List of Kansas governors from first to last

Kansas joined the Union on January 29, 1861, becoming the 34th state. This event occurred during a tumultuous period in American history, in the lead-up to the Civil War, and Kansas’ admission was significant due to the intense debate and violence over whether it would be a free or slave state, known as “Bleeding Kansas.”

Charles Lawrence Robinson became the first governor of the state of Kansas on February 9, 1861.

Here is a chronological list of the governors of Kansas from First to last.

No.	Name	Term in Office	Party
1	Charles L. Robinson	February 9, 1861 – January 12, 1863	Republican
2	Thomas Carney	January 12, 1863 – January 9, 1865	Republican
3	Samuel J. Crawford	January 9, 1865 – November 4, 1868	Republican
4	Nehemiah Green	November 4, 1868 – January 11, 1869	Republican
5	James M. Harvey	January 11, 1869 – January 13, 1873	Republican
6	Thomas A. Osborn	January 13, 1873 – January 8, 1877	Republican
7	George T. Anthony	January 8, 1877 – January 13, 1879	Republican
8	John St. John	January 13, 1879 – January 8, 1883	Republican
9	George Washington Glick	January 8, 1883 – January 12, 1885	Democratic
10	John Martin	January 12, 1885 – January 14, 1889	Republican
11	Lyman U. Humphrey	January 14, 1889 – January 9, 1893	Republican
12	Lorenzo D. Lewelling	January 9, 1893 – January 14, 1895	Populist
13	Edmund Needham Morrill	January 14, 1895 – January 11, 1897	Republican
14	John W. Leedy	January 11, 1897 – January 9, 1899	Populist
15	William Eugene Stanley	January 9, 1899 – January 12, 1903	Republican
16	Willis J. Bailey	January 12, 1903 – January 9, 1905	Republican
17	Edward W. Hoch	January 9, 1905 – January 11, 1909	Republican
18	Walter R. Stubbs	January 11, 1909 – January 13, 1913	Republican
19	George H. Hodges	January 13, 1913 – January 11, 1915	Democratic
20	Arthur Capper	January 11, 1915 – January 13, 1919	Republican
21	Henry Justin Allen	January 13, 1919 – January 8, 1923	Republican
22	Jonathan M. Davis	January 8, 1923 – January 12, 1925	Democratic
23	Benjamin S. Paulen	January 12, 1925 – January 14, 1929	Republican
24	Clyde M. Reed	January 14, 1929 – January 12, 1931	Republican
25	Harry Hines Woodring	January 12, 1931 – January 9, 1933	Democratic
26	Alf Landon	January 9, 1933 – January 11, 1937	Republican
27	Walter A. Huxman	January 11, 1937 – January 9, 1939	Democratic
28	Payne Ratner	January 9, 1939 – January 11, 1943	Republican
29	Andrew Frank Schoeppel	January 11, 1943 – January 13, 1947	Republican
30	Frank Carlson	January 13, 1947 – November 28, 1950	Republican
31	Frank L. Hagaman	November 28, 1950 – January 8, 1951	Republican
32	Edward F. Arn	January 8, 1951 – January 10, 1955	Republican
33	Fred Hall	January 10, 1955 – January 3, 1957	Republican
34	John McCuish	January 3, 1957 – January 14, 1957	Republican
35	George Docking	January 14, 1957 – January 9, 1961	Democratic
36	John Anderson Jr.	January 9, 1961 – January 11, 1965	Republican
37	William H. Avery	January 11, 1965 – January 9, 1967	Republican
38	Robert Docking	January 9, 1967 – January 13, 1975	Democratic
39	Robert Frederick Bennett	January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979	Republican
40	John W. Carlin	January 8, 1979 – January 12, 1987	Democratic
41	Mike Hayden	January 12, 1987 – January 14, 1991	Republican
42	Joan Finney	January 14, 1991 – January 9, 1995	Democratic
43	Bill Graves	January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003	Republican
44	Kathleen Sebelius	January 13, 2003 – April 28, 2009	Democratic
45	Mark Parkinson	April 28, 2009 – January 10, 2011	Democratic
46	Sam Brownback	January 10, 2011 – January 31, 2018	Republican
47	Jeff Colyer	January 31, 2018 – January 14, 2019	Republican
48	Laura Kelly	January 14, 2019 – Incumbent	Democratic