Kansas Insurance Commissioners
The office was known as the Superintendent of Insurance until 1927, when the title changed to Commissioner of Insurance.
| Name | Term | Party | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State Superintendents of Insurance | |||
| William C. Webb | 1871-1873 | Republican | Fort Scott |
| Edward Russell | 1873-1874 | Republican | |
| Harrison Clarkson | 1874-1875 | Topeka | |
| Orrin T. Welch | 1875- 883 | Republican | Topeka |
| Richard B. Morris | 1883-1887 | Democrat | Atchison |
| Daniel W. Wilder | 1887-1891 | Republican | Hiawatha |
| W. H. McBride | 1891-1893 | Republican | Osborne |
| S. H. Snider | 1893-1895 | Kingman | |
| George T. Anthony | 1895-1896 | Republican | Ottawa |
| Alexander P. Riddle | 1896-1897 | Republican | Minneapolis |
| Webb McNall | 1897-1899 | Populist | Gaylord |
| Willard V. Church | 1899-1903 | Republican | Marion |
| Charles H. Luling | 1903-1907 | Republican | Wichita |
| Charles W. Barnes | 1907-1911 | Republican | Osage City |
| Isaac S. Lewis | 1911-1915 | Republican | St. John |
| Carey J. Wilson | 1915-1919 | Republican | Topeka |
| Frank L. Travis | 1919-1923 | Republican | Iola |
| William R. Baker | 1923-June 1927 | Republican | Topeka |
| Kansas State Commissioners of Insurance | |||
| William R. Baker | June 1927 - January 14, 1929 | Republican | Topeka |
| Charles F. Hobbs | January 14, 1929 - January 13, 1947 | Republican | Baldwin |
| Frank Sullivan | January 13, 1947 - January 11, 1971 | Republican | Lawrence |
| Fletcher (William Fletcher) Bell | January 11, 1971 - January 14, 1991 | Republican | Lawrence |
| Ronald L. Todd | January 14, 1991 - January 9, 1995 | Republican | Lawrence |
| Kathleen Sebelius | January 9, 1995 - January 13, 2003 | Democrat | Topeka |
| Sandy Praeger | January 13, 2003 - January 12, 2015 | Republican | Lawrence |
| Ken Selzer | January 12, 2015 - January 14, 2019 | Republican | Leawood |
| Vicki Schmidt | January 14, 2019 - | Republican | Topeka |
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Entry: Kansas Insurance Commissioners
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: February 2017
Date Modified: January 2019
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