Governors
The governor of the State of Kansas heads the executive branch which includes the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. For more than 100 years the electorate filled these offices every two years. Beginning with the 1974 election the term of office became four years.
Digitized copies of primary sources related to territorial and state governors are available in Kansas Memory. Documents for governors of the state are under the facets Government and Politics, State, Governors. Select the governor in which you are interested in the box on the left. Records from the territorial period are available at Government, Territorial Government, Governors.
Entry: Governors
Author: Kansas Historical Society
Author information: The Kansas Historical Society is a state agency charged with actively safeguarding and sharing the state's history.
Date Created: November 2001
Date Modified: September 2011
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