Kansas Territory Kansas Territory was organized on May 30, 1854, from land that had previously been part of
Missouri Territory. Despite existing only for six years, it had six governors appointed by the
president of the United States.
State of Kansas prior to 1961. It is unclear when the governor's flag was first created The eastern bulk of Kansas Territory was
admitted to the Union as Kansas on January 29, 1861. The
Kansas Constitution provided that a governor and
lieutenant governor be elected every 2 years, for a term commencing on the second Monday in the January after the election. An amendment in 1972 increased terms to four years, with a limit that a governor could not serve more than two terms in a row, and provided that the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same
ticket. In the original constitution, should the office of governor be vacant, the powers would devolve upon the lieutenant governor, who nonetheless would remain in that office; the 1972 amendment changed it so that, in such an event, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. Until 2018, there was no age or residency requirement to run for the office; in 2017, three teenagers were doing so. In 2018, a law was passed establishing the age to run for governor and lieutenant governor at 25. ==Timeline==