[Papers] 1987-2000.
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Sherman J. Jones, a citizen of Wyandotte County, Kansas, and member of the Kansas State Legislature from 1988-2000, was born in Winton (Hertford County), North Carolina on February 10, 1935. The son of rural sharecroppers, Gladys and Starkie S. Jones, he played professional baseball in both major and minor leagues from 1953-1964. While playing for the Hawks of Topeka, Kansas, he met and married his wife Amelia. Two years of service the U.S. Army interrupted his baseball career in th...
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The first House of Representatives in the Kansas Legislature consisted of 75 members who were chosen for one year, and the first Senate consisted of 25 members who were chosen for two years. An amendment to the state constitution in 1873 raised the number of Representatives to 125 and the number of Senators to 40. In 1875 another amendment allowed Representatives to hold office for two years and Senators for four years. The State Legislature meets every year between January and May (for many yea...
