Carlin, John, 1940-

John William Carlin (born August 3, 1940, in Salina, Kansas). He was raised in Smolan, Saline County, Kansas, earned a bachelors degree with honors in Dairy Science from Kansas State University, and operated the Carlin Holstein Farm livestock and dairy farm business near Smolan. In 1971, he won a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives (1971-1979) and served as Speaker of the Kansas House, 1977-1979. In 1979, he was elected as the 40th governor of Kansas, defeating incumbent Robert F. Bennett. Carlin served as governor of Kansas, 1979-1987. He was chair of the National Governors Association from 1984 through 1985. In 1990, he lost the Democratic nomination for Governor to then-State Treasurer Joan Finney. He also ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, and was defeated by Sam Brownback. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, Carlin served as the Archivist of the United States for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), in Washington, D.C., from 1995 to 2005, and was a chair of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) during the same period. [Wikipedia. "John W. Carlin." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Carlin (accessed 18 September 2009).] [John Carlin. http://www.k-state.edu/polsci/faculty/carlin-john.html (accessed November 4, 2009).]