Political party strength in Kansas

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Kansas:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1861–1974

YearExecutive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral
votes
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) [lower-alpha 1] Joseph Pomeroy Root (R) John W. Robinson (R) [lower-alpha 2] B. F. Simpson (R)Hartwin R. Dutton (R)post created 1871 George S. Hillyer (R)22R, 3D64R, 11D James Henry Lane (R) [lower-alpha 3] Samuel C. Pomeroy (R) Martin F. Conway (R)
Charles Chadwick (R)
1862 Sanders R. Shepard (R) [lower-alpha 4] 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, 1ID57R, 8D, 7U, 1I, 1Abol, 1? Abel Carter Wilder (R)
186430R, 3D, 42? Lincoln/
Johnson (NU)Green check.svg
1865 Samuel J. Crawford (R) [lower-alpha 5] James McGrew (R)Rinaldo A. Barker (R) Jerome D. Brumbaugh (R) John R. Swallow (R)19R, 2I, 2NU, 1D, 1Nat62R, 7D, 4Abol, 1I, 1IR, 1NU, 2? Sidney Clarke (R)
186661R, 10D, 1I, 1IR, 1NU, 1W, 3?
1867 Nehemiah Green (R) George Henry Hoyt (R)Martin Anderson (R)20R, 5D69R, 13D Edmund G. Ross (R)
186862R, 26D Grant/
Colfax (R)Green check.svg
Nehemiah Green (R) [lower-alpha 6] vacant
1869 James M. Harvey (R) Charles V. Eskridge (R) Thomas Moonlight (R) Addison Danford (R)George Graham (R) Alois Thoman (R)24R, 1D84R, 6D
1870R majority
1871 P. P. Elder (R)William H. Smallwood (R) Archibald L. Williams (R)Josiah E. Hayes (R) William C. Webb (R)25R82R, 16D Alexander Caldwell (R) David Perley Lowe (R)
1872R majority Grant/
Wilson (R)Green check.svg
1873 Thomas A. Osborn (R) Elias S. Stover (R)Edward Russell (R) Daniel W. Wilder (R)27R, 5FA, 1D51R, 34FA, 18I, 2D Robert Crozier (R) John J. Ingalls (R)3R
1874Samuel Lappin (R)Harrison Clarkson (R)57R, 18Ref, 13I, [lower-alpha 7] 9FA, 4Lib, 3D, 2?, 1 vac. James M. Harvey (R)
1875 Melville J. Salter (R) [lower-alpha 8] Thomas H. Cavanaugh (R) Asa M. F. Randolph (R)John Francis (R)Orrin T. Welch (R)20R, 9Ref, 3D, 1LR75R, 20Ref, 10D, 2?2R, 1D
187677R, 9D, 13I, [lower-alpha 9] 4IR, 3Ref, 1RefR, 1? Hayes/
Wheeler (R)Green check.svg
1877 George T. Anthony (R) Willard Davis (R) Parkinson I. Bonebrake (R)35R, 5D107R, 18D Preston B. Plumb (R) [lower-alpha 3] 3R
Lyman U. Humphrey (R) [lower-alpha 10]
1878
1879 John St. John (R)James Smith (R)108R, 17D
1880 Garfield/
Arthur (R)Green check.svg
1881 David Finney (R) William Agnew Johnston (R)37R, 2D, 1Fus112R, 9D, 4Fus
1882
1883 George Washington Glick (D)Samuel T. Howe (R)Richard B. Morris (D) Edward P. McCabe (R)86R, 26D, 13GB7R
1884 George P. Smith (D) Blaine/
Logan (R)Red x.svg
1885 John Martin (R) Alexander P. Riddle (R)Edwin B. Allen (R) Simon B. Bradford (R)37R, 3D107R, 11D, 7I
1886
1887James W. Hamilton (R)Daniel W. Wilder (R) Timothy McCarthy (R)97R, 24D, 3I, 1Lab6R, 1IR
1888 Harrison/
Morton (R)Green check.svg
1889 Lyman U. Humphrey (R) Andrew Jackson Felt (R)William Higgins (R) Lyman Beecher Kellogg (R)39R, 1D121R, 2D, 2UL7R
1890William 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)Red x.svg
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, 2D64R, 58Pop, 2D, 1I John Martin (D)5Pop, 2R, 1D
1894
1895 Edmund Needham Morrill (R) James 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
1896Alexander P. Riddle (R) Bryan/
Sewall (D)Red x.svg
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, 2D67Pop, 47R, 8D, 3SvR William Alexander Harris (Pop)6Pop, 2R
1898
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, 33Pop7R, 1Pop
1900 McKinley/
Roosevelt (R)Green check.svg
190131R, 7Pop, 2D81R, 30Pop, 12D, 2SvR Joseph R. Burton (R)7R, 1D
1902
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)Green check.svg
1905 Edward W. Hoch (R)37R, 3D110R, 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)Green check.svg
1909 Walter R. Stubbs (R)34R, 6D84R, 40D, 1I Joseph L. Bristow (R)
1910
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)Green check.svg
1913 George H. Hodges (D) Sheffield Ingalls (R)Earl Akers (R)21D, 18R, 1Soc72D, 51R, 2Soc William H. Thompson (D)5D, 3R
1914
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)Green check.svg
1917Walter Payne (R) Fred W. Knapp (R)31R, 9D86R, 37D, 2Soc5D, 3R
1918
1919 Henry Justin 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)Green check.svg
1921E. T. Thompson (R) N. A. Turner (R)38R, 2D113R, 12D8R
1922David 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, 30D7R, 1D
1924 Coolidge/
Dawes (R)Green check.svg
1925 Benjamin S. Paulen (R) De Lanson Chase (R)Carl White (R) William E. Davis (R)32R, 8D92R, 33D6R, 2D
1926
1927 William A. Smith (R) Will J. French (R)7R, 1D
1928 Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929 Clyde M. Reed (R) Jacob W. Graybill (R)Edgbert A. Cornell (R)Tom Boyd (R)Charles F. Hobbs (R)37R, 3D101R, 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)Green check.svg
1933 Alf Landon (R)Charles W. Thompson (R)Frank J. Ryan (R) William Jardine (R)23R, 17D65R, 60D4R, 3D
1934J. J. Rhodes (R)
1935 Clarence Victor Beck (R) Ed J. Powers (D)75R, 50D
1936 George S. Robb (R) Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1937 Walter A. Huxman (D) William M. Lindsay (D)25R, 15D74R, 51D5R, 2D
1938Jibo Hewitt (D)
1939 Payne Ratner (R) Carl E. Friend (R) Jay S. Parker (R)Walter Wilson (R)108R, 17D Clyde M. Reed (R) [lower-alpha 3] 6R, 1D
1940 Willkie/
McNary (R)Red x.svg
194135R, 5D98R, 27D
1942
1943 Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) Jess C. Denious (R) Alexander B. Mitchell (R)113R, 12D6R
1944 Dewey/
Bricker (R)Red x.svg
1945Elmer T. Beck (R)39R, 1D120R, 5D
1946
1947 Frank Carlson (R) [lower-alpha 11] Frank L. Hagaman (R) Edward F. Arn (R)Richard Fadely (R)Frank Sullivan (R)108R, 17D
1948 Dewey/
Warren (R)Red x.svg
1949Larry Ryan (D) Harold R. Fatzer (R)34R, 6D95R, 30D Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) [lower-alpha 3]
1950 Harry Darby (R)
Frank L. Hagaman (R) [lower-alpha 6] vacantPaul R. Shanahan (R)
1951 Edward F. Arn (R) Fred Hall (R)105R, 43D Frank Carlson (R)
1952 Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
195335R, 5D5R, 1D
1954
1955Fred Hall (R) [lower-alpha 12] John McCuish (R)89R, 36D6R
1956 John Anderson Jr. (R) Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
1957John McCuish (R) [lower-alpha 6] vacant32R, 8D82R, 43D5R, 1D
George Docking (D) Joseph W. Henkle Sr. (D)
1958
1959George Hart (D)69R, 56D3D, 3R
1960 Nixon/
Lodge (R)Red x.svg
1961 John Anderson Jr. (R) Harold H. Chase (R) William M. Ferguson (R)Walter Peery (R) Clay E. Hedrick (R)82R, 43D5R, 1D
1962 James B. Pearson (R)
196389R, 36D5R
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
1965 William H. Avery (R) John Crutcher (R) Robert C. Londerholm (R)27R, 13D80R, 45D
1966Elwill M. Shanahan (R)
1967 Robert Docking (D)77R, 48D
1968 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1969 Jim De Coursey (D) Kent Frizzell (R)32R, 8D87R, 38D Bob Dole (R)
1970
1971 Reynolds Shultz (R) Vern Miller (D) Fletcher Bell (R)84R, 41D4R, 1D
1972 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1973 Dave Owen (R) Tom Van Sickle (R)27R, 13D80R, 45D
1974
Year 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
Electoral
votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress

1975–present

YearExecutive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral
votes
Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Secretary
of State
Attorney
General
Treasurer Insurance Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. Senator
(Class III)
U.S.
House
1975 Robert Frederick Bennett (R) Shelby Smith (R)Elwill M. Shanahan (R) Curt T. Schneider (D) Joan Finney (D) Fletcher Bell (R)27R, 13D72R, 53D James B. Pearson (R) Bob Dole (R)4R, 1D
1976 Ford/
Dole (R)Red x.svg
197721R, 19D65D, 60R3R, 2D
1978 Jack Brier (R)
1979 John W. Carlin (D) Paul Dugan (D) Robert Stephan (R)69R, 56D Nancy Kassebaum (R)4R, 1D
1980 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
198123R, 17D72R, 53D
1982
1983 Thomas Docking (D)3R, 2D
1984
198524R, 16D76R, 49D
1986
1987 Mike Hayden (R) Jack D. Walker (R) Bill Graves (R)74R, 51D
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
198922R, 18D67R, 58D
1990
1991Joan Finney (D) Jim Francisco (D) Sally Thompson (D) Ronald L. Todd (R)63D, 62R
1992 Bush/
Quayle (R)Red x.svg
199326R, 14D66R, 59D2D, 2R
1994
1995Bill Graves (R) Sheila Frahm (R) [lower-alpha 13] Ron Thornburgh (R) [lower-alpha 14] Carla Stovall (R) Kathleen Sebelius (D)80R, 45D4R
1996 Dole/
Kemp (R)Red x.svg
Gary Sherrer (R) [lower-alpha 15] Sheila Frahm (R) [lower-alpha 13]
Sam Brownback (R) [lower-alpha 16]
199727R, 13D77R, 48D Pat Roberts (R)
1998
1999 Tim Shallenburger (R)3R, 1D
2000 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
200130R, 10D79R, 46D
2002
2003Kathleen Sebelius (D) [lower-alpha 17] John E. Moore (D) Phill Kline (R) Lynn Jenkins (R) [lower-alpha 18] Sandy Praeger (R)80R, 45D
2004
200583R, 42D
2006
2007 Mark Parkinson (D) Paul J. Morrison (D) [lower-alpha 14] 78R, 47D2R, 2D
2008 McCain/
Palin (R)Red x.svg
Stephen Six (D) [lower-alpha 19]
2009 Dennis McKinney (D) [lower-alpha 19] 31R, 9D77R, 48D3R, 1D
Mark Parkinson (D) [lower-alpha 6] Troy Findley (D) [lower-alpha 19] 76R, 49D [lower-alpha 20]
2010 Chris Biggs (D) [lower-alpha 19]
2011 Sam Brownback (R) [lower-alpha 21] Jeff Colyer (R) Kris Kobach (R) Derek Schmidt (R) Ron Estes (R)32R, 8D92R, 33D Jerry Moran (R)4R
2012 Romney/
Ryan (R)Red x.svg
2013
201493R, 32D [lower-alpha 22]
2015 Ken Selzer (R)98R, 27D
2016 Trump/
Pence (R)Green check.svg
2017 Jake LaTurner (R) [lower-alpha 19] 31R, 9D85R, 40D
2018 Jeff Colyer (R) [lower-alpha 6] Tracey Mann (R) [lower-alpha 19] 30R, 9D, 1I [lower-alpha 23]
2019 Laura Kelly (D) Lynn Rogers (D) Scott Schwab (R) Vicki Schmidt (R)28R, 11D, 1I [lower-alpha 24] 84R, 41D [lower-alpha 25] 3R, 1D
202029R, 11D [lower-alpha 26] Trump/
Pence (R)Red x.svg
2021 David Toland (D) [lower-alpha 19] Lynn Rogers (D) [lower-alpha 19] 86R, 39D Roger Marshall (R)
2022
2023 Kris Kobach (R) Steven Johnson (R)28R, 11D, 1I [lower-alpha 27] 85R, 40D
2024[ to be determined ]
Year Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Secretary
of State
Attorney
General
Treasurer Insurance Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. Senator
(Class III)
U.S.
House
Electoral
votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Impeached but acquitted of charges and was not removed from office.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Died in office.
  4. Succeeded to office on July 28, 1862.
  5. Resigned to take command of the 19th Kansas Infantry.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  7. Includes 2 Independent Republicans, and 1 Liberal Independent.
  8. Resigned July 10, 1877.
  9. Includes 4 Independent Republicans.
  10. Elected November 6, 1877, to fill vacancy.
  11. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  12. Resigned with 11 days left in his term. The first act of his successor was to appoint him to the Kansas Supreme Court.
  13. 1 2 Resigned as Lieutenant Governor on June 11, 1996, and was appointed by Governor Bill Graves to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate.
  14. 1 2 Resigned.
  15. 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.
  16. Defeated Sheila Frahm in the primary, and took the seat early on November 7, 1996 after the special general election.
  17. Resigned to take office as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  18. Elected in November 2008 to U.S. House representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Appointed by Governor to fill vacancy.
  20. On January 12, 2009, incumbent Republican Dale Swenson switched parties to Democratic.
  21. Resigned to take office as United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
  22. On May 30, 2014, incumbent Democrat Jan Pauls switched parties to Republican.
  23. On March 7th 2018, Sen. John Doll changed his party affiliation from Republican to Independent.
  24. 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.
  25. On December 18th, 2018, Rep. Stephanie Clayton changed her party affiliation from Republican to Democratic.
  26. On or about July 29th, 2019, Sen. John Doll changed his party affiliation from Independent back to Republican.
  27. Sen. Dennis Pyle changed his party affiliation from Republican to Independent.

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