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Nehemiah Green 4
4 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Nehemiah Green Republican November 4, 1868 January 11, 1869 None [N 3]
5 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  James M. Harvey Republican January 11, 1869 January 13, 1873 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Charles Vernon Eskridge 5
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Peter Percival Elder 6
6 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Thomas A. Osborn Republican January 13, 1873 January 8, 1877 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Elias Sleeper Stover 7
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Melville J. Salter 8
7 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  George T. Anthony Republican January 8, 1877 January 13, 1879 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Melville J. Salter 9
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Lyman U. Humphrey
8 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John P. St. John Republican January 13, 1879 January 8, 1883 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Lyman U. Humphrey 10
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  David Wesley Finney 11
9 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  George W. Glick Democratic January 8, 1883 January 12, 1885 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  David Wesley Finney 12
10 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John A. Martin Republican January 12, 1885 January 14, 1889 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Alexander Pancoast Riddle 13
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11 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Lyman U. Humphrey Republican January 14, 1889 January 8, 1893 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Andrew Jackson Felt 15
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12 style="background: Template:Populist Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Lorenzo D. Lewelling Populist January 8, 1893 January 14, 1895 style="background: Template:Populist Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Percy Daniels 17
13 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Edmund N. Morrill Republican January 14, 1895 January 11, 1897 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  James Armstrong Troutman 18
14 style="background: Template:Populist Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John W. Leedy Populist January 11, 1897 January 9, 1899 style="background: Template:Populist Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Alexander Miller Harvey 19
15 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  William E. Stanley Republican January 9, 1899 January 12, 1903 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Harry E. Richter 20
21
16 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Willis J. Bailey Republican January 12, 1903 January 9, 1905 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  David John Hanna 22
17 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Edward W. Hoch Republican January 9, 1905 January 11, 1909 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  David John Hanna 23
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  William James Fitzgerald 24
18 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Walter R. Stubbs Republican January 11, 1909 January 13, 1913 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  William James Fitzgerald 25
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Richard Joseph Hopkins 26
19 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  George H. Hodges Democratic January 13, 1913 January 11, 1915 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Sheffield Ingalls 27
20 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Arthur Capper Republican January 11, 1915 January 13, 1919 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  William Yoast Morgan 28
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21 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Henry J. Allen Republican January 13, 1919 January 8, 1923 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Charles Solomon Huffman 30
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22 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Jonathan M. Davis Democratic January 8, 1923 January 12, 1925 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Ben Sanford Paulen 32
23 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Ben S. Paulen Republican January 12, 1925 January 14, 1929 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  De Lanson Alson Newton Chase 33
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24 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Clyde M. Reed Republican January 14, 1929 January 12, 1931 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Jacob W. Graybill 35
25 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Harry H. Woodring Democratic January 12, 1931 January 9, 1933 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Jacob W. Graybill 36
26 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Alfred M. Landon Republican January 9, 1933 January 11, 1937 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Charles W. Thompson 37
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27 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Walter A. Huxman Democratic January 11, 1937 January 9, 1939 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  William M. Lindsay 39
28 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Payne Ratner Republican January 9, 1939 January 11, 1943 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Carl E. Friend 40
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29 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Andrew F. Schoeppel Republican January 11, 1943 January 13, 1947 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Jess C. Denious 42
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30 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Frank Carlson Republican January 13, 1947 November 28, 1950 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Frank L. Hagaman 44 [N 4]
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31 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Frank L. Hagaman Republican November 28, 1950 January 8, 1951 None [N 3]
32 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Edward F. Arn Republican January 8, 1951 January 10, 1955 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Fred Hall 46
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33 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Fred Hall Republican January 10, 1955 January 3, 1957 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John McCuish 48 [N 5]
34 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John McCuish Republican January 3, 1957 January 14, 1957 None [N 3]
35 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  George Docking Democratic January 14, 1957 January 9, 1961 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Joseph W. Henkle, Sr. 49
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36 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John Anderson Jr. Republican January 9, 1961 January 11, 1965 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Harold H. Chase 51
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37 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  William H. Avery Republican January 11, 1965 January 9, 1967 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John Crutcher 53
38 rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Robert Docking Democratic January 9, 1967 January 13, 1975 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John Crutcher 54
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  James H. DeCoursey, Jr. 55
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Reynolds Shultz 56
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Dave Owen 57
39 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Robert F. Bennett Republican January 13, 1975 January 8, 1979 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Shelby Smith 58
40 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John W. Carlin Democratic January 8, 1979 January 12, 1987 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Paul V. Dugan 59
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Thomas R. Docking 60
41 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Mike Hayden Republican January 12, 1987 January 14, 1991 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Jack D. Walker 61
42 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Joan Finney Democratic January 14, 1991 January 9, 1995 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Jim Francisco 62
43 rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Bill Graves Republican January 9, 1995 January 13, 2003 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Sheila Frahm 63
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Gary Sherrer
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44 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Kathleen Sebelius Democratic January 13, 2003 April 28, 2009 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  John E. Moore 65 [N 6]
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Mark Parkinson 66
45 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Mark Parkinson Democratic April 28, 2009 January 10, 2011 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Troy Findley [N 3]
46 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Sam Brownback Republican January 10, 2011 Incumbent rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"|  Jeff Colyer 67 [N 7]
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Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Kansas except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Governor Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held
House Senate
Wilson Shannon 1855–1856 (territorial) U.S. Representative from Ohio, Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to Mexico
John W. Geary 1856–1857 (territorial) Governor of Pennsylvania
Robert J. Walker 1857 (territorial) U.S. Senator from Mississippi, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
James W. Denver 1857–1858 (territorial) Secretary of State of California, U.S. Representative from California
Samuel Medary 1858–1860 (territorial) Governor of Minnesota Territory
Frederick Perry Stanton 1857 (acting territorial) U.S. Representative from Tennessee
James M. Harvey 1869–1873 S
Thomas A. Osborn 1873-1877 United States Minister to Chile, United States Minister to Brazil
Edmund Needham Morrill 1895–1897 H
Willis Joshua Bailey 1903–1905 H
Arthur Capper 1915–1919 S
Henry Justin Allen 1919–1923 S
Clyde M. Reed 1929–1931 S
Harry H. Woodring 1931–1933 U.S. Secretary of War
Walter A. Huxman 1937–1939 Tenth Circuit Court Judge
Andrew F. Schoeppel 1943–1947 S
Frank Carlson 1947–1950 H S*
William H. Avery 1965–1967 H
Kathleen Sebelius 2003–2009 Secretary of Health and Human Services*
Sam Brownback 2011–present H S

Living former U.S. governors of Kansas

As of May 2015, there are five former U.S. governors of Kansas who are currently living at this time, the oldest U.S. governor of Kansas being John W. Carlin (served 1979-1987, born 1940). The most recent U.S. governor of Kansas to die was John Anderson Jr. (served 1961-1965, born 1917), on September 15, 2014.[8] The most recently serving U.S. governor of Kansas to die was Joan Finney, who served from January 14, 1991 until she left office on January 9, 1995 and died on July 28, 2001 at the age of 76.

Governor Gubernatorial term Date of birth (and age)
John W. Carlin 1979–1987 (1940-08-03) August 3, 1940 (age 84)
Mike Hayden 1987–1991 (1944-03-16) March 16, 1944 (age 80)
Bill Graves 1995–2003 (1953-01-09) January 9, 1953 (age 71)
Kathleen Sebelius 2003–2009 (1948-05-15) May 15, 1948 (age 76)
Mark Parkinson 2009–2011 (1957-06-24) June 24, 1957 (age 67)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Impeached but not convicted or removed.
  2. ^ Resigned to take command of the 19th Kansas Infantry.
  3. ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  4. ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  5. ^ Resigned with 11 days left in his term, and the first act of his successor was to appoint him to the Kansas Supreme Court.
  6. ^ Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  7. ^ Governor Brownback's second term expires on January 14, 2019; he is term limited.

References

General
Constitutions
Specific
  1. ^ a b KS Const. art. I, § 3.
  2. ^ KS Const. art. VIII, § 4.
  3. ^ KS Const. art. II, § 14.
  4. ^ KS Const. art. I, § 5.
  5. ^ KS Const. art. I, § 7.
  6. ^ a b KS Const. art. I, § 1.
  7. ^ KS Const. art. I, § 11.
  8. ^ http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article2139682.html
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