Kansas Historical Foundation Presidents
This page contains a list of those who have served as president of the Kansas Historical Society/Foundation throughout its history. The Society was founded by a committee assigned by the Kansas Editors and Publishers Association who met in Topeka on December 13, 1875. Those five founders were Daniel Read Anthony, Sr., of Leavenworth, Floyd P. Baker of Topeka, George A. Crawford of Fort Scott, John A. Martin of Atchison, and Solomon Miller of Troy. A few other interested individuals were present at that meeting when the first officers and board of directors were elected. Floyd P. Baker was elected the first secretary. Board members were three newspaper editors: Richard B. Taylor of Wyandotte, Milton W. Reynolds of Parsons, and Salmon S. Prouty of Topeka; historian Daniel Webster Wilder and Chief Justice Samuel A. Kingman. Kingman was elected the first president. George A. Crawford was elected vice president. John A. Martin was elected treasurer.
| Samuel A. Kingman | 1876-1877 | Topeka |
| George A. Crawford | 1877-1878 | Fort Scott |
| John Alexander Martin | 1878-1879 | Atchison |
| Charles Robinson | 1879-1880 | Lawrence |
| T. D. Thacher | 1881-1882 | Lawrence |
| Floyd P. Baker | 1883-1884 | Topeka |
| Daniel R. Anthony | 1885-1886 | Leavenworth |
| D. W. Wilder | 1887-1888 | Hiawatha |
| Edward Russell | 1888-1889 | Lawrence |
| W. A. Phillips | 1889-1890 | Salina |
| Thomas A. Osborn | 1890-1891 | Leavenworth |
| Cyrus K. Holliday | 1891-1892 | Topeka |
| James S. Emery | 1892-1893 | Lawrence |
| Percival C. Lowe | 1893-1894 | Leavenworth |
| Vincent J. Lane | 1894-1895 | Kansas City |
| Solon O. Thacher | 1895-1896 | Lawrence |
| E. N. Morrill | 1896-1897 | Hiawatha |
| Harrison Kelley | 1897-1898 | Burlington |
| John Speer | 1898-1899 | Lawrence |
| Eugene F. Ware | 1899-1900 | Kansas City |
| John G. Haskell | 1900-1901 | Lawrence |
| John Francis | 1901-1902 | Colony |
| William H. Smith | 1902-1903 | Marysville |
| William B. Stone | 1903-1904 | Galena |
| John Martin | 1904-1905 | Topeka |
| Robert M. Wright | 1905-1906 | Dodge City |
| Horace L. Moore | 1906-1907 | Lawrence |
| James R. Mead | 1907-1908 | Wichita |
| George W. Veale | 1908-1909 | Topeka |
| George W. Glick | 1909-1910 | Atchison |
| Albe B. Whiting | 1910-1911 | Topeka |
| Edwin C. Manning | 1911-1912 | Winfield |
| William E. Connelley | 1912-1913 | Topeka |
| David E. Ballard | 1913-1914 | Washington |
| John N. Harrison | 1914-1915 | Ottawa |
| Charles F. Scott | 1916-1917 | Iola |
| Charles S. Gleed | 1917-1918 | Topeka |
| George P. Morehouse | 1918-1919 | Topeka |
| Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf | 1919-1920 | Lawrence |
| Thomas A. McNeal | 1920-1921 | Topeka |
| F. Dumont Smith | 1921-1922 | Hutchinson |
| Sam F. Woolard | 1922-1923 | Wichita |
| Charles H. Tucker | 1923-1924 | Lawrence |
| Theodore Gardner | 1924-1925 | Lawrence |
| J. W. Berryman | 1925-1926 | Ashland |
| Samuel E. Cobb | 1926-1927 | Topeka |
| Charles L. Kagey | 1927-1928 | Beloit |
| William L. Huggins | 1928-1929 | Emporia |
| W. C. Simons | 1929-1930 | Lawrence |
| Charles M. Harger | 1930-1931 | Abilene |
| John S. Dawson | 1931-1932 | Topeka |
| Thomas Amory Lee | 1932-1933 | Topeka |
| H. K. Lindsley | 1933-1934 | Wichita |
| Thomas F. Doran | 1934-1935 | Topeka |
| Frank H. Hodder | 1935-1936 | Lawrence |
| E. E. Kelley | 1935-1936 | Topeka |
| Edwin A. Austin | 1936-1937 | Topeka |
| William Allen White | 1937-1938 | Emporia |
| Robert C. Rankin | 1938-1939 | Lawrence |
| Thomas M. Lillard | 1940-1941 | Topeka |
| James C. Malin | 1941-1942 | Lawrence |
| Charles H. Brown | 1942-1943 | Horton |
| W. E. Stanley | 1943-1944 | Wichita |
| F. W. Brinkerhoff | 1944-1945 | Pittsburg |
| Ralph R. Price | 1945-1946 | Manhattan |
| Jess C. Denious | 1946-1947 | Dodge City |
| Milton R. McLean | 1947-1948 | Topeka |
| Robert T. Aitchison | 1948-1949 | Wichita |
| R. F. Brock | 1949-1950 | Goodland |
| Charles M. Correll | 1950-1951 | Manhattan |
| Frank Haucke | 1951-1952 | Council Grove |
| Will T. Beck | 1952-1953 | Holton |
| Robert Taft | 1953-1954 | Lawrence |
| Angelo Scott | 1954-1955 | Iola |
| F. S. Farrell | 1955-1956 | Manhattan |
| Wilford Riegle | 1956-1957 | Emporia |
| Rolla A. Clymer | 1957-1958 | El Dorado |
| Alan W. Farley | 1958-1959 | Kansas City |
| Richard M. Long | 1959-1960 | Wichita |
| E. R. Sloan | 1960-1961 | Topeka |
| George L. Anderson | 1961-1962 | Lawrence |
| Emory K. Lindquist | 1962-1963 | Wichita |
| James E. Taylor | 1963-1964 | Sharon Springs |
| John W. Ripley | 1964-1965 | Topeka |
| Henry B. Jameson | 1965-1966 | Abilene |
| Richard W. Robbins | 1965-1966 | Pratt |
| A. Bower Sageser | 1966-1967 | Manhattan |
| Floyd R. Souders | 1967-1968 | Cheney |
| Clifford Hope, Sr. | 1968-1969 | Garden City |
| George Templar | 1969-1970 | Topeka |
| William H. Seiler | 1970-1971 | Emporia |
| Theo A. Sanborn | 1971-1972 | Belleville |
| William E. Treadway | 1972-1973 | Topeka |
| Dudley T. Cornish | 1973-1974 | Pittsburg |
| Arthur J. Stanley, Jr. | 1974-1975 | Leavenworth |
| Homer E. Socolofsky | 1975-1976 | Manhattan |
| John W. Wickman | 1976-1977 | Enterprise |
| Clifford R. Hope, Jr. | 1977-1978 | Garden City |
| Philip H. Lewis | 1978-1979 | Topeka |
| Sr. M. Evangeline Thomas | 1979-1980 | Salina |
| William E. Unrau | 1980-1981 | Wichita |
| Donald R. McCoy | 1981-1982 | Lawrence |
| James L. Forsythe | 1982-1983 | Hays |
| June S. Windscheffel | 1983-1984 | Topeka |
| Helen L. Smith | 1984-1985 | Colby |
| Donald F. Danker | 1985-1986 | Topeka |
| Glee S. Smith | 1986-1987 | Lawrence |
| J. Eric Engstrom | 1987-1988 | Wichita |
| R. Reed Whitaker | 1988-1989 | Overland Park |
| Ellen May Stanley | 1989-1990 | Dighton |
| Paul E. Wilson | 1991-1992 | Lawrence |
| C. Robert Haywood | 1992-1993 | Topeka |
| Craig Miner | 1993-1994 | Wichita |
| Richard Rogers | 1994-1995 | Topeka |
| Elaine Hassler | 1995-1996 | Abilene |
| Arthur Hodgson | 1996-1997 | Little River |
| W. Stitt Robinson | 1997-1998 | Lawrence |
| D. Cheryl Collins | 1998-1999 | Manhattan |
| James F. Hoy | 1999-2000 | Emporia |
| Gayle Davis | 2000-2001 | Wichita |
| Martha Gannon | 2001-2002 | Topeka |
| Michael Hoeflich | 2002-2003 | Lecompton |
| William M. Tsutsui | 2003-2004 | Lawrence |
| Hal Ross | 2004-2005 | Wichita |
| Brian Moline | 2005-2006 | Topeka |
| Mary E. Turkington | 2006-2007 | Topeka |
| Kathleen Holt | 2007-2008 | Cimarron |
| James K. Logan | 2008-2009 | Olathe |
| Dru Sampson | 2009-2010 | Lawrence |
| E. Dean Carlson | 2010-2011 | Topeka |
| Paul M. Buchanan | 2011-2012 | Wichita |
| Barbara Morris | 2012-2013 | Hugoton |
| Jack Alexander | 2013-2014 | Topeka |
| Deborah Barker | 2014-2015 | Ottawa |
| Paul Stuewe | 2015-2016 | Lawrence |
| Donita Barone | 2016-2017 | Frontenac |
| Bill Kassebaum | 2017-2018 | Burdick |
| Don Chubb | 2018-2019 | Topeka |
| Carol Bales | 2019-2020 | Logan |
| Lidia Hook-Gray | 2020-2021 | Liberal |
| W. Walter Menninger | 2021-2022 | Topeka |
| Richard B. Walker | 2022-2023 | Newton |
| Linda P. Jeffrey | 2023-2024 | Topeka |
Entry: Kansas Historical Foundation Presidents
Author: Kansas Historical Society
Author information: The Kansas Historical Society is a state agency charged with actively safeguarding and sharing the state's history.
Date Created: April 2012
Date Modified: April 2025
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