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Kansas: Governors

Governors of Kansas, 1859-2019 (May be incomplete!)
Charles Robinson 1861-63 Thomas Carney 1863-65 Samuel Johnson Crawford 1865-68 Nehemiah Green 1868-69 James M. Harvey 1869-73 Thomas A. Osborn 1873-77 George Tobey Anthony 1877-79 John P. St. John 1879-83 George Washington Glick 1883-85 John A. Martin 1885-89 Lyman U. Humphrey 1889-93 Lorenzo Dow Lewelling 1893-95 Edmund N. Morrill 1895-97 John Whitnah Leedy 1897-99 William Eugene Stanley 1899-1903 Willis J. Bailey 1903-05 Edward Wallis Hoch 1905-09 Walter Roscoe Stubbs 1909-13 George H. Hodges 1913-15 Arthur Capper 1915-19 Henry J. Allen 1919-23 Jonathan M. Davis 1923-25 Ben S. Paulen 1925-29 Clyde M. Reed 1929-31 Harry H. Woodring 1931-33 Alf M. Landon 1933-37 Walter Huxman 1937-39 Payne Ratner 1939-43 Andrew F. Schoeppel 1943-47 Frank Carlson 1947-50 Frank L. Hagaman 1950-51 Edward F. Arn 1951-55 Fred Hall 1955-57 John McCuish 1957 George Docking 1957-61 John Anderson, Jr. 1961-65 William H. Avery 1965-67 Robert B. Docking 1967-75 Robert F. Bennett 1975-79 John W. Carlin 1979-87 Mike Hayden 1987-91 Joan Finney 1991-95 Bill Graves 1995-2003 Kathleen Sebelius 2003-09 Mark V. Parkinson 2009-11 Sam Brownback 2011- Jeff Colyer 2018-19

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1859: Samuel Medary, defeated.
  • 1862: W. R. Wagstaff, defeated.
  • 1864: Solon O. Thatcher, defeated.
  • 1866: James L. McDowell, defeated.
  • 1868: George Washington Glick, defeated.
  • 1868 Nov 4: Samuel Johnson Crawford, resigned.
  • 1870: Isaac Sharp, defeated.
  • 1872: Thaddeus H. Walker, defeated.
  • 1874: James C. Cusey, defeated.
  • 1876: John Martin (Dem), defeated.
  • 1880: Edmund G. Ross, defeated.
  • 1886: Thomas Moonlight, defeated.
  • 1888: Jeremiah D. Botkin (Prohibition), defeated; John Martin (Dem), defeated.
  • 1898: William A. Peffer (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1902: William Henry Craddock (Dem), defeated.
  • 1908: Jeremiah D. Botkin (Dem), defeated.
  • 1912 Nov 5: George H. Hodges (Dem), elected; Arthur Capper (Rep), defeated; George W. Kleihege (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1914 Nov 3: Arthur Capper (Rep), elected; George H. Hodges (Dem), defeated; Henry J. Allen (Progressive), defeated; J. B. Billard (Ind), defeated; Milo M. Mitchell (Socialist), defeated; Silas W. Bond (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Arthur Capper (Rep), elected; W. C. Lansdon (Dem), defeated; E. N. Richardson (Socialist), defeated; H. R. Ross (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Henry J. Allen (Rep), elected; W. C. Lansdon (Dem), defeated; George W. Kleihege (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Henry J. Allen (Rep), elected; Jonathan M. Davis (Dem), defeated; Roy Stanton (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Jonathan M. Davis (Dem), elected; William Yost Morgan (Rep), defeated; M. L. Phillips (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1924 Aug 5: Jonathan M. Davis (Dem), nominated; Harry B. Burton (Dem), defeated in primary; John Tromble (Dem), defeated in primary; Carl John Peterson (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1924 Aug 5: Ben S. Paulen (Rep), nominated; Clyde M. Reed (Rep), defeated in primary; Walter Roscoe Stubbs (Rep), defeated in primary; J. F. Renker (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1924 Aug 5: M. L. Phillips (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Ben S. Paulen (Rep), elected; Jonathan M. Davis (Dem), defeated; William Allen White (Ind), defeated; M. L. Phillips (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Ben S. Paulen (Rep), elected; Jonathan M. Davis (Dem), defeated; H. Hilfrich (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Clyde M. Reed (Rep), elected; Chauncey B. Little (Dem), defeated; Henry C. Peterson (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Harry H. Woodring (Dem), elected; Frank Haucke (Rep), defeated; John R. Brinkley (Ind), defeated; J. B. Shields (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Alf M. Landon (Rep), elected; Harry H. Woodring (Dem), defeated; John R. Brinkley (Ind), defeated; H. M. Perkins (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Alf M. Landon (Rep), elected; Omar B. Ketchum (Dem), defeated; George M. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1936: Jonathan M. Davis (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Walter Huxman (Dem), elected; Will G. West (Rep), defeated; George M. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Payne Ratner (Rep), elected; Walter Huxman (Dem), defeated; Jonathan M. Davis (Ind), defeated; C. Floyd Hester (Prohibition), defeated; Ida A. Beloof (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Payne Ratner (Rep), elected; William H. Burke (Dem), defeated; David C. White (Prohibition), defeated; Ida A. Beloof (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Andrew F. Schoeppel (Rep), elected; William H. Burke (Dem), defeated; David C. White (Prohibition), defeated; Ida A. Beloof (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Andrew F. Schoeppel (Rep), elected; Robert S. Lemon (Dem), defeated; David C. White (Prohibition), defeated; William W. Tamplin (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Frank Carlson (Rep), elected; Harry H. Woodring (Dem), defeated; David C. White (Prohibition), defeated; Harry C. Graber (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Frank Carlson (Rep), elected; Randolph Carpenter (Dem), defeated; N. W. Nice (Prohibition), defeated; William W. Tamplin (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Edward F. Arn (Rep), elected; Kenneth T. Anderson (Dem), defeated; C. Floyd Hester (Prohibition), defeated; William W. Tamplin (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 28: Frank Carlson, resigned.
  • 1952 Nov 4: Edward F. Arn (Rep), elected; Charles Rooney (Dem), defeated; David C. White (Prohibition), defeated; William W. Tamplin (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1957 Jan 3: Fred Hall, resigned.
  • 1958: Clyde M. Reed, Jr., defeated.
  • 1962: Dale E. Saffels (Dem), defeated.
  • 1966: William H. Avery (Rep), defeated.
  • 1978: Robert F. Bennett (Rep), defeated.
  • 1986 Aug 5: O. Gene Bicknell (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1990: John W. Carlin (Dem), defeated in primary; Fred Phelps (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Aug 2: Jim Slattery (Dem), nominated; Joan D. Wagnon (Dem), defeated in primary; James Francisco (Dem), defeated in primary; Leslie Kitchenmaster (Dem), defeated in primary; Fred Phelps (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Aug 2: Bill Graves (Rep), nominated; O. Gene Bicknell (Rep), defeated in primary; Dave Kerr (Rep), defeated in primary; Kirt Poovey (Rep), defeated in primary; Rich Becker (Rep), defeated in primary; Owen Sully (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Bill Graves (Rep), elected; Jim Slattery (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998 Aug 4: Tom Sawyer (Dem), nominated; Fred Phelps (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Aug 4: Bill Graves (Rep), nominated; David Miller (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Bill Graves (Rep), elected; Tom Sawyer (Dem), defeated; Kirt Poovey (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; Darrel King (Reform), defeated.
  • 2002 Aug 6: Kathleen Sebelius (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Aug 6: Tim Shallenburger (Rep), nominated; Dave Kerr (Rep), defeated in primary; Robert G. Knight (Rep), defeated in primary; Dan Bloom (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Kathleen Sebelius (Dem), elected; Tim Shallenburger (Rep), defeated; Ted Pettibone (Reform), defeated; Dennis Hawver (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2006 Aug 1: Dennis Hawver (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Kathleen Sebelius (Dem), elected.
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