Kansas: Governors: 1861-1868
| Governor of the State of Kansas | |
| 9 Feb 1861 - 11 Jan 1863 | Charles Lawrence Robinson [1] |
| 12 Jan 1863 - 8 Jan 1865 | Thomas Carney |
| 9 Jan 1865 - 4 Nov 1868 | Samuel Johnson Crawford |
- The election of Robinson was declared by a proclamation of the Board of State Canvassers on 20 Jan 1860, but his inauguration was postponed pending the admission of Kansas into the Union. He was sworn in at Lawrence on 9 Feb 1861.