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 most recent first gentleman is Ted Daughety, former husband of Governor Laura Kelly, who held the role from January 2019 to October 2024 when the couple divorced.

Territorial first ladies The area that became Kansas was part of Louisiana Territory, later renamed Missouri Territory, until 1821, and unorganized until it became its own territory on May 30, 1854; see First Ladies and Gentlemen of Missouri for the period from 1805 to 1821. A small part of Kansas was once claimed as part of the Republic of Texas (see List of presidents of the Republic of Texas, and before that, was part of Mexico (see Spanish governors of New Mexico). #NameTook officeLeft officeGovernor1Amalia HutterJuly 7, 1854August 16, 1855Andrew Horatio Reeder2Sarah OsbunSeptember 7, 1855August 18, 1856Wilson Shannon3Mary BacheMay 27, 1857December 15, 1857Robert J. Walker4Louise RombachDecember 1857November 1858James W. Denver5Eliza ScottDecember 1858December 1860Samuel Medary

First ladies and gentlemen of the State of Kansas #NameTook officeLeft officeGovernor1Sara Tappan Doolittle RobinsonFebruary 9, 1861January 12, 1863Charles L. Robinson2Rebecca Ann CanadayJanuary 12, 1863January 9, 1865Thomas Carney3Isabel Marshall ChaseJanuary 9, 1865November 4, 1868Samuel J. Crawford4Ida King LeffingwellNovember 4, 1868January 11, 1869Nehemiah Green5Charlotte Richardson CutterJanuary 11, 1869January 13, 1873James M. Harvey6Julia DelehayJanuary 13, 1873January 8, 1877Thomas A. Osborn7Rosa LyonJanuary 8, 1877January 13, 1879George T. Anthony8Susan J. ParkerJanuary 13, 1879January 8, 1883John St. John9Elizabeth RiderJanuary 8, 1883January 12, 1885George Washington Glick10Ida ChallissJanuary 12, 1885January 14, 1889John A. Martin11Amanda LeonardJanuary 14, 1889January 9, 1893Lyman U. Humphrey12Ida BishopJanuary 9, 1893January 14, 1895Lorenzo D. Lewelling13Caroline Jenkins NashJanuary 14, 1895January 11, 1897Edmund N. Morrill14Sarah J. BoydJanuary 11, 1897January 9, 1899John W. Leedy15Emma Lenora HillsJanuary 9, 1899January 12, 1903William E. Stanley16Ida Albert WeedeJanuary 12, 1903January 9, 1905Willis J. Bailey17Sarah Louise DickersonJanuary 9, 1905January 11, 1909Edward W. Hoch18Stella HostellerJanuary 11, 1909January 13, 1913Walter R. Stubbs19Ora May MurrayJanuary 13, 1913January 11, 1915George H. Hodges20Florence CrawfordJanuary 11, 1915January 13, 1919Arthur Capper21Elsie NuzmanJanuary 13, 1919January 8, 1923Henry J. Allen22Mary PurdomJanuary 8, 1923January 12, 1925Jonathan M. Davis23Barbara EllisJanuary 12, 1925January 14, 1929Ben S. Paulen24Minnie E. HartJanuary 14, 1929January 12, 1931Clyde M. Reed25Theo CobbJanuary 9, 1933January 11, 1937Alf Landon26Eula M. BiggsJanuary 11, 1937January 9, 1939Walter A. Huxman27Cliffe DoddJanuary 9, 1939January 11, 1943Payne Ratner28Marie ThomsenJanuary 11, 1943January 13, 1947Andrew F. Schoeppel29Alice FredricksonJanuary 13, 1947November 28, 1950Frank Carlson30Elizabeth Blair SuttonNovember 28, 1950January 8, 1951Frank L. Hagaman31Marcella TillmansJanuary 8, 1951January 10, 1955Edward F. Arn32Leadell SchneiderJanuary 10, 1955January 3, 1957Fred Hall33Cora HedrickJanuary 3, 1957January 14, 1957John McCuish34Mary Virginia BlackwellJanuary 14, 1957January 9, 1961George Docking35Arlene AuchardJanuary 9, 1961January 11, 1961John Anderson Jr.36Hazel BowlesJanuary 11, 1965January 9, 1967William H. Avery37Meredith GearJanuary 9, 1967January 13, 1975Robert Docking38Olivia FisherJanuary 13, 1975January 8, 1979Robert F. Bennett39Ramona Hawkinson CarlinJanuary 8, 1979November 15, 1980John W. Carlin40Karen Carlin1981198541Patti RooneyJanuary 12, 1987January 14, 1991Mike Hayden42Spencer FinneyJanuary 14, 1991January 9, 1995Joan Finney43Linda GravesJanuary 9, 1995January 13, 2003Bill Graves44K. Gary SebeliusJanuary 13, 2003April 28, 2009Kathleen Sebelius45Stacy AbbottApril 28, 2009January 10, 2011Mark Parkinson46Mary BrownbackJanuary 10, 2011January 31, 2018Sam Brownback47Ruth ColyerJanuary 31, 2018January 14, 2019Jeff Colyer48Ted DaughetyJanuary 14, 2019October 2024Laura Kelly

See also List of governors of Kansas

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