| U.S.
Congress |
| |
Sheila
Frahm (R)
|
U.S.
Senator |
1996 |
| |
Frahm
was appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy caused by Senator
Robert Dole's resignation to run for the presidency.
She lost her primary bid to complete the term. |
| |
Nancy
Landon Kassebaum (R) |
U.S. Senator |
1978-1997 |
| |
Kassebaum
was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate without having
previously filled an unexpired congressional term. After
her initial election, she was appointed to fill a brief vacancy
caused by the resignation of her predecessor. |
| |
Nancy Boyda (D)
Jan
Meyers (R)
Martha E. Keys (D)
Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy (D) |
U.S. Representative
U.S.
Representative
U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative |
2007-present
1985-1997
1975-1979
1933-1935 |
Statewide Elective Executives |
| |
Kathleen
Sebelius (D)
Lynn Jenkins (R)
Sandy Praeger (R)
Carla J. Stovall (R)
Sally Thompson (D)
Sheila Frahm (R)
Joan Finney (D) |
Governor
Comm. of Insurance
State Treasurer
Commissioner of Insurance
Attorney General
State Treasurer
Lt. Governor
Governor |
2003-present
1995-2002
2003-present
2003-present
1995-2003
1991-1999
1995-1996
1991-1995 |
| |
Finney
was the first woman to defeat an incumbent governor. |
| |
Joan
Finney (D)
Elwill M. Shanahan (R) |
State
Treasurer
Secretary of State |
1975-1990
1966-1978 |
| |
Shanahan
was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband;
she was subsequently elected. |
| |
Lily
M. Washabough (D)
Elizabeth Wooster (R)
|
State
Printer
Sup. of Pub. Instr. |
1957-1960
1919-1922 |
