TERRITORIAL OFFICERS OF KANSAS

The Governors were appointed for terms of four years, but none of them served a full term. Ten different men filled the office during the Territorial period of six years and eight months. There were six Governors and five Acting Governors, James W. Denver serving in both capacities. During the absence of a Governor or when there was a vacancy in the office the duties of the Governor fell upon the Secretary of the Territory and he was called the Acting Governor.

GovernorsActing GovernorsTerms Served
Andrew H. Reeder July 7, 1854, to
August 16, 1855.
Daniel Woodson August 16, 1855, to
September 7, 1855.
Wilson Shannon September 7, 1855, to
August 18, 1856.
Daniel Woodson August 18, 1856, to
September 9, 1856.
John W. Geary September 9, 1856, to
March 12, 1857.
Daniel Woodson March 12, 1857, to
April 16, 1857.
Frederick P. Stanton April 16, 1857, to
May 27, 1857.
Robert J. Walker May 27, 1857, to
November 16, 1857.
Frederick P. Stanton November 16, 1857, to
December 21, 1857.
James W. Denver December 21, 1857, to
May 12, 1858.
James W. Denver May 12, 1858, to
October 10, 1858.
Hugh S. Walsh October 10, 1858, to
December 18, 1858.
Samuel Medary December 18, 1858, to
December 17, 1860.
Hugh S. Walsh August 1, 1859, to
September 15, 1859.
Hugh S. Walsh April 15, 1860, to
June 16, 1860.
George M. Beebe September 11, 1860, to
November 25, 1860.
Auditors
John Donaldson 1855-1857
Hiram Jackson Strickler 1857-1861
Treasurers
Thomas J. B. Cramer 1855-1859
Robert B. Mitchell 1859-1861
Attorneys-General
Andrew Jackson Isacks 1854-1857
William Weer 1857-1858
Alson C. Davis 1858-1861
Superintendents of Schools
James H. Noteware 1858
Samuel Wiley Greer 1858-1861
John C. Douglass 1861
Territorial Chief Justices
Samuel Dexter Lecompte 1854-1859
John Pettit 1859-1861
Associate Justices
Saunders W. Johnston 1854-1855
J. M. Burrell 1855-1856
Thomas Cunningham 1856-1857
Joseph Williams 1857-1861
Rush Elmore 1854-1855
Sterling G. Cato 1855-1858
Rush Elmore 1858-1861