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Mize</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_L._Mize.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Chester_L._Mize.jpg/220px-Chester_L._Mize.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Chester_L._Mize.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="485" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">From 1969's <i>Pocket Congressional Directory of the Ninety-First Congress</i></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Avery" class="mw-redirect" title="William Henry Avery">William Henry Avery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_R._Roy" title="William R. Roy">William R. Roy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1917-12-25</span>)</span>December 25, 1917<br /><a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Kansas" title="Atchison, Kansas">Atchison, Kansas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 11, 1994<span style="display:none">(1994-01-11)</span> (aged 76)<br /><a href="/wiki/La_Jolla,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="La Jolla, California">La Jolla, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Elizabeth Muchnic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas_School_of_Business" title="University of Kansas School of Business">University of Kansas School of Business</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman<br />Rancher<br />Farmer</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States of America</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy_(unofficial_proportions).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy_%28unofficial_proportions%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy_%28unofficial_proportions%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy_%28unofficial_proportions%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy_%28unofficial_proportions%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy_%28unofficial_proportions%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy_%28unofficial_proportions%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="794" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1941-1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O4_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/20px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/30px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/40px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="524" /></a></span><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Commander_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Commander (United States)">Lieutenant Commander</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">South Pacific Theater</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/20px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/30px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/40px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star Medal</a> with <a href="/wiki/Valor_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Valor device">Combat V</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chester Louis Mize</b> (December 25, 1917 – January 11, 1994) was a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. </p><p>Mize was a native of <a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Kansas" title="Atchison, Kansas">Atchison, Kansas</a>, and attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas_School_of_Business" title="University of Kansas School of Business">University of Kansas School of Business</a>. He served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and received the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star Medal</a> with <a href="/wiki/Valor_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Valor device">Combat V</a>. </p><p>After the war, Mize was involved in his family's wholesale hardware business, and was an officer of several other corporations, in addition to owning and operating a farm and a cattle ranch. Mize also served on the Atchison school board, and was active in several other civic organizations, including the board of trustees of <a href="/wiki/Mount_St._Scholastica_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount St. Scholastica College">Mount St. Scholastica College</a>. </p><p>In 1964, Mize was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served three terms, 1965 to 1971, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970. After leaving Congress, Mize served as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Tariff_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Tariff Commission">United States Tariff Commission</a> in 1971. In retirement, he resided in <a href="/wiki/Naples,_Florida" title="Naples, Florida">Naples, Florida</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/La_Jolla,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="La Jolla, California">La Jolla, California</a>. He died in La Jolla on January 11, 1994, and was buried in Atchison. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mize was born in <a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Kansas" title="Atchison, Kansas">Atchison, Kansas</a> on December 25, 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the public schools of Atchison, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Atchison_High_School" title="Atchison High School">Atchison High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then studied at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas_School_of_Business" title="University of Kansas School of Business">University of Kansas School of Business</a> from 1935 to 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Reserve">United States Naval Reserve</a> in 1940, where he served on active duty in the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">South Pacific Theater</a> from 1941 to 1945 on board the USS <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8)" title="USS Hornet (CV-8)">Hornet</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was released to inactive service as a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">lieutenant commander</a> at the end of the war, and was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star</a> with <a href="/wiki/Valor_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Valor device">Combat V</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Mize served in a number of leadership positions in business, including succeeding his father as treasurer of Blish, Mize & Silliman wholesale hardware.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as vice president of Locomotive Finished Materials Co. from 1951 to 1958, and as vice president of Valley Co., Inc. from 1958 to 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He owned and operated a cattle ranch in <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> and a farm in <a href="/wiki/Atchison_County,_Kansas" title="Atchison County, Kansas">Atchison County, Kansas</a>, where he was a member of the Atchison School Board.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mize served as chairman of the board of trustees of <a href="/wiki/Mount_St._Scholastica_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount St. Scholastica College">Mount St. Scholastica College</a> in Atchison.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as member of the School of Business Administration Advisory Board and the athletic board of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a>, and was president of the school's alumni association.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Mize was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Phi_Delta_Theta" title="Phi Delta Theta">Phi Delta Theta</a> social fraternity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mize was an active member of the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, he was a member of the Kansas Farm Bureau, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="Kansas Chamber of Commerce">Kansas Chamber of Commerce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks" title="Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks">Elks Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Legion" title="American Legion">American Legion</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars" title="Veterans of Foreign Wars">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Congressman">Congressman</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Congressman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mize was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/89th_United_States_Congress" title="89th United States Congress">Eighty-ninth</a>, <a href="/wiki/90th_United_States_Congress" title="90th United States Congress">Ninetieth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/91st_United_States_Congress" title="91st United States Congress">Ninety-first</a> Congresses (January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mize served on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">House Banking and Currency Committee</a>, and was a member of <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Republican_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives Republican Conference">House Republican Conference</a> task forces on Aging, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also interested in government farm policy, as well as several conservation and flood control projects that were planned for or under construction in his district.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970, Mize was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the <a href="/wiki/92nd_United_States_Congress" title="92nd United States Congress">Ninety-second Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Tariff_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Tariff Commission">United States Tariff Commission</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_burial">Death and burial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death and burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In retirement, Mize was a resident of first <a href="/wiki/Naples,_Florida" title="Naples, Florida">Naples, Florida</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then <a href="/wiki/La_Jolla,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="La Jolla, California">La Jolla, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died in La Jolla of bladder cancer on January 11, 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried Mount Vernon Cemetery in Atchison, Kansas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mize was married to Elizabeth Muchnic Mize.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They later divorced, and in 1985 Elizabeth Mize married Paul Elicker. Chester and Elizabeth Mize were the parents of David, Janet, and Anne.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"_1-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREF"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"">"Biography, Chester Louis Mize"</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"5_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREF"Obituary,_Chester_L._Mize"">"Obituary, Chester L. Mize"</a>, p. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREF"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize_Jr."">"Biography, Chester Louis Mize Jr."</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internet">Internet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_L._Mize&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Internet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREF"Biography,_Chester_Louis_Mize"" class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/chester-louis-mize/17008">"Biography, Chester Louis Mize"</a>. <i>Kansapedia</i>. 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States representatives from Kansas">Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas01 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 1st congressional district">1st district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Phillips" title="William A. Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Alexander_Anderson" title="John Alexander Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Needham_Morrill" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Needham Morrill">Morrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Broderick" title="Case Broderick">Broderick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Read_Anthony_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Read Anthony Jr.">Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Lambertson" title="William P. Lambertson">Lambertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_M._Cole" title="Albert M. Cole">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Shultz_Miller" title="Howard Shultz Miller">H. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Avery_(politician)" title="William H. Avery (politician)">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Sebelius" title="Keith Sebelius">Sebelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Roberts" title="Pat Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moran" title="Jerry Moran">Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Huelskamp" title="Tim Huelskamp">Huelskamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Marshall" title="Roger Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracey_Mann" title="Tracey Mann">Mann</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Kansas.svg/100px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Kansas.svg/150px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Kansas.svg/200px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas02 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Goodin" title="John R. Goodin">Goodin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_C._Haskell" title="Dudley C. Haskell">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Funston" title="Edward H. Funston">Funston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Ladd_Moore" title="Horace Ladd Moore">H. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orrin_Larrabee_Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="Orrin Larrabee Miller">O. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_S._Peters" title="Mason S. Peters">M. Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_De_Witt_Bowersock" title="Justin De Witt Bowersock">Bowersock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_Scott" title="Charles Frederick Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_C._Mitchell" title="Alexander C. Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Taggart" title="Joseph Taggart">Taggart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Little" title="Edward C. Little">E. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Samuel_Guyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulysses Samuel Guyer">Guyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_B._Little" title="Chauncey B. Little">C. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Samuel_Guyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulysses Samuel Guyer">Guyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Errett_P._Scrivner" title="Errett P. Scrivner">Scrivner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newell_A._George" title="Newell A. George">N. George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ellsworth" title="Robert Ellsworth">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Avery_(politician)" title="William H. Avery (politician)">Avery</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Roy" title="William R. Roy">Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Keys" title="Martha Keys">Keys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Edmund_Jeffries" class="mw-redirect" title="James Edmund Jeffries">Jeffries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Slattery" title="Jim Slattery">Slattery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Brownback" title="Sam Brownback">Brownback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ryun" title="Jim Ryun">Ryun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Boyda" title="Nancy Boyda">Boyda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Jenkins" title="Lynn Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Watkins" title="Steve Watkins">Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_LaTurner" title="Jake LaTurner">LaTurner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas03 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Ripley_Brown" title="William Ripley Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ryan_(Kansas_politician)" title="Thomas Ryan (Kansas politician)">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_W._Perkins" title="Bishop W. Perkins">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_H._Clover" title="Benjamin H. Clover">Clover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hudson" title="Thomas Jefferson Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snyder_S._Kirkpatrick" title="Snyder S. Kirkpatrick">Kirkpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_R._Ridgely" title="Edwin R. Ridgely">Ridgely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Metcalf_Jackson" title="Alfred Metcalf Jackson">A. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_P._Campbell" title="Philip P. Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Sproul" title="William H. Sproul">Sproul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_C._McGugin" title="Harold C. McGugin">McGugin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_White_Patterson" title="Edward White Patterson">Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Daniel_Winter" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Daniel Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Alton_Meyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbert Alton Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myron_V._George" title="Myron V. George">M. George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_David_Hargis" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver David Hargis">Hargis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Lewis_McVey,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Lewis McVey, Jr.">McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ellsworth" title="Robert Ellsworth">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Winn" title="Larry Winn">Winn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Meyers" title="Jan Meyers">Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Snowbarger" title="Vince Snowbarger">Snowbarger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Moore_(politician)" title="Dennis Moore (politician)">D. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Yoder" title="Kevin Yoder">Yoder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharice_Davids" title="Sharice Davids">Davids</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas04 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ryan_(Kansas_politician)" title="Thomas Ryan (Kansas politician)">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Kelley" title="Harrison Kelley">Kelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Otis" title="John G. Otis">Otis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe_Miller" title="James Monroe Miller">J. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_S._Jackson" title="Fred S. Jackson">F. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Doolittle" title="Dudley Doolittle">Doolittle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homer_Hoch" title="Homer Hoch">Hoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Carpenter" title="Randolph Carpenter">Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Herbert_Rees" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Herbert Rees">E. Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner_E._Shriver" title="Garner E. Shriver">Shriver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Glickman" title="Dan Glickman">Glickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Tiahrt" title="Todd Tiahrt">Tiahrt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Pompeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Estes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas05 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Alexander_Anderson" title="John Alexander Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(Kansas_politician)" title="John Davis (Kansas politician)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Calderhead" title="William A. Calderhead">Calderhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Vincent" title="William D. Vincent">Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Calderhead" title="William A. Calderhead">Calderhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rollin_R._Rees" title="Rollin R. Rees">R. Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_T._Helvering" title="Guy T. Helvering">Helvering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_G._Strong" title="James G. Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Ayres" title="William Augustus Ayres">Ayres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mills_Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mills Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_R._Hope" title="Clifford R. Hope">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Floyd_Breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="James Floyd Breeding">Breeding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Skubitz" title="Joe Skubitz">Skubitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Whittaker" title="Bob Whittaker">Whittaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Nichols" title="Dick Nichols">Nichols</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas06 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hanback" title="Lewis Hanback">Hanback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erastus_J._Turner" title="Erastus J. Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baker_(Kansas_politician)" title="William Baker (Kansas politician)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_B._McCormick" title="Nelson B. McCormick">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Reeder" title="William Augustus Reeder">Reeder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_D._Young" title="Isaac D. Young">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Connelly" title="John R. Connelly">Connelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays_B._White" title="Hays B. White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_I._Sparks" title="Charles I. Sparks">Sparks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathryn_O%27Loughlin_McCarthy" title="Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy">McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlson" title="Frank Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wint_Smith" title="Wint Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas07 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 7th congressional district">7th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_R._Peters" title="Samuel R. Peters">S. Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Simpson" title="Jerry Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_I._Long" title="Chester I. Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Simpson" title="Jerry Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_I._Long" title="Chester I. Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Murdock" title="Victor Murdock">Murdock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmond_H._Madison" title="Edmond H. Madison">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Neeley" title="George A. Neeley">Neeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jouett_Shouse" title="Jouett Shouse">Shouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_N._Tincher" title="Jasper N. Tincher">Tincher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_R._Hope" title="Clifford R. Hope">Hope</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas08 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 8th congressional district">8th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Murdock" title="Victor Murdock">Murdock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Ayres" title="William Augustus Ayres">Ayres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ely_Bird" title="Richard Ely Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Ayres" title="William Augustus Ayres">Ayres</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="KansasAL !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Kansas's at-large congressional district">At-large</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_F._Conway" title="Martin F. Conway">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abel_Carter_Wilder" class="mw-redirect" title="Abel Carter Wilder">Wilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Clarke" title="Sidney Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Perley_Lowe" class="mw-redirect" title="David Perley Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li>(1873–1875: <a href="/wiki/David_Perley_Lowe" class="mw-redirect" title="David Perley Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Cobb" title="Stephen A. Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Phillips" title="William A. Phillips">Phillips</a>)</li> <li>(1883–1885: <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hanback" title="Lewis Hanback">Hanback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Needham_Morrill" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Needham Morrill">Morrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_W._Perkins" title="Bishop W. Perkins">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_R._Peters" title="Samuel R. Peters">S. Peters</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Harris_(Kansas_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Alexander Harris (Kansas politician)">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_W._Blue" title="Richard W. Blue">Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_D._Botkin" title="Jeremiah D. Botkin">Botkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_J._Bailey" title="Willis J. Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_Scott" title="Charles Frederick Scott">Scott</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas TerritoryAL !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Territory%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Kansas Territory's at-large congressional district">Territory</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Wilkins_Whitfield" title="John Wilkins Whitfield">Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Parrott" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Junius Parrott">Parrott</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Kansas&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_89th–91st_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Kansas&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_89th–91st_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Kansas" title="United States congressional delegations from Kansas">Kansas</a>'s delegation(s) to the 89th–91st <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/89th_United_States_Congress" title="89th United States Congress">89th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kansas" title="List of United States senators from Kansas">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlson" title="Frank Carlson">F. Carlson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_B._Pearson" title="James B. Pearson">J. Pearson</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kansas" title="List of United States representatives from Kansas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">B. Dole</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ellsworth" title="Robert Ellsworth">B. Ellsworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Garner_E._Shriver" title="Garner E. Shriver">G. Shriver</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Skubitz" title="Joe Skubitz">J. Skubitz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C. Mize</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/90th_United_States_Congress" title="90th United States Congress">90th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kansas" title="List of United States senators from Kansas">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlson" title="Frank Carlson">F. Carlson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_B._Pearson" title="James B. Pearson">J. 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