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Avery</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Avery_William_H.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Avery_William_H.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="215" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="215" /></a></span></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;">37th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kansas">Governor of Kansas</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 11, 1965 – January 9, 1967</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kansas">Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Crutcher" title="John Crutcher">John Crutcher</a></td></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/John_Anderson_Jr." title="John Anderson Jr.">John Anderson Jr.</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/Robert_Docking" title="Robert Docking">Robert Docking</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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, 1963 – January 3, 1965</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/Robert_Ellsworth" title="Robert Ellsworth">Robert Ellsworth</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/Chester_L._Mize" title="Chester L. Mize">Chester L. Mize</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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_1st_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 1st congressional district">1st</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, 1955 – January 3, 1963</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/Howard_S._Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard S. Miller">Howard S. Miller</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/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">Kansas House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1951–1955</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"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Henry Avery</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1911-08-11</span>)</span>August 11, 1911<br /><a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_Kansas" title="Wakefield, Kansas">Wakefield, Kansas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 4, 2009<span style="display:none">(2009-11-04)</span> (aged 98)<br />Wakefield, Kansas, U.S.</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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Hazel Bowles</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1940⁠–⁠2004)<wbr /></div></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" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Farmer" title="Farmer">Farmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oilman" class="mw-redirect" title="Oilman">Oilman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banker" class="mw-redirect" title="Banker">Banker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Henry Avery</b> (August 11, 1911 – November 4, 2009) was an American <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Kansas">37th governor of Kansas</a> from 1965 until 1967. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_H._Avery_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born on August 11, 1911, near <a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_Kansas" title="Wakefield, Kansas">Wakefield, Kansas</a>, Avery graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a> in 1934. While attending KU, he joined <a href="/wiki/Delta_Upsilon" title="Delta Upsilon">Delta Upsilon</a> fraternity. He was a member of the Wakefield School Board, and served in the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">Kansas House of Representatives</a> from 1951 to 1955, and in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican Party</a> from 1955 to 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avery's parents were both college graduates; his father from <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_University" title="Kansas State University">Kansas State University</a> and his mother from <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University" title="Emporia State University">Emporia State University</a>. Although very many school children did not attend school in that day, there was a strong push from both of Avery's parents to get an education. Although his family had a history with Kansas State, and it was the closest college – he declined the Wildcats and enrolled at the University of Kansas in <a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas" title="Lawrence, Kansas">Lawrence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avery "served as the state's thirty-seventh chief executive, from January 11, 1965, to January 9, 1967. Although his gubernatorial service was short, Avery's outgoing personality and ability to win elections made him a central figure in Kansas Republican Party politics throughout the 1950s and 1960s."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avery is remembered as the governor who sanctioned the executions of <a href="/wiki/Perry_Smith_(murderer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Perry Smith (murderer)">Perry Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hickock" title="Richard Hickock">Richard Hickock</a>, the murderers of the Clutter family, made notorious by the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Capote" title="Truman Capote">Truman Capote</a> book <i><a href="/wiki/In_Cold_Blood_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="In Cold Blood (book)">In Cold Blood</a></i>. Capote describes the governor as "a wealthy farmer" conscious of public opinion. Also as governor, he dedicated a memorial in <a href="/wiki/Delphos,_Kansas" title="Delphos, Kansas">Delphos, Kansas</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grace_Bedell" title="Grace Bedell">Grace Bedell</a>, the eleven-year-old girl who suggested to presidential candidate Lincoln to grow his famous beard.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After losing the governorship to <a href="/wiki/Robert_Docking" title="Robert Docking">Robert Docking</a> in the 1966 election, Avery attempted but failed to win a seat in the U.S. Senate, losing in the primary to future presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>. Following his retirement from politics, he worked for Clinton Oil Company and became president of Real Petroleum Company. In 1990, Avery was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Common_Cause" title="Common Cause">Common Cause</a> National Governing Board. </p><p>Avery was one of five former governors interviewed for the documentary <i>The Kansas Governor</i>, in which he proudly stated that in his many years of politics he had never played a round of <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a>. Avery was married to Hazel Bowles<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (January 4, 1914 – August 17, 2004)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 1940 until her death. </p><p>Avery died on November 4, 2009, at age 98. Flags in the state were ordered <a href="/wiki/Half-staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Half-staff">lowered</a> until November 14 in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Entrance_into_politics">Entrance into politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_H._Avery_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Entrance into politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Avery's political career started on the <a href="/wiki/Milford_Lake" title="Milford Lake">Milford Reservoir</a>. "I came right back from college and took over the farm. I evolved as kind of a spokesman for the lower part of the Republican Valley as opposing the reservoir and being in that group I became acquainted with a lot of people over at <a href="/wiki/Tuttle_Creek" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuttle Creek">Tuttle Creek</a> who were opposing Tuttle Creek [Dam]. So when it began to get heated up some, why I knew that group and we worked together rather effectively."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>What that group was trying to do was stop the Dam from being built. There had been a flood in 1935 and people in the Tuttle Creek area were much more concerned about losing their houses and land opposed to a water shortage. Due to his work in Tuttle Creek, Avery was pushed to run for office in the state legislature. He believed that the local citizens believed they could have better representation, and Avery thought it was his job to fill that void. His opportunity came when citizens from <a href="/wiki/Clay_Center,_Kansas" title="Clay Center, Kansas">Clay Center, Kansas</a> sought him out to run for the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">Kansas House of Representatives</a>. Avery said he would do it, as long as he did not have to go through a primary. "They gave a lot of reasons why they thought I should run. I said, "Okay, I'll make a deal. If you will guarantee I won't have a primary I'll probably consider to run, but I don't want to have to campaign at a primary and then possibly campaign in the general election." They came back in about a week and said, "We got it fixed; you won't have a primary."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avery had the advantage of being a Republican running in one of the largest Republican counties in the state of Kansas. He was also a third generation farmer who had attended college and came back to take over the family farm. These two factors helped in his attempt at becoming a legislator. "Clay County is one of the strongest Republican counties in <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, I think number one, two, or three, so I didn't even have an opponent in the general election, and I didn't have an opponent when I ran for my second term."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avery did have an opponent in his Clay County <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a>. He defeated <a href="/wiki/Prohibition" title="Prohibition">prohibition</a> candidate <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Woellhof&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ed Woellhof (page does not exist)">Ed Woellhof</a> by 1983 votes to enter the Republican Party's 1954 primary. The incumbent of the first district was <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Howard_Shultz_Miller" title="Howard Shultz Miller">Howard Miller</a> who had defeated incumbent <a href="/wiki/Albert_M._Cole" title="Albert M. Cole">Albert Cole</a>. Cole had gotten some signs crossed with Avery in regards to the Milford Reservoir. "In the Blue Valley and Republican Valley action, he's opposed to Tuttle Creek and he's opposed to Milford, and that made him pretty solid in this area. Then after the 1942 flood that came along, why there was a lot of damage downstream, and that revived the downstream support for the reservoirs. I knew Albert and I didn't interrogate him very seriously on this, but he gave me the impression he voted against putting this money in for Milford and Tuttle Creek. But he didn't get up and oppose it."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This meant there would be a new representative from the <a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 1st congressional district">First Congressional District of Kansas</a>. For that man to be William Avery, he had to win the primary. Avery's biggest competition in the primary was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Doral_Hawks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Doral Hawks (page does not exist)">Doral Hawks</a>, a Republican who had a strong hold on <a href="/wiki/Topeka" class="mw-redirect" title="Topeka">Topeka</a>. The First Congressional District of Kansas consists of 13 counties which also encompass <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawnee_Country&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shawnee Country (page does not exist)">Shawnee Country</a>; which is the county Topeka is located in. After the floods of 1935 and 1942 caused much damage to the city of Topeka, many citizens wanted the reservoirs built to help protect the city. Hawks was running under the platform of creating the reservoirs – an issue that seemed to impact the voting significantly. "The Republican Party's 1954 primary, a five-way contest for what was then the Kansas First Congressional District, was quite close. Avery won a plurality with 40 percent of the votes cast (22,077), and Hawks came in second, receiving almost 37 percent (19,952)."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Now, William Avery was up against the incumbent. Howard Miller had been receiving much credit for accomplishments that he had not actually achieved. "These Blue Valley Belles got a lot of publicity by campaigning for Howard Miller, saying he stopped Tuttle Creek. He didn't, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Eisenhower">Dwight Eisenhower</a> took it out of the budget, that's what stopped it. He got the credit and was there and opposed it and Albert lost it."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It did not matter; Avery defeated Miller and became the Representative to the First Congressional District of Kansas in 1955. Many of the Republican members in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> were inexperienced, which allowed Avery to climb up the ranks quickly. In just his second term, William Avery was able to work in the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and the Rules Committee. Avery believed that he was seen more as a vote than a member, in regards to many of the older Congressmen. "They all said nice things and said they were glad I was there and that gave the Republicans one nearer to the majority than it was before. I don't know whether my physical presence meant much to them but my being there meant something to them."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avery voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957" title="Civil Rights Act of 1957">Civil Rights Acts of 1957</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1960" title="Civil Rights Act of 1960">1960</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" title="Civil Rights Act of 1964">1964</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution">24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eisenhower had taken the Milford Reservoir out of the budget. Now, President <a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Truman">Harry Truman</a> had re-appropriated budget money to the project. Avery felt it was his obligation to get this taken out of the budget. He wrote and elegant speech and delivered it to Congress; to no avail. "Cliff Hope was the only congressman from Kansas that voted with me. The other four – Errett P. Scrivner, Edward H. Rees, Wint Smith, and Myron V. George – all voted for the reservoir. I was kind of mad at the time."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Running_for_Governor">Running for Governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_H._Avery_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Running for Governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Representative William Avery was ready to run for the Governorship in 1965. In an early campaign speech, Avery told Kansas what he wanted to be as their Governor. "I want to be the number one salesman for Kansas." I tied that to, "A job for every young lady and young man graduating from our Kansas schools."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avery also backed a plan that would give statutory <a href="/wiki/State_aid" class="mw-redirect" title="State aid">state aid</a> to elementary and secondary schools. "The state aid has been a lifesaver for them because they were strictly relying on an ad valorem tax and they had about reached their limit on that. Now they are providing an educational opportunity for lots of students that never would have had a chance to go to an institution of higher learning. I say that the principal decision I made [as governor] was state aid to education."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Not only had Avery helped state aid to elementary and secondary schools, but also helped establish new help for <a href="/wiki/Community_colleges" class="mw-redirect" title="Community colleges">community colleges</a>. The "war babies" were coming to the age where they would be attending college, many were worried if there would be enough resources to accommodate these students. Avery met with Kansas State University President Jim McCain to discuss the topic. McCain said, "Bill [Avery], we need state support for junior colleges. The war babies, they are just hitting the college level now. We're out of space, we're out of teachers. And some of these students are coming here before they are ready for a four-year college. And instead of opposing that I think you should support junior colleges so they can prepare some of these students for leaving home and adjusting to the curriculum that we have on the collegiate level in Kansas."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avery was very proud of what his reform did, and how it has weathered the test of time. Avery said, "They didn't repeal any of them. They didn't repeal the <a href="/wiki/Withholding_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Withholding tax">withholding tax</a> and didn't repeal the increase in the <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a>. That provided the support for the education programs. Even though none where repealed, that did not change public sentiment towards the raising of their taxes."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bid_for_reelection">Bid for reelection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_H._Avery_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bid for reelection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Governor William Avery's bid for reelection took place in 1966. Avery was the Republican incumbent to the Governorship and was seeking reelection during a time where he had raised taxes, a big no-no to the Kansas citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His opponent was Democrat <a href="/wiki/Robert_Docking" title="Robert Docking">Robert Docking</a>. Seeing as Avery's tax hike was controversial, Docking ran on a tax reduction platform. Docking's running strategy focused less on what his policies were, and more on the unpopular policies of Avery. During the summer before the election, Avery's approval rating was 46%.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Towards the end of his campaign, Avery began coming up with gimmicks for reelection. "At the end of the campaign the incumbent governor was looking for anything to help, including doing two hours of "Ask Avery" TV five days before the election, where he took questions from viewers across the state."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avery lost his bid for reelection, 380,030 to 304,325. There were many reasons Avery believed he lost the election. "On election night Avery blamed the tax issues for his loss, but also noted that voters were frustrated over national problems such as inflation, rising crime rates, the Vietnam War, and student protests. Avery also believed that Kansans continued to be frustrated by school district unification which occurred during Governor <a href="/wiki/John_Anderson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="John Anderson, Jr.">John Anderson</a>'s term, but which Avery believed had a strong negative lingering effect on him."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_H._Avery_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of his death, he was the second oldest living governor of any state behind <a href="/wiki/Albert_Rosellini" title="Albert Rosellini">Albert Rosellini</a> of <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> and was the oldest living former U.S. Representative following the September 25, 2008, death of <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Andrews" title="Glenn Andrews">Glenn Andrews</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>. Avery's death left former <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> Representative <a href="/wiki/William_F._Walsh" title="William F. Walsh">William F. Walsh</a> as the oldest living former House member. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_H._Avery_(politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Delta_Upsilon_alumni" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Delta Upsilon alumni">List of Delta Upsilon alumni</a></li></ul> <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=William_H._Avery_(politician)&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 mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#R9M0IO9PA">Entry at the Political Graveyard</a> Retrieved November 5, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> [Beatty, Bob. 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Avery (id: A000228)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=William+H.+Avery+%28id%3A+A000228%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DA000228&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+H.+Avery+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kslib.info/938/9033/William-Henry-Avery-1965-1967">William H. Avery</a> at the <a href="/wiki/State_Library_of_Kansas" title="State Library of Kansas">State Library of Kansas</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/search/searchterm/G1-Avery-Collection">Publications concerning Kansas Governor Avery's administration available via the KGI Online Library</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Howard_S._Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard S. Miller">Howard S. Miller</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kansas" title="List of United States representatives from Kansas">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Kansas01 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 1st congressional district">Kansas's 1st congressional district</a></span> </b><br />January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ellsworth" title="Robert Ellsworth">Robert Ellsworth</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kansas" title="List of United States representatives from Kansas">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Kansas02 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 2nd congressional district">Kansas's 2nd congressional district</a></span> </b><br />January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chester_L._Mize" title="Chester L. Mize">Chester L. Mize</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson_Jr." title="John Anderson Jr.">John Anderson Jr.</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kansas">Governor of Kansas</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1964_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1964 Kansas gubernatorial election">1964</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Kansas gubernatorial election">1966</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Rick Harman</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson_Jr." title="John Anderson Jr.">John Anderson Jr.</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kansas">Governor of Kansas</a> </b><br />January 11, 1965 – January 9, 1967 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Docking" title="Robert Docking">Robert Docking</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF157;">Honorary titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Andrews" title="Glenn Andrews">Glenn Andrews</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Oldest living United States representative<br />(Sitting or former) </b><br />September 25, 2008 – November 4, 2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_F._Walsh" title="William F. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_L._Mize" title="Chester L. Mize">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_84th–88th_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_84th–88th_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 84th–88th <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/84th_United_States_Congress" title="84th United States Congress">84th</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/Andrew_Frank_Schoeppel" title="Andrew Frank Schoeppel">A. Schoeppel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlson" title="Frank Carlson">F. Carlson</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/Clifford_R._Hope" title="Clifford R. Hope">C. Hope</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Herbert_Rees" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Herbert Rees">E. Rees</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Errett_P._Scrivner" title="Errett P. Scrivner">E. Scrivner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wint_Smith" title="Wint Smith">W. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Myron_V._George" title="Myron V. George">M. George</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Avery</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/85th_United_States_Congress" title="85th United States Congress">85th</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/Andrew_Frank_Schoeppel" title="Andrew Frank Schoeppel">A. Schoeppel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlson" title="Frank Carlson">F. Carlson</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/Edward_Herbert_Rees" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Herbert Rees">E. Rees</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Errett_P._Scrivner" title="Errett P. Scrivner">E. Scrivner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wint_Smith" title="Wint Smith">W. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Myron_V._George" title="Myron V. George">M. George</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Avery</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Floyd_Breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="James Floyd Breeding">J. Breeding</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/86th_United_States_Congress" title="86th United States Congress">86th</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/Andrew_Frank_Schoeppel" title="Andrew Frank Schoeppel">A. Schoeppel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlson" title="Frank Carlson">F. Carlson</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/Edward_Herbert_Rees" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Herbert Rees">E. Rees</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wint_Smith" title="Wint Smith">W. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Avery</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Floyd_Breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="James Floyd Breeding">J. Breeding</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Newell_A._George" title="Newell A. George">N. George</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denver_David_Hargis" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver David Hargis">D. Hargis</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/87th_United_States_Congress" title="87th United States Congress">87th</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/Andrew_Frank_Schoeppel" title="Andrew Frank Schoeppel"><i>A. Schoeppel</i></a> (R)</li> <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"><i>J. Pearson</i></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 class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Avery</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Floyd_Breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="James Floyd Breeding">J. 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