Past Presidents

This page contains a list of those who have served as president of the Kansas State Historical Society, Inc., during its history.

1876

Samuel A. Kingman

Topeka

1877

George A. Crawford

Fort Scott

1878

John A. Martin

Atchison

1879-1880

Charles Robinson

Lawrence

1881-1882

T.D. Thacher

Lawrence

1883-1884

F.P. Baker

Topeka

1885-1886

Daniel R. Anthony

Leavenworth

1887

D.W. Wilder

Hiawatha

1888

Edward Russell

Lawrence

1889

W. A. Phillips

Salina

1890

Thomas A. Osborn

Leavenworth

1891

C. K. Holliday

Topeka

1892

James S. Emery

Lawrence

1893

Percival C. Lowe

Leavenworth

1894

Vincent J. Lane

Kansas City

1895

Solon O. Thacher

Lawrence

1896

E. N. Morrill

Hiawatha

1897

Harrison Kelley

Burlington

1898

John Speer

Lawrence

1899

Eugene F. Ware

Kansas City

1900

John G. Haskell

Lawrence

1901

John Francis

Colony

1902

William H. Smith

Marysville

1903

William B. Stone

Galena

1904

John Martin

Topeka

1905

Robert M. Wright

Dodge City

1906

Horace L. Moore

Lawrence

1907

James R. Mead

Wichita

1908

George W. Veale

Topeka

1909

George W. Glick

Atchison

1910

Albe B. Whiting

Topeka

1911

Edwin C. Manning

Winfield

1912

William E. Connelley

Topeka

1913

David E. Ballard

Washington

1914-1915

John N. Harrison

Ottawa

1915

Charles F. Scott

Iola

1916

Charles S. Gleed

Topeka

1917

George P. Morehouse

Topeka

1918

Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf

Lawrence

1919

Thomas A. McNeal

Topeka

1920

F. Dumont Smith

Hutchinson

1921

Sam F. Woolard

Wichita

1922-1924

Charles H. Tucker

Lawrence

1923

Theodore Gardner

Lawrence

1924

J. W. Berryman

Ashland

1927

Samuel E. Cobb

Topeka

1928

Charles L. Kagey

Beloit

1929

William L. Huggins

Emporia

1930

W. C. Simons

Lawrence

1931

Charles M. Harger

Abilene

1932

John S. Dawson

Topeka

1933

Thomas Amory Lee

Topeka

1934

H. K. Lindsley

Wichita

1935

Thomas F. Doran

Topeka

1936

Frank H. Hodder

Lawrence

1937

E. E. Kelley

Topeka

1938

Edwin A. Austin

Topeka

1939

William Allen White

Emporia

1940

Robert C. Rankin

Lawrence

1941

Thomas M. Lillard

Topeka

1942

James C. Malin

Lawrence

1943

Charles H. Brown

Horton

1944

W. E. Stanley

Wichita

1945

F. W. Brinkerhoff

Pittsburg

1946

Ralph R. Price

Manhattan

1947

Jess C. Denious

Dodge City

1948

Milton R. McLean

Topeka

1949

Robert T. Aitchison

Wichita

1950

R. F. Brock

Goodland

1951

Charles M. Correll

Manhattan

1952

Frank Hauck

Council Grove

1953

Will T. Beck

Holton

1954

Robert Taft

Lawrence

1955

Angelo Scott

Iola

1956

F. S. Farrell

Manhattan

1957

Wilford Riegle

Emporia

1958

R. A. Clymer

El Dorado

1959

Alan W. Farley

Kansas City

1960

Richard M. Long

Wichita

1961

E. R. Sloan

Topeka

1962

George L. Anderson

Lawrence

1963

Emory K. Lindquist

Wichita

1964

James E. Taylor

Sharon Springs

1965

John W. Ripley

Topeka

1966

Henry B. Jameson

Abilene

1967

Richard W. Robbins

Pratt

1968

A. Bower Sageser

Manhattan

1969

Floyd R. Souders

Cheney

1970

Clifford Hope, Sr.

Garden City

1971

George Templar

Topeka

1972

William H. Seiler

Emporia

1972

Theo A. Sanborn

Belleville

1973

William E. Treadway

Topeka

1974

Dudley T. Cornish

Pittsburg

1975

Arthur J. Stanley, Jr.

Leavenworth

1976

Homer E. Socolofsky

Manhattan

1977

John W. Wickman

Enterprise

1978

Clifford R. Hope, Jr.

Garden City

1979

Philip H. Lewis

Topeka

1980

Sr. M. Evangeline Thomas

Salina

1981

William E. Unrau

Wichita

1982

Donald R. McCoy

Lawrence

1983

James L. Forsythe

Hays

1984

June S. Windscheffel

Topeka

1985

Helen L. Smith

Colby

1986

Donald F. Danker

Topeka

1987

Glee S. Smith

Lawrence

1988

J. Eric Engstrom

Wichita

1989

R. Reed Whitaker

Overland Park

1990

Ellen May Stanley

Dighton

1991

Paul E. Wilson

Lawrence

1992

C. Robert Haywood

Topeka

1993

Craig Miner

Wichita

1994

Richard Rogers

Topeka

1995

Elaine Hassler

Abilene

1996

Arthur Hodgson

Little River

1997

W. Stitt Robinson

Lawrence

1998

D. Cheryl Collins

Manhattan

1999

James Hoy

Emporia

2000

Gayle Davis

Wichita

2001

Martha Gannon

Topeka

2002

Michael Hoeflich

Lecompton

2003

William M. Tsutsui

Lawrence

2004

Hal Ross

Wichita

2005

Brian Moline

Topeka

2006

Mary E. Turkington

Topeka

2007

Kathleen Holt

Cimarron

2008

James K. Logan

Olathe

 
 
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