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Roy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:William_R._Roy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/William_R._Roy.jpg/220px-William_R._Roy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/William_R._Roy.jpg/330px-William_R._Roy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/William_R._Roy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="491" /></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;">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, 1971 – January 3, 1975</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/Chester_L._Mize" title="Chester L. Mize">Chester L. Mize</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/Martha_Keys" title="Martha Keys">Martha Keys</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"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Robert Roy</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1926-02-23</span>)</span>February 23, 1926<br /><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 26, 2014<span style="display:none">(2014-05-26)</span> (aged 88)<br /><a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Jane Twining Osterhoudt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6, incl. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Roy_Jr." title="Bill Roy Jr.">Bill Roy Jr.</a></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/Illinois_Wesleyan_University" title="Illinois Wesleyan University">Illinois Wesleyan University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Medical_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern University Medical School">Northwestern University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">MD</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washburn_University_School_of_Law" title="Washburn University School of Law">Washburn University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Physician, politician, newspaper columnist</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="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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/25px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/50px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1953–1955</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O3_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/20px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/30px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/40px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain</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 Robert Roy</b> (February 23, 1926 – May 26, 2014), also known as <b>Bill Roy</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-cj-111106_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj-111106-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States representative">United States representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, a physician, and a columnist for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Topeka_Capital-Journal" title="The Topeka Capital-Journal">The Topeka Capital-Journal</a></i>. He was the Democratic nominee for U.S Senator from Kansas in the <a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" title="1974 United States Senate election in Kansas">1974</a> and <a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" title="1978 United States Senate election in Kansas">1978</a> senate elections, but lost both races. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_R._Roy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roy was born in <a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington, Illinois</a>, and attended the public schools in nearby <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Illinois" title="Lexington, Illinois">Lexington</a> and earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.S.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Wesleyan_University" title="Illinois Wesleyan University">Illinois Wesleyan University</a> in 1945, followed by a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery" title="Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery">B.M.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> Medical School in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in 1948. He received an <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">M.D.</a> from Northwestern in 1949 as well as a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Washburn_University" title="Washburn University">Washburn University</a> Law School in <a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a>, in 1970. He did his <a href="/wiki/Obstetrics_and_gynecology" class="mw-redirect" title="Obstetrics and gynecology">obstetrics and gynecology</a> <a href="/wiki/Medical_residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical residency">residency</a> at <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Receiving_Hospital" title="Detroit Receiving Hospital">Detroit Receiving Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cj-211707_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj-211707-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roy served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> from 1953 to 1955, and was a military doctor at <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Air Force Base">Forbes Air Force Base</a> in Topeka;<sup id="cite_ref-cj-211707_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj-211707-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was <a href="/wiki/Military_discharge" title="Military discharge">discharged</a> with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(land)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (land)">captain</a>. He practiced medicine in Topeka from 1955 to 1970 </p><p>Roy was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Ninety-second_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninety-second United States Congress">Ninety-second</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ninety-third_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninety-third United States Congress">Ninety-third</a> Congresses (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975). He changed his registration in 1970 to run as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cj-111106_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj-111106-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He did not run for reelection to the House in 1974, but instead ran for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. In a bitter race, he lost to incumbent Senator <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a> only by a few thousand votes, which was the closest margin of Dole's congressional career. In a 1996 interview with <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a>, he explained his decision to seek election to the Senate, saying, "I was far from an admirer of Bob Dole, I'll tell you that. He'd been around and he had been pretty much a hatchet man, both in Kansas, and as far as President Nixon was concerned. And so I saw it as a wonderful opportunity to take him out of politics, which I thought was very important at that time."<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> He ran for the U.S. Senate again in 1978 but lost to <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kassebaum" title="Nancy Kassebaum">Nancy Kassebaum</a>. He resumed the practice of medicine in Topeka until 1989. He sought a rematch with Kassebaum in 1990 and won the Democratic <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a>, but dropped out of the race, citing personal issues. His replacement was runner-up Dick Williams. </p><p>In addition to his political races, Roy served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Board_of_Regents" title="Kansas Board of Regents">Kansas Board of Regents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1989, Roy was a regular columnist for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Topeka_Capital-Journal" title="The Topeka Capital-Journal">The Topeka Capital-Journal</a></i>. His columns often reflected a liberal perspective, including support for <a href="/wiki/Abortion_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion rights">abortion rights</a><sup id="cite_ref-cj-211707_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj-211707-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and opposition to the policies of President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>.<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> His 2001–2002 columns in <i>The Topeka Metro News</i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> rallied sentiment to stop the sale of Kansas <a href="/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Cross Blue Shield">Blue Cross Blue Shield</a> to <a href="/wiki/Anthem_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthem (company)">Anthem</a> of Indianapolis.<sup id="cite_ref-cj-110103_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj-110103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Roy died in Topeka on May 26, 2014, of <a href="/wiki/Congestive_heart_failure" class="mw-redirect" title="Congestive heart failure">congestive heart failure</a>.<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><sup id="cite_ref-obit_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<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=William_R._Roy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">public domain material</a> from the <a 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.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="CITEREFRoy2006" class="citation news cs1">Roy, Bill (2006-11-11). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/111106/opi_roy.shtml">"In Kansas, being there is what matters"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Topeka_Capital-Journal" title="The Topeka Capital-Journal">The Topeka Capital-Journal</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a>: Morris Communications<span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-11-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Topeka+Capital-Journal&rft.atitle=In+Kansas%2C+being+there+is+what+matters&rft.date=2006-11-11&rft.aulast=Roy&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjonline.com%2Fstories%2F111106%2Fopi_roy.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+R.+Roy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cj-211707-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cj-211707_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj-211707_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj-211707_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoy2007" class="citation news cs1">Roy, Bill (2007-02-17). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/021707/opi_148881415.shtml">"No issue has affected politics like this one"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Topeka_Capital-Journal" title="The Topeka Capital-Journal">The Topeka Capital-Journal</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a>: Morris Communications<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-11-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Topeka+Capital-Journal&rft.atitle=No+issue+has+affected+politics+like+this+one&rft.date=2007-02-17&rft.aulast=Roy&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjonline.com%2Fstories%2F021707%2Fopi_148881415.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+R.+Roy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDr._Bill_Roy1996" class="citation interview cs1">Dr. Bill Roy (May 1, 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice/bob/roy.html">"Stories of Bob"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Frontline_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontline (U.S. TV series)">Frontline</a></i> (transcript). <a href="/wiki/WGBH-TV" title="WGBH-TV">WGBH-TV</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Roy (id: R000484)"</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+R.+Roy+%28id%3A+R000484%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DR000484&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+R.+Roy" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.cjonline.com/authors/74-Bill-Roy">Bill Roy's columns</a> (labeled as a "blog") on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Topeka_Capital-Journal" title="The Topeka Capital-Journal">The Topeka Capital-Journal</a></i> website</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 #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">William I. Robinson</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 3</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" title="1974 United States Senate election in Kansas">1974</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">John Simpson</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Arch Tetzlaff</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 2</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" title="1978 United States Senate election in Kansas">1978</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">James R. Maher</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">James R. Maher</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 2</a>)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Withdrew</span> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" title="1990 United States Senate election in Kansas">1990</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Dick Williams</div> </td></tr> <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/Chester_L._Mize" title="Chester L. Mize">Chester L. Mize</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 />1971–1975 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Martha_Elizabeth_Keys" class="mw-redirect" title="Martha Elizabeth Keys">Martha Elizabeth Keys</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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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 href="/wiki/Chester_L._Mize" title="Chester L. Mize">Mize</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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_92nd–93rd_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_92nd–93rd_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 92nd–93rd <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/92nd_United_States_Congress" title="92nd United States Congress">92nd</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/James_B._Pearson" title="James B. Pearson">J. Pearson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">B. Dole</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/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 href="/wiki/Larry_Winn" title="Larry Winn">L. Winn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Keith_Sebelius" title="Keith Sebelius">K. 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