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Kansas Legislators Past & Present
Boh through Bzz
Compiled by Rita Haley, Sherri Schulte, Donna Copeland, Bill Sowers and Lois Delfelder.
Please direct comments, additions, corrections to: Bill Sowers, ksdocs@kslib.info
Name: Godfrey Bohrer
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Physician, Farmer
County: Rice
Town: Raymond 1877; Chase 1883
Party: Republican or Independent Republican (?)
District: 114
Chamber: House 1877
District: 101
Chamber: House 1883, SS1884
Notes:
Source material:
1)--- Article in Treesearcher (vol. 10, no. 1 - Jan., 1968), a publication of the Kansas Genealogical Society, Dodge City, KS
2)--- Information supplied by Phyllis Solter, granddaughter.
Name: L. G. Boies
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Edwards
Town: Kinsley
Party: Republican
District: 110
Chamber: House 1887, 1889
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Ernest P. Boles
Born: March 20, 1900
Died: May 7, 1979
Occupation: Merchant, Farmer
County: Seward
Town: Liberal
Party: Republican
District: 123
Chamber: House 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, SS1958
Notes:
Source material:
Name: T. G. V. Boling
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Republican
District: 7
Chamber: Senate 1881, 1883, SS1884
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Ralph Bolinger
Born:
Died: February 3, 1975
Occupation: Farmer, Insurance, Real estate, Loans
County: Ford
Town: Bucklin
Party: Republican
District: 96
Chamber: House 1939, 1945, 1947
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Charles O. Bollinger
Born: December 15, 1874
Died: February 19, 1941
Occupation: Insurance
County: Allen
Town: Iola
Party: Republican
District: 17
Chamber: House 1919, SS1919, SS1920
Notes: Mayor (1911 - 1914) and Sheriff (1906) of Iola.
Source material:
Name: Wiley Bollinger
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Bourbon
Town: Mill Creek
Party: Republican
District: 35
Chamber: House 1881
District: 28
Chamber: House 1885, SS1886
District: 23
Chamber: House 1887
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Charles Pierce Bolmar
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Shawnee
Town: North Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 40
Chamber: House 1887
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Benjamin C. Bond
Born:
Died: October 17, 1952
Occupation: Banker
County: Wilson
Town: Buffalo
Party: Republican
District: 29
Chamber: House 1917
Notes: Appointed by Governor Paulin as first State Supervisor of Building and Loan Associations when office was created in the 1920's. Buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas.
Source material:
Name: James Edward Bond
Born: April 11, 1885 in McLouth, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Jefferson
Town: McLouth
Party: Republican
District: 5
Chamber: Senate 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: August 3, 1919 married Anna Marie Whyler.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Joseph Bond
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Painter
County: Allen
Town: Humboldt
Party: Mixed
District: 54
Chamber: House 1866
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Richard L. "Dick" Bond
Born: September 18, 1935
Died:
Occupation: Attorney, Banker
County: Johnson
Town: Overland Park
Party: Republican
District: 8
Chamber: Senate 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Rufus F. Bond
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Rice
Town: Sterling
Party: Republican
District: 101
Chamber: House 1885, SS1886
District: 96
Chamber: House 1887
Notes:
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Name: Thomas L. Bond
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Montgomery
Town: Elk City
Party:
District:
Chamber: House 1871
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William Henry Bond
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Republican
District: 22
Chamber: House 1873
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Harry J. Bone
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Clark
Town: Ashland
Party: Republican
District: 96
Chamber: House 1895
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Hugh Bone
Born: about 1850
Died:
Occupation: Miner
County: Crawford
Town: Fleming, Chicopee 1895
Party: Populist
District: 22
Chamber: House 1893, 1895
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Johiel H. Bonebrake
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Physician
County: Douglas
Town: Lecompton
Party: Republican
District: 39
Chamber: House 1866
District: 17
Chamber: House 1885, SS1886
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Parkinson Isaiah Bonebrake
Born: September 25, 1835 in Eaton, Preble County, Ohio.
Died: March 19, 1920 in Topeka, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 57
Chamber: House 1876
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1859. Elected Auditor of State and held position, November 1876-January 1883. Married on December 18, 1857, Martha L. Lowe.
Source material:1)---Online biography found in History of the State of Kansas (Shawnee County section) by William G. Cutler, first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
Name: Oscar E. Bonecutter
Born: 1874
Died: January 11, 1951
Occupation: Railroad man (Retired)
County: Pratt
Town: Pratt
Party: Republican
District: 74
Chamber: House 1939, 1941
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Oscar Bonnett
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Elk
Town: Howard
Party: Democrat
District: 53
Chamber: House 1909
Notes:
Source material:
Name: D. E. Books
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Lincoln
Town:
Party: Democrat
District: 87
Chamber: House 1903
Notes: Lost seat to J. D. Miller, January 15, 1903.
Source material:
Name: Arden Booth
Born: December 4, 1911 in Fairview, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Radio broadcasting, Stockman
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 2
Chamber: Senate 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Notes: Married to Dorothy Lyons. Succeeds Reynolds Shultz, who resigned before taking oath of lieutenant governor in January.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Seventh Edition 1979-80 / R.R. Bowker Company, New York, N.Y., 1979.
Name: Henry Booth
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Riley 1867; Pawnee 1874, 1889
Town: Manhattan 1867; Larned 1874, 1889
Party: Radical Republican 1867; Republican 1874, 1889
District: 72
Chamber: House 1867
District: 101
Chamber: House 1874
District: 109
Chamber: House 1889
Notes: Speaker of the House in 1889.
Source material:
Name: Rex R. Borgen
Born: March 5, 1911 in Asherville, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Mitchell
Town: Asherville
Party: Republican
District: 83
Chamber: House 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964, 1965, 1966, SS1966
District: 98
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Notes:
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
Name: Lewis Wetzel Borton
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Cloud
Town: Clyde
Party: Democrat
District: 81
Chamber: House 1883, 1884
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Isabel "Belle" Borum
Born: November 18, 1925
Died:
Occupation: Teacher/Librarian (Retired)
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Republican
District: 88
Chamber: House 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990
Notes: Succeeds J. Sandford "Sandy" Duncan.
Source material:
Name: Marc Boss
Born: January 24, 1901 in Bremen, Marshall County, Ind.
Died: March 21,1967 in Cherokee County, Kan.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Cherokee
Town: Columbus
Party: Republican
District: 10
Chamber: Senate 1945, 1947
Notes: Married August 11, 1926 to Margery Griswold.
Source material:- 1)---http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/
Name: Garry G. Boston
Born: October 1, 1936
Died:
Occupation: Insurance agent
County: Harvey
Town: Newton
Party: Republican
District: 72
Chamber: House 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Theodosius Botkin
Born: June 25, 1846 in Clarke County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Reno
Town: Hutchinson
Party: Republican
District: 76
Chamber: House 1897, 1898
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1865 and settled in Linn County. Married and the father of three. Did not take a seat in SS1898-1899 because of serving in the Spanish-American War.
Source material:1)---Transaction of the Kansas State Historical Society, vol. 7 (1902), p. 418.
2)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: John C. Bottenberg
Born: April 2, 1943
Died:
Occupation: Businessman
County: Jackson
Town: Holton
Party: Democrat
District: 50
Chamber: House 1973, 1974
Notes:
Source material:
Name: M. W. Bottom
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Builder
County: Wyandotte
Town: Quindaro
Party: Republican
District: 31
Chamber: House 1863, 1864
Notes:
Source material:
Name: C. N. Bottorff
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Sumner
Town: Wellington
Party: Republican
District: 85
Chamber: House 1887
Notes:
Source material:
Name: George W. Bottorff
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Haskell
Town: Santa Fe
Party: Republican
District: 121
Chamber: House 1923, SS1923
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Jay T. Botts
Born: April 2, 1874
Died: June 3, 1964
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Comanche
Town: Coldwater
Party: Republican
District: 94
Chamber: House 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Rick Bowden
Born: January 5, 1947
Died:
Occupation: Teacher, Coach
County: Sedgwick
Town: Goddard
Party: Democrat
District: 93
Chamber: House 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Notes: Resigned, Summer 1993.
Source material:
Name: Ralph D. Bowen
Born: Niles, Ohio
Died:
Occupation: Blacksmith
County: Smith
Town: Smith Center
Party: Fusion
District: 90
Chamber: House 1901
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John D. Bower
Born: December 17, 1911 in McLouth, Kansas..
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Contractor, Minister
County: Jefferson
Town: McLouth
Party: Republican
District: 4
Chamber: House 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, SS1958, 1959, 1960
District: 3
Chamber: House 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964, 1965, 1966, SS1966
District: 41
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
District: 46
Chamber: House 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Notes: Married June 13, 1936 to (Maude) Agnes Black. Ordained minister.
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
2)---Who's Who in American Politics, Second Edition 1969-1970. (R. R. Bowker Company New York and London, 1969.)
Name: Solomon Bower
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Osage
Town: Olivet
Party: Republican
District: 61
Chamber: House 1877, 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Ben F. Bowers
Born: August 29, 1879
Died: October 12, 1969
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Franklin
Town: Ottawa
Party: Republican
District: 15
Chamber: Senate 1945, 1947
District: 7
Chamber: Senate 1949, 1951
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Elaine S. Bowers
Born: February 12, 1963 in Beloit, Kansas
Died:
Occupation: Automobile dealer
County:
Town: Concordia
Party: Republican
District: 107
Chamber: House 2007, 2008
Notes: Spouse name is Charles
Source material:
1)--- Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 2007
Name: G. M. Bowers
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Johnson
Town: Lenexa
Party:
District: 10
Chamber: Senate 1871, 1872
Notes:
Source material:
Name: M. B. Bowers
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Brown 1869; Doniphan 1873
Town: White Cloud
Party: Republican
District: 11
Chamber: House 1869
District: 1
Chamber: House 1873
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Peter Bowers
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Grant
Town: Ulysses
Party: Republican
District: 120
Chamber: House 1893
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William S. Bowers
Born: 1917 in Ottawa, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Franklin
Town: Ottawa
Party: Republican
District: 7
Chamber: Senate 1957, 1958, SS1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964
District: 5
Chamber: Senate 1965, 1966, SS1966, 1967, 1968
Notes: Son of former state senator Ben F. Bowers.
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
Name: Justin DeWitt Bowersock
Born: September 19, 1842 near Columbiana, Ohio.
Died: October 27, 1922 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Occupation: Banker
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 14
Chamber: House 1887
Chamber: Senate 1895
Notes: U. S. Representatives 1899-1907
Source material:
1)---Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989, Bicentennial Edition. United States Government Printing Office, 1989.
2)--- www.politicalgraveyard.com
Name: T. C. Bowie
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Doctor
County: Hodgeman
Town: Hodgeman
Party: Republican
District: 98
Chamber: House 1893
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William E. Bowker
Born: April 25, 1829 in Munson, Maine.
Died: March 5, 1874 in Los Angeles, California.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Shawnee
Town: Indianola
Party: Republican
District: 6
Chamber: House 1861
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1855.
Source material:1)---Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. vol. 10. (Topeka, Kan. : State Printing Office, 1908) p. 244.
Name: Theodore Crawford Bowles
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Franklin
Town: Ottawa
Party: Republican
District: 59
Chamber: House 1869
Notes:
Source material:
Name: George Davenport Bowling
Born: in Rock Island County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Republic
Town: Belleville
Party: Populist
District: 32
Chamber: Senate 1893, 1895
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1868.
Source material:1)---Kansas Legislative Handbook, 1895. Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Co, 1894.
Name: George W. Bowman
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Atchison
Town: Atchison
Party: Union 1863; Republican 1867
District: 7
Chamber: House 1863, 1867
Notes:
Source material:
Name: J. M. Bowman
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Pratt
Town: Saratoga
Party: Republican
District: 91
Chamber: House 1887
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Noah L. Bowman
Born: December 22, 1858 in Towerhill, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Anderson
Town: Garnett
Party: Fusion 1901, Democrat
District: 19
Chamber: House 1901
District: 7
Chamber: Senate 1913, 1915
District: 16
Chamber: House 1927, SS1928, 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: August 11, 1887 married Mary Alice Keezel.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Robert W. Bowman
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Thomas
Town: Gem
Party: Fusion or Populist (?)
District: 109
Chamber: House 1899
Notes:
Source material:
Name: S. A. Bowman
Born: November 6, 1853 in Lawrence County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Morris
Town: Council Grove
Party: Democrat
District: 61
Chamber: House 1903
Notes: Came to Kansas in about 1881 from Missouri.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1903.
Name: William Bowman
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Miller
County: Atchison
Town: Atchison
Party: Republican
District: 6
Chamber: House 1867
Notes:
Source material:
Name: C. F. Bowron
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Brown (Session Laws show Doniphan?)
Town:
Party: Republican
District: 7
Chamber: House 1872, 1873
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William Boyce
Born: February 1, 1859
Died: May 9, 1942
Occupation: Farmer
County: Dickinson
Town: Carlton
Party: Republican
District: 57
Chamber: House 1927, SS1928, 1929, SS1930
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Edward B. Boyd
Born: January 31, 1926 in Larned, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Pawnee
Town: Larned
Party: Republican
District: 91
Chamber: House 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964, 1965, 1966, SS19
District: 107
Chamber: House 1967, 1968
Notes:
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
Name: Horatio N. Boyd
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Editor
County: Phillips
Town: Logan
Party: Anti-monopoly
District: 105
Chamber: House 1887
County: Republic
Town: Belleville
Party: Democrat
District: 65
Chamber: House 1909
District: 60
Chamber: House 1911, 1913
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Boyd
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Montgomery
Town:
Party:
District: 64
Chamber: House 1874
Notes: Lost seat by contest February 12, 1874 to C. S. Brown.
Source material:
Name: Benjamin J. Boyer
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Retired
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Democrat
District: 37
Chamber: House 1967, 1968
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Lemmon S. Boyer
Born: December 23, 1849 in Seneca County, Ohio
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Scott
Town: Scott City
Party: Republican
District:
Chamber: House 1891
Notes: Seated as a delegate January 15, 1891. Married Carrie A. Weston on August 23, 1877.
Source material:- 1)---History of Kansas and Kansans. 1919.
Name: Rob Boyer
Born: September 5, 1968 in Kingman, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Business owner
County:
Town: Olathe
Party: Republican
District: 38
Chamber: House 2004
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Archibald Boylan
Born: June 26, 1854 in Canada.
Died: July 1, 1925 on his farm in Kansas.
Occupation:
County: Cowley
Town: Arkansas City
Party: Republican
District: 50
Chamber: House 1915
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1876. Married Nannie Scott on January 5, 1882.
Source material:
Name: H. C. Boyle
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Sedgwick
Town: Valley Center
Party: Republican
District: 84
Chamber: House 1889
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John O. Boyle
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Sherman
Town: Goodland
Party: Republican
District: 113
Chamber: House 1907, SS1908
Notes:
Source material:
Name: J. Boynton
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Saline
Town: Salina
Party:
District: 84
Chamber: House 1872
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Leonard Bradbury
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Miami
Town: Paola
Party: Republican
District: 10
Chamber: Senate 1879, 1881, 1883, SS1884
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William S. Bradbury
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Clay
Town: Broughton
Party: Republican
District: 62
Chamber: House 1899
Notes:
Source material:
Name: James Thomas Braddock
Born: November 16, 1850 in Knox County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Greenwood
Town: Madison
Party: Populist
District: 24
Chamber: Senate 1897, SS1898, 1899
Notes: Married Lois Cook in about 1873. Came to Kansas in about 1884.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897)
Name: James D. Braden
Born: August 2, 1934 in Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Insurance salesman
County: Clay
Town: Wakefield, Clay Center
Party: Republican
District: 63
Chamber: House 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
District: 64
Chamber: House 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990
Notes:
Source material:1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Seventh Edition 1979-80 / R.R. Bowker Company, New York, N.Y., 1979.
Name: LeRoy Bradfield
Born: 1893 in Dexter, Iowa.
Died: January 20, 1970 in Scotsdale, Arizona.
Occupation: Lawyer, Judge
County: Wilson
Town: Neodesha
Party: Republican
District: 13
Chamber: Senate 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: Married Miss Margaret Leech in 1925. Judge in the seventh judicial district of Kansas from 1941-1946.
Source material:1)---Kansas City Star 1/20/1970.
Name: Georgia Walton Bradford
Born: September 24, 1935
Died:
Occupation: Education administrator
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Republican
District: 94
Chamber: House 1991, 1992
Notes:
Source material:
Name: J. H. Bradford
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Physician
County: Morris
Town: Council Grove
Party: Democrat
District: 69
Chamber: House 1866
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Jim R. Bradford
Born: August 9, 1905
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Cherokee
Town: Columbus
Party: Democrat
District: 10
Chamber: Senate 1953, 1955, 1956
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Simeon Briggs Bradford
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Osage
Town: Carbondale
Party: Republican
District: 59
Chamber: House 1875
Notes:
Source material:
Name: A. B. Bradish
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lumberman
County: Atchison
Town: Atchison
Party: Republican
District: 5
Chamber: House 1877
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Elyah P. Bradley
Born: 1842 near Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Stock, Grain & implements
County: Hodgeman
Town: Jetmore
Party: Republican
District: 98
Chamber: House 1895, 1897, SS1898
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1885. Married and the father of four children.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: John T. Bradley
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Morris
Town: Council Grove
Party: Republican
District: 29
Chamber: Senate 1877, 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Richard Bradley
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Nemaha
Party: Republican
Town: Ash Point
District: 13
Chamber: House 1863, 1864
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Thomas S. "Tom" Bradley
Born: June 14, 1948
Died:
Occupation: Retired
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 52
Chamber: House 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Notes: Resigned before 1998 session. Replaced by Vince Cook.
Source material:
Name: Claude Coulter Bradney
Born: June 13, 1899 in Columbus, Kansas.
Died: June 16, 1966 in Columbus, Kansas.
Occupation: Ice manufacturer, Farmer
County: Cherokee
Town: Columbus
Party: Republican
District: 23
Chamber: House 1927, SS1928
District: 10
Chamber: Senate 1929, SS1930, 1931, 1933, SS1933, SS1934, 1935, SS1936, 1937, SS1938, 1939
Notes: May 2, 1922 married Pauline Dorothy Scott.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: John Leeford Brady
Born: 1866
Died:
Occupation: Editor, Publisher
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 13
Chamber: House 1905
District: 5
Chamber: Senate 1909, 1911
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William Robert Brady
Born: May 25, 1956
Died:
Occupation: Graduate; Small Businessman; Owner, Floral and Greenhouse
County: Neosho; Labette
Town: Parsons
Party: Democrat
District: 6
Chamber: House 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990, 1991
District: 14
Chamber: Senate 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Notes: Resigned from House January 15, 1991. Replaced Mike Johnston in the Senate.
Source material:
Name: Russell L. Branden
Born: 1892 in Kingman
Died:
Occupation: Insuror, Realtor
County: Kingman
Town: Kingman
Party: Democrat
District: 72
Chamber: House 1933, SS1933, SS1934, 1935, SS1936
Notes:
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1905. Topeka, Kan. : Geo Crane & Co., 1905.
Name: Henry Brandley
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Chase
Town: Matfield Green
Party: Republican
District: 26
Chamber: Senate 1873, 1874, SS1874
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Harry Brandley
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Chase
Town: Bazaar
Party: Radical
District: 68
Chamber: House 1867
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Edward Lewis Brandner
Born: March 15, 1885 in Florence, Marion County, Kansas.
Died: September 21, 1961 in Tribune, Greeley County, Kansas.
Occupation: Minister
County: Wichita
Town: Leoti
Party: Republican
District: 111
Chamber: House 1933, SS1933, SS1934
Notes: Married Florence Lynas September 22, 1917 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.
Source material:1)---Information provided courtesy of Terry A. Brandner, through his Brandner Family research, and "History of Wichita, Kansas Volume I". Where Edward Lewis Brandner's life and times are mentioned.
Name: Stephen Hicks Brandon
Born: November 20, 1851 in Fall Branch, Green County, Tennessee.
Died:
Occupation: Banker
County: Butler
Town: Douglass
Party: Republican
District: 58
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903, 1905, 1907, SS1908
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1878.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1903.
Name: Charles E. Branine
Born: March 7, 1864 in St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois.
Died: December 8, 1939 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Harvey
Town: Newton
Party: Republican
District: 30
Chamber: Senate 1901, 1903, SS1903
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1874.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature. Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Co, 1900.
Name: Jessie M. Branson
Born: December 21, 1920 in Cummings, Kansas
Died: January 3, 2009 in Lawrence , Kansas
Occupation: Civic worker, Nurse
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Democrat
District: 44
Chamber: House 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990
Notes: Married Dr. Vernon Branson on April 24, 1942 he proceeded her in death.
Source material:
Name: John T. Brauchi, MD
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Psychiatrist
County: Johnson
Town: Overland Park
Party: Republican
District: 20
Chamber: House 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Royal E. Bray
Born: July 24, 1861
Died: June 15, 1938
Occupation: Farmer
County: Hamilton
Town: Syracuse
Party: Republican
District: 117
Chamber: House 1915, 1917
Notes: Married Martha C. Inge on April 22, 1891.
Source material:
Name: J. Floyd Breeding
Born: September 28, 1901 near Robinson, Kansas.
Died: October 17, 1977 in Dodge City, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Morton
Town: Rolla
Party: Democrat
District: 125
Chamber: House 1947, 1949
Notes: Married March 18, 1921 to Mary Sevilla Tevis. Veteran: WWII, U.S. Air Force. Representative in U.S. Congress from 1957-1963. Appointed by President Kennedy as assistant to Secretary of Agriculture, Grain and Feed Division, 1963-1966. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the US Senate.
Source material:1)---Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989, Bicentennial Edition. United States Government Printing Office, 1989.
2)---Who's Who in American Politics, Second Edition 1969-1970. (R. R. Bowker Company New York and London, 1969.)
Name: Roy N. Brenn
Born: March 9, 1895
Died: August 4, 1968
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Thomas
Town: Levant
Party: Democrat
District: 105
Chamber: House 1959, 1960
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Jacob Brenner
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Bourbon
Town: Hepler
Party:
District: 37
Chamber: House 1873
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Christian Norman Bressler
Born: November 26, 1905 in Raymond, Kansas.
Died: July 6, 1961 in Westmoreland, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Pottawatomie
Town: Wamego
Party: Republican
District: 41
Chamber: House 1957, 1958, SS1958, 1959, 1960
District: 39
Chamber: House 1961
Notes: Married to Dorothy Stevenson in 1927. Replaced Representative Wilfrid M. Johnson.
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
Name: Chester C. Brewer
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Car dealer
County: Riley
Town: Manhattan
Party: Republican
District: 42
Chamber: House 1935, SS1936
Notes:
Source material:
Name: George D. Brewer
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Crawford
Town: Girard
Party: Socialist
District: 20
Chamber: House 1915
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Jacob E. Brewer
Born: February 9, 1863 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Died: 1929
Occupation: Merchant
County: Dickinson
Town: Abilene
Party: Republican
District: 22
Chamber: Senate 1905, 1907, SS1908, 1909
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1879 with his parents. Married Annie L. Curtis May 12, 1887.
Source material:1)---Standard History of Kansas and Kansans (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918).
Name: James Henry Clay Brewer
Born: July 11, 1838 in Clear Springs, Maryland.
Died:
Occupation:
County: Marion
Town: Peabody
Party: Republican
District: 66
Chamber: House 1889
Notes: Married Mary C. Loose December 20, 1866. Came to Kansas in 1871.
Source material:1)---Standard History of Kansas and Kansans (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918).
Name: E. Richard "Dick" Brewster
Born: September 30, 1943 in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Died:
Occupation: Business executive, Attorney
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Democrat
District: 51
Chamber: House 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
Notes: Married in 1966 to Joan Gibson.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Seventh Edition 1979-80 / R.R. Bowker Company, New York, N.Y., 1979.
Name: George M. Brewster
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 35
Chamber: House 1939
Notes: Elected November 15, 1940; resigned and did not serve in 1941; seat vacant.
Source material:
Name: Jasper W. Brewster
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Elk
Town: Indian Creek
Party: Republican
District: 96
Chamber: House 1881
Notes:
Source material:
Name: R. H. Brewster
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Brown
Town: Hiawatha
Party: Republican
District: 51
Chamber: House 1885, 1886
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Sardius Mason Brewster
Born: June 19, 1870 in Brown County, Kansas.
Died: March 5, 1936
Occupation: Attorney
County: Doniphan(Shawnee/Illustriana)
Town: Troy(Topeka/Illustriana)
Party: Republican
District: 1
Chamber: Senate 1909, 1911
District: 1
Chamber: House 1913
Notes: February 1, 1899 married Caroline Brown. Second marriage to Elizabeth Noyes. Served as Attorney General of Kansas 1915-1919.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Lewis W. Breyfogle
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Johnson
Town: Lenexa
Party: Republican
District: 20
Chamber: House 1879
District: 9
Chamber: Senate 1881, 1883, SS1884
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Harry Brice
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Gray
Town: Cimarron
Party: Democrat
District: 120
Chamber: House 1915
Notes:
Source material:
Name: S. M. Brice
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Physician
County: Linn
Town: Mound City
Party: Republican
District: 49
Chamber: House 1866, 1871
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Columbus G. Bridges
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Insurance agent
County: Doniphan
Town: Troy
Party: Republican
District: 1
Chamber: Senate 1875, 1876
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Bill Brier
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Businessman
County: Johnson
Town: Overland Park
Party: Republican
District: 19
Chamber: House 1967, 1968
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Henry Brierley
Born: 1853
Died:
Occupation: Physician, Surgeon
County: Cloud
Town: Glasco
Party: Republican
District: 66
Chamber: House 1905, 1907, SS1908
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Charles Newton Briggs
Born: March 24, 1923 in Fort Scott, Kansas.
Died: November 23, 1982
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Bourbon
Town: Fort Scott
Party: Republican
District: 20
Chamber: House 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964
Notes: Married Chlorine Rose December 21, 1961. Appointed to Jim Cowan's position in 1962.
Source material:1)---"House Resolution 6013," Journal of the House of Representatives, Kansas Legislature, 1983.
Name: Giles A. Briggs
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Doniphan
Town: White Cloud
Party: Reform
District: 1
Chamber: House 1875
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Lewis M. Briggs
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Atchison
Town: Muscotah
Party: Republican
District: 6
Chamber: House 1879
District: 2
Chamber: Senate 1881, 1883, SS1884
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Nelson Brigham
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Greenwood
Town: Eureka
Party: Republican
District: 56
Chamber: House 1889
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Harry Ellsworth Brighton
Born: December 22, 1867 in Tazewell County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Editor
County: Montgomery(Elk/Illustriana)
Town: Caney(Longton/Illustriana)
Party: Republican
District: 30
Chamber: House 1909
Notes: Married Ida Lee Compton December 25, 1889.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Ernest Austin Briles
Born: July 30, 1892 in Leroy, Kansas.
Died: May 18, 1975
Occupation: Newspaper publisher
County: Stafford
Town: Stafford
Party: Republican
District: 77
Chamber: House 1935, SS1936, 1937, SS1938, 1939
District: 33
Chamber: Senate 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947
Notes: Speaker of the House in 1939. Chosen President Pro Tem and floor leader of Senate in 1945. In 1949 named by Governor Carlson as Chairman of newly formed State Board of Social Welfare.
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
Name: G. L. Brinkman
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lumber dealer
County: Barton
Town: Great Bend
Party: Reform 1873, 1875; Democrat 1879
District: 97
Chamber: House 1873, 1875
District: 120
Chamber: House 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Henry W. "Harry" Broadbent
Born: September 30, 1869 in Henry County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Wyandotte
Town: Armourdale
Party: Democrat
District: 9
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1869.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1903.
Name: J. B. Broadhead
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Linn
Town: Mound City
Party:
District: 49
Chamber: House 1863
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Fletcher Broadhead
Born: September 15, 1830 in Hudson, New York.
Died: November 15, 1881 in Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Linn
Town: Mound City
Party:
District:49
Chamber:House 1865
District: 9
Chamber: Senate 1861, 1862
District: 13
Chamber: Senate 1869, 1870
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1858. Civil War veteran: Company D, 3rd Kansas Infantry, which later became Company E on it consolidation with the 10th Kansas. When he accepted commission in volunteer service he lost his seat in the Senate to Horatio Knowles, March 1, 1862. Married first Ellen A. Warner, July 15, 1857. She died July 11, 1861. Married 2nd December 11, 1863 to Nettie W. Warner, sister of his first wife.
Source material:
1)---"Biographies of Members of the Legislature of 1861," found in Transactions of hte Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1980 (volume 10). Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 1908.
Name: Wilber Esting Broadie
Born: February 12, 1881 in Chatauqua County, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Edwards
Town: Kinsley
Party: Republican
District: 92
Chamber: House 1925, 1927, SS1928, 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: Married Rhoda Voiles Pennington December 29, 1909.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Melvin B. Brockman
Born:
Died: February 5, 1986
Occupation: Switchman
County: Wyandotte
Town: Kansas City
Party: Democrat
District: 37
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Notes:
Source material:1)---"House Resolution 6192," Journal of the House of Representatives, Kansas Legislature, 1986.
Name: David Brockway
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 8
Chamber: Senate 1863, 1864
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Case Broderick
Born: September 23, 1839 near Marion, Indiana.
Died: April 1, 1920 in Holton, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Jackson
Town: Holton
Party: Republican
District: 4
Chamber: Senate 1881, 1883, SS1884
Notes: Elected to 4 terms in Congress, 1891-1899. Married to Mary Fairbanks in 1860; there were six children, 3 girls and 3 boys; Mary Fairbanks Broderick died in 1888. State court judge in Kansas, 1868-74.
Source material:1)---Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989, Bicentennial Edition. United States Government Printing Office, 1989.
2)---Article from the Holton Recorder dated Wednesday, December 29, 2004, provided by Sherri Schulte.
Name: Gay H. Brokaw
Born: February 11, 1897 in Esterville, Iowa.
Died: January 16, 1976
Occupation: Retired Railroad Electrical Supervisor, R.R. Credit Union,
Y.M.C.A., Businessman
County: Montgomery
Town: Coffeyville
Party: Democrat
District: 7
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Notes: Married Katherine Harbourt November 18, 1945. Resigned January 2, 1976.
Source material:1)---"House Resolution 6066," Journal of the House of Representatives, Kansas Legislature, 1976.
Name: R. D. "Dan" Bromley
Born: December 30, 1929 in Atchinson, Kansas
Died: August 16, 1997 in Atchinson, Kansas
Occupation: Quarry & Concrete business
County: Atchison
Town: Atchison
Party: Democrat
District: 1
Chamber: Senate 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Notes: Married Mary Lou Bewley on December 22, 1956
Source material:
1)--- Obit from Atchison Daily Globe 8/18/1997
Name: Daniel Mortimer Bronson
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Butler
Town: El Dorado
Party: Republican
District: 91
Chamber: House 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Henry Bronson
Born: 1820
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Reform
District: 19
Chamber: Senate 1874
Notes: Replaced Samuel Walker in 1874 Senate and then resigned March 7, 1874.
Source material:
Name: A. L. Brooke
Born: 1849 near Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Nurseryman
County: Shawnee 1897 - 1899; Jefferson 1921 - 1923
Town: North Topeka 1897 - 1899; Grantville 1921 - 1923
Party: Republican
District: 35
Chamber: House 1897, SS1898
District: 37
Chamber: House 1899
District: 5
Chamber: Senate 1921, 1923, SS1923
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1886. Married with two daughters.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: John W. Brookens
Born: January 13, 1917
Died: March 16, 2009 in Shawnee, Kansas
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Pottawatomie
Town: Westmoreland
Party: Republican
District: 41
Chamber: House 1951, 1953
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Sam L. Brookover
Born: December 26, 1889 at Eureka, Kansas
Died: May 15, 1991 at Eureka, Kansas
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman, Lawyer
County: Greenwood
Town: Eureka
Party: Republican
District: 47
Chamber: House 1947, 1949, 1951
District: 22
Chamber: Senate 1953, 1955, 1956
Notes: Married Maude Pearl Packett March 27, 1915.
Source material:- 1)---Obit from Topeka Captial Journal 5/17/1991
Name: J. Byron Brooks
Born:
Died: March 15, 1986
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman, Businessman
County: Riley
Town: Manhattan
Party: Republican
District: 55
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
District: 65
Chamber: House 1973, 1974, 1975
District: 54
Chamber: House 1976
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John E. Brooks
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Chautauqua
Town: Sedan
Party: Republican
District: 49
Chamber: House 1917, 1919, SS1919, SS1920
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Ira D. Brougher
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Retired
County: Barton
Town: Great Bend
Party: Republican
District: 78
Chamber: House 1917, 1919, SS1919, SS1920
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Abraham Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Land Agent
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Republican
District: 24
Chamber: House 1863
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Adolphus Ziba Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Wilson
Town: Guildford
Party: Farmers' Alliance
District: 35
Chamber: House 1891
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Alexander William J. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Allen
Town: Iola
Party: Republican
District: 54
Chamber: House 1863
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Anthony R. Brown
Born: December 3, 1968 in Ottawa, Kansas
Died:
Occupation: Carpenter
County: Douglas
Town: Eudora
Party: Republican
District: 38
Chamber: House 2005, SS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Notes: Married to Susan M. Brown.
Source material:1)---http://www.kslegislature.org
Name: Austin Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Johnson
Town: Wilder
Party: Republican
District: 21
Chamber: House 1881
Notes:
Source material:
Name: B. M. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Greenwood
Town: Fall River
Party: Republican
District: 47
Chamber: House 1915, 1917
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Benjamin F. Brown
Born: 1859
Died:
Occupation: Banker
County: Sherman
Town: Goodland
Party: Republican
District: 113
Chamber: House 1905
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Calvin Smith Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Montgomery
Town: Independence
Party: Republican
District: 64
Chamber: House 1874, SS1874
Notes: Won contested election and took seat held by John Boyd on February 12, 1874.
Source material:
Name: Carl R. Brown
Born: November 15, 1885 near Stockton, Kansas.
Died: January 19, 1966 in Haviland, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Rooks
Town: Stockton
Party: Democrat
District: 88
Chamber: House 1925, 1927, SS1928
Notes: Deeded 80 acres of land west of Stockton to Other Americans Inc., an atheist organization headed by Madalyn Murray of Baltimore, Maryland.
Source material:1)---Topeka State Journal 1/21/1966.
Name: Channing John Brown
Born: October 31, 1847 in Genesee County, New York.
Died:
Occupation: Attorney
County: Marshall
Town: Blue Rapids
Party: Republican
District: 10
Chamber: House 1875
District: 31
Chamber: Senate 1877, 1879
Notes: Married in 1881 to Mrs. Julia E. (Gilmore) Greer.
Source material:1)---Standard History of Kansas and Kansans (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918).
Name: Charles H. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Linn
Town: Mound City
Party: Republican
District: 15
Chamber: House 1911
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Charles J. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Mitchell
Town: Beloit
Party: Republican
District: 111
Chamber: House 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Charles L. Brown
Born: 1866 in St. Claire County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Cowley
Town: Arkansas City
Party: Populist
District: 52
Chamber: House 1897, 1898
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1888. Married and the father of one child.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: D. A. Brown
Born: February 25, 1881 in Chicago
Died:
Occupation: Contractor, Farmer, Stockman
County: Osborne
Town: Osborne
Party: Republican
District: 84
Chamber: House 1933, SS1933, SS1934, 1935, SS1936
Notes: Married Miss Ellen Johnson on August 7, 1907
Source material:1)---The Kansas Legislative Blue Book 1933
Name: E. J. Brown
Born: November 7, 1828 in Patterson, New York.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Woodson
Town:
Party:
District: 11
Chamber: House 1862
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1856
Source material:1)---Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. vol. 10. (Topeka, Kan. : State Printing Office, 1908) p. 244.
Name: E. J. G. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Coffey
Town: LeRoy
Party: Democrat
District: 12
Chamber: 1861
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Edwin H. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Coal dealer
County: Crawford
Town: Girard
Party: Republican
District: 25
Chamber: House 1887
District: 23
Chamber: House 1895
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Elmer E. Brown
Born: January 20, 1863
Died: January 25, 1949
Occupation: Farmer
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 12
Chamber: House 1917, 1919, SS1919, SS1920
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Frederick Brown
Born: December 31, 1870 in Carthage, Missouri.
Died:
Occupation: Electrician
County: Labette
Town: Parsons
Party: Republican
District: 27
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1877.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1903.
Name: George Austin Brown
Born: August 4, 1888
Died: February 27, 1957
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Republican
District: 66
Chamber: House 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes:
Source material:
Name: George W. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Crawford
Town: Cherokee
Party: Reform
District: 40
Chamber: House 1875
Notes:
Source material:
Name: George Washington Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Nemaha
Town: Seneca
Party: Republican
District: 8
Chamber: House 1875
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Harlow Billings Brown
Born: April 10, 1889 in Loda Township, Reno County, Kansas.
Died: July 16, 1983
Occupation: Newspaper publisher (Retired)
County: Reno
Town: Hutchinson
Party: Democrat
District: 74
Chamber: House 1963, 1964, SS1964
District: 75
Chamber: House 1965, 1966, SS1966
Notes: Married August 27, 1911 to Amanda Cathern Poff.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Second Edition 1969-1970. (R. R. Bowker Company New York and London, 1969.)
Name: J. D. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Harper
Town: Anthony
Party: Democrat
District: 76
Chamber: House 1907, SS1908
Notes:
Source material:
Name: J. U. Brown
Born: 1863 in Westmeath, Ireland.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Greeley
Town: Tribune
Party: Republican
District: 112
Chamber: House 1897, 1898
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1886 from Indiana. Married.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: J. W. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Butler
Town: Haverhill
Party: Democrat
District: 53
Chamber: House 1911
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Jacob A. Brown
Born: September 12, 1867
Died: March 29, 1965
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Norton
Town: Edmond
Party: Republican
District: 101
Chamber: House 1945
Notes:
Source material:
Name: James T. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Banker
County: Ottawa
Town: Delphos
Party: Republican
District: 62
Chamber: House 1923, SS1923, 1925
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John W. Brown
Born: May 9, 1832 in Belmont County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Shawnee
Town: Auburn
Party: Republican
District: 42
Chamber: House 1870
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1849. Married Elizabeth Perkins in 1851.
Source material:1)---History of Kansas / William G. Cutler. (Topeka, Kan. : A.T. Andreas, 1883). Also available on the Internet at: http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/shawnee
Name: Joseph W. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Cloud
Town: Clyde
Party: Republican
District: 75
Chamber: House 1889
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Leander C. Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Cowley
Town: Arkansas City
Party: Democrat
District: 50
Chamber: House 1923, SS1923
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Milton Brown
Born: about 1854 in Henry County, Indiana.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Finney
Town: Garden City
Party: Republican
District: 38
Chamber: Senate 1893, 1895
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1884.
Source material:1)---Kansas Legislative Handbook, 1895. Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Co, 1894.
Name: Napolean Boneparte Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Banker
County: Cloud
Town: Concordia
Party: Republican
District: 33
Chamber: Senate 1881, 1883, SS1884
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Nancy J. Brown
Born: September 3, 1942
Died:
Occupation: Executive Director, Kansas Association of Townships
County: Johnson
Town: Stanley
Party: Republican
District: 27
Chamber: House 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Oscar Brown
Born: February 11, 1912
Died: June 28, 2005
Occupation: Merchant, Bank president
County: Graham
Town: Bogue
Party: Republican
District: 100
Chamber: House 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956
Notes:
Source material:
Name: S. E. Brown
Born: November 11, 1853 in Wisconsin.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Brown
Town: Hiawatha
Party: Republican
District: 41
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903, 1905
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1879 from Wisconsin.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1903.
Name: Thomas J. Brown, Jr.
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Democrat
District: 5
Chamber: House 1937, SS1938
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Valorous "Val" Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Jefferson
Town: Medina
Party: Republican; Farmers' Alliance
District: 17
Chamber: House 1873, 1874, SS1874
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Walter Eugene Brown
Born: about 1888 in Whiting, Kansas.
Died: March 24, 1954 in Darien, Connecticut.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Atchison
Town: Atchison
Party: Republican
District: 2
Chamber: House 1921
Notes: Married to Mary Gibson Brown. Buried in Holton, Kansas.
Source material:1)---Topeka Daily Capitol 3/26/1954.
Name: Walter P. Brown
Born: October 20, 1862 in Oak Field, Genesee County, New York.
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Marshall
Town: Blue Rapids
Party: Republican
District: 19
Chamber: Senate 1909, 1911
Notes: Brother to Channing John Brown.
Source material:1)---Standard History of Kansas and Kansans (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918).
Name: Willard R. Brown
Born: February 19, 1878 in Ohio.
Died: June 15, 1951 near Emmett, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Pottawatomie
Town: Emmett
Party: Republican
District: 17
Chamber: Senate 1941, 1943
Notes: Came to Ottawa County, Kansas in 1870 with his parents. Buried in Memorial Park cemetery in Topeka, Kansas.
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
2)---Topeka State Journal 6/16/1951.
Name: Willard R. (Bob) Brown, Jr.
Born:
Died: October 20, 1996
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Pottawatomie
Town: Emmett
Party: Republican
District: 17
Chamber: Senate 1957, 1958, SS1958, 1959, 1960
District: 39
Chamber: House 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964, 1965, 1966, SS1966
District: 58
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Notes: In 1962, replaced C. N. Bressler, deceased. Son of former state senator Willard R. Brown.
Source material:1)---Topeka State Journal 9/7/1961.
Name: William Eugene Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Harvey
Town: Newton
Party: Republican
District: 81
Chamber: House 1891
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William F. Brown
Born: 1860 in Mason County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Pratt
Town: Caven
Party: Populist
District: 75
Chamber: House 1893, 1895, 1897, SS1898
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1869. Married and the father of seven children. Declared ineligible to seat in 1893 because he held a Federal office as postmaster of Caven. Mr. Brown was a Quaker, and wrote under the nom de plume "Old Bill Fisher."
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: Willis L . Brown
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Stockraiser
County: Kingman
Town: Kingman
Party: Democrat
District: 77
Chamber: House 1909
District: 72
Chamber: House 1911, 1913
Notes: Speaker of the House in 1913.
Source material:
Name: Eldred Browne
Born: in the British West Indies.
Died:
Occupation: Chiropractor
County: Wyandotte
Town: Kansas City
Party: Democrat
District: 8
Chamber: House 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, SS1958
Notes: The only African-American in the 1955 Legislature. Came to Kansas in 1948.
Source material:1)---Topeka Capitol 12/30/1954.
Name: O. H. Browne
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Osage
Town: Ridgeway
Party: Independent
District: 60
Chamber: House 1865
Notes:
Source material:
Name: V. L. Browning
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Cherokee
Town: Sherman City
Party: Fusion
District: 41
Chamber: House 1881
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Hugh L. Brownlee
Born: 1885
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Reno
Town: Sylvia
Party: Republican
District: 76
Chamber: House 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, SS1958
Notes: Master Farmer in 1937.
Source material:
Name: Karin S. Brownlee
Born: July 25, 1955 in Olathe, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Homemaker, Business owner
County: Johnson
Town: Olathe
Party: Republican
District: 23
Chamber: Senate 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, SS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Notes: Married to Doug Brownlee.
Source material:1)---http://www.kslegislature.org
Name: Terry Bruce
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Attorney
County: Reno
Town: Hutchinson
Party: Republican
District: 34
Chamber: Senate 2005, SS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Notes: Married to Sarah Bruce.
Source material:1)---http://www.kslegislature.org
Name: Karl Arthur Brueck
Born: July 24, 1910 in Paola, Kansas.
Died: October 4,1988 at Paola, Kansas
Occupation: Insurance business
County: Miami
Town: Paola
Party: Democrat
District: 14
Chamber: House 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, SS1958, 1959, 1960
Notes: Married April 25, 1964 to Thelma M. Hart. Veteran: WWII.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Seventh Edition 1979-80 / R.R. Bowker Company, New York, N.Y., 1979.
Name: Jerome D. Brumbaugh
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Marshall
Town: Marysville
Party: Independent Republican
District: 15
Chamber: House 1864
District: 10
Chamber: House 1876
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Aaron Brundage
Born: 1801 in Pennsylvania.
Died: February 26, 1879 in Willow Springs, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Douglas
Town: Prairie City
Party: Republican
District: 38
Chamber: House 1869
Notes: Buried at Sutton Cemetery, Willow Springs Township.
Source material:
Name: John B. Bruner
Born: July 29, 1837 in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
Died:
Occupation: Jeweler, Merchant, Banker
County: Johnson
Town: Gardner
Party: Republican
District: 34
Chamber: House 1868
District: 22
Chamber: House 1879
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1865. Married Minerva E. Cramer, April 15, 1869.
Source material:1)---"Biographies of Members of the Legislature of 1868." found in: Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 1908.
Name: Thomas W. Bruner
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Kearny
Town: Oanica
Party: Republican
District: 116
Chamber: House 1917, 1919, SS1919, SS1920
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Ig Brungardt
Born: February 7, 1895
Died:
Occupation: Stockman, Real estate
County: Gove
Town: Grainfield
Party: Democrat
District: 104
Chamber: House 1949
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Pete Brungardt
Born: January 30, 1947 in Salina, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Optometrist
County: Saline
Town: Salina
Party: Republican
District: 24
Chamber: Senate 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, SS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Notes: Married to Rosie Brungardt.
Source material:1)---http://www.kslegislature.org
Name: Steven Brunk
Born: November 20, 1951
Died:
Occupation: Real estate broker
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Republican
District: 85
Chamber: House 2003, 2004, 2005, SS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Notes: Married to Billie Brunk.
Source material:1)---http://www.kslegislature.org
Name: Benjamin J. Brunner
Born: October 3, 1879 in Onaga, Kansas.
Died: May 1942 in Wamego, Kansas.
Occupation: Physician
County: Pottawatomie
Town: Wamego
Party: Democrat
District: 18
Chamber: Senate 1917, 1919, SS1919, SS1920
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Tom Bruns
Born: December 20, 1931
Died:
Occupation: Veterinarian, Farmer
County: Wyandotte
Town: Kansas City
Party: Democrat
District: 35
Chamber: House 1993, 1994
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Leroy Brunson
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Retired
County: Cherokee
Town: Baxter Springs
Party: Republican
District: 1
Chamber: House 1970
Notes: Succeeded Bill Fribley.
Source material:
Name: Thomas R. Bryan
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Cowley
Town: Dexter
Party: Republican
District: 75
Chamber: House 1875
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Dale M. Bryant
Born: September 28, 1897 in Parker, Kansas.
Died: September 9, 1978
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Republican
District: 67
Chamber: House 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951
Notes: Speaker of the House in 1949.
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?)
Name: Peter Bryant
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Jackson
Town: Banner
Party: Radical Republican
District: 18
Chamber: House 1867
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Randolph Foster Bryant
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Physician
County: Lincoln
Town: Lincoln Center
Party: Independent Republican
District: 104
Chamber: House 1883, SS1884, 1885, SS1886
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William M. Bryant
Born: November 19, 1944
Died:
Occupation: Veterinarian, Farmer
County: Riley
Town: Washington
Party: Republican
District: 63
Chamber: House 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990
District: 106
Chamber: House 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Bryden
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Greenwood
Town: Eureka
Party: Farmers' Alliance
District: 66
Chamber: House 1891
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Thomas Montgomery Bryden
Born: July 4, 1883 (some sources say 1882) in Scranton, Kansas.
Died: August 4, 1957 in Pratt, Kansas.
Occupation: Railroad man (Retired)
County: Pratt
Town: Pratt
Party: Republican
District: 74
Chamber: House 1943, 1945
Notes: Brother to William J. Bryden
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
Name: William J. Bryden
Born: 1877 in Newbury, West Virginia.
Died: September, 1947
Occupation: Miner
County: Osage
Town: Lyndon
Party: Republican
District: 36
Chamber: House 1909
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1881. Moved to Topeka after serving in the Legislature where he worked in the State Insurance Dept. until taking up private business in the insurance industry. Brother to Thomas M. Bryden
Source material:1)---Builders of Topeka, 1956. Topeka : Capper Printing Company, 1956. (information taken from a biographical article on his son, W. J. Bryden, Jr. on page 38)
Name: William Johnston Buchan
Born: August 22, 1843 in Ashland, Ohio.
Died: March 21, 1922 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Occupation: Attorney
County: Wyandotte
Town: Wyandotte, Kansas City 1889-1891
Party: Republican
District: 27
Chamber: House 1873, 1875
District: 8
Chamber: Senate 1877, 1879, 1881, 1883, SS1884
District: 4
Chamber: Senate 1885, SS1886, 1887, 1889, 1891
Notes: Civil War veteran: Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteers... (his regiment was transferred several times). Moved to Kansas in 1867.
Source material:1)---Directory of the Kansas Senate, 1889 / by A.G. Stacey, Secretary. Topeka, Kan. Kansas Publishing House, 1889.
Name: James Paul Buchele, Jr.
Born: September 25, 1941 in Cedar Vale, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Lawyer
County: Chautauqua 1965 - 1966, Shawnee 1967 - 1972
Town: Cedar Vale 1965 - 1966, Topeka 1967 - 1972
Party: Democrat
District: 46
Chamber: House 1965, 1966, SS1966
District: 42
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Notes: Married December 28, 1965 to Bonnie Jean Cadwalader.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Second Edition 1969-1970. (R. R. Bowker Company New York and London, 1969.)
Name: Robert Buchele
Born: April 26, 1904
Died: September 1986
Occupation: Osteopathic Physician
County: Elk
Town: Howard
Party: Republican
District: 48
Chamber: House 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, SS1958
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1910 from Ohio.
Source material:1)---Topeka Capitol 12/28/1956.
Name: C. A. Buck
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Jefferson
Town:
Party:
District: 19
Chamber: House 1864
Notes:
Source material:
Name: James Jay Buck
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Attorney
County: Lyon
Town: Emporia
Party: Republican
District: 61
Chamber: House 1885, 1886
District: 50
Chamber: House 1909
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Wallace M. Buck, Jr.
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 48
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
District: 52
Chamber: House 1973, 1974
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Alfred Bucklin
Born: about 1855 in Herrna Parish, Westergothland Province, Sweden.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Thomas
Town: Oakley
Party: Populist 1893 - 1895; Democrat 1901 - 1903
District: 106
Chamber: House 1893, 1895
District: 109
Chamber: House 1901
District: 110
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903
Notes: Came to Thomas County, Kansas, in 1885.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1903.
Name: Max C. Bucklin
Born: September 22, 1899 in Sawyer, Kansas.
Died: July 24, 1966 in Pratt, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Pratt
Town: Pratt
Party: Republican
District: 74
Chamber: House 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: Married in 1925 to Elizabeth Brown of Ashland, Kansas.
Source material:1)---Topeka State Journal 11/24/1966
Name: George H. Buckman
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Attorney
County: Cowley
Town: Winfield
Party: Republican
District: 56
Chamber: House 1909
District: 51
Chamber: House 1911
Notes: Speaker of the House in 1911.
Source material:
Name: Thomas Buckman
Born: August 26, 1824 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Shawnee
Town: Dover
Party: Republican
District: 64
Chamber: House 1877
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1869. Married Susanna Howell in Trenton, New Jersey in November, 1847.
Source material:1)---History of Kansas/ William G. Cutler. (Topeka, Kan. : A.T. Andreas, 1883). Also available on the Internet at: http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/shawnee
Name: Henry Buckmaster
Born: Pennsylvania about 1815.
Died: June 1875 in Oskaloosa, Kansas.
Occupation: Physician
County: Jefferson
Town: Oskaloosa
Party: Republican
District: 6
Chamber: House 1861
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1857.
Source material:1)---Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. vol. 10. (Topeka, Kan. : State Printing Office, 1908) p. 245.
Name: Edwin Buehler
Born: July 3, 1874 near Canal Dover, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Nemaha
Town: Seneca
Party: Republican
District: 18
Chamber: Senate 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: Came to Kansas with his parents in 1885. Married Agnes Louise Conwell October 28, 1908.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Frank J. Buehler
Born: December 14, 1919
Died: December 5, 2008 in Great Bend, Kansas
Occupation: Merchant
County: Barton
Town: Claflin
Party: Republican
District: 113
Chamber: House 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John E. Buehler
Born: September 13, 1910 in Seneca, Kansas.
Died: April 22, 1963 in Atchison, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Atchison
Town: Atchison
Party: Republican
District: 2
Chamber: House 1953, 1955, 1956
Notes: Married to Sarah Elizabeth Harman. Son of former Senator Edwin Buehler.
Source material:1)---Horton Headlight 4/25/1963.
Name: Max Buek
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Osage
Town: Dragoon
Party: Independent Republican
District: 44
Chamber: House 1883, SS1884
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John F. Buell
Born: 1842 in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York.
Died: July 16, 1916 in Topeka, Kansas.
Occupation: Grain buyer
County: Pottawatomie
Town: St. Marys
Party: Republican
District: 43
Chamber: House 1897, 1898
Notes: Came to Kansas from New York in 1870. Married to Addis A. Buell and the father of five.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: Elmer Julien Buffington
Born: March 22, 1875 in Oxford, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Sumner
Town: Oxford
Party: Republican
District: 70
Chamber: House 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: January 1, 1902 married Margaret Ann Alley.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: M. C. Buffington
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Ness
Town: Ness City
Party: Republican
District: 98
Chamber: House 1927, SS1928
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Mark A. Buhler
Born: June 16, 1954
Died:
Occupation: Real estate
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 2
Chamber: Senate 2002, 2003, 2004
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Benjamin Ruben Bull
Born: June 26, 1870 in Marshall County, Kansas.
Died: July 19, 1939 near Marysville, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Marshall
Town: Marysville
Party: Republican
District: 40
Chamber: House 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: June 26, 1903 married Pearl Travelute. Sergeant of Arms of the House 1937, Assistant Sergeant of Arms of the House 1939.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Hiram C. Bull
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Osborne
Town: Bull City
Party: Republican
District: 117
Chamber: House 1877, 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: George G. Bunger
Born: November 12, 1882 in Chalk Mound near Eskridge, Kansas.
Died: October 4, 1961 in Topeka, Kansas.
Occupation:
County: Wabaunsee
Town: Eskridge
Party: Democrat
District: 44
Chamber: House 1911, 1913
Notes: Speaker of the House. Was on a 3 man committee responsible for erection of Kansas State Historical Society Building at 10th and Jackson. Introduced the bill giving the state the right to print textbooks for public schools.
Source material:1)---Topeka Daily Capitol 10/4/1961.
Name: William Wallace Bunten
Born: April 5, 1930 in Topeka, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Corporation executive
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 34
Chamber: House 1963, 1964, SS1964
District: 33
Chamber: House 1965, 1966, SS1966
District: 47
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
District: 54
Chamber: House 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989,
1990
District: 20
Chamber: Senate 2003, 2004
Notes: Married January 27, 1961 to JoAnn Francis Heyka. WWII Veteran.
Source material:
1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Seventh Edition 1979-80 / R.R. Bowker Company, New York, N.Y., 1979.
2)---Who's Who in American Politics, Sixth Edition 1977-80 / R.R. Bowker Company, New York, N.Y., 1977.
Name: J. L. Burden
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Kearny
Town: Lakin
Party: Democrat
District: 116
Chamber: House 1937, SS1938
Notes:
Source material:
Name: A. P. Burdick
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Atchison; Jefferson 1921-1923
Town: Nortonville
Party: Republican
District: 3
Chamber: House 1919, SS1919, SS1920
District: 2
Chamber: Senate 1921, 1923, SS1923
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Darius Benjamin Burdick
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Osage
Town: Burlingame
Party: Reform or Republican ?
District: 59
Chamber: House 1874, SS1874, 1876
Notes:
Source material:
Name: J. A. Burdick
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Montgomery
Town: Independence
Party: Republican
District: 36
Chamber: House 1885, SS1886
Notes:
Source material:
Name: A. A. Burgard
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Wyandotte
Town: Muncie
Party: Democrat or Populist ?
District: 11
Chamber: House 1891, 1893
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Denny D. Burgess
Born: July 5, 1936
Died:
Occupation: Rancher, Realtor
County: Pottawatomie
Town: Wamego
Party: Republican
District: 60
Chamber: House 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
Notes: Named "Tradesman of the Year" in 1978. HR6096 in 1978.
Source material:
Name: James Burgess
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Shawnee
Town: North Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 56
Chamber: House 1875
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Mike Burgess
Born: November 19, 1975
Died:
Occupation: Web developer
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 51
Chamber: House 2003, 2004, 2005, SS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Notes: Married to Megan Burgess.
Source material:1)---http://www.kslegislature.org
Name: Thomas Burgess
Born: December 12, 1882 in Union Township, Kansas.
Died: August 1, 1967 in Wamego, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Pottawatomie
Town: Wheaton
Party: Republican
District: 41
Chamber: House 1947, 1949
Notes: Married to Mabel Burgess, she died in 1960.
Source material:1)---Topeka Daily Capitol 8/2/1967.
Name: John A. Burke
Born: January 22, 1845 in Macedon, Wayne County, New York.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Grain & coal dealer
County: Harper
Town: Danville
Party: Republican
District: 76
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903, 1905
Notes: Served in Company C, 25th Michigan Infantry during Civil War.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1903.
Name: John W. Burke
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer (Retired)
County: Saline
Town: Salina
Party: Democrat
District: 68
Chamber: House 1909
District: 63
Chamber: House 1911
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Paul (Bud) Burke
Born: January 4, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Died:
Occupation: Business executive, Industrial equipment and supplies,
Investment banker
County: Johnson
Town: Leawood
Party: Republican
District: 28
Chamber: House 1973, 1974
District: 9
Chamber: Senate 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989,
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Notes: Married in 1955 to Patricia Ann Pierson. Appointed to replace Robert F. Bennett, January 11, 1975.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Seventh Edition 1979-80 / R.R. Bowker Company, New York, N.Y., 1979.
Name: Ezra R. Burkholder
Born: 1857 in Waterloo, province of Ontario, Canada.
Died:
Occupation: Lumberman, Banker, Farmer
County: Marion
Town: Hillsboro
Party: Republican
District: 56
Chamber: House 1897, SS1898
District: 59
Chamber: House 1899
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1873. Married and the father of four children.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: Ralph M. Burlin
Born: 1894
Died: September 25, 1971
Occupation: Asst. Postmaster (Retired)
County: Rooks
Town: Stockton
Party: Democrat
District: 88
Chamber: House 1965, 1966, SS1966
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Clanrold A. Burnett
Born: August 26, 1888
Died: September 18, 1952
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Crawford
Town: Girard
Party: Republican
District: 20
Chamber: House 1929, SS1930
Notes: Chief author of "Cash Basis Law".
Source material:1)---University of Kansas Alumni Magazine (October 1952, page 32).
Name: Jonathan Coleman Burnett
Born: March 19, 1825 in Morristown, Vermont.
Died: July 2, 1899 in Wichita, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Bourbon
Town: Mapleton
Party: Republican
District: 9
Chamber: Senate 1861
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1857. 1859 delegate to the Wyandotte Convention. Member of the last Territorial Legislature which was in session when Kansas became a state. He was married 1st on October 18, 1849, to Laura L. Whitlock who died October 4, 1850. He was married 2nd to Anna Mary Fisk on December 27, 1852.
Source material:1)---"Biographies of Members of the Legislature of 1861," found in Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908 (volume 10). Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 1908.
Name: John W. Burnett
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Coffey
Town: LeRoy
Party: Republican
District: 37
Chamber: House 1889
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Richard Stephen Burnette
Born: November 20, 1870
Died: May 4, 1935
Occupation: Farmer
County: Kiowa
Town: Mullinville
Party: Republican
District: 93
Chamber: House 1935
Notes: Was a missionary to Indians in Oklahoma territory.
Source material:
Name: Charles R. Burns
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Jackson
Town:
Party:
District: 79
Chamber: House 1871
Notes:
Source material:
Name: J. E. Burns
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Merchant, Farmer, Stockman
County: Gray
Town: Ingalls
Party: Republican
District: 120
Chamber: House 1929, SS1930
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Fernandes Holliday Burris
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Dickinson
Town: Abilene
Party: Republican
District: 30
Chamber: Senate 1881
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Taylor Burris
Born: December 1828 in Butler County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Johnson
Town: Olathe
Party: Republican
District: 32
Chamber: House 1866, 1870
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1852. Speaker of the House in 1866.
Source material:1)---Standard History of Kansas and Kansans (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918).
Name: Tom Burroughs
Born: November 21, 1954 in Wyandotte County, Kansas
Died:
Occupation: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
County: Wyandotte
Town: Kansas City
Party: Democrat
District: 33
Chamber: House 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, SS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Notes: Married to Cathy Burroughs.
Source material:1)---http://www.kslegislature.org
Name: Arthur H. Burtis
Born: 1862 in Hudson, McLean County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Finney
Town: Garden City
Party: Republican
District: 116
Chamber: House 1897, SS1898
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1881. Married twice, first to Ella E. Worrell, then to Sadie Mack.
Source material:1)---Finney Historical Society web site http://www.finneycounty.org/history.asp
Name: Walter John Burtis
Born: April 3, 1865 in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Died: September 13, 1953 in Manhattan, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Wilson
Town: Fredonia
Party: Republican
District: 29
Chamber: House 1911, 1913
Notes: Married to Winifred Jane Brown. Graduated from Kansas State Agricultural College in 1887. Honored by the Kansas State College as "Best Farmer in Kansas" in 1914.
Source material:
1)---Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books, vol.12
2)---Record of the Alumni of the Kansas State Agricultural College, (Manhattan, Kan. : K.S.A.C., 1914)
Name: Augustus Wells Burton
Born: September 11, 1834 in Manchester, Virginia.
Died: October 15, 1915 in Stanton Township, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Linn
Town: Mound City
Party:
District: 35
Chamber: House 1872
Notes: Married November 12, 1858 to Sarah Hetty Hays in Illinois. Served in Kansas Regiment as Captain of his company.
Source material:
1)---Information provided through the research of John A. Jackson, KSGenWeb, Civil War Coordinator.
Name: Ellsworth L. Burton
Born: April 30, 1868 in Mattoon, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Labette
Town: Parsons
Party: Republican
District: 24
Chamber: House 1915
Notes: Married Abbie R. Thomas in 1889.
Source material:
Name: James R. Burton
Born: April 28, 1860 in Troy, Kansas.
Died: March 2, 1945 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Occupation: Employment manager, Insurance
County: Wyandotte
Town: Kansas City
Party: Republican
District: 7
Chamber: House 1925, 1927, SS1928, 1929, SS1930
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Joseph Ralph Burton
Born: November 16, 1852 near Mitchell, Indiana.
Died: February 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, California.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Dickinson
Town: Abilene
Party: Republican
District: 74
Chamber: House 1882, 1883, SS1884, 1885, 1886
District: 68
Chamber: House 1889
Notes: He was appointed a member of the World's Fair Columbian Commission at Chicago in 1893, representing Kansas. U.S. Senator 1901-1906 he resigned in 1906.
Source material:1)---Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989, Bicentennial Edition. United States Government Printing Office, 1989.
2)---Standard History of Kansas and Kansans Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918). This biography is also available online at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/biob/burtonjr.html
Name: John O. Burwell
Born: in 1950 in Abilene
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Dickinson
Town: Abilene
Party: Republican
District: 67
Chamber: House 1973, 1974
Notes:
Source material:1)---1973-74 Kansas Legislative Directory
Name: Charles Buschow
Born: September 15, 1849 in Wilsnack, Prussia.
Died: September 20, 1935
Occupation:
County: Thomas
Town: Colby
Party: Republican
District: 39
Chamber: Senate 1901, 1903, SS1903, 1905, 1907, SS1908
Notes: Replaced S. J. Hopkins, February 20, 1901. Married Christiana D. Zerwekh in 1878.
Source material:
Name: H. E. Bush
Born: August 25, 18??*, in Onondago County, New York.
Died:
Occupation:
County: Shawnee
Town: Auburn
Party: Republican
District: 58
Chamber: House 1872
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1863. Civil War veteran: Battery D, First New York Light Artillery. Discharged from military service in 1862 due to disability caused by disease contracted while in the service. When he came to Kansas in 1863 he joined Company G, 2nd Kansas Militia. He was severely wounded during the Battle of the Big Blue. He served as Sheriff of Shawnee County and in 1882 was severely wounded while attempting to arrest the "notorious Cook Brothers". Married February 20, 1855 to Ellen Gorman.
*Editorial Note: In the source material, Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Mr. Bush's birthdate is printed as August 25, 1881, an obvious typo.
Source material:1)---Online biography found in History of the State of Kansas (Shawnee County section) by William G. Cutler, first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
Name: Kirkland A. Bush
Born: April 16, 1905 in Sedalia, Missouri.
Died: October 16, 1968
Occupation: Osteopathic Physician, Surgeon
County: Harper
Town: Harper
Party: Democrat
District: 71
Chamber: House 1941, 1943, 1945
Notes: April 21, 1929 married Mary Virginia Marshall.
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
2)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Wilfred E. Bush
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Semi-retired
County: Seward
Town: Liberal
Party: Republican
District: 121
Chamber: House 1971, 1972
District: 125
Chamber: House 1973, 1974
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Earl C. Bussing
Born: October 3, 1882 in Knoxville, Iowa.
Died: August 22, 1968
Occupation: Farmer
County: Jefferson
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 4
Chamber: House 1941, 1943, 1945
Notes:
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
Name: Ralph Edward Bussman
Born: November 9, 1927 at Mound Valley, Kansas
Died: May 12, 2002 at Mound Valley, Kansas
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Labette
Town: Mound Valley
Party: Democrat
District: 2
Chamber: House 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Notes: Married Ilene Tressa Oakleaf on November 10, 1951.
Source material:
Name: Thomas Butcher
Born: June 6, 1809 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
Died: 1888 in Atchison, Kansas.
Occupation: Contractor
County: Atchison
Town: Atchison
Party: Republican
District: 2
Chamber: House 1861
Notes: Married Jane Auld January 19, 1840, she died July 6, 1881.
Source material:1)---Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Soceity, 1907-1908. vol. 10. (Topeka, Kan. : State Printing Office, 1908) p. 245.
Name: Charles J. Butin (some places show name as Buten)
Born: July 5, 1843 in Hocking County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Druggist
County: Wilson
Town: Fredonia
Party: Republican
District: 41
Chamber: House 1885, 1886
District: 35
Chamber: House 1887
Notes: Came to Wilson County, Kansas in 1871 and established himself in the pharmacy business in Fredonia. Married Jennie Denin in 1869 in Saline County, Missouri.
Source material:
Name: Charles B. Butler
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Coffey
Town: LeRoy
Party: Independent 1871-1872; Farmers' Alliance 1873
District: 62
Chamber: House 1871
District: 61
Chamber: House 1872
District: 22
Chamber: Senate 1873, 1874, SS1874
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Charles H. Butler
Born: January 24, 1856 in Kane County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Marshall
Town: Frankfort
Party: Republican
District: 19
Chamber: Senate 1925, 1927, SS1928, 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: Married Miss Nellie Austin in 1879. In 1885 the couple came to Kansas settling in Marshall County.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in the Kansas Legislature, Session of 1929 (The Great Bend Printing & Supply Company, Kansas 1929).
Name: Frank Butler
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Woodson
Town: Kalida
Party: Independent
District: 62
Chamber: House 1874, SS1874
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Frank Walter Butler
Born: July 31, 1868 in Bloomington, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Druggist
County: Woodson
Town: Yates Center
Party: Republican
District: 14
Chamber: Senate 1921, 1923, SS1923
Notes: Married Stella May Ruggles March 3, 1892. Married Grace Clark Lane June 16, 1916.
Source material:1)---Illustriana Kansas. (Illustriana Inc., Hebron, Nebraska, 1933.)
Name: Henry J. Butler
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer, Farm loans
County: Bourbon
Town: Fort Scott
Party: Republican
District: 20
Chamber: House 1893, 1895
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Joseph A. Butler
Born:
Died: August 7, 1939 in San Francisco, California.
Occupation: Mortician
County: Wyandotte
Town: Kansas City
Party: Democrat
District: 9
Chamber: House 1901
Notes:
Source material:1)---Topeka State Journal 8/8/1939.
Name: Thomas H. Butler
Born: April 26, 1823 in Ross County, Ohio.
Died: March 16, 1908 at Great Bend, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Neosho
Town: Erie
Party: Republican
District: 78
Chamber: House 1868, 1869, 1870
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1857.
Source material:1)---"Biographies of Members of the Legislature of 1868." found in: Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 1908.
Name: John Butterbaugh
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Anderson
Town: Garnett
Party: Republican
District: 56
Chamber: House 1869
Notes:
Source material:
Name: J. Ware Butterfield
Born: February 24, 1838 in Andover, Merimack County, New Hampshire.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Marion
Town: Florence
Party: Republican
District: 72
Chamber: House 1883, SS1884, 1885, 1886
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1873. First wife died in 1878, no mention of her name in article. Married Helen M. Turner in 1886 (2nd marriage).
Source material:1)---Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, vol. 7 (1902), p. 453.
Name: William C. Butts
Born: August 4, 1832 in Duchess County, New York.
Died: April 18, 1908 in Valley Falls, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Jefferson
Town: Grasshopper Falls changed to Valley Falls in 1879
Party: Democrat
District: 20
Chamber: House 1867, 1868, 1870, 1871
District: 9
Chamber: House 1879
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1857. Married to Miss Cordelia E. Waltermire May 28, 1855.
Source material:1)---"Biographies of Members of the Legislature of 1868." found in: Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 1908.
Name: Henry S. Buzick, Jr.
Born: February 13, 1882 in Sylvan Grove, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Banker, Farmer, Stockman
County: Lincoln
Town: Sylvan Grove
Party: Republican
District: 82
Chamber: House 1931, 1933, SS1933, SS1934, 1935, SS1936, 1937, SS1938, 1939, 1941, 1943
District: 32
Chamber: Senate 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951
Notes: Speaker of the House 1937-1938.
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
Name: Ira C. Buzick
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County:
Town: Elk Horn
Party: Republican
District:
Chamber: House 1871
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Lloyd Buzzi
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Insurance, Real estate
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 45
Chamber: House 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Notes: Wife name is Judith
Source material:1)---1973-74 Kansas Legislative Directory
Name: Floyd E. Byers
Born: August 29, 1888
Died:
Occupation: Stockman, Farmer
County: Jewell
Town: Jewell
Party: Republican
District: 85
Chamber: House 1949, 1951
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Frank Byers
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Blacksmith
County: Grant
Town: Ulysses
Party: Republican
District: 120
Chamber: House 1895, SS1898
Notes: In 1898, succeeded C. A. Maxwell, deceased.
Source material:
Name: Augustus Byram
Born: in Kentucky
Died: in Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Freighter
County: Atchison
Town: Atchison
Party: Democrat
District: 7
Chamber: House 1868
Notes: Invested in mines in Utah, records indicate he owned an interest in famous Horn silver mine, sources say he made six million on the sale of that mine. Moved to Chicago in the 1880's and reportedly died there.
Source material:1)---"Biographies of Members of the Legislature of 1868." found in: Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 1908.
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