Kansas Historical Foundation Presidents
This page contains a list of those who have served as president of the Kansas Historical Foundation throughout its history.
| Samuel A. Kingman | 1876 | Topeka |
| George A. Crawford | 1877 | Fort Scott |
| John Alexander Martin | 1878 | Atchison |
| Charles Robinson | 1879-1880 | Lawrence |
| T. D. Thacher | 1881-1882 | Lawrence |
| F. P. Baker | 1883-1884 | Topeka |
| Daniel R. Anthony | 1885-1886 | Leavenworth |
| D. W. Wilder | 1887 | Hiawatha |
| Edward Russell | 1888 | Lawrence |
| W. A. Phillips | 1889 | Salina |
| Thomas A. Osborn | 1890 | Leavenworth |
| Cyrus K. Holliday | 1891 | Topeka |
| James S. Emery | 1892 | Lawrence |
| Percival C. Lowe | 1893 | Leavenworth |
| Vincent J. Lane | 1894 | Kansas City |
| Solon O. Thacher | 1895 | Lawrence |
| E. N. Morrill | 1896 | Hiawatha |
| Harrison Kelley | 1897 | Burlington |
| John Speer | 1898 | Lawrence |
| Eugene F. Ware | 1899 | Kansas City |
| John G. Haskell | 1900 | Lawrence |
| John Francis | 1901 | Colony |
| William H. Smith | 1902 | Marysville |
| William B. Stone | 1903 | Galena |
| John Martin | 1904 | Topeka |
| Robert M. Wright | 1905 | Dodge City |
| Horace L. Moore | 1906 | Lawrence |
| James R. Mead | 1907 | Wichita |
| George W. Veale | 1908 | Topeka |
| George W. Glick | 1909 | Atchison |
| Albe B. Whiting | 1910 | Topeka |
| Edwin C. Manning | 1911 | Winfield |
| William E. Connelley | 1912 | Topeka |
| David E. Ballard | 1913 | Washington |
| John N. Harrison | 1914-1915 | Ottawa |
| Charles F. Scott | 1916 | Iola |
| Charles S. Gleed | 1917 | Topeka |
| George P. Morehouse | 1918 | Topeka |
| Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf | 1919 | Lawrence |
| Thomas A. McNeal | 1920 | Topeka |
| F. Dumont Smith | 1921 | Hutchinson |
| Sam F. Woolard | 1922 | Wichita |
| Charles H. Tucker | 1923-1924 | Lawrence |
| Theodore Gardner | 1925 | Lawrence |
| J. W. Berryman | 1926 | Ashland |
| Samuel E. Cobb | 1927 | Topeka |
| Charles L. Kagey | 1928 | Beloit |
| William L. Huggins | 1929 | Emporia |
| W. C. Simons | 1930 | Lawrence |
| Charles M. Harger | 1931 | Abilene |
| John S. Dawson | 1932 | Topeka |
| Thomas Amory Lee | 1933 | Topeka |
| H. K. Lindsley | 1934 | Wichita |
| Thomas F. Doran | 1935 | Topeka |
| Frank H. Hodder | 1936 | Lawrence |
| E. E. Kelley | 1937 | Topeka |
| Edwin A. Austin | 1938 | Topeka |
| William Allen White | 1939 | Emporia |
| Robert C. Rankin | 1940 | Lawrence |
| Thomas M. Lillard | 1941 | Topeka |
| James C. Malin | 1942 | Lawrence |
| Charles H. Brown | 1943 | Horton |
| W. E. Stanley | 1944 | Wichita |
| F. W. Brinkerhoff | 1945 | Pittsburg |
| Ralph R. Price | 1946 | Manhattan |
| Jess C. Denious | 1947 | Dodge City |
| Milton R. McLean | 1948 | Topeka |
| Robert T. Aitchison | 1949 | Wichita |
| R. F. Brock | 1950 | Goodland |
| Charles M. Correll | 1951 | Manhattan |
| Frank Hauck | 1952 | Council Grove |
| Will T. Beck | 1953 | Holton |
| Robert Taft | 1954 | Lawrence |
| Angelo Scott | 1955 | Iola |
| F. S. Farrell | 1956 | Manhattan |
| Wilford Riegle | 1957 | Emporia |
| Rolla A. Clymer | 1958 | El Dorado |
| Alan W. Farley | 1959 | Kansas City |
| Richard M. Long | 1960 | Wichita |
| E. R. Sloan | 1961 | Topeka |
| George L. Anderson | 1962 | Lawrence |
| Emory K. Lindquist | 1963 | Wichita |
| James E. Taylor | 1964 | Sharon Springs |
| John W. Ripley | 1965 | Topeka |
| Henry B. Jameson | 1966 | Abilene |
| Richard W. Robbins | 1967 | Pratt |
| A. Bower Sageser | 1968 | Manhattan |
| Floyd R. Souders | 1969 | Cheney |
| Clifford Hope, Sr. | 1970 | Garden City |
| George Templar | 1971 | Topeka |
| William H. Seiler | 1972 | Emporia |
| Theo A. Sanborn | 1972 | Belleville |
| William E. Treadway | 1973 | Topeka |
| Dudley T. Cornish | 1974 | Pittsburg |
| Arthur J. Stanley, Jr. | 1975 | Leavenworth |
| Homer E. Socolofsky | 1976 | Manhattan |
| John W. Wickman | 1977 | Enterprise |
| Clifford R. Hope, Jr. | 1978 | Garden City |
| Philip H. Lewis | 1979 | Topeka |
| Sr. M. Evangeline Thomas | 1980 | Salina |
| William E. Unrau | 1981 | Wichita |
| Donald R. McCoy | 1982 | Lawrence |
| James L. Forsythe | 1983 | Hays |
| June S. Windscheffel | 1984 | Topeka |
| Helen L. Smith | 1985 | Colby |
| Donald F. Danker | 1986 | Topeka |
| Glee S. Smith | 1987 | Lawrence |
| J. Eric Engstrom | 1988 | Wichita |
| R. Reed Whitaker | 1989 | Overland Park |
| Ellen May Stanley | 1990 | Dighton |
| Paul E. Wilson | 1991 | Lawrence |
| C. Robert Haywood | 1992 | Topeka |
| Craig Miner | 1993 | Wichita |
| Richard Rogers | 1994 | Topeka |
| Elaine Hassler | 1995 | Abilene |
| Arthur Hodgson | 1996 | Little River |
| W. Stitt Robinson | 1997 | Lawrence |
| D. Cheryl Collins | 1998 | Manhattan |
| James Hoy | 1999 | Emporia |
| Gayle Davis | 2000 | Wichita |
| Martha Gannon | 2001 | Topeka |
| Michael Hoeflich | 2002 | Lecompton |
| William M. Tsutsui | 2003 | Lawrence |
| Hal Ross | 2004 | Wichita |
| Brian Moline | 2005 | Topeka |
| Mary E. Turkington | 2006 | Topeka |
| Kathleen Holt | 2007 | Cimarron |
| James K. Logan | 2008 | Olathe |
| Dru Sampson | 2009 | Lawrence |
| E. Dean Carlson | 2010 | Topeka |
| Paul Buchanan | 2011 | Wichita |
Entry: Kansas Historical Foundation Presidents
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: April 2012
Date Modified: January 2013
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