Governors of Kansas, 1859-2019(May be incomplete!) CharlesRobinson 1861-63ThomasCarney 1863-65SamuelJohnson Crawford 1865-68NehemiahGreen 1868-69JamesM. Harvey 1869-73ThomasA. Osborn 1873-77GeorgeTobey Anthony 1877-79JohnP. St. John 1879-83GeorgeW. Glick 1883-85JohnA. Martin 1885-89LymanU. Humphrey 1889-93LorenzoDow Lewelling 1893-95EdmundN. Morrill 1895-97JohnWhitnah Leedy 1897-99WilliamEugene Stanley 1899-1903WillisJ. Bailey 1903-05EdwardW. Hoch 1905-09WalterRoscoe Stubbs 1909-13GeorgeH. Hodges 1913-15ArthurCapper 1915-19HenryJ. Allen 1919-23JonathanM. Davis 1923-25BenS. Paulen 1925-29ClydeM. Reed 1929-31HarryH. Woodring 1931-33AlfM. Landon 1933-37WalterHuxman 1937-39PayneRatner 1939-43AndrewF. Schoeppel 1943-47FrankCarlson 1947-50FrankL. Hagaman 1950-51EdwardF. Arn 1951-55FredHall 1955-57JohnMcCuish 1957GeorgeDocking 1957-61JohnAnderson, Jr. 1961-65WilliamH. Avery 1965-67RobertB. Docking 1967-75RobertF. Bennett 1975-79JohnW. Carlin 1979-87MikeHayden 1987-91JoanFinney 1991-95BillGraves 1995-2003KathleenSebelius 2003-09MarkV. Parkinson 2009-11SamBrownback 2011-JeffColyer 2018-19 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1859:SamuelMedary, defeated. 1862:W.R. Wagstaff, defeated. 1864:SolonO. Thatcher, defeated. 1866:JamesL. McDowell, defeated. 1868:GeorgeW. Glick, defeated. 1868 Nov 4:SamuelJohnson Crawford, resigned. 1870:IsaacSharp, defeated. 1872:ThaddeusH. Walker, defeated. 1874:JamesC. Cusey, defeated. 1876:JohnMartin (Dem), defeated. 1880:EdmundG. Ross, defeated. 1886:ThomasMoonlight, defeated. 1888:JeremiahD. Botkin (Prohibition), defeated;JohnMartin (Dem), defeated. 1890:CharlesRobinson (Dem & People's), defeated. 1898:WilliamA. Peffer (Prohibition), defeated. 1902:WilliamHenry Craddock (Dem), defeated. 1906 Nov 6:EdwardW. Hoch (Rep), elected;WilliamA. Harris (Dem), defeated;J.B. Cook (Prohibition), defeated;HarryGilham (Socialist), defeated;HoraceA. Keefer (Populist), defeated. 1908:JeremiahD. Botkin (Dem), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:GeorgeH. Hodges (Dem), elected;ArthurCapper (Rep), defeated;GeorgeW. Kleihege (Socialist), defeated. 1914 Nov 3:ArthurCapper (Rep), elected;GeorgeH. Hodges (Dem), defeated;HenryJ. Allen (Progressive), defeated;J.B. Billard (Ind), defeated;MiloM. Mitchell (Socialist), defeated;SilasW. Bond (Prohibition), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:ArthurCapper (Rep), elected;W.C. Lansdon (Dem), defeated;E.N. Richardson (Socialist), defeated;H.R. Ross (Prohibition), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:HenryJ. Allen (Rep), elected;W.C. Lansdon (Dem), defeated;GeorgeW. Kleihege (Socialist), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:HenryJ. Allen (Rep), elected;JonathanM. Davis (Dem), defeated;RoyStanton (Socialist), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:JonathanM. Davis (Dem), elected;WilliamYost Morgan (Rep), defeated;M.L. Phillips (Socialist), defeated. 1924 Aug 5:JonathanM. Davis (Dem), nominated;HarryB. Burton (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnTromble (Dem), defeated in primary;CarlJohn Peterson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1924 Aug 5:BenS. Paulen (Rep), nominated;ClydeM. Reed (Rep), defeated in primary;WalterRoscoe Stubbs (Rep), defeated in primary;J.F. Renker (Rep), defeated in primary. 1924 Aug 5:M.L. Phillips (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1924 Nov 4:BenS. Paulen (Rep), elected;JonathanM. Davis (Dem), defeated;WilliamAllen White (Ind), defeated;M.L. Phillips (Socialist), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:BenS. Paulen (Rep), elected;JonathanM. Davis (Dem), defeated;H.Hilfrich (Socialist), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:ClydeM. Reed (Rep), elected;ChaunceyB. Little (Dem), defeated;HenryC. Peterson (Socialist), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:HarryH. Woodring (Dem), elected;FrankHaucke (Rep), defeated;JohnR. Brinkley (Ind), defeated;J.B. Shields (Socialist), defeated. 1932 Nov 8:AlfM. Landon (Rep), elected;HarryH. Woodring (Dem), defeated;JohnR. Brinkley (Ind), defeated;H.M. Perkins (Socialist), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:AlfM. Landon (Rep), elected;OmarB. Ketchum (Dem), defeated;GeorgeM. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated. 1936:JonathanM. Davis (Dem), defeated in primary. 1936 Nov 3:WalterHuxman (Dem), elected;WillG. West (Rep), defeated;GeorgeM. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:PayneRatner (Rep), elected;WalterHuxman (Dem), defeated;JonathanM. Davis (Ind), defeated;C.Floyd Hester (Prohibition), defeated;IdaA. Beloof (Socialist), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:PayneRatner (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Burke (Dem), defeated;DavidC. White (Prohibition), defeated;IdaA. Beloof (Socialist), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:AndrewF. Schoeppel (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Burke (Dem), defeated;DavidC. White (Prohibition), defeated;IdaA. Beloof (Socialist), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:AndrewF. Schoeppel (Rep), elected;RobertS. Lemon (Dem), defeated;DavidC. White (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamW. Tamplin (Socialist), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:FrankCarlson (Rep), elected;HarryH. Woodring (Dem), defeated;DavidC. White (Prohibition), defeated;HarryC. Graber (Socialist), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:FrankCarlson (Rep), elected;RandolphCarpenter (Dem), defeated;N.W. Nice (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamW. Tamplin (Socialist), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:EdwardF. Arn (Rep), elected;KennethT. Anderson (Dem), defeated;C.Floyd Hester (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamW. Tamplin (Socialist), defeated. 1950 Nov 28:FrankCarlson, resigned. 1952 Nov 4:EdwardF. Arn (Rep), elected;CharlesRooney (Dem), defeated;DavidC. White (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamW. Tamplin (Socialist), defeated. 1957 Jan 3:FredHall, resigned. 1958:ClydeM. Reed, Jr., defeated. 1962:DaleE. Saffels (Dem), defeated. 1966:WilliamH. Avery (Rep), defeated. 1978:RobertF. Bennett (Rep), defeated. 1978 Nov 7:FrankW. Shelton, Jr. (American), defeated. 1982 Nov 2:FrankW. Shelton, Jr. (American), defeated. 1986 Aug 5:O.Gene Bicknell (Rep), defeated in primary. 1990:JohnW. Carlin (Dem), defeated in primary;FredPhelps (Dem), defeated in primary. 1994 Aug 2:JimSlattery (Dem), nominated;JoanD. Wagnon (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesFrancisco (Dem), defeated in primary;LeslieKitchenmaster (Dem), defeated in primary;FredPhelps (Dem), defeated in primary. 1994 Aug 2:BillGraves (Rep), nominated;O.Gene Bicknell (Rep), defeated in primary;DaveKerr (Rep), defeated in primary;KirtR. Poovey (Rep), defeated in primary;RichBecker (Rep), defeated in primary;OwenSully (Rep), defeated in primary. 1994 Nov 8:BillGraves (Rep), elected;JimSlattery (Dem), defeated. 1998 Aug 4:TomSawyer (Dem), nominated;FredPhelps (Dem), defeated in primary. 1998 Aug 4:BillGraves (Rep), nominated;DavidMiller (Rep), defeated in primary. 1998 Nov 3:BillGraves (Rep), elected;TomSawyer (Dem), defeated;KirtR. Poovey (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;DarrelKing (Reform), defeated. 2002 Aug 6:KathleenSebelius (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2002 Aug 6:TimShallenburger (Rep), nominated;DaveKerr (Rep), defeated in primary;RobertG. Knight (Rep), defeated in primary;DanBloom (Rep), defeated in primary. 2002 Nov 5:KathleenSebelius (Dem), elected;TimShallenburger (Rep), defeated;TedPettibone (Reform), defeated;DennisHawver (Libertarian), defeated. 2006 Aug 1:DennisHawver (Rep), defeated in primary. 2006 Nov 7:KathleenSebelius (Dem), elected. | |