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Capital: Topeka
State Nickname: Sunflower State
State Bird: West Meadowlark
State Flower: Native Sunflower
Admitted to the Union: January 29, 1861
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| Governors |
February 9, 1861 to January 12, 1863:
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Charles Robinson
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January 12, 1863 to January 9, 1865:
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Thomas Carney
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January 9, 1865 to November 4, 1868:
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Samuel J. Crawford
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November 4, 1868 to January 11, 1869:
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Nehemiah Green
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January 11, 1869 to January 13, 1873:
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James Madison Harvey
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January 13, 1873 to January 18, 1877:
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Thomas A. Osborn
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January 18, 1877 to January 13, 1879:
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George T. Anthony
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January 13, 1879 to January 8, 1883:
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Pohn P. St. John
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January 8, 1883 to January 13, 1885:
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George Washington Glick
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January 13, 1885 to January 14, 1889:
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John A. Martin
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January 14, 1889 to January 9, 1893:
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Lyman U. Humphrey
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January 9, 1893 to January 14, 1895:
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Lorenzo D. Lewelling
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January 14, 1895 to January 11, 1897:
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Edmund N. Morrill
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January 11, 1897 to January 9, 1899:
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John W. Leedy
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January 9, 1899 to January 12, 1903:
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William E. Stanley
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January 12, 1903 to January 9, 1905:
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Willis J. Bailey
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January 9, 1905 to January 11, 1909:
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Edward W. Hoch
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January 11, 1909 to January 13, 1913:
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Walter R. Stubbs
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January 13, 1913 to January 11, 1915:
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George H. Hodges
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January 11, 1915 to January 13, 1919:
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Arthur Capper
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January 13, 1919 to January 8, 1923:
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Henry J. Allen
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January 8, 1923 to January 12, 1925:
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Jonathan McM. Davis
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January 12, 1925 to January 14, 1929:
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Ben S. Paulen
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January 14, 1929 to January 12, 1931:
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Clyde M. Reed
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January 12, 1931 to January 9, 1933:
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Henry W. Woodring
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January 9, 1933 to January 11, 1937:
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Alfred M. Landon
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January 11, 1937 to January 9, 1939:
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Walter A. Huxman
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January 9, 1939 to January 11, 1943:
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Payne H. Ratner
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January 11, 1943 to January 13, 1947:
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andrew F. Schoeppel
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January 13, 1947 to November 28, 1950:
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Frank Carlson
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November 28, 1950 to January 8, 1951:
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Frank L. Hagaman
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January 8, 1951 to January 10, 1955:
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Edward F. Arn
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January 10, 1955 to January 3, 1957:
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Frederick L. Hall
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January 3, 1957 to January 14, 1957:
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John McCuish
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January 14, 1957 to January 9, 1961:
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George Docking
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January 19, 1961 to January 11, 1965:
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John Anderson, Jr.
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January 11, 1965 to January 9, 1967:
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William H. Avery
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January 9, 1967 to January 13, 1975:
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Robert B. Docking
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January 13, 1975 to January 8, 1979:
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Robert F. Bennett
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January 8, 1979 to January 12, 1987:
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John Carlin
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January 12, 1987 to January 14, 1991:
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Mike Hayden
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January 14, 1991 to January 9, 1995:
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Joan Finney
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January 9, 1995 to January 13, 2003:
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Bill Graves
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January 13, 2003:
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Kathleen Sebelius
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| Senators - Class II |
April 4, 1861 – July 11, 1866
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James Henry Lane
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July 25, 1866 – March 3, 1871
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Edmund Gibson Ross
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March 4, 1871 – March 24, 1873,
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Alexander Caldwell * Resigned office
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November 24, 1873 – February 12, 1874
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Robert Crozier
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January 11, 1869 – January 13, 1873
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James Madison Harvey
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March 4, 1877 – December 20, 1891)
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Preston Bierce Plumb * Died in office
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January 1, 1892 – March 3, 1893
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Bishop Walden Perkins
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March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
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John Martin
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March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901
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Lucien Baker
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March 4, 1901 – June 4, 1906
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Joseph Ralph Burton * Resigned office
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June 11, 1906 – January 23, 1907
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Alfred Washburn Benson
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January 29, 1907 – March 4, 1913
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Charles Curtis
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March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919
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William Howard Thompson
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March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949
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Arthur Capper
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January 3, 1949 – January 21, 1962
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Andrew Frank Schoeppel
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January 31, 1962 – December 23, 1978
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James Blackwood Pearson
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December 23, 1978 – January 3, 1997
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Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker
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January 7, 1997 –
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Charles Patrick Roberts
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| Senators - Class III |
April 4, 1861 – March 3, 1873
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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy
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March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891
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John James Ingalls
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March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897
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William Alfred Peffer
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March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909
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William Alexander Harris
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March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909
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Chester Isaiah Long
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March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915
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Joseph Little Bristow
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March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1929
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Charles Curtis
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April 1, 1929 – Nov. 30, 1930
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Henry Justin Allen
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December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939
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George McGill
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January 3, 1939 – November 8, 1949
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Clyde Martin Reed * Died in office
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December 2, 1949 – November 28, 1950
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Harry Darby
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November 29, 1950 – January 3, 1969
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Frank Carlson
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January 3, 1969 – June 11, 1996
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Bob Russell Dole * Resigned office
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June 11, 1996 – November 6, 1996
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Sheila Sloan Frahm
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November 7, 1996 –
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Samuel Dale Brownback
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| State Song |
Home on the Range
Written by Brewster Higley
Composed by Daniel Kelley |
Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Chorus
Where the air is so pure, the zephyrs so free,
The breezes so balmy and light,
That I would not exchange my home on the range
For all the cities so bright.
Chorus
Oh, give me a land where the bright diamond sand
Flows leisurely down the stream;
Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along
Like a maid in a heavenly dream.
Chorus
The red man was pressed from this part of the West,
He's likly no more to return
To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever
Their flickering campfires burn.
Chorus
How often at night when the heavens are bright
With the light of the glittering stars,
Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed
If their glory exceeds that of ours.
Chorus
Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours;
The curlew I love to hear scream;
And I love the white rocks and the antelope flocks
That graze on the mountain-tops green.
Chorus
Then I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Chorus
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day. |
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State Population
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1860: 107,206 |
1870: 364,399 |
1880: 996,096 |
1890: 1.427,096 |
1900: 1,470,495 |
1910: 1,690,040 |
1920: 1,769,257 |
1930: 1,880,999 |
1940: 1,801,028 |
1950: 1,905,299 |
1960: 2,178,611 |
1970: 2,249,071 |
1980: 2,363,808 |
1990: 2,477,574 |
2000: 2,688,814 |
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State Capitol Building 1907
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