Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

Lieutenant Governor of the State of Kansas
Great Seal of the State of Kansas
Incumbent David Toland since January 2, 2021
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Formation	February 9, 1861

The Lieutenant Governor of Kansas is the second-highest member of the executive branch of Kansas state government. The lieutenant governor is elected with the governor for a four-year term. The lieutenant governor becomes governor if the governor dies or resigns. They also become acting governor if the governor is incapacitated or left the state.

Office holders

Kansas Lieutenant Governors

Lt. Governor	Term	Party
Joseph Pomeroy Root	1861–1863	Republican
Thomas A. Osborn	1863–1865
James McGrew	1865–1867
Nehemiah Green	1867–1868
Charles Vernon Eskridge	1869–1871
Peter Percival Elder	1871–1873
Elias S. Stover	1873–1875
Melville J. Salter	1875–1877
Lyman U. Humphrey	1877–1881
David Wesley Finney	1881–1885
Alexander P. Riddle	1885–1889
Andrew Jackson Felt	1889–1893
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
William James Fitzgerald	1907–1911
Richard Joseph Hopkins	1911–1913
Sheffield Ingalls	1913–1915
William Yoast Morgan	1915–1919
Charles Solomon Huffman	1919–1923
Ben Sanford Paulen	1923–1925
De Lanson Alson Newton Chase	1925–1929
Jacob W. Graybill	1929–1933
Charles W. Thompson	1933–1937
William M. Lindsay	1937–1939	Democratic
Carl E. Friend	1939–1943	Republican
Jess C. Denious	1943–1947
Frank L. Hagaman	1947–1950
Fred Hall	1951–1955
John McCuish	1955–1957
Joseph W. Henkle Sr.	1957–1961	Democratic
Harold H. Chase	1961–1965	Republican
John Crutcher	1965–1969
James H. DeCoursey Jr.	1969–1971	Democratic
Reynolds Shultz	1971–1973	Republican
Dave Owen	1973–1975
Shelby Smith	1975–1979
Paul Dugan	1979–1983	Democratic
Thomas Docking	1983–1987
Jack D. Walker	1987–1991	Republican
Jim Francisco	1991–1995	Democratic
Sheila Frahm	1995–1996	Republican
Gary Sherrer	1996–2003
John E. Moore	2003–2007	Democratic
Mark Parkinson	2007–2009
Troy Findley	2009–2011
Jeff Colyer	2011–2018	Republican
Tracey Mann	2018–2019
Lynn Rogers	2019–present	Democratic

Living former Lieutenant Governors of Kansas

Lt. Governor	Lt. gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
Dave Owen	1973–1975	(1938-08-10) August 10, 1938
Paul Dugan	1979–1983	(1939-01-01) January 1, 1939
Sheila Frahm	1995–1996	(1945-03-22) March 22, 1945
Gary Sherrer	1996–2003	(1940-09-03) September 3, 1940
John E. Moore	2003–2007	(1943-07-13) July 13, 1943
Mark Parkinson	2007–2009	(1957-06-24) June 24, 1957
Troy Findley	2009–2011	(1964-07-11) July 11, 1964
Jeff Colyer	2011–2018	(1960-06-03) June 3, 1960
Tracey Mann	2018–2019	(1976-12-17) December 17, 1976
Lynn Rogers	2019–2021	(1958-09-11) September 11, 1958

Other websites

• Office of the Kansas Lieutenant Governor Archived 2018-01-29 at the Wayback Machine