Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Political post The lieutenant governor of Kansas is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of Kansas state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the 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.

List of officeholders

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

External links

• Office of the Kansas Lieutenant Governor