Historical Record
Previous Governors of Kansas
Governors who previously held office in Kansas, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesLaura KellyDemocrat2019–2027
Jeff ColyerRepublican2018–2019
Sam BrownbackRepublican2011–2018
Mark ParkinsonDemocrat2009–2011
Kathleen SebeliusDemocrat2003–2009
Bill GravesRepublican1995–2003
Joan FinneyDemocrat1991–1995
Mike HaydenRepublican1987–1991
John W. CarlinDemocrat1979–1987
Robert Frederick BennettRepublican1975–1979
Robert DockingDemocrat1967–1975
William H. AveryRepublican1965–1967
John Anderson Jr.Republican1961–1965
George DockingDemocrat1957–1961
John McCuishRepublican1957–1957
Fred HallRepublican1955–1957
Edward F. ArnRepublican1951–1955
Frank L. HagamanRepublican1950–1951
Frank CarlsonRepublican1947–1950
Andrew Frank SchoeppelRepublican1943–1947
Payne RatnerRepublican1939–1943
Walter A. HuxmanDemocrat1937–1939
Alf LandonRepublican1933–1937
Harry Hines WoodringDemocrat1931–1933
Clyde M. ReedRepublican1929–1931
Benjamin S. PaulenRepublican1925–1929
Jonathan M. DavisDemocrat1923–1925
Henry Justin AllenRepublican1919–1923
Arthur CapperRepublican1915–1919
George H. HodgesDemocrat1913–1915
Walter R. StubbsRepublican1909–1913
Edward W. HochRepublican1905–1909
Willis J. BaileyRepublican1903–1905
William Eugene StanleyRepublican1899–1903
John W. LeedyIndependent1897–1899
Edmund Needham MorrillRepublican1895–1897
Lorenzo D. LewellingIndependent1893–1895
Lyman U. HumphreyRepublican1889–1893
John MartinRepublican1885–1889
George Washington GlickDemocrat1883–1885
John St. JohnRepublican1879–1883
George T. AnthonyRepublican1877–1879
Thomas A. OsbornRepublican1873–1877
James M. HarveyRepublican1869–1873
Nehemiah GreenRepublican1868–1869
Samuel J. CrawfordRepublican1865–1868
Thomas CarneyRepublican1863–1865
Charles L. RobinsonRepublican1861–1863
Samuel MedaryIndependent1858–1861
James W. DenverIndependent1858–1858
Robert J. WalkerIndependent1857–1857
John W. GearyIndependent1856–1857
Wilson ShannonIndependent1855–1856
Andrew Horatio ReederIndependent1854–1855