Political party strength in Kansas
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Kansas:
- Governor
- Lieutenant governor
- Secretary of state
- Attorney general
- State treasurer
- Insurance commissioner
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1861–1974
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor |
Secretary of State | Attorney General |
Treasurer | Insurance Comm. | Auditor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1861 | Charles L. Robinson (R)[a] | Joseph Pomeroy Root (R) | John W. Robinson (R)[b] | B. F. Simpson (R) | Hartwin R. Dutton (R) | post created 1871 | George S. Hillyer (R) | 22R, 3D | 64R, 11D | Jim Lane (R)[c] | Samuel C. Pomeroy (R) | Martin F. Conway (R) | |
| Charles Chadwick (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1862 | Sanders R. Shepard (R)[d] | Samuel Stinson (D) | David L. Lakin (I) | ||||||||||
| 1863 | Thomas Carney (R) | Thomas A. Osborn (R) | Warren W. H. Lawrence (R) | Warren W. Guthrie (R) | William Spriggs (R) | Asa Hairgrove (R) | 20R, 2D, 2I, 1ID | 57R, 8D, 7U, 1I, 1Abol, 1? | A. Carter Wilder (R) | ||||
| 1864 | 30R, 3D, 42? | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) 
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| 1865 | Samuel J. Crawford (R)[e] | James McGrew (R) | Rinaldo A. Barker (R) | Jerome D. Brumbaugh (R) | John R. Swallow (R) | 19R, 2I, 2NU, 1D, 1Nat | 62R, 7D, 4Abol, 1I, 1IR, 1NU, 2? | Sidney Clarke (R) | |||||
| 1866 | 61R, 10D, 1I, 1IR, 1NU, 1W, 3? | ||||||||||||
| 1867 | Nehemiah Green (R) | George Henry Hoyt (R) | Martin Anderson (R) | 20R, 5D | 69R, 13D | Edmund G. Ross (R) | |||||||
| 1868 | 62R, 26D | Grant/ Colfax (R)
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| Nehemiah Green (R)[f] | vacant | ||||||||||||
| 1869 | James M. Harvey (R) | Charles V. Eskridge (R) | Thomas Moonlight (R) | Addison Danford (R) | George Graham (R) | Alois Thoman (R) | 24R, 1D | 84R, 6D | |||||
| 1870 | R majority | ||||||||||||
| 1871 | P. P. Elder (R) | William H. Smallwood (R) | Archibald L. Williams (R) | Josiah E. Hayes (R) | William C. Webb (R) | 25R | 82R, 16D | Alexander Caldwell (R) | David P. Lowe (R) | ||||
| 1872 | R majority | Grant/ Wilson (R)
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| 1873 | Thomas A. Osborn (R) | Elias S. Stover (R) | Edward Russell (R) | Daniel W. Wilder (R) | 27R, 5FA, 1D | 51R, 34FA, 18I, 2D | Robert Crozier (R) | John J. Ingalls (R) | 3R | ||||
| 1874 | Samuel Lappin (R) | Harrison Clarkson (R) | 57R, 18Ref, 13I,[g] 9FA, 4Lib, 3D, 2?, 1 vac. | James M. Harvey (R) | |||||||||
| 1875 | Melville J. Salter (R)[h] | Thomas H. Cavanaugh (R) | Asa M. F. Randolph (R) | John Francis (R) | Orrin T. Welch (R) | 20R, 9Ref, 3D, 1LR | 75R, 20Ref, 10D, 2? | 2R, 1D | |||||
| 1876 | 77R, 9D, 13I,[i] 4IR, 3Ref, 1RefR, 1? | Hayes/ Wheeler (R)
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| 1877 | George T. Anthony (R) | Willard Davis (R) | Parkinson I. Bonebrake (R) | 35R, 5D | 107R, 18D | Preston B. Plumb (R)[c] | 3R | ||||||
| Lyman U. Humphrey (R)[j] | |||||||||||||
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| 1879 | John St. John (R) | James Smith (R) | 108R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1880 | Garfield/ Arthur (R)
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| 1881 | David Finney (R) | William Agnew Johnston (R) | 37R, 2D, 1Fus | 112R, 9D, 4Fus | |||||||||
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| 1883 | George Washington Glick (D) | Samuel T. Howe (R) | Richard B. Morris (D) | Edward P. McCabe (R) | 86R, 26D, 13GB | 7R | |||||||
| 1884 | George P. Smith (D) | Blaine/ Logan (R) 
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| 1885 | John Martin (R) | Alexander P. Riddle (R) | Edwin B. Allen (R) | Simon B. Bradford (R) | 37R, 3D | 107R, 11D, 7I | |||||||
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| 1887 | James W. Hamilton (R) | Daniel W. Wilder (R) | Timothy McCarthy (R) | 97R, 24D, 3I, 1Lab | 6R, 1IR | ||||||||
| 1888 | Harrison/ Morton (R)
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| 1889 | Lyman U. Humphrey (R) | Andrew Jackson Felt (R) | William Higgins (R) | Lyman Beecher Kellogg (R) | 39R, 1D | 121R, 2D, 2UL | 7R | ||||||
| 1890 | William Sims (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1891 | John Nutt Ives (D) | Solomon G. Stover (R) | W. H. McBride (R) | Charles M. Hovey (R) | 92FA, 26R, 7D | William A. Peffer (Pop) | 5Pop, 2R | ||||||
| 1892 | Bishop W. Perkins (R) | Weaver/ Field (Pop)
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| 1893 | Lorenzo D. Lewelling (Pop) | Percy Daniels (Pop) | Russell S. Osborn (Pop) | John T. Little (Pop) | William H. Biddle (Pop) | S. H. Snider (R) | Van B. Prather (Pop) | 23Pop, 15R, 2D | 64R, 58Pop, 2D, 1I | John Martin (D) | 5Pop, 2R, 1D | ||
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| 1895 | Edmund N. Morrill (R) | James A. Troutman (R) | William C. Edwards (R) | Fernando B. Dawes (R) | Otis L. Atherton (R) | George T. Anthony (R) | George E. Cole (R) | 91R, 33Pop, 1D | Lucien Baker (R) | 7R, 1Pop | |||
| 1896 | Alexander P. Riddle (R) | Bryan/ Sewall (D)
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| 1897 | John W. Leedy (Pop) | Alexander Miller Harvey (Pop) | William E. Bush (Pop) | Louis C. Boyle (Pop) | David Heflebower (Pop) | Webb McNall (Pop) | William H. Morris (Pop) | 27Pop, 11R, 2D | 67Pop, 47R, 8D, 3SvR | William A. Harris (Pop) | 6Pop, 2R | ||
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| 1899 | William Eugene Stanley (R) | Harry E. Richter (R) | George A. Clark (R) | Aretas A. Godard (R) | Frank Grimes (R) | Willard V. Church (R) | George E. Cole (R) | 92R, 33Pop | 7R, 1Pop | ||||
| 1900 | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R)
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| 1901 | 31R, 7Pop, 2D | 81R, 30Pop, 12D, 2SvR | Joseph R. Burton (R) | 7R, 1D | |||||||||
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| 1903 | Willis J. Bailey (R) | David J. Hanna (R) | Joel R. Burrow (R) | Chiles C. Coleman (R) | Thomas Kelly (R) | Charles H. Luling (R) | Seth G. Wells (R) | 95R, 30D | Chester I. Long (R) | 8R | |||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R)
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| 1905 | Edward W. Hoch (R) | 37R, 3D | 110R, 15D | ||||||||||
| 1906 | Alfred W. Benson (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | W. J. Fitzgerald (R) | Charles E. Denton (R) | Fred S. Jackson (R) | Mark Tulley (R) | Charles W. Barnes (R) | James M. Nation (R) | 94R, 31D | Charles Curtis (R) | |||||
| 1908 | Taft/ Sherman (R)
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| 1909 | Walter R. Stubbs (R) | 34R, 6D | 84R, 40D, 1I | Joseph L. Bristow (R) | |||||||||
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| 1911 | Richard Joseph Hopkins (R) | Charles H. Sessions (R) | John Shaw Dawson (R) | Isaac S. Lewis (R) | William E. Davis (R) | 71R, 53D, 1I | |||||||
| 1912 | Wilson/ Marshall (D)
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| 1913 | George H. Hodges (D) | Sheffield Ingalls (R) | Earl Akers (R) | 21D, 18R, 1Soc | 72D, 51R, 2Soc | William H. Thompson (D) | 5D, 3R | ||||||
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| 1915 | Arthur Capper (R) | William Y. Morgan (R) | John T. Botkin (R) | Sardius M. Brewster (R) | Carey J. Wilson (R) | 66R, 49D, 9Prog, 1Soc | Charles Curtis (R) | 6D, 2R | |||||
| 1916 | Wilson/ Marshall (D)
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| 1917 | Walter Payne (R) | Fred W. Knapp (R) | 31R, 9D | 86R, 37D, 2Soc | 5D, 3R | ||||||||
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| 1919 | Henry J. Allen (R) | Charles S. Huffman (R) | Lewis J. Pettijohn (R) | Richard Joseph Hopkins (R) | Frank L. Travis (R) | 110R, 15D | Arthur Capper (R) | 7R, 1D | |||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R)
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| 1921 | E. T. Thompson (R) | N. A. Turner (R) | 38R, 2D | 113R, 12D | 8R | ||||||||
| 1922 | David O. McCray (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | Jonathan M. Davis (D) | Benjamin S. Paulen (R) | Frank J. Ryan (R) | Charles Benjamin Griffith (R) | William R. Baker (R) | 95R, 30D | 7R, 1D | ||||||
| 1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R)
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| 1925 | Benjamin S. Paulen (R) | De Lanson Chase (R) | Carl White (R) | William E. Davis (R) | 32R, 8D | 92R, 33D | 6R, 2D | ||||||
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| 1927 | William A. Smith (R) | Will J. French (R) | 7R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R)
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| 1929 | Clyde M. Reed (R) | Jacob W. Graybill (R) | Edgbert A. Cornell (R) | Tom Boyd (R) | Charles F. Hobbs (R) | 37R, 3D | 101R, 24D | Henry J. Allen (R) | |||||
| 1930 | Roland Boynton (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | Harry Hines Woodring (D) | Jacob W. Graybill (R) | 77R, 48D | George McGill (D) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D)
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| 1933 | Alf Landon (R) | Charles W. Thompson (R) | Frank J. Ryan (R) | William Jardine (R) | 23R, 17D | 65R, 60D | 4R, 3D | ||||||
| 1934 | J. J. Rhodes (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | Clarence Victor Beck (R) | Ed J. Powers (D) | 75R, 50D | ||||||||||
| 1936 | George S. Robb (R) | Roosevelt/ Garner (D)
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| 1937 | Walter A. Huxman (D) | William M. Lindsay (D) | 25R, 15D | 74R, 51D | 5R, 2D | ||||||||
| 1938 | Jibo Hewitt (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | Payne Ratner (R) | Carl E. Friend (R) | Jay S. Parker (R) | Walter Wilson (R) | 108R, 17D | Clyde M. Reed (R)[c] | 6R, 1D | ||||||
| 1940 | Willkie/ McNary (R)
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| 1941 | 35R, 5D | 98R, 27D | |||||||||||
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| 1943 | Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) | Jess C. Denious (R) | Alexander B. Mitchell (R) | 113R, 12D | 6R | ||||||||
| 1944 | Dewey/ Bricker (R)
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| 1945 | Elmer T. Beck (R) | 39R, 1D | 120R, 5D | ||||||||||
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| 1947 | Frank Carlson (R)[k] | Frank L. Hagaman (R) | Edward F. Arn (R) | Richard Fadely (R) | Frank Sullivan (R) | 108R, 17D | |||||||
| 1948 | Dewey/ Warren (R)
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| 1949 | Larry Ryan (D) | Harold R. Fatzer (R) | 34R, 6D | 95R, 30D | Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)[c] | ||||||||
| 1950 | Harry Darby (R) | ||||||||||||
| Frank L. Hagaman (R)[f] | vacant | Paul R. Shanahan (R) | |||||||||||
| 1951 | Edward F. Arn (R) | Fred Hall (R) | 105R, 20D | Frank Carlson (R) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R)
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| 1953 | 35R, 5D | 5R, 1D | |||||||||||
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| 1955 | Fred Hall (R)[l] | John McCuish (R) | 89R, 36D | 6R | |||||||||
| 1956 | John Anderson Jr. (R) | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R)
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| 1957 | John McCuish (R)[f] | vacant | 32R, 8D | 82R, 43D | 5R, 1D | ||||||||
| George Docking (D) | Joseph W. Henkle Sr. (D) | ||||||||||||
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| 1959 | George Hart (D) | 69R, 56D | 3D, 3R | ||||||||||
| 1960 | Nixon/ Lodge (R)
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| 1961 | John Anderson Jr. (R) | Harold H. Chase (R) | William M. Ferguson (R) | Walter Peery (R) | Clay E. Hedrick (R) | 82R, 43D | 5R, 1D | ||||||
| 1962 | James B. Pearson (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | 89R, 36D | 5R | |||||||||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D)
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| 1965 | William H. Avery (R) | John Crutcher (R) | Robert C. Londerholm (R) | 27R, 13D | 80R, 45D | ||||||||
| 1966 | Elwill M. Shanahan (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Robert Docking (D) | 77R, 48D | |||||||||||
| 1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R)
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| 1969 | Jim De Coursey (D) | Kent Frizzell (R) | 32R, 8D | 87R, 38D | Bob Dole (R) | ||||||||
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| 1971 | Reynolds Shultz (R) | Vern Miller (D) | Fletcher Bell (R) | 84R, 41D | 4R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1972 | Nixon/ Agnew (R)
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| 1973 | Dave Owen (R) | Tom Van Sickle (R) | 27R, 13D | 80R, 45D | |||||||||
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1975–present
[edit]- ^ Impeached but acquitted of charges and was not removed from office.
- ^ Elected in December 1859 in anticipation of statehood and sworn in after Kansas was admitted to the Union in February 1861. As a result of a bond scandal, was impeached on February 26, 1862, along with Governor Charles L. Robinson and state Auditor George S. Hillyer. Robinson was convicted by the state Senate on June 12, 1862 and removed from office, becoming the first state executive branch official to be impeached and removed from office in U.S. history.
- ^ a b c d Died in office.
- ^ Succeeded to office on July 28, 1862.
- ^ Resigned to take command of the 19th Kansas Infantry.
- ^ a b c d e As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Includes 2 Independent Republicans, and 1 Liberal Independent.
- ^ Resigned July 10, 1877.
- ^ Includes 4 Independent Republicans.
- ^ Elected November 6, 1877, to fill vacancy.
- ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ Resigned with 11 days left in his term. The first act of his successor was to appoint him to the Kansas Supreme Court.
- ^ a b Resigned as Lieutenant Governor on June 11, 1996, and was appointed by Governor Bill Graves to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b Resigned.
- ^ The state's first appointed lieutenant governor, he was appointed on July 18, 1996 to fill a vacancy and was elected in his own right in November 1998.
- ^ Defeated Sheila Frahm in the primary, and took the seat early on November 7, 1996 after the special general election.
- ^ Resigned to take office as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- ^ Elected in November 2008 to U.S. House representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Appointed by Governor to fill vacancy.
- ^ On January 12, 2009, incumbent Republican Dale Swenson switched parties to Democratic.
- ^ Resigned to take office as United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
- ^ In December 2010, Sen. Chris Steineger changed his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.[1]
- ^ On May 30, 2014, incumbent Democrat Jan Pauls switched parties to Republican.
- ^ On March 7th 2018, Sen. John Doll changed his party affiliation from Republican to Independent.
- ^ Sen. Barbara Bollier changed her party affiliation from Republican to Democratic. Six days later, Sen. Dinah Sykes also changed her party affiliation from Republican to Democratic.
- ^ On December 18th, 2018, Rep. Stephanie Clayton changed her party affiliation from Republican to Democratic.
- ^ On or about July 29th, 2019, Sen. John Doll changed his party affiliation from Independent back to Republican.
- ^ Sen. Dennis Pyle changed his party affiliation from Republican to Independent.
Further reading
[edit]- Loomis, Burdett; Rackaway, Chapman; Miller, Patrick (2024). Reform and Reaction: The Arc of Kansas Politics. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-3662-4.
References
[edit]- ^ Carpenter, Tim. "Steineger bolts to Kansas GOP". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-13.