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Kansas Office of Lt. Governor Data Sheet As of June 2, 2016 History of Office The Office of the Lt. Governor of Kansas was created with the Constitution of 1860.1 Origins of the Office The Office of the Lt. Governor of Kansas was created with the Constitution of 1860. Qualifications for Office The Council of State Governments (CSG) publishes the Book of the States (BOS) 2015. In chapter 4, Table 4.13 lists the Qualifications and Terms of Office for lieutenant governors: The Book of the States 2015 (CSG) at www.csg.org. Method of Election The National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) maintains a list of the methods of electing gubernatorial successors at: http://www.nlga.us/lt-governors/office-of-lieutenant- governor/methods-of-election/. Duties and Powers A lieutenant governor may derive responsibilities one of four ways: from the Constitution, from the Legislature through statute, from the governor (thru gubernatorial appointment or executive order), thru personal initiative in office, and/or a combination of these. The principal and shared constitutional responsibility of every gubernatorial successor is to be the first official in the line of succession to the governor’s office. Succession to Office of Governor Governor Charles L. Robinson was impeached in 1861, but not convicted or removed.2 Governor Samuel Johnson Crawford resigned in 1868 for military service and was succeeded by his Lt. Governor, Nehemiah Green.3 In 1950, Lt. Governor Frank L. Hagaman became Governor when Governor Frank Carlson resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate; Hagaman finished out the term. Governor Fred Hall resigned in 1957 with eleven days left in his term. Lt. Governor John McCuish succeeded for the remainder of the term and appointed Hall to the Kansas Supreme Court.4 Lt. Governor Mark Parkinson succeeded to Governor when Kathleen Sebelius resigned to be U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2009.5 1 Kansas Constitution of 1860 – On line http://kslib.info/405/Kansas‐Constitution 2 National Governors Association, Former Governors Bios 3 Ibid 4 Ibid 5 Ibid .

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THE NORTON TTELEGRAMELEGRAM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009 OpinionOpinion PAGE 4 For starters, how about Brownback, Parkinson aution: What you are about to read is not, and we repeat, is not, an endorse- ment. It is passed along as nothing more than a suggestion for the Kansas Democratic Party. If you are serious about retaining the governor’s office whenC the votes are counted on that cold, November night in 2010, you best twist the arm of the man occupying that chair or forget it. Period. Gov. Mark Parkinson took over the governor’s office when Gov. Kathleen Sebelius jumped ship to become a member of President Obama’s Cabinet. Parkinson was serving as lieutenant governor, joining the Sebelius ticket when she sought and won re-election to a second term. The state’s financial picture was in a mess when the call came from the president to then Gov. Sebelius to become Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. The offer was the president’s way of thanking her for her early endorsement of his effort. Lt. Gov. Parkinson took the oath elevating him to the state’s top elective position and has won several accolades for his performance. He has said, time and again, that he would not be a candidate for the office. Gov. Parkinson is unique. He was a Republican for many years and changed par- ties when Gov. Sebelius convinced him to become her running mate. Of course this didn’t sit well with the Republican leadership, seeing one of their own walk away in the fashion he did.
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