First ladies and gentlemen of Kansas

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.

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).

First ladies and gentlemen of the State of Kansas

See also

• List of governors of Kansas

References