Clyde Hill papers, 1948-1989 (bulk 1955-1975).

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Dole, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1923-2021

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Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure, including three nonconsecutive years as Senate Majority Leader. Prior to his 27 years in the Senate, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. Dole was also the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 election and t...

Baker, Nancy Kassebaum, 1932-

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Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president, and the widow of former Senator and diplomat Howard Baker. She was the first woman ever elected to a full term in the Senate without her husband having previously served in Congress. She is also the fir...

Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987

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Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician from the Republican Party. He served as the twenty-sixth Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt who won the electoral college vote 523 to 8. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Landon spent most of his childhood in Marietta, Ohio before moving to Kansa...

Carlson, Frank, 1893-1987

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Frank Carlson, a farmer-stockman, was Governor of Kansas from January 13, 1947 to November 28, 1950. He served as a U. S. Senator representing Kansas from 1950 to 1969. Mr. Carlson was born Jan. 23, 1893, in Concordia, Kan.; and died May 30, 1987, in Concordia, Kan. From the description of Frank Carlson selected papers [microform], 1952-1966. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 62096637 Farmer, stockman, U.S. representative 1935-46, Kansas governor 1947-50...

Dickinson, Martin B.

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Docking, George, 1904-1964

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Ratner, Payne Harry, 1896-1974

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Kansas gubernatorial candidate (Republican, 1938), governor 1939-43; of Parsons. From the description of Papers, 1938. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 455533654 Payne Harry Ratner served as the twenty-eighth governor of Kansas from 1939 to 1943. From the guide to the Scrapbooks, 1940-1942, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection) ...

Hill, Clyde, 1912-1992.

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Clyde Hill was born on a farm in Woodson County, Kansas, in 1912. From the description of Clyde Hill papers, 1948-1989 (bulk 1955-1975). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 49885211 ...

Bennett, Robert F. (Robert Frederick), 1927-2000

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Rieke, William.

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Docking, Thomas R.

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McGill, Duane S.

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Chalmers, E. Laurence (Edwin Laurence), 1928-2009

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Dykes, Archie R.

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Administrator of higher education and third Executive Officer and Chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Martin from 1967 to 1972. From the description of Office of the Chancellor papers. Archie Reece Dykes, 1967-1972. (University of Tennessee at Martin). WorldCat record id: 37259667 ...

Kidwell, Thomas M.

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Chronister, Rochell.

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Hardage, Sam.

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Miller, Vern, 1928-

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Pettyjohn, Gertrude.

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Hall, Frederick Lee, 1916-1970

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World War II military administrator, attorney, controversial Kansas political figure & governor. Of California; Washington, D.C.; Kansas. From the description of Frederick L. & Leadell Hall correspondence, speeches and papers, 1938-1964. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 225865661 ...

Kay, Morris.

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Docking, Robert Blackwell, 1925-1983

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Robert Blackwell Docking served as the thirty-eighth governor of Kansas. He served an unprecedented four two-year terms from January, 1967 to January, 1975. Docking was a Democrat, the first to unseat an incumbent Republican, which he did in 1966 by defeating Governor William Avery. Winning reelection (in 1968) he was only the second Democrat to serve two terms. The only other Democrat to serve as governor for two terms was his father, George Docking, who held the post from 1957 to ...

Avery, William Henry, 1911-2009

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William H. Avery was born in Clay County, attended Wakefield High School, and graduated from the Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science (Kansas State University). He was a farmer and rancher, married, and had four children. He was elected as a Republican to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1950, serving until 1955. William Avery was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954 and served until 1965. Mr. Avery was elected as the 37th Governor of Kansas in 1...

Hayden, Mike, 1944-

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Mike Hayden was the forty-first governor of Kansas, between 1987-1991. Hayden was a Republican. He was born on March 15, 1944 in Colby, Kansas and raised in Atwood, Kansas. He was a graduate of Kansas State University in wildlife conservation, 1966, and a graduate of Fort Hays State University in biology, 1974. He represented district 120 in the Kansas House of Representatives between 1973-1986, serving as speaker of the house between 1983-1986. Hayden lost his gubernatorial campaign for re-elec...

Rees, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1886-1969

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Boyd, Huck, 1907-1987

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Reed, Cramer.

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Reed, Clyde Martin, 1871-1949

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Clyde Martin Reed was born 9 October 1871 in Champaign County, Illinois, the son of Martin Van Buren and Mary Adelaid Reed. His family moved to Labette County, Kansas in 1875, where Reed received his education, including a teacher's certificate. In 1891 he married Minnie E. Hart and they had seven children who survived to adulthood. Reed worked for the government much of his life, when not running the Parsons Sun newspaper. He worked in the post office for many years, was secretary to Governor H...