First Lady or First Gentleman of Kansas is the title attributed to the spouses of the governors of the U.S. state of Kansas , especially from 1933. The current first gentleman is Ted Daughety , husband of Governor Laura Kelly , who has held the role since January 2019. Daughety is the third first gentleman is Kansas' history.
Territorial first ladies
First ladies and gentlemen of the State of Kansas
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Name
Took office
Left office
Governor
1
Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson
February 9, 1861
January 12, 1863
Charles L. Robinson
2
Rebecca Ann Canaday
January 12, 1863
January 9, 1865
Thomas Carney
3
Isabel Marshall Chase
January 9, 1865
November 4, 1868
Samuel J. Crawford
4
Ida King Leffingwell
November 4, 1868
January 11, 1869
Nehemiah Green
5
Charlotte Richardson Cutter
January 11, 1869
January 13, 1873
James M. Harvey
6
Julia Delehay
January 13, 1873
January 8, 1877
Thomas A. Osborn
7
Rosa Lyon
January 8, 1877
January 13, 1879
George T. Anthony
8
Susan J. Parker
January 13, 1879
January 8, 1883
John St. John
9
Elizabeth Rider
January 8, 1883
January 12, 1885
George Washington Glick
10
Ida Challiss
January 12, 1885
January 14, 1889
John A. Martin
11
Amanda Leonard
January 14, 1889
January 9, 1893
Lyman U. Humphrey
12
Ida Bishop
January 9, 1893
January 14, 1895
Lorenzo D. Lewelling
13
Caroline Jenkins Nash
January 14, 1895
January 11, 1897
Edmund N. Morrill
14
Sarah J. Boyd
January 11, 1897
January 9, 1899
John W. Leedy
15
Emma Lenora Hills
January 9, 1899
January 12, 1903
William E. Stanley
16
Ida Albert Weede
January 12, 1903
January 9, 1905
Willis J. Bailey
17
Sarah Louise Dickerson
January 9, 1905
January 11, 1909
Edward W. Hoch
18
Stella Hosteller
January 11, 1909
January 13, 1913
Walter R. Stubbs
19
Ora May Murray
January 13, 1913
January 11, 1915
George H. Hodges
20
Florence Crawford
January 11, 1915
January 13, 1919
Arthur Capper
21
Elsie Nuzman
January 13, 1919
January 8, 1923
Henry J. Allen
22
Mary Purdom
January 8, 1923
January 12, 1925
Jonathan M. Davis
23
Barbara Ellis
January 12, 1925
January 14, 1929
Ben S. Paulen
24
Minnie E. Hart
January 14, 1929
January 12, 1931
Clyde M. Reed
25
Theo Cobb
January 9, 1933
January 11, 1937
Alf Landon
26
Eula M. Biggs
January 11, 1937
January 9, 1939
Walter A. Huxman
27
Cliffe Dodd
January 9, 1939
January 11, 1943
Payne Ratner
28
Marie Thomsen
January 11, 1943
January 13, 1947
Andrew F. Schoeppel
29
Alice Fredrickson
January 13, 1947
November 28, 1950
Frank Carlson
30
Elizabeth Blair Sutton
November 28, 1950
January 8, 1951
Frank L. Hagaman
31
Marcella Tillmans
January 8, 1951
January 10, 1955
Edward F. Arn
32
Leadell Schneider
January 10, 1955
January 3, 1957
Fred Hall
33
Cora Hedrick
January 3, 1957
January 14, 1957
John McCuish
34
Mary Virginia Blackwell
January 14, 1957
January 9, 1961
George Docking
35
Arlene Auchard
January 9, 1961
January 11, 1961
John Anderson Jr.
36
Hazel Bowles
January 11, 1965
January 9, 1967
William H. Avery
37
Meredith Gear
January 9, 1967
January 13, 1975
Robert Docking
38
Olivia Fisher
January 13, 1975
January 8, 1979
Robert F. Bennett
39
Ramona Hawkinson Carlin
January 8, 1979
November 15, 1980
John W. Carlin
40
Karen Carlin
1981
1985
41
Patti Rooney
January 12, 1987
January 14, 1991
Mike Hayden
42
Spencer Finney
January 14, 1991
January 9, 1995
Joan Finney
43
Linda Graves
January 9, 1995
January 13, 2003
Bill Graves
44
K. Gary Sebelius
January 13, 2003
April 28, 2009
Kathleen Sebelius
45
Stacy Abbott
April 28, 2009
January 10, 2011
Mark Parkinson
46
Mary Brownback
January 10, 2011
January 31, 2018
Sam Brownback
47
Ruth Colyer
January 31, 2018
January 14, 2019
Jeff Colyer
48
Ted Daughety
January 14, 2019
Incumbent
Laura Kelly
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