List of Lieutenant Governors of Kansas

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The office of Lieutenant Governor of Kansas ( Lieutenant Governor of Kansas ) was in the course of the transformation of the territory to a state of the United States created. Joseph Pomeroy Root , a Republican , was the new state's first lieutenant governor, taking office on February 12, 1861. The lieutenant governor is elected as the governor's running mate along with the governor.

As in other US states, the vice governor's office was vacant several times over the years, either because the incumbent left office prematurely or had to take over from a governor who left early. Since the state constitution provides for the office to be filled only through popular elections, the office of vice governor could not be refilled subsequently. Early elections , such as in countries and states with a parliamentary system of government , are excluded in the United States at both the federal and most state levels.

Surname Term of office Political party
Joseph Pomeroy Root 1861-1863 republican
Thomas Andrew Osborn 1863-1865 republican
James McGrew 1865-1867 republican
Nehemiah Green 1867-1868 republican
vacant
Charles Vernon Eskridge 1869-1871 republican
Peter Percival Elder 1871-1873 republican
Elias Sleeper Stover 1873-1875 republican
Melville Judson Salter 1875-1877 republican
vacant
Lyman Underwood Humphrey 1877-1881 republican
David Wesley Finney 1881-1885 republican
Alexander Pancoast Riddle 1885-1889 republican
Andrew Jackson Felt 1889-1893 republican
Percy Daniels 1893-1895 populist
James Armstrong Troutman 1895-1897 republican
Alexander Miller Harvey 1897-1899 populist
Harry E. Richter 1899-1903 republican
David John Hanna 1903-1907 republican
William James Fitzgerald 1907-1911 republican
Richard Joseph Hopkins 1911-1913 republican
Sheffield Ingalls 1913-1915 republican
William Yoast Morgan 1915-1919 republican
Charles Solomon Huffman 1919-1923 republican
Benjamin Sanford Paulen 1923-1925 republican
De Lanson Alson Newton Chase 1925-1929 republican
Jacob W. Graybill 1929-1933 republican
Charles W. Thompson 1933-1937 republican
William M. Lindsay 1937-1939 democrat
Carl E. Friend 1939-1943 republican
Jess C. Denious 1943-1947 republican
Frank Leslie Hagaman 1947-1950 republican
Frederick Lee Hall 1950-1955 republican
John Berridge McCuish 1955-1957 republican
Joseph W. Henkle 1957-1961 democrat
Harold H. Chase 1961-1965 republican
John Crutcher 1965-1969 republican
James H. DeCoursey 1969-1971 democrat
Reynolds Shultz 1971-1973 republican
Dave Owen 1973-1975 republican
Shelby Smith 1975-1979 republican
Paul V. Dugan 1979-1983 democrat
Thomas R. Docking 1983-1987 democrat
Jack D. Walker 1987-1991 republican
James Francisco 1991-1995 democrat
Sheila Sloan Frahm 1995-1996 republican
vacant
Gary Sherrer 1996-2003 republican
John E. Moore 2003-2007 democrat
Mark Vincent Parkinson 2007-2009 democrat
Troy Findley 2009-2011 democrat
Jeffrey Colyer 2011-2018 republican
Tracey man 2018-2019 republican
Lynn Wayne Rogers since 2019 democrat

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