No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[n] |
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1 | | | Charles L. Robinson (1818–1894) [32][33] | February 9, 1861[34] – January 12, 1863 (lost nomination) | Republican | 1859 | | Joseph Pomeroy Root |
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2 | | Thomas Carney (1824–1888) [37][38] | January 12, 1863[39] – January 9, 1865 (lost nomination) | Republican | 1862 | Thomas A. Osborn |
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3 | | Samuel J. Crawford (1835–1913) [41][42] | January 9, 1865[43] – November 4, 1868 (resigned)[o] | Republican | 1864 | James McGrew |
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1866 | Nehemiah Green |
4 | | Nehemiah Green (1837–1890) [45] | November 4, 1868[46] – January 11, 1869 (successor took office) | Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant |
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5 | | James M. Harvey (1833–1894) [48][49] | January 11, 1869[50] – January 13, 1873 (did not run) | Republican | 1868 | | Charles Vernon Eskridge |
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1870 | Peter Percival Elder |
6 | | Thomas A. Osborn (1836–1898) [52][53] | January 13, 1873[54] – January 8, 1877 (did not run) | Republican | 1872 | Elias S. Stover |
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1874 | Melville J. Salter |
7 | | George T. Anthony (1824–1896) [56][57] | January 8, 1877[58] – January 13, 1879 (lost nomination) | Republican | 1876 |
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Lyman U. Humphrey |
8 | | John St. John (1833–1916) [60][61] | January 13, 1879[62] – January 8, 1883 (lost election) | Republican | 1878 |
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1880 | David Wesley Finney[p] |
9 | | | George Washington Glick (1827–1911) [64][65] | January 8, 1883[66] – January 12, 1885 (lost election) | Democratic | 1882 |
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10 | | | John Martin (1839–1889) [68][69] | January 12, 1885[70] – January 14, 1889 (did not run) | Republican | 1884 | Alexander P. Riddle |
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1886 |
11 | | Lyman U. Humphrey (1844–1915) [72][73] | January 14, 1889[74] – January 9, 1893 (did not run)[q] | Republican | 1888 | Andrew Jackson Felt |
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1890 |
12 | | | Lorenzo D. Lewelling (1846–1900) [76][77] | January 9, 1893[78] – January 14, 1895 (lost election) | Populist | 1892 | | Percy Daniels |
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13 | | | Edmund Needham Morrill (1834–1909) [80][81] | January 14, 1895[82] – January 11, 1897 (lost election) | Republican | 1894 | | James Armstrong Troutman |
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14 | | | John W. Leedy (1849–1935) [84][85] | January 11, 1897[86] – January 9, 1899 (lost election) | Populist | 1896 | | Alexander Miller Harvey |
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15 | | | William Eugene Stanley (1844–1910) [88][89] | January 9, 1899[90] – January 12, 1903 (did not run) | Republican | 1898 | | Harry E. Richter |
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1900 |
16 | | Willis J. Bailey (1854–1932) [92][93] | January 12, 1903[94] – January 9, 1905 (lost nomination) | Republican | 1902 | David John Hanna |
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17 | | Edward W. Hoch (1849–1925) [96][97] | January 9, 1905[98] – January 11, 1909 (did not run) | Republican | 1904 |
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1906 | William James Fitzgerald |
18 | | Walter R. Stubbs (1858–1929) [100][101] | January 11, 1909[102] – January 13, 1913 (did not run)[r] | Republican | 1908 |
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1910 | Richard Joseph Hopkins |
19 | | | George H. Hodges (1866–1947) [104][105] | January 13, 1913[106] – January 11, 1915 (lost election) | Democratic | 1912 | Sheffield Ingalls[p] |
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20 | | | Arthur Capper (1865–1951) [108][109] | January 11, 1915[110] – January 13, 1919 (did not run)[s] | Republican | 1914 | William Yoast Morgan |
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1916 |
21 | | Henry Justin Allen (1868–1950) [112][113] | January 13, 1919[114] – January 8, 1923 (did not run) | Republican | 1918 | Charles Solomon Huffman |
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1920 |
22 | | | Jonathan M. Davis (1871–1943) [116][117] | January 8, 1923[118] – January 12, 1925 (lost election) | Democratic | 1922 | Benjamin S. Paulen[p] |
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23 | | | Benjamin S. Paulen (1869–1961) [120][121] | January 12, 1925[122] – January 14, 1929 (did not run) | Republican | 1924 | De Lanson Alson Newton Chase |
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1926 |
24 | | Clyde M. Reed (1871–1949) [124][125] | January 14, 1929[126] – January 12, 1931 (lost nomination)[t] | Republican | 1928 | Jacob W. Graybill[p] |
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25 | | | Harry Hines Woodring (1887–1967) [128][129] | January 12, 1931[130] – January 9, 1933 (lost election) | Democratic | 1930 |
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26 | | | Alf Landon (1887–1987) [132][133] | January 9, 1933[134] – January 11, 1937 (did not run)[u] | Republican | 1932 | Charles W. Thompson |
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1934 |
27 | | | Walter A. Huxman (1887–1972) [136][137] | January 11, 1937[138] – January 9, 1939 (lost election) | Democratic | 1936 | | William M. Lindsay |
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28 | | | Payne Ratner (1896–1974) [140][141] | January 9, 1939[142] – January 11, 1943 (did not run) | Republican | 1938 | | Carl E. Friend |
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1940 |
29 | | Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894–1962) [144][145] | January 11, 1943[146] – January 13, 1947 (did not run) | Republican | 1942 | Jess C. Denious |
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1944 |
30 | | Frank Carlson (1893–1987) [148][149] | January 13, 1947[150] – November 28, 1950 (resigned)[v] | Republican | 1946 | Frank L. Hagaman |
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1948 |
31 | | Frank L. Hagaman (1894–1966) [152] | November 28, 1950[153] – January 8, 1951 (successor took office)[w] | Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant |
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32 | | Edward F. Arn (1906–1998) [155][156] | January 8, 1951[157] – January 10, 1955 (did not run) | Republican | 1950 | | Fred Hall |
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1952 |
33 | | Fred Hall (1916–1970) [159][160] | January 10, 1955[161] – January 3, 1957 (resigned)[x] | Republican | 1954 | John McCuish |
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34 | | John McCuish (1906–1962) [163] | January 3, 1957[164] – January 14, 1957 (successor took office) | Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant |
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35 | | | George Docking (1904–1964) [166][167] | January 14, 1957[168] – January 9, 1961 (lost election) | Democratic | 1956 | | Joseph W. Henkle Sr. |
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1958 |
36 | | | John Anderson Jr. (1917–2014) [170][171] | January 9, 1961[172] – January 11, 1965 (did not run) | Republican | 1960 | | Harold H. Chase |
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1962 |
37 | | William H. Avery (1911–2009) [174][175] | January 11, 1965[176] – January 9, 1967 (lost election) | Republican | 1964 | John Crutcher[p] |
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38 | | | Robert Docking (1925–1983) [178][179] | January 9, 1967[180] – January 13, 1975 (term-limited)[y] | Democratic | 1966 |
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1968 | | James H. DeCoursey Jr. |
1970 | | Reynolds Shultz[p] |
1972 | Dave Owen[p] |
39 | | | Robert Frederick Bennett (1927–2000) [183][184] | January 13, 1975[185] – January 8, 1979 (lost election) | Republican | 1974[z] | Shelby Smith |
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40 | | | John W. Carlin (b. 1940) [186][187] | January 8, 1979[188] – January 12, 1987 (term-limited)[y] | Democratic[186] | 1978 | | Paul Dugan |
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1982 | Thomas Docking |
41 | | | Mike Hayden (b. 1944) [189][190] | January 12, 1987[191] – January 14, 1991 (lost election) | Republican[189] | 1986 | | Jack D. Walker |
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42 | | | Joan Finney (1925–2001) [192][193] | January 14, 1991[194] – January 9, 1995 (did not run) | Democratic[192] | 1990 | | Jim Francisco |
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43 | | | Bill Graves (b. 1953) [195][196] | January 9, 1995[197] – January 13, 2003 (term-limited)[y] | Republican[195] | 1994 | | Sheila Frahm (resigned June 11, 1996) |
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Vacant |
| Gary Sherrer (appointed July 18, 1996) |
1998 |
44 | | | Kathleen Sebelius (b. 1948) [198][199] | January 13, 2003[200] – April 28, 2009 (resigned)[aa] | Democratic[198] | 2002 | | John E. Moore |
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2006 | Mark Parkinson |
45 | | Mark Parkinson (b. 1957) [201][202] | April 28, 2009[203] – January 10, 2011 (did not run) | Democratic[201] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant |
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| Troy Findley (appointed May 15, 2009) |
46 | | | Sam Brownback (b. 1956) [204][205] | January 10, 2011[206] – January 31, 2018 (resigned)[ab] | Republican[204] | 2010 | | Jeff Colyer |
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2014 |
47 | | Jeff Colyer (b. 1960) [207][208] | January 31, 2018[209] – January 14, 2019 (lost nomination)[ac] | Republican[207] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant |
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| Tracey Mann (appointed February 14, 2018) |
48 | | | Laura Kelly (b. 1950) [210][211] | January 14, 2019[212] – Incumbent[ad] | Democratic[210] | 2018 | | Lynn Rogers (resigned January 2, 2021) |
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David Toland (appointed January 2, 2021) |
2022 |