The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

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• Governor
  Governor of Kansas
  The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...
  
  
• Lieutenant Governor
  Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
  The Lieutenant Governor of Kansas is the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Kansas. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term...
  
  
• Secretary of State
  Secretary of State of Kansas
  The Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas.-History:The first Secretary of State for Kansas was John Winter Robinson, a physician from Manhattan, Kansas...
  
  
• Attorney General
  Kansas Attorney General
  The Attorney General of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.-Divisions:* Criminal Justice* Civil Litigation* Consumer Protection* Concealed Carry...
  
  
• State Treasurer
• Insurance Commissioner
  Kansas Insurance Commissioner
  The Kansas Insurance Commissioner , in full the Kansas State Insurance Commissioner, has the primary responsibility to the people whose personal lives are protected by insurance in the state of Kansas. It is an elected position and is currently held by Republican Sandy Praeger.The Kansas Insurance...
  
  

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
  Kansas Senate
  The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal amount of districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four year term....
  
  
• State House of Representatives
  Kansas House of Representatives
  The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body of the U.S. State of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on...
  
  
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election

United States presidential election

Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

 was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (D), (P), (R), and .

Year	|Executive offices	|State Legislature Kansas Legislature The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly, composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives, composed of 125 Representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 Senators...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Kansas These are tables of congressional delegations from Kansas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. -United States Senate:- Delegates from Kansas Territory :-United States House of Representatives:-1859 - 1873: 1 seat at-large:...	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor Governor of Kansas The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...	Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of Kansas The Lieutenant Governor of Kansas is the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Kansas. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term...	Secretary of State Secretary of State of Kansas The Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas.-History:The first Secretary of State for Kansas was John Winter Robinson, a physician from Manhattan, Kansas...	Attorney General Kansas Attorney General The Attorney General of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.-Divisions:* Criminal Justice* Civil Litigation* Consumer Protection* Concealed Carry...	Treasurer Kansas State Treasurer The State Treasurer of Kansas is the chief custodian of Kansas’s cash deposits, monies from bond sales, and other securities and collateral and directs the investments of those assets...	Insurance Comm. Kansas Insurance Commissioner The Kansas Insurance Commissioner , in full the Kansas State Insurance Commissioner, has the primary responsibility to the people whose personal lives are protected by insurance in the state of Kansas. It is an elected position and is currently held by Republican Sandy Praeger.The Kansas Insurance...	State Senate Kansas Senate The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal amount of districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four year term....	State House Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body of the U.S. State of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1861	Charles L. Robinson Charles L. Robinson Charles Lawrence Robinson was the first Governor of Kansas. He was also the first governor of a US state to be impeached, although he was not convicted or removed from office. To date he is the only governor of Kansas to be impeached...  (R)	Joseph Pomeroy Root Joseph Pomeroy Root Joseph Pomeroy Root was an American doctor, politician, and leader of the Free Staters....  (R)	John Winter Robinson (R)	Benjamin Franklin Simpson (R)	Hartwin Rush Dutton (R)	post created 1871			James H. Lane (R)	Samuel C. Pomeroy Samuel C. Pomeroy Samuel Clarke Pomeroy was an American Republican Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century, serving in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Pomeroy served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives...  (R)
				Charles Chadwick (R)
1862				Sanders R. Shepard (R)
1863	Thomas Carney Thomas Carney Thomas Carney was the second Governor of Kansas.Carney was born in Delaware County, Ohio to James and Sarah Carney. James died in 1828, and Thomas remained at home farming with his mother until age 19...  (R)	Thomas Andrew Osborn (R)	Warren Wirt Henry Lawrence (R)	Warren William Guthrie (R)	William Spriggs (R)
1864
1865	Samuel J. Crawford (R)	James McGrew James McGrew James Clark McGrew was an American politician, merchant, banker and hospital director from Virginia and West Virginia....  (R)	Rinaldo Allen Barker (R)	Jerome D. Brumbaugh (R)
1866
1867		Nehemiah Green Nehemiah Green Nehemiah Green was the fourth Governor of Kansas, serving in that position on an interim basis from November 1868 to January 1869. He subsequently served as Speaker pro Tempore of the Kansas House of Representatives....  (R)		George H. Hoyt (R)	Martin Anderson (R)				Edmund G. Ross Edmund G. Ross Edmund Gibson Ross was a politician who represented the state of Kansas after the American Civil War and was later governor of the New Mexico Territory. His vote against convicting of President Andrew Johnson of "high crimes and misdemeanors" allowed Johnson to stay in office by the margin of one...  (R)
1868
	Nehemiah Green (R)	vacant
1869	James M. Harvey James M. Harvey James Madison Harvey was a United States Senator from Kansas and fifth Governor of Kansas.-Biography:...  (R)	Charles Vernon Eskridge (R)	Thomas Moonlight Thomas Moonlight Thomas Moonlight was a United States politician and general.-Birth:Thomas was baptised on 30 September 1833 in St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland with birth record number 319/0040 0169...  (R)	Addison Danford (R)	George Graham (R)
1870
1871		Peter Percival Elder Peter Percival Elder Peter Percival Elder was an American politician, businessman, and newspaperman....  (R)	William Hillary Smallwood (R)	Archibald L. Williams (R)	Josiah E Hayes (R)	William C. Webb (R)			Alexander Caldwell Alexander Caldwell Alexander Caldwell was a U.S. Senator from Kansas. Born at Drakes Ferry, Pennsylvania, he attended public schools, and enlisted in 1847 as a private in the Mexican-American War...  (R)
1872
1873	Thomas A. Osborn Thomas A. Osborn Thomas Andrew Osborn was the sixth Governor of Kansas.-Early life:Osborn was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. As a young man, he was apprenticed as a printer, from which he supported himself through Allegheny College. In 1856 he began to study law under a Meadville judge and was admitted to the...  (R)	Elias Sleeper Stover (R)				Edward Russell (R)			Robert Crozier Robert Crozier Robert Crozier was a United States Senator from Kansas.Born in Cadiz, Ohio, he attended the public schools and an academy. He studied law in Carrollton, Ohio and was admitted to the bar in 1848...  (R)	John James Ingalls John James Ingalls John James Ingalls was an American politician.John James Ingalls was born in Middleton, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1833. He graduated from Williams College in 1855. Foreshadowing his later reputation as a wit, his graduation thesis, entitled Mummy Life, was a satire of college life. He studied...  (R)
1874					Samuel Lappin (R)	Harrison Clarkson (R)			James M. Harvey James M. Harvey James Madison Harvey was a United States Senator from Kansas and fifth Governor of Kansas.-Biography:...  (R)
1875		Melville J. Salter Melville J. Salter Melville Judson Salter was a politician and civic leader who was twice elected Lieutenant Governor of Kansas....  (R)	Thomas Horne Cavanaugh (R)	Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph (R)	John Francis (R)	Orrin T. Welch (R)
1876
1877	George T. Anthony George T. Anthony George Tobey Anthony was seventh Governor of Kansas.Anthony was born to Quakers on a farm outside the town of Mayfield, New York. His father died when he was five, and Anthony had to work to support himself, his mother, and his siblings...  (R)			Willard Davis (R)					Preston B. Plumb (R)
		Lyman U. Humphrey Lyman U. Humphrey Lyman Underwood Humphrey was the 11th Governor of Kansas.-Early life:Humphrey was born in New Baltimore, Ohio to Lyman and Elizabeth Humphrey, one of two sons born to the couple. His father was born in Connecticut, but relocated to Deerfield, Ohio, where he purchased a tannery formerly owned by...  (R)
1878
1879	John P. St. John (R)		James Smith (R)
1880
1881		David Wesley Finney (R)		William Agnew Johnston (R)
1882
1883	George W. Glick (D)				Samuel T. Howe (R)	Richard B. Morris (D)
1884				George Price Smith (D)
1885	John A. Martin John Martin (Governor of Kansas) John Alexander Martin was the tenth Governor of Kansas.Martin was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, a son of James and Jane Montgomery Martin. His father was a native of Maryland, and his mother a native of Pennsylvania. He was of Scots-Irish extraction, and the family was related to General...  (R)	Alexander Pancoast Riddle (R)	Edwin Bird Allen (R)	Simeon Briggs Bradford (R)
1886
1887					James William Hamilton (R)	Daniel W. Wilder (R)
1888
1889	Lyman U. Humphrey Lyman U. Humphrey Lyman Underwood Humphrey was the 11th Governor of Kansas.-Early life:Humphrey was born in New Baltimore, Ohio to Lyman and Elizabeth Humphrey, one of two sons born to the couple. His father was born in Connecticut, but relocated to Deerfield, Ohio, where he purchased a tannery formerly owned by...  (R)	Andrew Jackson Felt (R)	William Higgins (R)	Lyman Beecher Kellogg (R)
1890					William Sims (R)
1891				John Nutt Ives (D)	Solomon G. Stover (R)	W. H. McBride (R)				William A. Peffer William A. Peffer William Alfred Peffer was a United States Senator from Kansas, notable for being the first of six Populists elected to the United States Senate. In the Senate he was recognizable by his enormous flowing beard...  (P)
1892									Bishop W. Perkins Bishop W. Perkins Bishop Walden Perkins was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College . He prospected for gold through California and New Mexico from 1860 to 1862 and served four years in the Union Army during the Civil War as...  (R)
1893	Lorenzo D. Lewelling Lorenzo D. Lewelling Lorenzo Dow Lewelling was the 12th Governor of Kansas.-Early life:Lewelling was born to William Lewelling, an abolitionist who died soon after making an empassioned speech in Indiana...  (P)	Percy Daniels (P)	Russell Scott Osborn (P)	John Thomas Little (P)	William H. Biddle (P)	S. H. Snider (R)			John Martin (D)
1894
1895	Edmund N. Morrill (R)	James Armstrong Troutman (R)	William Corydon Edwards (R)	Fernando Brenton Dawes (R)	Otis L. Atherton (R)	George T. Anthony (R)			Lucien Baker Lucien Baker Lucien Baker was a United States Senator from Kansas.Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan...  (R)
1896						Alexander P. Riddle (R)
1897	John W. Leedy John W. Leedy John Whitnah Leedy was the 14th Governor of Kansas.-Political career:Leedy ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1917 Alberta general election as a candidate for the non-partisan league...  (P)	Alexander Miller Harvey Alexander Miller Harvey Alexander Miller Harvey was a Kansas lawyer, politician, and author....  (P)	William Eben Bush (P)	Louis C. Boyle (P)	David Heflebower (P)	Webb McNall (P)				William A. Harris William A. Harris (Kansas) William Alexander Harris was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas.-Early life and education:...  (P)
1898
1899	William E. Stanley William E. Stanley William Eugene Stanley was the 15th Governor of Kansas.-External links:*...  (R)	Harry E. Richter (R)	George Alfred Clark (R)	Aretas Allen Godard (R)	Frank Grimes (R)	Willard V. Church (R)
1900
1901									Joseph R. Burton Joseph R. Burton Joseph Ralph Burton was a lawyer and United States Senator from the state of Kansas.- Early life :Burton was born and reared on his father's farm near Mitchell, Indiana. His father, Allen C. Burton, was descended from English ancestors, who came to America to escape the reign of Cromwell in the...  (R)
1902
1903	Willis J. Bailey Willis J. Bailey Willis Joshua Bailey was a United States Representative from Kansas and the 16th Governor of Kansas.Born in Carroll County, Illinois, Bailey attended the common schools, Mount Carroll High School, and the University of Illinois at Urbana.He moved to Nemaha County, Kansas, in 1879.He engaged in...  (R)	David John Hanna (R)	Joel Randall Burrow (R)	Chiles Crittendon Coleman (R)	Thomas Kelly (R)	Charles H. Luling (R)				Chester I. Long Chester I. Long Chester Isaiah Long was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1865 and to Paola, Kansas, in 1879. He attended the country schools and graduated from the normal school at Paola in...  (R)
1904
1905	Edward W. Hoch Edward W. Hoch Edward Wallis Hoch was the 17th Governor of Kansas.Hoch was born in Danville, Kentucky. He moved to Kansas in 1871, and bought the Marion County Record newspaper in 1874....  (R)
1906									Alfred W. Benson Alfred W. Benson Alfred Washburn Benson was a United States Senator from Kansas.Born in Poland, Chautauqua County, New York, he moved to Jamestown, New York in 1860, and attended Jamestown and Randolph Academies...  (R)
1907		William James Fitzgerald William James Fitzgerald Sir William James Fitzgerald was an Irish jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Palestine during the time of the British Mandate.- Early life :...  (R)	Charles Eugene Denton (R)	Fred Schuyler Jackson (R)	Mark Tulley (R)	Charles W. Barnes (R)			Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...  (R)
1908
1909	Walter R. Stubbs Walter R. Stubbs Walter Roscoe Stubbs was 18th Governor of Kansas.Stubbs was born in Wayne County, Indiana. He moved to Douglas County, Kansas with his family in 1869....  (R)									Joseph L. Bristow Joseph L. Bristow Joseph Little Bristow was an American Republican politician from Kansas.Born outside Hazel Green, Kentucky, he moved to Kansas when he was twelve. He graduated from Baker University when he was 25....  (R)
1910
1911		Richard Joseph Hopkins Richard Joseph Hopkins Richard Joseph Hopkins was a United States federal judge.Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Hopkins received an LL.B. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1901. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1901 to 1906. He was in private practice in Garden City, Kansas from 1906 to...  (R)	Charles Harrison Sessions (R)	John Shaw Dawson (R)		Isaac S. Lewis (R)
1912
1913	George H. Hodges George H. Hodges George Hartshorn Hodges was an American politician and the 19th Governor of Kansas . Before elected governor, he served in the state legislature as a senator from 1905 to 1913, where he was particularly active on the railroad committee in the senate and known for leading the charge for progressive...  (D)	Sheffield Ingalls Sheffield Ingalls Sheffield Ingalls was a banker, attorney and politician in the state of Kansas. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1913-1915 under George Hartshorn Hodges. Outside of politics, he was a successful investor and banker in Atchison, Kansas. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives...  (R)			Earl Akers (R)				William H. Thompson William Howard Thompson William Howard Thompson was a United States Senator from Kansas.Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, he moved with his parents to Nemaha County, Kansas in 1880, where attended the public schools and graduated from the Seneca Normal School in 1886. He graduated from the Lawrence Business College in 1891...  (D)
1914
1915	Arthur Capper Arthur Capper Arthur Capper was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States Senator from 1919 to 1949....  (R)	William Yoast Morgan (R)	John Thomas Botkin (R)	Sardius Mason Brewster (R)		Carey J. Wilson (R)				Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...  (R)
1916
1917					Walter Payne (R)
1918
1919	Henry Justin Allen Henry Justin Allen Henry Justin Allen was the 21st Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from Kansas .Allen was born in Warren County, Pennsylvania to John and Rebecca Elizabeth Allen...  (R)	Charles Solomon Huffman (R)	Lewis Julian Pettijohn (R)	Richard Joseph Hopkins Richard Joseph Hopkins Richard Joseph Hopkins was a United States federal judge.Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Hopkins received an LL.B. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1901. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1901 to 1906. He was in private practice in Garden City, Kansas from 1906 to...  (R)		Frank L. Travis (R)			Arthur Capper Arthur Capper Arthur Capper was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States Senator from 1919 to 1949....  (R)
1920
1921					E.T. Thompson (R)
1922			David Owen McCray (R)
1923	Jonathan M. Davis Jonathan M. Davis Jonathan McMillan Davis was the 22nd Governor of Kansas.Davis was born in Bourbon County, Kansas to Jonathan McMillan and Eve Davis....  (D)	Ben Sanford Paulen (R)	Frank Joseph Ryan (R)	Charles Benjamin Griffith (R)		William R. Baker (R)
1924
1925	Benjamin S. Paulen Benjamin S. Paulen Benjamin "Ben" Sanford Paulen was the 23rd Governor of Kansas.Paulen was born in DeWitt County, Illinois to Jacob Walter and Lucy Bell Paulen...  (R)	De Lanson Alson Newton Chase (R)			Carl White (R)
1926
1927				William A. Smith (R)		William R. Baker (R)
1928
1929	Clyde M. Reed Clyde M. Reed Clyde Martin Reed was an American politician from Kansas who served as both the 24th Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from that state....  (R)	Jacob W. Graybill (R)	Edgbert Albert Cornell (R)		Tom Boyd (R)	Charles F. Hobbs (R)				Henry Justin Allen Henry Justin Allen Henry Justin Allen was the 21st Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from Kansas .Allen was born in Warren County, Pennsylvania to John and Rebecca Elizabeth Allen...  (R)
1930				Roland Boynton (R)
1931	Harry H. Woodring (D)	Jacob W. Graybill (R)								George McGill George McGill George S. McGill was an American politician from Kansas.Born in Lucas County, Iowa, he moved with his parents to Kansas when he was 5. He graduated from Central Normal College in Great Bend, Kansas at the turn of the century and was admitted to the state bar two years later...  (D)
1932
1933	Alfred M. Landon (R)	Charles W. Thompson (R)	Frank Joseph Ryan (R)		Wm. Jardine (R)
1934					J. J. Rhodes (R)
1935				Clarence Victor Beck (R)
1936
1937	Walter A. Huxman Walter A. Huxman Walter Augustus Huxman was the 27th Governor of Kansas and United States federal judge.Huxman was born in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. He received an LL.B. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1914. He was an Assistant county attorney of Kansas from 1915 to 1919. He was a City attorney of...  (D)	William M. Lindsay (D)
1938					Jibo Hewitt (D)
1939	Payne Ratner Payne Ratner Payne Harry Ratner was the 28th Governor of Kansas from 1939 to 1943. Born in Casey, Illinois, he served in World War I as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. Following the war, he earned a law degree at Washington University in St. Louis in 1920...  (R)	Carl E. Friend (R)		Jay S. Parker (R)	Walter Wilson (R)					Clyde M. Reed Clyde M. Reed Clyde Martin Reed was an American politician from Kansas who served as both the 24th Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from that state....  (R)
1940
1941
1942
1943	Andrew F. Schoeppel (R)	Jess C. Denious (R)		Alexander Baldwin Mitchell (R)
1944
1945					Elmer T. Beck (R)
1946
1947	Frank Carlson Frank Carlson Frank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of Kansas and United States Representative and United States Senator from Kansas.-Biography:...  (R)	Frank L. Hagaman Frank L. Hagaman Frank Leslie Hagaman was an American lawyer and politician. He served as Lieutenant Governor and later as the 31st Governor of Kansas.-Early life:...  (R)		Edward F. Arn Edward F. Arn Edward Ferdinand Arn was the 32nd Governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955.He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and retired to Wichita to practice law....  (R)	Richard Fadely (R)	Frank Sullivan (R)
1948
1949			Larry Ryan (D)	Harold Ralph Fatzer (R)					Andrew F. Schoeppel Andrew Frank Schoeppel Andrew Frank Schoeppel was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was the 29th Governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death...  (R)
1950										Harry Darby Harry Darby Harry Darby was an American politician from Kansas.Born in Kansas City, Kansas, he graduated from the University of Illinois, and served in the United States Army during the World War I, rising to the rank of captain...  (R)
	Frank L. Hagaman (R)	vacant	Paul R. Shanahan (R)
1951	Edward F. Arn Edward F. Arn Edward Ferdinand Arn was the 32nd Governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955.He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and retired to Wichita to practice law....  (R)	Fred Hall Fred Hall Frederick "Fred" Lee Hall was a Republican lawyer and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, 1951–55 and the 33rd Governor of Kansas, 1955-57...  (R)								Frank Carlson Frank Carlson Frank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of Kansas and United States Representative and United States Senator from Kansas.-Biography:...  (R)
1952
1953
1954
1955	Fred Hall (R)|	John McCuish John McCuish John Berridge McCuish was the 34th Governor of Kansas.McCuish was born in Leadville, Colorado and attended Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri before graduating from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1925. After running several Harvey County newspapers, McCuish entered the...  (R)
1956				John Anderson, Jr. John Anderson, Jr. John Anderson Jr. was the 36th Governor of Kansas from 1961 until 1965.John Anderson, Jr., was born May 8, 1917 near Olathe, Kansas to John and Ora Bookout Anderson. He graduated from Olathe High School in 1935. From there he went on to Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science,...  (R)
1957	John McCuish (R)	vacant
	George Docking George Docking George Docking was the 35th Governor of Kansas, .Docking was elected to two terms as governor, but failed to win against Republican candidate John Anderson, Jr. in part because of his stance on the death penalty. He was known to say "I just don't like killing people." Was a delegate to the 1960...  (D)	Joseph W. Henkle, Sr. (D)
1958
1959					George Hart (D)
1960
1961	John Anderson, Jr. John Anderson, Jr. John Anderson Jr. was the 36th Governor of Kansas from 1961 until 1965.John Anderson, Jr., was born May 8, 1917 near Olathe, Kansas to John and Ora Bookout Anderson. He graduated from Olathe High School in 1935. From there he went on to Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science,...  (R)	Harold H. Chase (R)		William M. Ferguson (R)	Walter Peery (R)
1962									James B. Pearson James B. Pearson James Blackwood Pearson was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1962 to 1979.-Biography:Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Methodist minister. With his parents, he moved to Virginia in 1934 and attended public school. He went on to attend college at Duke University...  (R)
1963
1964
1965	William H. Avery William H. Avery (politician) William Henry Avery was an American Republican Party politician who served as the 37th Governor of Kansas from 1965 until 1967.-Life and career:...  (R)	John Crutcher (R)		Robert C. Londerholm (R)
1966			Elwill M. Shanahan (R)
1967	Robert Docking Robert Docking Robert Blackwell Docking, , was the 38th Governor of Kansas from 1967 until 1975.Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Docking attended public school in Lawrence, Kansas, before attending the University of Kansas, and served in the Air Force during World War II...  (D)
1968
1969		James H. DeCoursey, Jr. (D)		Kent Frizzell (R)						Bob Dole Bob Dole Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...  (R)
1970
1971		Reynolds Shultz (R)		Vern Miller (D)		William Fletcher (R)
1972
1973		Dave Owen Dave Owen Dave Owen , is a former professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from -. He played for the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals. He got the game-winning RBI game during the The Sandberg Game. He attended the University of Texas at Arlington and played for the...  (R)			Tom Van Sickle (R)
1974
1975	Robert Frederick Bennett Robert Frederick Bennett Robert Frederick Bennett was an American lawyer and the 39th Governor of Kansas from 1975 to 1979.Bennett was born May 23, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri. He married Joan Gregory, whom he met at Shawnee Mission Rural High School while participating in debate. They had four children: Robert F. ,...   (R)	Shelby Smith (R)		Curt T. Schneider (D)	Joan Finney Joan Finney Joan Finney , served as the 42nd Governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995.She was born Joan Marie McInroy in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard and Mary Sands McInroy. She graduated from high school in Manhattan, Kansas in 1942. In 1957, she married Spencer Finney, Jr...  (D)
1976
1977
1978			Jack Brier (R)
1979	John W. Carlin John W. Carlin John William Carlin served as fortieth Governor of Kansas from 1979 to 1987, and Archivist of the United States from May 30, 1995, to February 15, 2005.-Biography:...  (D)	Paul V. Dugan (D)		Robert Stephan (R)					Nancy Kassebaum (R)
1980
1981
1982
1983		Thomas R. Docking (D)
1984
1985
1986
1987	Mike Hayden Mike Hayden John Michael Hayden, was the 41st Governor of Kansas. He subsequently served as Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department under governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.-Early life:...  (R)	Jack D. Walker (R)	Bill Graves Bill Graves William Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm...  (R)
1988
1989
1990
1991	Joan Finney (D)	James Francisco (D)			Sally Thompson (D)	Ronald L. Todd (R)
1992
1993
1994
1995	Bill Graves (R)	Sheila Frahm Sheila Frahm Sheila Sloan Frahm served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas...  (R)	Ron Thornburgh Ron Thornburgh Ron E. Thornburgh, was the 29th Secretary of State of Kansas. He was elected in to his first term in 1994 and was subsequently re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006....  (R)	Carla Stovall Carla Stovall Carla J. Stovall , also known as Carla Stovall Steckline, is a Republican politician from Marion, Kansas who served as Attorney General of the State of Kansas from 1995 to 2003....  (R)		Kathleen Sebelius Kathleen Sebelius Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...  (D)					4R
1996										Sheila Frahm Sheila Frahm Sheila Sloan Frahm served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas...  (R)		Bob Dole and Jack Kemp Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st...  (R)
		Gary Sherrer (R)								Sam Brownback Sam Brownback Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...  (R)
1997									Pat Roberts Pat Roberts Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...  (R)
1998
1999					Tim Shallenburger (R)						3R, 1D
2000												George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
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2003	Kathleen Sebelius (D)	John E. Moore John E. Moore John E. Moore is an American politician. In 2002 he was elected on the Democratic Party ticket as the running mate of Governor Kathleen Sebelius; he assumed office as the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas on January 13, 2003...  (D)		Phill Kline Phill Kline Phillip D. "Phill" Kline is the former district attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, USA. From January 2003 to January 2007, he was the Attorney General of Kansas. Kline, a member of the Republican Party, lost re-election as attorney general to Democratic challenger Paul Morrison on November 7,...  (R)	Lynn Jenkins Lynn Jenkins Lynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...  (R)	Sandy Praeger Sandy Praeger Sandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...  (R)
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2007		Mark Parkinson (D)		Paul J. Morrison Paul J. Morrison Paul J. Morrison is a lawyer and a former Attorney General of Kansas. Morrison attended Washburn University and Washburn School of Law, graduating in 1980. While at Washburn, he was a member of the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta....  (D)							2R, 2D
2008							30R, 10D	78R, 47D				John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....  and Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...  (R)
				Stephen Six Stephen Six Stephen N. Six is an American attorney and former judge from Kansas who served as Kansas' 43rd Attorney General. He was nominated to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 9, 2011...  (D)
2009					Dennis McKinney Dennis McKinney Dennis McKinney is a former Kansas State Treasurer and formerly a state representative in the American state of Kansas, where he represented the 116th House District...  (D)		31R, 9D	77R, 48D			3R, 1D
	Mark Parkinson (D)	Troy Findley Troy Findley Troy Findley was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. He was appointed by Governor Mark Parkinson on May 14, 2009 and took office the following day. Findley previously served as chief of staff to Governor Kathleen Sebelius....  (D)						76R, 49D
2010			Chris Biggs Chris Biggs Chris Biggs was the 30th Secretary of State of Kansas. He was appointed on March 16, 2010 by Governor Mark Parkinson to replace Ron Thornburgh who resigned on February 15, 2010. On Nov. 2nd, 2010, he was defeated for election to a full term.Biggs Served as Kansas Securities Commissioner from 2003...  (D)
2011	Sam Brownback Sam Brownback Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...  (R)	Jeff Colyer Jeff Colyer Jeffrey "Jeff" Colyer, M.D. is the 49th and current Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Kansas Senate and of the Kansas House of Representatives...  (R)	Kris Kobach Kris Kobach Kris W. Kobach is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He is also currently of counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute in Washington, D.C....  (R)	Derek Schmidt Derek Schmidt Derek Schmidt is a the 44th and current Attorney General of Kansas. Schmidt previously served as member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 15th district, and as Senate Majority Leader. Before serving in the legislature, he was Special Counsel to Governor Bill Graves.Schmidt defeated former...  (R)	Ron Estes Ron Estes Ron Estes is the Kansas State Treasurer He was sworn in January 10, 2011, as the 39th Treasurer of the state of Kansas.-Political offices:* Treasurer, State of Kansas, 2011–present* Elected, Treasurer, State of Kansas, November 2010...  (R)		32R, 8D	92R, 33D		Jerry Moran Jerry Moran Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....  (R)	4R
Year	Governor Governor of Kansas The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...	Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of Kansas The Lieutenant Governor of Kansas is the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Kansas. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term...	Secretary of State Secretary of State of Kansas The Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas.-History:The first Secretary of State for Kansas was John Winter Robinson, a physician from Manhattan, Kansas...	Attorney General Kansas Attorney General The Attorney General of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.-Divisions:* Criminal Justice* Civil Litigation* Consumer Protection* Concealed Carry...	Treasurer	Insurance Comm. Kansas Insurance Commissioner The Kansas Insurance Commissioner , in full the Kansas State Insurance Commissioner, has the primary responsibility to the people whose personal lives are protected by insurance in the state of Kansas. It is an elected position and is currently held by Republican Sandy Praeger.The Kansas Insurance...	State Senate Kansas Senate The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal amount of districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four year term....	State House Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body of the U.S. State of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices						|State Legislature Kansas Legislature The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly, composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives, composed of 125 Representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 Senators...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Kansas These are tables of congressional delegations from Kansas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. -United States Senate:- Delegates from Kansas Territory :-United States House of Representatives:-1859 - 1873: 1 seat at-large:...

See also

• Law and government in Kansas