Kansas Senate
| Kansas Senate | |
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| Kansas Legislature | |
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Term limits
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None |
| History | |
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New session started
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January 9, 2017 |
| Leadership | |
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Vice President of the Senate
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Majority Leader
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Minority Leader
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
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Political groups
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Governing party
Opposition party
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Length of term
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4 years |
| Authority | Article 2, Kansas Constitution |
| Salary | $88.66/day + per diem |
| Elections | |
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Last election
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November 8, 2016 (40 seats) |
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Next election
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November 3, 2020 (40 seats) |
| Redistricting | Kansas Reapportionment Commission |
| Meeting place | |
| State Senate Chamber Kansas State Capitol Topeka, Kansas |
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| Website | |
| Official website | |
Governing party
Opposition party
The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators representing an equal amount of districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve. The Kansas Senate meets at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.
Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate is reserved with special functions such as confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, the state cabinet, commissions and boards.
The Kansas Senate was created by the Kansas Constitution when Kansas became the 34th state of United States on January 29, 1861. Six days after its admission into the Union, the Confederate States of America formed between seven Southern states that had seceded from the United States in the previous months, leading to the American Civil War.
War bonds became a central political issue in Kansas shortly when the Kansas Senate held impeachment trials in 1862, brought about in part by United States Republican Party infighting. The Kansas Senate voted narrowly to convict Kansas Secretary of State J. W. Robinson, and State Auditor George S. Hillyer over what they believed to be the unlawful sale of state bonds. With little evidence of a conspiracy and the smaller role of Governor Charles L. Robinson, his impeachment trial ended with only three state senators voting to convict him.
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