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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | William H. Avery |
Address | Wakefield, Kansas , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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August 11, 1911
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Died | November 04, 2009
(98 years)
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Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
Last Modifed | RBH Jul 18, 2022 03:19pm |
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Info | AVERY, William Henry, a Representative from Kansas; born in Wakefield, Clay County, Kans., August 11, 1911; attended the public schools; A.B., University of Kansas at Lawrence, 1934; engaged in business as a farmer and stockman near Wakefield, Kans., since 1935; director of the Wakefield Rural High School Board of Education since 1946; Congressional liaison for the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 1973- 1976; member, Wakefield school board, 1958-1964; member, Kansas state house of representatives, 1951-1955; member of legislative council of Kansas 1953-1955; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate for renomination in 1964, but was a successful candidate for Governor of Kansas and served from January 11, 1965, to January 9, 1967; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966; president, Real Petroleum Company; died on November 4, 2009, in Wakefield, Kans.
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