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Kansas Legislators Past & Present
Greg through Gzz
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: Henry C. Haas
Born: about 1835 in Germany.
Died: June 25, 1875
Occupation: Carpenter
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Radical Republican
District: 3
Chamber: Senate 1867, 1868, 1871, 1872
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: Oscar Haberlein
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Republican
District: 10
Chamber: House 1881
Notes:
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Name: Henry C. F. Hackbusch
Born: 1833 in Marnitz, Germany.
Died:
Occupation: Surveyor
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Republican
District: 7
Chamber: House 1893, 1895, 1897, SS1898
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1857. Worked for the U.S. as a surveyor for thirty-five years. During the war he served as Adjutant General of Kansas State troops. Married and the father of four children.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: Timothy Hackett
Born: 1832 in Lancashire, England.
Died:
Occupation:
County: Bourbon
Town: Fort Scott
Party: Fusion
District: 21
Chamber: House 1901
Notes: Lost seat by contest, January 30, 1901, to W. A. Owen. Came to America in 1850. Came to Kansas in 1857. He was married at least three times. His first wife was Lydia Starr. During the Civil War he was a member of the Bourbon County Battalion, Kansas State Militia.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1901 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Co., 1901)
2)---History of the State of Kansas / William G. Cutler. (Chicago : Andreas, 1883). Online Bourbon County Section
Name: Ruth Ann Hackler
Born: February 2, 1924
Died:
Occupation: Homemaker, Part-time legal secretary
County: Johnson
Town: Olathe
Party: Democrat
District: 15
Chamber: House 1991, 1992
Notes:
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Name: Edward T. Hackney
Born: 1872 in Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Sumner
Town: Wellington
Party: Populist 1897; Democrat
District: 70
Chamber: House 1897, SS1898
District: 26
Chamber: Senate 1937, SS1938, 1939
Notes:
Source material:
1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: William Patrick Hackney
Born: December 24, 1842 in Van Buren County, Iowa.
Died: Uly 28, 1926 in Sawtelle Soldiers Home, Los Angeles Calif.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Sumner; Cowley
Town: Belle Plaine; Wellington 1874; Winfield 1876
Party: Republican
District: 92
Chamber: House 1872, 1874, SS1874, 1875, 1876, 1877
District: 75
Chamber: House 1876
District: 27
Chamber: Senate 1881, 1883, SS1884
District: 56
Chamber: House 1905
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1870.
Source material:
Name: C. E. Hadley
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Kingman
Town: Kingman
Party: Republican
District: 72
Chamber: House 1945
Notes:
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Name: John M. Hadley
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Johnson
Town: Olathe
Party: Republican
District: 9
Chamber: Senate 1877, 1879
Notes:
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Name: Sanford Haff
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Wyandotte
Town: Wyandotte
Party: Democrat
District: 26
Chamber: House 1874, SS1874, 1875, 1876
Notes:
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Name: Victor W. Haflich
Born: January 23, 1905 in Fairview, Brown County, Kansas.
Died: October 2, 1967 in Garden City, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Finney
Town: Garden City
Party: Republican
District: 115
Chamber: House 1953
Notes: Served as president of the Kansas Baptist Convention. Spouse's first name listed as Ila.
Source material:1)---1953 Kansas Legislative Directory. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Construction Magazines ; Lawrence, Kan. : printed by World Company, 1953.
2)---Topeka State Journal 10/4/1967.
Name: Frank Leslie (Les) Hagaman
Born: June 1, 1894 in Bushnell, Illinois.
Died: June 23, 1966 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer, Farmer
County: Johnson
Town: Kansas City
Party: Republican
District: 10
Chamber: House 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945
Notes: Majority floor leader in 1941 session. Interim governor of Kansas for 41 days in 1950-1951, making him the 31st governor of Kansas. This occured when Governor Frank Carlson resigned his seat to accept the U.S. Senate seat he had won in the 1950 elections. Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, 1947-50.
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
2)---Topeka State Journal 6/24/1966 obituary.
- 3)---Political Graveyard
Name: George V. Hagaman
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Doniphan
Town: Brenner
Party: Republican
District: 2
Chamber: House 1881
Notes:
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Name: James Many Hagaman
Born: July 1830 in Wayne County, New York.
Died: January 18, 1904 in Concordia, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer, Editor
County: Cloud
Town: Elk Creek
Party: Republican
District: 84
Chamber: House 1868
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1860. One of the incorporators of Concordia, after which he resided there. He was editor and joint publisher, with his son, of the Cloud County Blade in Concordia, from April 1879 to February 1900.
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: Arthur P. Hagen
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Insurance, Lawyer
County: Barton
Town: Great Bend
Party: Republican
District: 78
Chamber: House 1939, 1941
Notes:
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Name: Wayne Hagerman
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Pawnee
Town: Larned
Party: Democrat
District: 114
Chamber: House 1981, 1982
Notes:
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Name: Dempsey St. Clair Haines
Born: March 31, 1847
Died:
Occupation: Druggist, Merchant, Fruit grower
County: Wyandotte
Town: Edwardsville
Party: Republican
District: 11
Chamber: House 1895
Notes:
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Name: Roy A. Haines
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Banker
County: Butler
Town: Augusta
Party: Republican
District: 53
Chamber: House 1947
Notes:
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Name: Stella Bernice Haines
Born: December 3, 1876 in Butler County, Kansas
Died:
Occupation: Homemaker, Florist
County: Butler
Town: Augusta
Party: Republican
District: 53
Chamber: House 1927, SS1928, 1929, SS1930
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Harry H. Halbower
Born: June 5, 1899 near Shook, Kansas.
Died: October 1, 1982
Occupation: Banker
County: Harper
Town: Anthony
Party: Republican
District: 71
Chamber: House 1939
Notes: Married Dorothy Frost May 27, 1925.
Source material:1)---"House Resolution 6131," Journal of the House of Representatives, Kansas Legislature, 1984.
Name: John Adams Halderman, Jr
Born: April 15, 1838 in Kentucky
Died: September 21, 1908 in Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Democrat; Independent 1875
District: 24
Chamber: House 1870
District: 7
Chamber: Senate 1875, 1876
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1854. Private secretary to Governor Reeder, 1854-1855. Civil War veteran: 1st-- 1st Kansas Volunteers; 2nd-- Northern Division, Kansas State Militia. In 1880 he was appointed consul to Bangkok, Siam (Thailand). According to political graveyard his name was John Acoming Halderman, Jr.
Source material:1)---"Biographies of Members of the Free-State Legislature of 1857-1858." found in: Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 1908.
Name: Samuel A. Halderman
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Douglas
Town: Clinton
Party: Reform
District: 54
Chamber: House 1876
Notes:
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Name: James H. Hale
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Woodson
Town: Rose
Party: Republican
District: 36
Chamber: House 1889
Notes:
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Name: J. R. Hale
Born: November 17, 1873
Died: October 10, 1945
Occupation: Auto dealer
County: Kearny
Town: Deerfield
Party: Republican
District: 116
Chamber: House 1923, SS1923
Notes:
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Name: Samuel Irving Hale
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Rush
Town: LaCrosse
Party: Republican; Democrat 1903
District: 91
Chamber: House 1893
District: 95
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903
Notes:
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Name: David Haley
Born: October 29, 1958 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Public affairs consultant
County: Wyandotte
Town: Kansas City
Party: Democrat
District: 34
Chamber: House 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
District: 4
Chamber: Senate 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, SS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Notes: Son of Kansas State Senator George W. Haley.
Source material:1)---http://www.kslegislature.org
Name: George Williford Boyce Haley
Born: August 28, 1925 in Henning, Tennessee.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Wyandotte
Town: Kansas City
Party: Republican
District: 11
Chamber: Senate 1965, 1966, SS1966, 1967, 1968
Notes: First African-American elected to the Kansas State Senate. Married Doris Elaine Moxley, July 18, 1954. Father of Kansas State Representative David Haley. Brother of Alex Haley, author of the book, Roots. Chief counsel of the Federal Transit Administration (1969-1973), Associate Director for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at the United States Information Agency (USIA) (1973-1974), and as its General Counsel and Congressional Liaison (1975-1976). Appointed U.S. Ambassador to Gambia in 1998.
Source material:1)---Wichita Eagle-Beacon. June 25, 1998. "Kansan Picked for Africa Diplomatic Post."
2)--- Online biography of Ambassador Haley
3)--- Who's Who in America, 1999
Name: William Haley
Born: October 12, 1859 in Ontario, Canada.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Ottawa
Town: Delphos
Party: Democrat
District: 62
Chamber: House 1917
Notes: Married Macie E. Hoover in 1880.
Source material:1)---A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, transcribed 1997.
Name: Charles Hall
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Reno
Town: Hutchinson
Party: Republican
District: 75
Chamber: House 1933, SS1933, SS1934, 1935, SS1936
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Charles Edwin Hall
Born: February 26, 1852 in Rosendale, Ford du Lac County, Wisconsin.
Died:
Occupation: Real estate, Loan, Abstract
County: Russell
Town: Russell
Party: Republican
District: 86
Chamber: House 1905
Notes: First came to Kansas in 1877. Returned to Wisconsin. Came back to Kansas in 1885.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1905. Topeka, Kan. : Geo Crane & Co., 1905.
Name: Don S. Hall
Born: June 7, 1900 in Mount Hope, Kansas.
Died: September 28, 1976 in Oakley, Kansas.
Occupation: Funeral director, Land owner
County: Logan
Town: Oakley
Party: Republican
District: 115
Chamber: House 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
District: 118
Chamber: House 1973, 1974
Notes: Married June 7, 1932 to Lucile.
Source material:1)---"House Resolution 6006," Journal of the House of Representatives, Kansas Legislature, 1977.
Name: J. M. Hall
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Barber
County: Sheridan
Town: Hoxie
Party: Republican
District: 103
Chamber: House 1921
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Hall
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Neosho
Town: Osage Mission
Party: Democrat 1879; Republican 1881
District: 50
Chamber: House 1879, 1881
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William Keeny Hall
Born: October 1, 1942 in Hays, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Law student, Washburn University
County: Logan
Town: Oakley
Party: Republican
District: 109
Chamber: House 1965, 1966, SS1966
Notes:
Source material:1)---Who's Who in American Politics, Second Edition 1969-1970, (R.R. Bowker Company, New York and London 1969).
Name: Pitt Henry Halleck
Born: August 29, 1864
Died: September 29, 1940
Occupation: Farmer
County: Dickinson
Town: Abilene
Party: Republican
District: 57
Chamber: House 1935, SS1936
Notes:
Source material:
Name: George B. Hallenbeck
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Merchant, Publisher
County: Leavenworth
Town: Tonganoxie
Party: Republican
District: 8
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Marcellus C. Hallett
Born: about 1845 in Marion County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Stockman
County: Rush
Town: Rush Center
Party: Republican
District: 94
Chamber: House 1899, 1901
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1876. Civil War veteran: 2nd Iowa Cavalry, Company H.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1901 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Co., 1901).
Name: John S. Halliday
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Physician
County: Comanche
Town: Coldwater
Party: Republican
District: 95
Chamber: House 1895
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Halliday
Born: about 1854 in Cassop Colliery, Durham, England.
Died:
Occupation: Coal miner
County: Crawford
Town: Pittsburg
Party: Fusion
District: 24
Chamber: House 1901
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1881.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1901 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Co., 1901).
Name: James Reed Hallowell
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Cherokee
Town: Baxter Springs
Party: Republican
District: 42
Chamber: House 1876
District: 14
Chamber: Senate 1877, 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Christian J. Halsted
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Leavenworth
Town: Reno
Party:
District: 25
Chamber: House 1872
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Albert Ham
Born: March 1876 in Prescott, Kansas.
Died: November 26, 1944 in Prescott, Kansas.
Occupation: Banker, Farmer, Stockman
County: Linn
Town: Prescott
Party: Republican
District: 15
Chamber: House 1937, SS1938, 1939, 1941, 1943
District: 7
Chamber: Senate 1945
Notes: Senator elect, died before session, succeeded by Harry J. Blaker.
Source material:1)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
Name: Martin W. Ham
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Atchison
Town: Muscotah
Party: Republican
District: 10
Chamber: House 1869
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William B. Ham
Born: 1856 in Missouri.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Rooks
Town: Stockton
Party: Republican
District: 93
Chamber: House 1905, 1907, SS1908
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1885.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1905. Topeka, Kan. : Geo Crane & Co., 1905.
Name: William Nelson Hamby
Born: February 15, 1815 in Wilksborough, North Carolina.
Died: September 27, 1888 in Anderson County, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer, Traveling Free Methodist Preacher
County: Anderson
Town: Garnett
Party:Ultra Radical Republican
District: 57
Chamber: House 1867, 1868
Notes: Served with the 7th Kansas Calvary "Jennison's Jayhawks" during the Civil War. Was a traveling preacher for the Free Methodists, and was known to have performed at least one marriage ceremony for a Negro couple. According to his family records he built the first two-story log cabin west of the Mississippi River. Served in the Mexican War and fought in the Battle of Buena Vista. Twice married, first to Elizabeth Davidson in 1837, she died in 1851, he then married Elizabeth Herrinton in 1855.
Source material:1)---Information provided by John LeMaitre.
2)---"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: Robert Morton Hamer
Born:
Died: May 1924
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Lyon
Town: Emporia
Party: Republican
District: 49
Chamber: House 1901
Notes: Married Jessie M. McClure August 18, 1897.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1901 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Co., 1901).
2)--- Flint Hills Genealogical Society Website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksfhgslc/index.html.
Name: Morrison G. Hamersly
Born: June 4, 1842 in Washington County, Indiana.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Ness
Town: McCracken
Party: Republican
District: 103
Chamber: House 1905
Notes: Civil War Veteran: Company A, 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Came to Kansas in 1878.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1905. Topeka, Kan. : Geo Crane & Co., 1905.
Name: Clad Hamilton
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Attorney
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 17
Chamber: Senate 1909, 1911
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Joan Hamilton
Born: April 8, 1950
Died:
Occupation: Attorney
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Democrat
District: 51
Chamber: House 1991, 1992
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Hamilton
Born: February 12, 1816 in Pennsylvania.
Died: February 26, 1876 in Independence, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Crawford
Town: Hamilton
Party: Democrat
District: 86
Chamber: House 1868
Notes: Came to Kansas at the age of 19.
Source material:1)---A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, transcribed in 1997.
Name: John Daniel Miller Hamilton
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Republican
District: 35
Chamber: House 1925, 1927, SS1928
Notes: Speaker of the House in 1928.
Source material:
Name: John Rowen Hamilton
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Norton
Town: Norton
Party: Republican
District: 123
Chamber: House 1877, 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: L. P. Hamilton
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Marshall
Town: Beattie
Party: Greenback, Republican
District: 74
Chamber: House 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: George F. Hamlin
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Banker
County: Linn
Town: LaCygne
Party: Republican
District: 11
Chamber: Senate 1877, 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: James Willis Hamm
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Allen
Town: Humbolt
Party: Democrat
District: 17
Chamber: House 1913
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Lee Hamm
Born: June 27, 1929
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Dairyman
County: Pratt
Town: Pratt
Party: Democrat
District: 102
Chamber: House 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
District: 108
Chamber: House 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John M. Hamme
Born: September 1866 in York, Pennsylvania.
Died:
Occupation: Physician
County: Chase
Town: Cottonwood Falls
Party: Republican
District: 23
Chamber: Senate 1905, 1907, SS1908
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1890. Served as a member of Governor Stanley's Board of Examination and Registration.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1905. Topeka, Kan. : Geo Crane & Co., 1905.
Name: Walter F. Hammel
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Clay
Town: Clay Center 1930; Palmer 1931
Party: Independent 1930; Democrat 1931
District: 58
Chamber: House SS1930, 1931, 1933, SS1933, SS1934
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Jacob Hammig
Born: about 1861 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Died: December 28, 1935 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 11
Chamber: House 1929, SS1930
Notes:
Source material:1)---Topeka Capitol 12/29/1935.
Name: Fred Ray Hammond
Born:
Died: in the early 1930's near Burlington, Kansas.
Occupation: Lumberman
County: Coffey
Town: Burlington
Party: Republican
District: 15
Chamber: Senate 1925, 1927, SS1928
Notes:
Source material:1)---Senate Journal: Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Kansas, 1931. Topeka : State Printer, 1931. "Senate Resolution No. 11" (pages 91-92).
Name: Harold A. Hammond
Born: May 18, 1900
Died: January 26, 1957 in Great Bend, Kansas.
Occupation: Publisher
County: Sumner
Town: Caldwell
Party: Republican
District: 70
Chamber: House 1935, SS1936
Notes:
Source material:1)---Topeka Capitol 1/27/1957.
Name: Albert C. Hancock
Born: January 5, 1890
Died: December 31, 1948 in Denver, Colorado.
Occupation: Automobile dealer, Rancher
County: Cheyenne
Town: St. Francis
Party: Republican
District: 107
Chamber: House 1945
Notes:
Source material:1)---Topeka Capitol 1/4/1949.
Name: Thomas Hancock
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Johnson
Town: Stanley
Party: Liberal
District: 28
Chamber: House 1874, SS1874
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Charles P. Hangen
Born: November 9, 1877 in Darke County, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Banker
County: Sumner
Town: Wellington
Party: Democrat
District: 69
Chamber: House 1913, 1915
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1882. Married Edna Pratt June 5, 1906.
Source material:1)---A Standard of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, transcribed in 1997.
Name: Ralph E. Hangen
Born: December 29, 1890
Died:
Occupation: Lumberman
County: Sumner
Town: Wellington
Party: Democrat
District: 69
Chamber: House 1941, 1959, 1960
Notes:
Source material:
Name: William Hankins
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Allen
Town: Iola
Party: Republican
District: 52
Chamber: House 1879
Notes:
Source material:
Name: M. O. Hanks
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Lane
Town: Shields
Party: Republican
District: 114
Chamber: House 1923, SS1923
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Benjamin John Franklin Hanna
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Trego
Town: Wakeeney
Party: Republican
District: 117
Chamber: House 1889
Notes:
Source material:
Name: David John Hanna
Born:
Died: April 12, 1946 in Glendale, California.
Occupation: Farmer, Real estate
County: Graham
Town: Hill City
Party: Republican
District: 101
Chamber: House 1895
Notes: Lieutenant governor of Kansas 1903 to 1907.
Source material:1)---Topeka State Journal 4/13/1946.
Name: George William Hanna
Born: 1862 in Coulterville, Randolph County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Creamery business, Farmer
County: Clay
Town: Clay Center
Party: Populist
District: 22
Chamber: Senate 1897, SS1898, 1899
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1870. Married and the father of two daughters.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: J. B. Hanna
Born: February 4, 1880
Died: February 10, 1951
Occupation: Banker, Oil business
County: Chase
Town: Cedar Point
Party: Democrat
District: 54
Chamber: House 1913
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Hannon
Born: March 22, 1839
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Democrat
District: 22
Chamber: House 1867
Notes:
Source material:
Name: John Hannon
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Real estate
County: Leavenworth
Town: Leavenworth
Party: Democrat
District: 6
Chamber: House 1909
Notes:
Source material:
Name: J. Hannum
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Nemaha
Town: America City
Party: Negro Suffrage Radical Republican
District: 14
Chamber: House 1867
Notes:
Source material:
Name: James Hanrahan
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Tradesman
County: Ford
Town: Dodge City
Party: Independent
District: 103
Chamber: House 1874, SS1874
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Claud Hansen
Born:
Died: 1944
Occupation: Farmer
County: Cloud
Town: Jamestown
Party: Democrat
District: 32
Chamber: Senate 1933, SS1933, SS1934, 1935, SS1936
District: 30
Chamber: Senate 1937, SS1938, 1939
Notes:
Source material:
Name: H. M. Hansen
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Insurance
County: Graham
Town: Hill City
Party: Republican
District: 100
Chamber: House 1957, 1958, SS1958
Notes:
Source material:
Name: Robert Hans Hanson
Born: 1888 in Cloud County, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Cloud
Town: Jamestown
Party: Republican
District: 61
Chamber: House 1925, 1927, SS1928
District: 32
Chamber: Senate 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: Married Miss Winifred Welch in 1926. In the 1929 edition of Who's Who in the Kansas Legislature it spells his name Hansen.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in the Kansas Legislature, Session 1929 / by Arch Bell. Howell Printing Company : Great Bend, Kansas, 1929.
Name: W. P. Hanson
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Carpenter
County: Doniphan
Town: Palermo
Party: Black Republican
District: 4
Chamber: House 1863
Notes:
Source material:
Name: James Hanway
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Franklin
Town: Lane; Ohio City
Party: Radical Republican
District: 59
Chamber: House 1865, 1870
Notes:
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Name: Ford Harbaugh
Born: July 25, 1911 in Wellington, Kansas.
Died: February 14, 1982
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Sumner
Town: Wellington
Party: Republican
District: 26
Chamber: Senate 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964
Notes: Served in Military Intelligence with U.S. Army from 1942-1946.
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
2)---"Senate Resolution 1884," Journal of the Senate, Kansas Legislature, 1982.
Name: Henry Ford Harbaugh
Born: 1850 in Trenton, Ohio.
Died:
Occupation: Teacher, Farmer, Stockraiser
County: Sumner
Town: Concord, South Haven
Party: Populist 1897; Republican 1909
District: 71
Chamber: House 1897, 1898
District: 75
Chamber: House 1909
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1878. Married Elizabeth Blattner on March 10, 1880.
Source material:1)---A Standard of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, transcribed in 1997.
1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
Name: Janice Hardenburger
Born: February 26, 1932
Died: August 31, 2000
Occupation: Farm partner
County: Washington
Town: Haddam
Party: Republican
District: 21
Chamber: Senate 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Notes:
Source material:
1)--- www.politicalgraveyard.com
Name: Jesse J. Harder
Born: April 6, 1916
Died:
Occupation: Educator (Retired)
County: Reno
Town: Buhler
Party: Democrat
District: 103
Chamber: House 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Notes:
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Name: Joseph C. Harder
Born: February 1, 1916 in Hillsboro, Kansas.
Died: August 21, 2004
Occupation: Merchant, Mortician, Telephone company manager, Self-employed
County: McPherson
Town: Moundridge
Party: Republican
District: 28
Chamber: Senate 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964
District: 29
Chamber: Senate 1965, 1966, SS1966, 1967, 1968
District: 18
Chamber: Senate 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
District: 25
Chamber: Senate 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988, 1989, SS1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Notes: Married December 12, 1939 to Maryan Lee Brooks.
Source material:1)--- 1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
Name: Robert Clarence Harder
Born: June 4, 1929 in Horton, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Pastor; Research associate, Menningers
County: Shawnee
Town: Topeka
Party: Democrat
District: 33
Chamber: House 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964
District: 31
Chamber: House 1965, 1966, SS1966
Notes: Married Dorothy Lou Welty on July 31, 1953. Resigned after 3 terms in the House of Representatives.
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
Name: R. J. Hardesty
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Ford
Town: Dodge City
Party: Democrat
District: 118
Chamber: House 1885, SS1886
Notes:
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Name: C. F. Hardick
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Pottawatomie
Town: Louisville
Party: Farmers' Alliance
District: 50
Chamber: House 1891
Notes:
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Name: G. A. Harding
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Woodson
Town: Yates Center
Party: Democrat
District: 30
Chamber: House 1925, 1927, SS1928
Notes:
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Name: Joseph D. Hardy
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Brown
Town: Hiawatha
Party: Farmers' Alliance
District: 7
Chamber: House 1874, SS1874
District: 44
Chamber: House 1891
Notes:
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Name: John Hargrave
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Rush
Town: LaCrosse
Party: Republican
District: 115
Chamber: House 1881, 1883, SS1884, 1885, SS1886
District: 108
Chamber: House 1887
Notes: Delegate to Rush County in 1881.
Source material:
Name: Alfred H. Harkness
Born: August 8, 1907 in Hays, Kansas.
Died: March 12, 1998 in Osborne, Kansas.
Occupation: Oil business, Insurance, Druggist
County: Ellis
Town: Hays
Party: Republican
District: 89
Chamber: House 1939
District: 38
Chamber: Senate 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1955, 1956
Notes: Wifes name is Mary
Source material:1)---1953 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Construction Magazines ; Lawrence, Kan. : printed by World Company, 1953.)
2)---1943 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Magazine, 1943?.)
Name: Frank P. Harkness
Born: Springfield, Pennsylvania.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Clay
Town: Clay Center
Party: Republican
District: 23
Chamber: Senate 1885, SS1886, 1887
District: 23
Chamber: Senate 1889, 1891
Notes: Came to Kansas in September, 1879. Married November 30, 1883 to Miss Alma Streville.
Source material:1)---Directory of the Kansas State Senate, 1889 / by A.G. Stacey, Secretary. Topeka, Kansas, Kansas Publishing House, 1889.
Name: Hal E. Harlan
Born: in Harlan, Kansas.
Died: March 23, 1957 in Manhattan, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Riley
Town: Manhattan
Party: Republican
District: 42
Chamber: House 1929, SS1930, 1931
District: 21
Chamber: Senate 1933, SS1933, SS1934
District: 19
Chamber: Senate 1945, 1947
Notes: Resigned before 1935 session. Speaker of the House in 1931.
Source material:1)---Kansas City Times 3/25/1957.
Name: George W. Harley
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Cherokee
Town: McCune
Party: Democrat
District: 22
Chamber: House 1915, 1917
Notes:
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Name: Thomas Harley
Born: about 1872
Died: June 28, 1956
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Douglas
Town: Lawrence
Party: Republican
District: 11
Chamber: House 1919, SS1919, SS1920, 1921
Notes:
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Name: Bert Harmon
Born: February 24, 1879 in Union County, Iowa.
Died: August 8, 1971 in Ellsworth, Kansas.
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Ellsworth
Town: Ellsworth
Party: Republican
District: 80
Chamber: House 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1886.
Source material:1)---1953 Kansas Legislative Directory. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Business Construction Magazines ; Lawrence, Kan. : printed by World Company, 1953.
Name: Oliver Dickinson Harmon
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Linn
Town: Twin Springs
Party: Republican
District: 46
Chamber: House 1866, 1867
Notes:
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Name: Leon H. Harms
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Marion
Town: Hillsboro
Party: Republican
District: 55
Chamber: House 1937, SS1938
Notes:
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Name: Elisha Harned
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Cowley
Town: Atlanta
Party: Democrat
District: 51
Chamber: House 1913
Notes:
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Name: Josephus Harner
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Riley
Town: Leonardville
Party: Farmers' Alliance
District: 51
Chamber: House 1891
Notes:
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Name: G. R. Harper
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Lyon
Town: Neosho Rapids
Party: Republican
District: 65
Chamber: House 1867
Notes:
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Name: Howard W. Harper
Born: November 29, 1912 in Wichita, Kansas.
Died: November 20, 1988.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Geary
Town: Junction City
Party: Republican
District: 19
Chamber: Senate 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964
Notes: Married Katherine Beals in 1938. "Kansas Outstanding Young Man" in 1945.
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
2)---"Senate Resolution 1872," Journal of the Senate, Kansas Legislature, 1989.
Name: J. L. "Jerry" Harper
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Newspaper publisher, Editor
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Republican
District: 76
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Notes:
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Name: John Harper
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Attorney
County: Gray, Haskell
Town: Cimarron
Party: Republican
District: 123
Chamber: House 1899
Notes:
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Name: Richard L. Harper
Born: April 6, 1924
Died: Augst 15, 2008 in Fort Scott, Kansas
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Bourbon
Town: Fort Scott
Party: Republican
District: 21
Chamber: House 1965, 1966, SS1966
District: 11
Chamber: House 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, SS1987, 1988
Notes:
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Name: W. H. Harper
Born: April 24, 1895 in Murrayville, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Stockman
County: Cloud
Town: Glasco
Party: Republican
District: 61
Chamber: House 1923, SS1923
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1909. Married Hazel Noll November 12, 1921. Served 3 1/2 years in the Navy during WWI.
Source material:1)---1961 Kansas Legislative Directory. (Topeka, Kan. : Midwest Industry Magazine, Kansas Construction Magazine, 1961.)
Name: W. H. Harper
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Standard Oil Co. agent (Retired)
County: Pratt
Town: Coats
Party: Republican
District: 73
Chamber: House 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, SS1964
Notes: World War I veteran.
Source material:
Name: W. W. Harper
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Labette
Town: Mound Valley
Party:
District: 43
Chamber: House 1873
Notes:
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Name: A. F. Harreld
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Cherokee
Town: New Memphis
Party: Democrat
District: 41
Chamber: House 1877
Notes:
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Name: Newt Harrell
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Real estate, Insurance
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Democrat
District: 82
Chamber: House 1967, 1968
Notes:
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Name: Joseph "Joe" Patrick Harrigan
Born: February 11, 1918 in Pittsburg, Kansas.
Died: October 4, 1980 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Occupation: Student
County: Crawford
Town: Pittsburg
Party: Democrat
District: 21
Chamber: House 1941
Notes: Graduated from PSU in 1941. Youngest member of the 1941 legislature. Served in WWII.
Source material:1)---Information provided by Mr. Harrigan's great-niece, Kathyrn Harrigan Lenzi.
Name: Nancey Harrington
Born: November 8, 1953
Died:
Occupation: Homemaker, Small business partner
County: Sedgwick
Town: Clearwater, Goddard
Party: Republican
District: 26
Chamber: Senate 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Notes: Appointed in December 1994, to replace Congressman-Elect Todd Tiahrt. Resigned in 2003.
Source material:
Name: Nicholas Harrington
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Physician
County: Doniphan
Town: Palermo
Party: Black Republican
District: 4
Chamber: House 1866
Notes:
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Name: Wynne Powers Harrington
Born: December 21, 1870
Died: August 23, 1943
Occupation: Farmer, School teacher
County: Gove
Town: Gove City
Party: Democrat
District: 104
Chamber: House 1921, 1923, SS1923
Notes:
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Name: Charles Harris
Born: about 1846 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Died:
Occupation: Attorney, Newspaper editor
County: Lyon
Town: Emporia
Party: Republican
District: 47
Chamber: House SS1898
District: 50
Chamber: House 1899, 1901
Notes: Succeeded I. E. Lambert who resgined in 1898. Came to Kansas in 1881 Civil War veteran: Iowa 46th Regiment, Company A, and later with Company F of the Iowa 21st.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1901 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Co., 1901).
Name: Curtis L. Harris
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Butler
Town: El Dorado
Party: Republican
District: 25
Chamber: Senate 1911
Notes: Married Mary L. Miller in 1885.
Source material:1)---A Standard of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, transcribed in 1997.
Name: Fred M. Harris
Born:
Died: October 29, 1993
Occupation: Newspaper publisher, Securities broker/dealer
County: Neosho
Town: Chanute
Party: Republican
District: 5
Chamber: House 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Notes:
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Name: Fred M. Harris
Born: 1876 in Franklin County, Kansas.
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer, Banker
County: Franklin
Town: Ottawa
Party: Republican
District: 15
Chamber: Senate 1929, SS1930, 1931
Notes: Married Miss Helen James of Ottawa in 1911.
Source material:1)---Who's Who in the Kansas Legislature, Session 1929 / by Arch Bell. Howell Printing Company : Great Bend, Kansas, 1929.
Name: Harry Harris
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Merchant
County: Harvey
Town: Burrton
Party: Democrat
District: 65
Chamber: House 1923, SS1923, SS1930
Notes:
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Name: Innis D. Harris, Jr.
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Democrat
District: 67
Chamber: House 1935, SS1936
Notes:
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Name: John P. Harris
Born: July 24, 1839, in Washington County, Ohio
Died: February 23, 1917
Occupation: Farmer
County: Franklin
Town: Ottawa
Party: Republican
District: 18
Chamber: Senate 1877, 1879
Notes: Civil War veteran, member of First Kansas Battery, Volunteer Light Artillery; married June 24, 1869, to Sarah F. Zook
Source material:1)---Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, 1918 edition
Name: M. C. Harris
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Leavenworth
Town: Maria
Party: Republican
District: 15
Chamber: House 1881
Notes:
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Name: Michael "Mike" T. Harris
Born: August 25, 1946
Died:
Occupation: Attorney
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Republican
District: 27
Chamber: Senate 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Notes: Resigned March 7, 1997. Succeeded by Leslie D. "Les" Donovan, Sr.
Source material:
Name: Nathaniel Harris
Born: October 10, 1842 in Morgan County, Illinois.
Died:
Occupation: Teacher, Realestate, Insurance
County: Ellsworth
Town: Ellsworth
Party: Republican
District: 80
Chamber: House 1915
Notes: Married Elizabeth J. Slagle in 1864. Later, in 1880 married to Louisa Warbrook
Source material:1)---A Standard of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, transcribed in 1997.
Name: Victor L. Harris
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Real estate
County: Hamilton
Town: Syracuse
Party: Republican
District: 117
Chamber: House 1919, SS1919, SS1920
Notes:
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Name: William Alexander Harris
Born: October 29, 1841 near Luray, Loudoun County, Virginia. (Note...... In the 1897 Legislative Directory he is listed as being 44 years old)
Died: December 20, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois.
Occupation: Farmer, Engineer/surveyor
County: Leavenworth
Town: Linwood
Party: Democrat
District: 3
Chamber: Senate 1897
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1865. Civil War veteran (Confederate States of America): Assistant Adjutant General in Wilcox's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, and Chief of Ordnance, Hill's Division and Rode's Division, Army of Northern Virginia. Elected Kansas Representative to the U.S. Congress, 1893-1895. Resigned his seat in the Kansas State Senate, February 27, 1897, to become Senator from Kansas in the U.S. Senate, 1897-1903. Unsuccessful candidate for Kansas Governor in 1906. Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1897 (Topeka, Kan. : Crane & Company, 1897).
2)---Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989 (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989).
Name: William Carlisle Harris
Born: 1862 in Morgan County, Ohio.
Died: April 8, 1940 in Emporia, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Lyon
Town: Emporia
Party: Democrat
District: 22
Chamber: Senate 1937, SS1938, 1939
Notes: Came to Emporia, Kansas in 1880.
Source material:1)---Topeka Capitol 4/9/1940.
Name: W. D. Harris
Born:
Died:
Occupation:
County: Wallace
Town: Sharon Springs
Party: Republican
District: 111
Chamber: House 1893
Notes:
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Name: W. T. Harris
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer, Banker
County: Dickinson
Town: Solomon
Party: Democrat
District: 62
Chamber: House 1903, SS1903
Notes:
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Name: R. Carter Harrison
Born: January 1, 1900 in Colwich, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Died: September 9, 1963 in Topeka, Kansas.
Occupation: Lawyer
County: Sedgwick
Town: Wichita
Party: Democrat
District: 68
Chamber: House 1935, SS1936
Notes: Spouse's first name listed as Marion.
Source material:1)---Topeka State Journal 9/10/1963.
Name: Dan Bogue Harrison
Born: January 29, 1865 in Rutland County, Vermont.
Died:
Occupation: City officer
County: Osborne
Town: Downs
Party: Republican
District: 34
Chamber: Senate 1905, 1907, SS1908
Notes: Married October 7, 1894 to --?--. Came to Kansas in about 1884.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1905. Topeka, Kan. : Geo Crane & Co., 1905.
Name: John R. "Jack" Harrison
Born: April 14, 1867 in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Died: February 4, 1929 in Topeka, Kansas.
Occupation: Editor, Publisher
County: Mitchell
Town: Beloit
Party: Republican
District: 33
Chamber: Senate 1929
Notes: Married Eugenia C. Cassaday September 27, 1899 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Owner and editor of the Beloit Gazette for 15 years. His peers described him as a "militant and fearless writer". Died shortly after the start of 1929 Session, his funeral was held in the Senate Chamber at 10:30am Thursday, February 7, 1929. He is buried in the Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.
Source material:1)---Information came from the book "Kansas and Kansans" and from the "Beloit Gazette" newspaper by way of Mr. Harrison's niece Sharon Thompson.
2)---Who's Who in the Kansas Legislature, Session 1929 / by Arch Bell. Howell Printing Company : Great Bend, Kansas, 1929.
Name: Joseph H. Harrison
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Franklin
Town: Wellsville
Party: Reform
District: 51
Chamber: House 1874, SS1874
Notes:
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Name: Latham Edward Harrison
Born: August 5, 1866 in Legrand, Iowa.
Died: February 2, 1936
Occupation: Merchant, Banker
County: Cheyenne
Town: St. Francis
Party: Republican
District: 112
Chamber: House 1905
Notes: Came to Kansas in 1878. Married in 1888 to Cora Edna Tippin.
Source material:1)---Handbook of the Kansas Legislature, 1905. Topeka, Kan. : Geo Crane & Co., 1905.
2)---The History of Cheyenne County, Kansas / by the Cheyenne County Historical Society. Dallas, TX. Curtis Media Co., 1987.
3)---Some information supplied by Marilyn Holzwarth of the Cheyenne County, KS, GenWeb Project.
Name: T. W. Harrison
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Franklin
Town: Ottawa
Party: Republican
District: 16
Chamber: House 1909
Notes:
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Name: William Harrison
Born:
Died:
Occupation: Farmer
County: Butler
Town: Chelsea
Party: Radical Republican
District: 67
Chamber: House 1863
Notes:
Source material:
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