Topics in Kansas History: Politics & Government

Political Leaders

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. read more

Find resources on Political Leaders.

• "To the Stars with John J. Ingalls: Celebrating Kansas Day"
• "The Honorable Abe Lincoln. . . On Kansas Soil"

Letters, documents, objects, and photographs

Bibliographies, finding aids, and guides to the collections

Kansas Heritage, our popular history magazine

Kansas History, our scholarly journal

• Kansas History: "The Jehovah's Witness Upbringing of President Eisenhower,", Autumn 1998

Kansas Kaleidoscope, our children's magazine

• "Getting to Know Government," August/September 2004
• "Presidents in Our Kansas Past," August/September 2000

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