Kansas Governors

Born in Garnett, Kansas, on September 12, 1956, Sam Dale Brownback, a Kansas State University graduate, served as secretary of agriculture for the state of Kansas before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1994. In 2010 he was elected 46th Governor of Kansas.

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Governors 1915-1943

• Arthur Capper (1915-1919)
• Henry Justin Allen (1919-1923)
• Jonathan McMillan Davis (1923-1925)
• Ben Sanford Paulen (1925-1929)
• Clyde Martin Reed (1929-1931)
• Harry Hines Woodring (1931-1933)
• Alfred Mossman Landon (1933-1939)
• Walter August Huxman (1937-1939)
• Payne Ratner (1939-1943)

Governors 1861-1889

• Charles Robinson (1861-1863)
• Thomas Carney (1863-1865)
• Samuel Johnson Crawford (1865-1868)
• James Madison Harvey (1869-1873)
• Thomas Andrew Osborn (1873-1877)
• George Tobey Anthony (1877-1879)
• John Pierce St. John (1879-1883)
• George Washington Glick (1883-1885)
• John Alexander Martin (1885-1889)

Governors 1943-1979

• Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1943-1947)
• Frank Carlson (1947-1950)
• Edward Ferdinand Arn (1951-1955)
• Fred Hall (1955-1957)
• George Docking (1957-1961)
• John Anderson, Jr (1961-1965)
• William Henry Avery (1965-1967)
• Robert Blackwell Docking (1967-1975)
• Robert Frederick Bennett (1975-1979)