Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

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

ImageLieutenant GovernorTermPartyJoseph Pomeroy Root1861–1863RepublicanThomas A. Osborn1863–1865James McGrew1865–1867Nehemiah Green1867–1868Charles Vernon Eskridge1869–1871Peter Percival Elder1871–1873Elias S. Stover1873–1875Melville J. Salter1875–1877Lyman U. Humphrey1877–1881David Wesley Finney1881–1885Alexander P. Riddle1885–1889Andrew Jackson Felt1889–1893Percy Daniels1893–1895PopulistJames Armstrong Troutman1895–1897RepublicanAlexander Miller Harvey1897–1899PopulistHarry E. Richter1899–1903RepublicanDavid John Hanna1903–1907William James Fitzgerald1907–1911Richard Joseph Hopkins1911–1913Sheffield Ingalls1913–1915William Yoast Morgan1915–1919Charles Solomon Huffman1919–1923Benjamin S. Paulen1923–1925De Lanson Alson Newton Chase1925–1929Jacob W. Graybill1929–1933Charles W. Thompson1933–1937William M. Lindsay1937–1939DemocraticCarl E. Friend1939–1943RepublicanJess C. Denious1943–1947Frank L. Hagaman1947–1950Fred Hall1951–1955John McCuish1955–1957Joseph W. Henkle Sr.1957–1961DemocraticHarold H. Chase1961–1965RepublicanJohn Crutcher1965–1969James H. DeCoursey Jr.1969–1971DemocraticReynolds Shultz1971–1973RepublicanDave Owen1973–1975Shelby Smith1975–1979Paul Dugan1979–1983DemocraticThomas Docking1983–1987Jack D. Walker1987–1991RepublicanJim Francisco1991–1995DemocraticSheila Frahm1995–1996RepublicanGary Sherrer1996–2003John E. Moore2003–2007DemocraticMark Parkinson2007–2009Troy Findley2009–2011Jeff Colyer2011–2018RepublicanTracey Mann2018–2019Lynn Rogers2019–2021DemocraticDavid Toland2021–present

References

External links Office of the Kansas Lieutenant Governor