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| Laura J. Kelly, Current Governor As a state senator for 14 years, Kelly was a leading voice in promoting healthy families in Kansas, and the importance of top-notch public schools in communities of all sizes. She built a reputation as a no-nonsense leader who worked with Democrats and Republicans alike to get things done. As governor, Kelly has worked tirelessly to rebuild the state’s broken foundation. Since taking office, she fulfilled her promise to fully fund public schools, she led the passage of a comprehensive 10-year infrastructure plan, and she has rebuilt Kansas’ economic development recruitment tools. All while balancing the state’s budget. Kelly has made it her life’s work to fight for children and families in her community, on the job, as a four-term state senator, and now as Governor. Biography Executive Orders |
Previous 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)
1889-1915
- Lyman Underwood Humphrey (1889-1893)
- Lorenzo Dow Lewelling (1893-1895)
- Edmund Needham Morrill (1895-1897)
- John Whitnah Leedy (1897-1899)
- William Eugene Stanley (1899-1903)
- Willis Joshua Bailey (1903-1905)
- Edward Wallis Hoch (1905-1909)
- Walter Roscoe Stubbs (1909-1913)
- George Hartshorn Hodges (1913-1915)
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)
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)