Walter R. Stubbs

Walter R. Stubbs
18th Governor of Kansas
In office
January 11, 1909 – January 13, 1913
LieutenantWilliam J. Fitzgerald
Richard Joseph Hopkins
Preceded byEdward W. Hoch
Succeeded byGeorge H. Hodges
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
In office
1903–07
Personal details
BornNovember 7, 1858
Wayne County, Indiana
DiedMarch 25, 1929 (aged 70)
Topeka, Kansas
Political partyRepublican
SpouseStella Hostettler
EducationUniversity of Kansas (attended)
Professionclerk, farmer, mule driver, banker, politician

Walter Roscoe Stubbs (November 7, 1858 – March 25, 1929) was an American businessman who served as the 18th Governor of Kansas. Stubbs, a progressive Republican, was known for his prohibitionist beliefs, as well as for having signed the nation's first blue sky law into effect.