Category: Kansas

Governor | Republican | Alf Landon on Wikipedia

Lt. Governor | Republican | Benjamin Paulen on Wikipedia

Senator | Republican | CURTIS, CHARLES, a Representative and a Senator from Kansas and a Vice President of the United States; born in Topeka, Kans., January 25, 1860; attended the common schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Topeka; prosecuting attorney of Shawnee County 1885-1889; elected as a Republican… Continue reading Charles Curtis

Senator | Republican | CAPPER, ARTHUR, a Senator from Kansas; born in Garnett, Anderson County, Kans., July 14, 1865; attended the common schools; learned the art of printing and subsequently became a newspaper reporter; owner and publisher of the Topeka Daily Capital, Capper’s Weekly, Capper’s Farmer, the Household Magazine, and other publications; owner of two… Continue reading Arthur Capper

Representative | Republican | DOLE, ROBERT JOSEPH, (husband of Elizabeth H. Dole), a Representative and a Senator from Kansas; born in Russell, Kans., July 22, 1923; graduated, Washburn Municipal University, Topeka, Kans., with an undergraduate and law degree in 1952, after attending Kansas University 1941-1943 and University of Arizona 1948-1949; during the Second World War… Continue reading Robert Dole

Representative | Democrat | GLICKMAN, DANIEL ROBERT, a Representative from Kansas; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., November 24, 1944; graduated from Southeast High School, Wichita, Kans., 1962; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1966; J.D., George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1969; lawyer, private practice; member of the Wichita, Kans., school board, 1973-1976; United… Continue reading Dan Glickman

Representative | Republican | BROWNBACK, SAM DALE, a Representative and a Senator from Kansas; born in Garnett, Kans., September 12, 1956; grew up on his family’s farm near Parker, Kans., and graduated from Prairie View High School, Linn County, Kans.; graduated from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans., in 1979; received law degree from University of… Continue reading Sam Brownback

Representative | Republican | ROBERTS, CHARLES PATRICK (PAT), a Senator and a Representative from Kansas; born in Topeka, Kans., April 20, 1936; attended the public schools; graduated from Holton High School 1954; B.A., Kansas State University, Manhattan 1958; served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a captain 1958-1962; newspaper publisher, Litchfield Park, Ariz. 1962-1967; administrative… Continue reading Pat Roberts

Representative | Republican | REES, EDWARD HERBERT, a Representative from Kansas; born on a farm near Emporia, Lyon County, Kans., June 3, 1886; attended the public schools and the Kansas State Teachers’ College at Emporia; taught school in Lyon County, Kans., 1909-1911; clerk of the court of Lyon County, Kans., 1912-1918; studied law; was admitted… Continue reading Edward Rees

Representative | Populist | SIMPSON, JEREMIAH (JERRY), a Representative from Kansas; born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, March 31, 1842; moved with his parents to Oneida County, N.Y., in 1848; attended the public schools; at the age of fourteen became a sailor and followed nautical pursuits from 1856 to 1879; served in the Civil War… Continue reading Sockless Jerry Simpson