Heads of State of Kansas
Kansas Territory
Governor of Kansas Territory
John White Geary
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1819; d. February 8 1873.
Non-Partisan
1856 – 1857
Frederick Perry Stanton (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1814; d. June 4 1894.
Non-Partisan
1857
Robert James Walker
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1801; d. November 11 1869.
Non-Partisan
1857
Frederick Perry Stanton (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1814; d. June 4 1894.
Non-Partisan
1857
Kansas
Governors of Kansas
List of Governors of Kansas
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Arthur Capper
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1865; d. December 19 1951.
Republican Party
1915 – 1919
Henry Justin Allen
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1868; d. January 17 1950.
Republican Party
1919 – 1923
Alfred Mossman “Alf” Landon
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1887; d. October 12 1987.
Republican Party
1933 – 1937
William Preston “Bill” Graves
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1953.
Republican Party
January 9 1995 – January 13 2003
Kathleen Sebelius
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1948.
Democratic Party
January 13 2003 – April 28 2009
Mark Vincent Parkinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1957.
Democratic Party
April 28 2009 – January 10 2011
Lieutenant Governors of Kansas
List of Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
John E. Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1943.
Democratic Party
January 13 2003 – January 4 2007
Mark Vincent Parkinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1957.
Democratic Party
January 4 2007 – April 28 2009
Tracey Robert Mann
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1976.
Republican Party
2018 – 2019
Constitutional Officers of Kansas
Secretaries of State of Kansas
List of Secretaries of State of Kansas
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
William Preston “Bill” Graves
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1953.
Republican Party
January 12 1987 – January 9 1995
Attorney General of Kansas
Derek Larkin Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1968.
Republican Party
2011 – 2023
Treasurer of Kansas
Ronald Gene “Ron” Estes
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1956.
References:
[1] “Ron Estes,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–Present, United States Congress, accessed April 10, 2026, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000298.
Republican Party
January 10 2011 – April 25 2017
Legislature of Kansas
Kansas Senate
Majority Leader of the Kansas Senate
Derek Larkin Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1968.
Republican Party
2005 – 2011
Kansas House of Representatives
Leadership of the Kansas House of Representatives
List of Minority Leaders of the Kansas House of Representatives
Tom Sawyer
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1958.
Democratic Party
January 14 2019 – January 9 2023