Lieutenant Governor of Kansas facts for kids

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

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

The lieutenant governor of Kansas, 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	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
	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	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	2019–2021	Democratic
	David Toland	2021–present