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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;">38th <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 9, 1967 – January 13, 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"><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><br /><a href="/wiki/James_H._DeCoursey,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James H. DeCoursey, Jr.">James H. DeCoursey, Jr.</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Schultz" class="mw-redirect" title="Reynolds Schultz">Reynolds Schultz</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dave_Owen_(Kansas_politician)" title="Dave Owen (Kansas politician)">Dave Owen</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/William_H._Avery_(politician)" title="William H. Avery (politician)">William H. Avery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Frederick_Bennett" title="Robert Frederick Bennett">Robert F. Bennett</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;">Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_City,_Kansas" title="Arkansas City, Kansas">Arkansas City, 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 />1963–1966</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">Robert Blackwell Docking</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1925-10-09</span>)</span>October 9, 1925<br /><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 8, 1983<span style="display:none">(1983-10-08)</span> (aged 57)<br /><a href="/wiki/Merriam,_Kansas" title="Merriam, Kansas">Merriam, Kansas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Highland Park Cemetery <br /> <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City, 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">Meredith Marina Gear</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">William, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Docking" title="Thomas Docking">Tom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Docking" title="George Docking">George Docking</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/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">Banker, Oilman, Politician</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">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data">Reserves</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Blackwell Docking</b> (October 9, 1925 – October 8, 1983) was an American businessman and politician from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> who served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kansas" title="List of governors of Kansas">38th governor of Kansas</a> from 1967 until 1975. A <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democrat" title="Conservative Democrat">conservative Democrat</a> in a heavily <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> state, Docking is to date Kansas's only governor to serve four terms. </p><p>A son of previous Democratic governor <a href="/wiki/George_Docking" title="George Docking">George Docking</a>, he grew up in <a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas" title="Lawrence, Kansas">Lawrence, Kansas</a>, and served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. After the war he established a career as a banker and civic leader in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_City,_Kansas" title="Arkansas City, Kansas">Arkansas City, Kansas</a>, eventually becoming mayor. Docking became the first Democrat in state history to unseat an incumbent governor in <a href="/wiki/1966_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Kansas gubernatorial election">1966</a>, and would be reelected in <a href="/wiki/1968_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1968 Kansas gubernatorial election">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Kansas gubernatorial election">1970</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1972_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1972 Kansas gubernatorial election">1972</a>. </p><p>A popular figure who was best known for his staunch <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_conservatism" title="Fiscal conservatism">fiscal conservatism</a> and consistent electoral success, Docking is credited with reviving the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Democratic_Party" title="Kansas Democratic Party">Kansas Democratic Party</a> and developing a competitive two-party system in Kansas. He was the father of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kansas">Lieutenant Governor of Kansas</a> and gubernatorial candidate <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Docking" title="Thomas Docking">Thomas Docking</a>, and stepfather of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> candidate Jill Docking. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Docking&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The son of future Governor <a href="/wiki/George_Docking" title="George Docking">George Docking</a> and Mary Virginia Blackwell Docking, Robert Blackwell Docking was born on October 9, 1925, in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>. He attended public school in <a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas" title="Lawrence, Kansas">Lawrence, Kansas</a>, before attending the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a>, and served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Docking&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Docking&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his discharge from the military, Docking returned to Lawrence to take a position at First National Bank of Lawrence, his family's banking business. He married <a href="/wiki/Elkhart,_Kansas" title="Elkhart, Kansas">Elkhart, Kansas</a> native and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a> business graduate Meredith Marina Gear on June 17, 1950 in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>.<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>In 1956, Docking moved to <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_City,_Kansas" title="Arkansas City, Kansas">Arkansas City, Kansas</a> to take a position as vice president of Union State Bank. In 1959 he became president of the bank. Also in 1959, he was named "Young Man of the Year" by the Kansas State <a href="/wiki/United_States_Junior_Chamber" title="United States Junior Chamber">Junior Chamber of Commerce</a>. Docking also became involved in an insurance agency and a feedlot business.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governor_of_Kansas_(1967–1975)"><span id="Governor_of_Kansas_.281967.E2.80.931975.29"></span>Governor of Kansas (1967–1975)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Docking&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governor of Kansas (1967–1975)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Docking&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Docking was elected governor in <a href="/wiki/1966_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Kansas gubernatorial election">1966</a> in a major upset over the incumbent Republican, <a href="/wiki/William_H._Avery_(politician)" title="William H. Avery (politician)">William Avery</a> 55%-44%, whom Docking attacked for his administration's unpopular income and sales tax hikes. Avery was also hurt by a contentious court-ordered school district unification process that took place during his term.<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> Avery had trailed in polling before the election, but was still seen as the favorite due to Kansas's strong Republican tradition and the intense unpopularity of the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson">Johnson Administration</a> in the state.<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> Docking was narrowly reelected to a second term in <a href="/wiki/1968_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1968 Kansas gubernatorial election">1968</a>, defeating Republican Rick Harman 52%-48%. He was re-elected to a third term in <a href="/wiki/1970_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Kansas gubernatorial election">1970</a>, defeating Republican <a href="/wiki/Kent_Frizzell" title="Kent Frizzell">Kent Frizzell</a> 54%-45%. In <a href="/wiki/1972_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1972 Kansas gubernatorial election">1972</a>, despite the victory of President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> in the state, Docking was re-elected to a fourth term, defeating Republican <a href="/wiki/Morris_Kay" title="Morris Kay">Morris Kay</a> 62%-37%. Due to a new amendment in the state constitution, Docking was ineligible for reelection in <a href="/wiki/1974_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="1974 Kansas gubernatorial election">1974</a> and was succeeded by Republican <a href="/wiki/Robert_Frederick_Bennett" title="Robert Frederick Bennett">Robert Frederick Bennett</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Docking&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1967 legislative session was dominated by bitter clashes between Docking and a largely Republican legislature on taxes, school finance and highway construction.<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> Accomplishments of the session were considered modest, but the governor fulfilled a campaign promise by securing approval of a cut of income taxes on the first $2,000 of taxable income from 2.5% to 2%. He also established conformity between federal and state income taxes, and reduced withholding rates form 15% to 10%.<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> He ultimately vetoed 21 bills passed during the session.<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><p>Docking served more terms than any other Kansas governor, but is tied for length of service because of a constitutional amendment approved during his final term which provided that Kansas governors serve four-year terms, and are constitutionally prohibited from running for more than two terms. He was known for his commitment to <a href="/wiki/Farmers" class="mw-redirect" title="Farmers">farmers</a>, small business owners, and the environment. </p><p>Docking was married to Meredith. They had two sons, William and Tom, the latter of whom served as lieutenant governor and ran unsuccessfully for the governorship in 1986. </p><p>After his service as governor, Docking resumed his former profession of banking in Arkansas City. He donated his papers to the University of Kansas rather than give them to the Kansas State Historical Society, where the papers of his 34 predecessors are stored, with the exception of his father, who burned his gubernatorial papers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Docking&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Docking died of <a href="/wiki/Emphysema" title="Emphysema">emphysema</a> in 1983 in Merriam, Kansas, the day before his 58th birthday, and is interred in Highland Park Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City, Kansas</a>, in a plot adjoining his parents'. </p><p>A state office building across the street from the capital in <a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a>, bears his name, and his bank in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_City,_Kansas" title="Arkansas City, Kansas">Arkansas City</a> (Union State Bank), which is still owned by the Dockings, is on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. In addition, the entire length of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_77" title="U.S. Route 77">U.S. Route 77</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cowley_County,_Kansas" title="Cowley County, Kansas">Cowley County, Kansas</a> (which contains Arkansas City) is known as the Robert B. Docking Memorial Highway. </p><p>Docking's son <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Docking" title="Thomas Docking">Thomas</a> was lieutenant governor of Kansas during the gubernatorial tenure of <a href="/wiki/John_W._Carlin" title="John W. Carlin">John Carlin</a>. </p><p>Docking's daughter-in-law, and Thomas' wife, Jill Docking, was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee to succeed <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a> in the 1996 U.S. Senate election, losing to <a href="/wiki/Sam_Brownback" title="Sam Brownback">Sam Brownback</a>. She was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in the 2014 elections (<a href="/wiki/Paul_Davis_(Kansas_politician)" title="Paul Davis (Kansas politician)">Paul Davis</a> was the gubernatorial candidate and her running mate). </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=Robert_Docking&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/meredith-marina-gear-docking/19333">"Meredith Marina Gear Docking - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meredith+Marina+Gear+Docking+-+Kansapedia+-+Kansas+Historical+Society&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fkansapedia%2Fmeredith-marina-gear-docking%2F19333&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Docking" class="Z3988"></span></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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/695725489/">"Docking, Avery Win, Pearson Given Scare"</a>. August 3, 1966. p. 15 – via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Docking%2C+Avery+Win%2C+Pearson+Given+Scare&rft.pages=15&rft.date=1966-08-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F695725489%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Docking" 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 class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salina-journal-bob-docking-topples-a/135393569/">"Bob Docking Topples Avery"</a>. <i>The Salina Journal</i>. 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April 16, 1967. p. 1A,12A.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wichita+Eagle&rft.atitle=Despite+Scars%2C+Docking+Scores+a+Few+Points&rft.pages=1A%2C12A&rft.date=1967-04-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F695730004%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Docking" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/695741966/">"Earlier Democrat Governor Beats Docking Veto Record by 41 Bills"</a>. <i>The Wichita Eagle</i>. 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