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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

# Name Took office Left office Governor
1 Amalia Hutter July 7, 1854 August 16, 1855 Andrew Horatio Reeder
2 Sarah Osbun September 7, 1855 August 18, 1856 Wilson Shannon
3 Mary Bache May 27, 1857 December 15, 1857 Robert J. Walker
4 Louise Rombach December 1857 November 1858 James W. Denver
5 Eliza Scott December 1858 December 1860 Samuel Medary

First ladies and gentlemen of the State of Kansas

# 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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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_ladies_and_gentlemen_of_Kansas