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  Avery, William H.
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NameWilliam H. Avery
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Wakefield, Kansas , United States
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Born August 11, 1911
DiedNovember 04, 2009 (98 years)
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Jul 18, 2022 03:19pm
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InfoAVERY, 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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  08/06/1968 KS US Senate - R Primary Lost 31.52% (-36.97%)
  11/08/1966 KS Governor Lost 43.92% (-10.92%)
  08/02/1966 KS Governor - R Primary Won 75.09% (+50.18%)
  11/03/1964 KS Governor Won 50.88% (+3.81%)
  08/04/1964 KS Governor - R Primary Won 30.39% (+3.65%)
  11/06/1962 KS District 2 Won 65.21% (+30.41%)
  11/08/1960 KS District 1 Won 63.10% (+26.20%)
  08/02/1960 KS District 1 - R Primary Won 70.24% (+40.48%)
  11/04/1958 KS - District 01 Won 51.22% (+3.79%)
  11/06/1956 KS - District 01 Won 53.08% (+7.24%)
  11/02/1954 KS - District 01 Won 54.32% (+8.63%)
  08/03/1954 KS District 1 - R Primary Won 40.52% (+3.90%)
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