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 | 1876-1877 | Topeka |
| George A. Crawford | 1877-1878 | Fort Scott |
| John Alexander Martin | 1878-1879 | Atchison |
| Charles Robinson | 1879-1880 | Lawrence |
| T. D. Thacher | 1881-1882 | Lawrence |
| Floyd P. Baker | 1883-1884 | Topeka |
| Daniel R. Anthony | 1885-1886 | Leavenworth |
| D. W. Wilder | 1887-1888 | Hiawatha |
| Edward Russell | 1888-1889 | Lawrence |
| W. A. Phillips | 1889-1890 | Salina |
| Thomas A. Osborn | 1890-1891 | Leavenworth |
| Cyrus K. Holliday | 1891-1892 | Topeka |
| James S. Emery | 1892-1893 | Lawrence |
| Percival C. Lowe | 1893-1894 | Leavenworth |
| Vincent J. Lane | 1894-1895 | Kansas City |
| Solon O. Thacher | 1895-1896 | Lawrence |
| E. N. Morrill | 1896-1897 | Hiawatha |
| Harrison Kelley | 1897-1898 | Burlington |
| John Speer | 1898-1899 | Lawrence |
| Eugene F. Ware | 1899-1900 | Kansas City |
| John G. Haskell | 1900-1901 | Lawrence |
| John Francis | 1901-1902 | Colony |
| William H. Smith | 1902-1903 | Marysville |
| William B. Stone | 1903-1904 | Galena |
| John Martin | 1904-1905 | Topeka |
| Robert M. Wright | 1905-1906 | Dodge City |
| Horace L. Moore | 1906-1907 | Lawrence |
| James R. Mead | 1907-1908 | Wichita |
| George W. Veale | 1908-1909 | Topeka |
| George W. Glick | 1909-1910 | Atchison |
| Albe B. Whiting | 1910-1911 | Topeka |
| Edwin C. Manning | 1911-1912 | Winfield |
| William E. Connelley | 1912-1913 | Topeka |
| David E. Ballard | 1913-1914 | Washington |
| John N. Harrison | 1914-1915 | Ottawa |
| Charles F. Scott | 1916-1917 | Iola |
| Charles S. Gleed | 1917-1918 | Topeka |
| George P. Morehouse | 1918-1919 | Topeka |
| Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf | 1919-1920 | Lawrence |
| Thomas A. McNeal | 1920-1921 | Topeka |
| F. Dumont Smith | 1921-1922 | Hutchinson |
| Sam F. Woolard | 1922-1923 | Wichita |
| Charles H. Tucker | 1923-1924 | Lawrence |
| Theodore Gardner | 1924-1925 | Lawrence |
| J. W. Berryman | 1925-1926 | Ashland |
| Samuel E. Cobb | 1926-1927 | Topeka |
| Charles L. Kagey | 1927-1928 | Beloit |
| William L. Huggins | 1928-1929 | Emporia |
| W. C. Simons | 1929-1930 | Lawrence |
| Charles M. Harger | 1930-1931 | Abilene |
| John S. Dawson | 1931-1932 | Topeka |
| Thomas Amory Lee | 1932-1933 | Topeka |
| H. K. Lindsley | 1933-1934 | Wichita |
| Thomas F. Doran | 1934-1935 | Topeka |
| Frank H. Hodder | 1935-1936 | Lawrence |
| E. E. Kelley | 1935-1936 | Topeka |
| Edwin A. Austin | 1936-1937 | Topeka |
| William Allen White | 1937-1938 | Emporia |
| Robert C. Rankin | 1938-1939 | Lawrence |
| Thomas M. Lillard | 1940-1941 | Topeka |
| James C. Malin | 1941-1942 | Lawrence |
| Charles H. Brown | 1942-1943 | Horton |
| W. E. Stanley | 1943-1944 | Wichita |
| F. W. Brinkerhoff | 1944-1945 | Pittsburg |
| Ralph R. Price | 1945-1946 | Manhattan |
| Jess C. Denious | 1946-1947 | Dodge City |
| Milton R. McLean | 1947-1948 | Topeka |
| Robert T. Aitchison | 1948-1949 | Wichita |
| R. F. Brock | 1949-1950 | Goodland |
| Charles M. Correll | 1950-1951 | Manhattan |
| Frank Haucke | 1951-1952 | Council Grove |
| Will T. Beck | 1952-1953 | Holton |
| Robert Taft | 1953-1954 | Lawrence |
| Angelo Scott | 1954-1955 | Iola |
| F. S. Farrell | 1955-1956 | Manhattan |
| Wilford Riegle | 1956-1957 | Emporia |
| Rolla A. Clymer | 1957-1958 | El Dorado |
| Alan W. Farley | 1958-1959 | Kansas City |
| Richard M. Long | 1959-1960 | Wichita |
| E. R. Sloan | 1960-1961 | Topeka |
| George L. Anderson | 1961-1962 | Lawrence |
| Emory K. Lindquist | 1962-1963 | Wichita |
| James E. Taylor | 1963-1964 | Sharon Springs |
| John W. Ripley | 1964-1965 | Topeka |
| Henry B. Jameson | 1965-1966 | Abilene |
| Richard W. Robbins | 1965-1966 | Pratt |
| A. Bower Sageser | 1966-1967 | Manhattan |
| Floyd R. Souders | 1967-1968 | Cheney |
| Clifford Hope, Sr. | 1968-1969 | Garden City |
| George Templar | 1969-1970 | Topeka |
| William H. Seiler | 1970-1971 | Emporia |
| Theo A. Sanborn | 1971-1972 | Belleville |
| William E. Treadway | 1972-1973 | Topeka |
| Dudley T. Cornish | 1973-1974 | Pittsburg |
| Arthur J. Stanley, Jr. | 1974-1975 | Leavenworth |
| Homer E. Socolofsky | 1975-1976 | Manhattan |
| John W. Wickman | 1976-1977 | Enterprise |
| Clifford R. Hope, Jr. | 1977-1978 | Garden City |
| Philip H. Lewis | 1978-1979 | Topeka |
| Sr. M. Evangeline Thomas | 1979-1980 | Salina |
| William E. Unrau | 1980-1981 | Wichita |
| Donald R. McCoy | 1981-1982 | Lawrence |
| James L. Forsythe | 1982-1983 | Hays |
| June S. Windscheffel | 1983-1984 | Topeka |
| Helen L. Smith | 1984-1985 | Colby |
| Donald F. Danker | 1985-1986 | Topeka |
| Glee S. Smith | 1986-1987 | Lawrence |
| J. Eric Engstrom | 1987-1988 | Wichita |
| R. Reed Whitaker | 1988-1989 | Overland Park |
| Ellen May Stanley | 1989-1990 | Dighton |
| Paul E. Wilson | 1991-1992 | Lawrence |
| C. Robert Haywood | 1992-1993 | Topeka |
| Craig Miner | 1993-1994 | Wichita |
| Richard Rogers | 1994-1995 | Topeka |
| Elaine Hassler | 1995-1996 | Abilene |
| Arthur Hodgson | 1996-1997 | Little River |
| W. Stitt Robinson | 1997-1998 | Lawrence |
| D. Cheryl Collins | 1998-1999 | Manhattan |
| James F. Hoy | 1999-2000 | Emporia |
| Gayle Davis | 2000-2001 | Wichita |
| Martha Gannon | 2001-2002 | Topeka |
| Michael Hoeflich | 2002-2003 | Lecompton |
| William M. Tsutsui | 2003-2004 | Lawrence |
| Hal Ross | 2004-2005 | Wichita |
| Brian Moline | 2005-2006 | Topeka |
| Mary E. Turkington | 2006-2007 | Topeka |
| Kathleen Holt | 2007-2008 | Cimarron |
| James K. Logan | 2008-2009 | Olathe |
| Dru Sampson | 2009-2010 | Lawrence |
| E. Dean Carlson | 2010-2011 | Topeka |
| Paul M. Buchanan | 2011-2012 | Wichita |
| Barbara Morris | 2012-2013 | Hugoton |
| Jack Alexander | 2013-2014 | Topeka |
| Deborah Barker | 2014-2015 | Ottawa |
| Paul Stuewe | 2015-2016 | Lawrence |
| Donita Barone | 2016-2017 | Frontenac |
| Bill Kassebaum | 2017-2018 | Burdick |
| Don Chubb | 2018-2019 | Topeka |
| Carol Bales | 2019-2020 | Logan |
| Lidia Hook-Gray | 2020-2021 | Liberal |
| W. Walter Menninger | 2021-2022 | Topeka |
| Richard B. Walker | 2022-2023 | Newton |
| Linda P. Jeffrey | 2023-2024 | Topeka |
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: August 2024
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