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{{Short description|Governmental position}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2017}}
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{{Infobox Political post
| post = Lieutenant Governor
| body = <br/>the State of Kansas
| insignia = Great Seal of the State of Kansas Colored.svg
| insigniasize = 125
| insigniacaption = [[Seal of Kansas|Great Seal of the State of Kansas]]
| termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively
| image = David Toland official photo (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[David Toland]]
| incumbentsince = January 2, 2021
| department = [[Government of Kansas]]
| formation = February 9, 1861
| succession = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Kansas|First]]
| inaugural = 
| website = |
}}
The '''lieutenant governor of Kansas''' is the [[Lieutenant governor (United States)|second-ranking member]] of the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] of [[Government of Kansas|Kansas state government]]. The lieutenant governor is elected on a [[Ticket (election)|ticket]] with the [[Governor of Kansas|governor]] for a four-year term. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of governor if the office becomes vacant, and also serves as [[acting governor]] if the governor is incapacitated or absent from the state.

==Constitutional requirements==
The [[Constitution of Kansas]] provides that the Lieutenant Governor must satisfy the same constitutional qualifications as the Governor – that is, none.

==Powers and duties==
Similar to the [[vice president of the United States]], the main function of the lieutenant governor lies in the [[executive branch]] as the immediate successor to the governorship in the event of a vacancy. In case of impeachment, death, failure to qualify or resignation of the governor, the governorship, with its compensation and responsibilities, shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor for the residue of the term. In the event of the governor's absences from the State, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the office, the lieutenant governor shall become the "acting governor" until the governor returns to the state or the disability is removed.<ref>{{cite constitution |article= I |clause= |section= 11 |polity= Kansas |date= 1859}}</ref>

==List of officeholders==
{{Politics of Kansas}}

{| class="wikitable"
!Image!!Lieutenant Governor!!Term!!Party
|-
|
|[[Joseph Pomeroy Root]]
|1861–1863
| rowspan="12" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican
|-
|[[File:ThosAOsborn.gif|60px]]
|[[Thomas A. Osborn]]
|1863–1865
|-
|
|[[James McGrew (Kansas politician)|James McGrew]]
|1865–1867
|-
|[[File:NehemiahGreen.gif|60px]]
|[[Nehemiah Green]]
|1867–1868
|-
|
|[[Charles Vernon Eskridge]]
|1869–1871
|-
|
|[[Peter Percival Elder]]
|1871–1873
|-
|[[File:Elias S. Stover (1892).jpg|60px]]
|[[Elias S. Stover]]
|1873–1875
|-
|
|[[Melville J. Salter]]
|1875–1877
|-
|[[File:LUHumphrey.jpg|60px]]
|[[Lyman U. Humphrey]]
|1877–1881
|-
|
|[[David Wesley Finney]]
|1881–1885
|-
|[[File:Sketch of Alexander P. Riddle.png|60px]]
|[[Alexander P. Riddle]]
|1885–1889
|-
|
|[[Andrew Jackson Felt]]
|1889–1893
|-
|
|[[Percy Daniels]]
|1893–1895
|{{Party shading/Populist}}|Populist
|-
|
|[[James Armstrong Troutman]]
|1895–1897
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican
|-
|
|[[Alexander Miller Harvey]]
|1897–1899
|{{Party shading/Populist}}|Populist
|-
|
|[[Harry E. Richter]]
|1899–1903
|rowspan="11" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican
|-
|
|[[David John Hanna]]
|1903–1907
|-
|
|[[William James Fitzgerald (Kansas politician)|William James Fitzgerald]]
|1907–1911
|-
|
|[[Richard Joseph Hopkins]]
|1911–1913
|-
|[[File:Sheffield Ingalls.jpg|60px]]
|[[Sheffield Ingalls]]
|1913–1915
|-
|[[File:W.Y. Morgan LCCN2014714864.jpg|60px]]
|[[William Yoast Morgan]]
|1915–1919
|-
|
|[[Charles Solomon Huffman]]
|1919–1923
|-
|[[File:BenPaulen.jpg|60px]]
|[[Benjamin S. Paulen]]
|1923–1925
|-
|
|[[De Lanson Alson Newton Chase]]
|1925–1929
|-
|
|[[Jacob W. Graybill]]
|1929–1933
|-
|
|[[Charles W. Thompson (Kansas politician)|Charles W. Thompson]]
|1933–1937
|-
|
|[[William M. Lindsay]]
|1937–1939
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic
|-
|
|[[Carl E. Friend]]
|1939–1943
|rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican
|-
|
|[[Jess C. Denious]]
|1943–1947
|-
|[[File:Frank Hagaman (1949).png|60px]]
|[[Frank L. Hagaman]]
|1947–1950
|-
|[[File:Fred Hall (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Fred Hall]]
|1951–1955
|-
|[[File:John McCuish (Kansas governor).jpg|60px]]
|[[John McCuish]]
|1955–1957
|-
|
|[[Joseph W. Henkle Sr.]]
|1957–1961
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic
|-
|
|[[Harold H. Chase]]
|1961–1965
|rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican
|-
|
|[[John Crutcher]]
|1965–1969
|-
|
|[[James H. DeCoursey Jr.]]
|1969–1971
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic
|-
|
|[[Reynolds Shultz]]
|1971–1973
|rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican
|-
|
|[[Dave Owen (Kansas politician)|Dave Owen]]
|1973–1975
|-
|
|[[Shelby Smith]]
|1975–1979
|-
|
|[[Paul Dugan]]
|1979–1983
|rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic
|-
|
|[[Thomas Docking]]
|1983–1987
|-
|
|[[Jack D. Walker]]
|1987–1991
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican
|-
|
|[[Jim Francisco]]
|1991–1995
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic
|-
|[[File:SenatorFrahm(R-KS).jpg|60px]]
|[[Sheila Frahm]]
|1995–1996
|rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican
|-
|[[File:Garry Sherrer of Kansas.png|60px]]
|[[Gary Sherrer (Kansas politician)|Gary Sherrer]]
|1996–2003
|-
|
|[[John E. Moore (politician)|John E. Moore]]
|2003–2007
|rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic
|-
|[[File:Mark Parkinson.jpg|60px]]
|[[Mark Parkinson]]
|2007–2009
|-
|[[File:TroyWindfarm (cropped).JPG|60px]]
|[[Troy Findley]]
|2009–2011
|-
|[[File:Jeff Colyer official portrait (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Jeff Colyer]]
|2011–2018
|rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican
|-
|[[File:Tracey Mann official portrait (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Tracey Mann]]
|2018–2019
|-
|[[File:Lynn Rogers official photo (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Lynn Rogers (politician)|Lynn Rogers]]
|2019–2021
|rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic
|-
|[[File:David Toland official photo (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[David Toland]]
|2021–present
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://governor.kansas.gov/about-the-office/lt-governor/ Office of the Kansas Lieutenant Governor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140342/https://governor.kansas.gov/about-the-office/lt-governor/ |date=January 29, 2018 }}
 
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