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Vern Chesbro
Vernon "Vern" Chesbro (1925 - 2010) was an American politician from Kansas who was an active member of the State's local Republican Party. Running for the State Senate and being elected as the state's party chairman from 1985 to 1987. He was the leader of the state's moderate wing and support bi-partisan work with the state Democrats. Early life Vern was born in Ottawa, Kansas on October 1, 1925, the eldest son of Vernon M. Jack and B. Ferne Chesbro, he was a graduate of Ottawa High School and of the University of Denver. He served in the United States Merchant Marine and the United States Navy during World War II. He managed The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort in Topeka and in 1950 returned to Ottawa to own and manage the North American Hotel along with his mother. In 1958 he began a telephone startup service eventually growing to become Contel. Political career Chesbro recollected that his interest in politics was sparked when he watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in high scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Republican Party
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859. At the state level, the party is largely split between its moderate and conservative ideological factions, with the moderates often willing to work with Democrats on legislation and other matters. Because of this divide, Kansas is sometimes described as having "three-party politics." In recent years, as the national Republican Party has grown more conservative, some moderates have left the party to become Democrats. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all but one of Kansas' four U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature. The statewide offices that the party does not control are the governorship, the lieutenant governorship, and the state treasurer's office which are currently held by Democrats Laura Kelly, David Toland, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contel
ConTel Corporation (Continental Telephone) was the third largest independent phone company in the United States prior to the 1996 telecom deregulation. It was acquired by GTE in 1991. History In 1980, Contel purchased Network Analysis Corp, then the largest information technology consulting company in the world. As a result of this purchase, future Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer Howard Frank (computer scientist) served as president and CEO of Contel Information Systems, a subsidiary of Contel Corporation from 1969 until 1985. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries of Contel included: * Contel of the South (Georgia) * Contel of California (including lines in Arizona and Nevada) * ConTel of Illinois * ConTel of Indiana *Contel of Kentucky *Contel of Minnesota * Contel of Missouri *Contel of New Hampshire *Contel of New York *Contel of North Carolina *Contel of the Northwest (Idaho, Oregon and Washington) *ConTel of Pennsylvania *ConTel Quaker State *Contel of South Carolina *Contel of Vermont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Highway 59
U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA superhighway, NAFTA Corridor Highway System. It parallels U.S. Route 75 for nearly its entire route, never much more than away, until it veers southwest in Houston, Texas. Its number is out of place since US 59 is either concurrent with or entirely west of U.S. Route 71. The highway's northern terminus is north of Lancaster, Minnesota, at the Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing on the Canada–United States border, Canada–US border, where it continues as Manitoba Highway 59. Its southern terminus is at the Mexico–United States border, Mexico–US border in Laredo, Texas, where it continues as Mexican Federal Highway 85D. Route description Texas U.S. Highway 59 (US 59) in the U.S. state of Texas is named the Lloyd Bentsen Highway, after Lloy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin County, Kansas
Franklin County (county code FR) is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 25,996. Its county seat and most populous city is Ottawa. The county is predominantly rural. Formerly it was a part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, but was removed in 2013. However, it is still part of the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City MO-KS CSA. History Early history For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. 19th century In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnett, Kansas
Garnett is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,242. History Garnett was platted in 1857. Garnett is named for W. A. Garnett, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and early promoter of the town of Garnett. The city includes three places listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Anderson County Courthouse, Sennett and Bertha Kirk House, and Shelley-Tipton House. The city is also home to the 1858 Garnett House Hotel. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Garnett is famous for its fossil finds from the late Carboniferous period. The lagerstätte is about 300 million years old and contains some of the earliest reptiles on earth. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Garne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas's 12th Senate District
Kansas's 12th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican Caryn Tyson since 2013. Geography District 12 covers Allen County, Kansas, Allen, Anderson County, Kansas, Anderson, Franklin County, Kansas, Franklin, and Linn County, Kansas, Linn Counties and parts of Bourbon County, Kansas, Bourbon and Miami County, Kansas, Miami Counties along the eastern edge of the state. Communities in the district include Ottawa, Kansas, Ottawa, Iola, Kansas, Iola, Osawatomie, Kansas, Osawatomie, Garnett, Kansas, Garnett, Humboldt, Kansas, Humboldt, Wellsville, Kansas, Wellsville, and Pleasanton, Kansas, Pleasanton. The district is located entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, and 59th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. It borders the state of Missouri. Recent election results 2020 2016 2012 Federal and state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tyson
Robert Tyson (born September 29, 1940) is an American former politician who served for two terms in the Kansas State Senate, representing the 12th Senate district from 1997 to 2004. Born in Ottawa, Kansas, Tyson worked as a rancher in addition to his time in the Senate. He was the chair of Bob Dole Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his te ...'s first U.S. Senate campaign in 1968. References Republican Party Kansas state senators 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians People from Linn County, Kansas Ottawa University alumni 1940 births Living people {{Kansas-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Miller (Kansas Politician)
David Miller is an American politician from Eudora, Kansas who served as the 59th Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party and unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1998. Early life Miller as born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1949 but moved to Eudora in 1951 and graduated from Eudora High School in 1967. Miller graduated from Washburn University as part of their class of 2000 with a degree in History and Political Science. However, he worked as a paralegal to a financial firm in 1997 sparking his interest in a career in law. In 2004 he worked as a paralegal for a law firm and attended the University of Missouri–Kansas City in pursuit of a J.D. starting in 2012 and graduating in 2015 and was accepted to the Kansas bar. Political career Kansas Republican chairman Miller was elected the Chairman of the Kansas Republican party in January 1995. During his time as chairman he sought to mitigate the influence and power of the party's moderate wing by seeking to replace all the party's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Liberalism
Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism (german: Linksliberalismus) in Germany, and progressive liberalism ( es, Liberalismo progresista) in Spanish-speaking countries, is a political philosophy and variety of liberalism that endorses a social market economy and the expansion of civil and political rights. Social liberalism views the common good as harmonious with the individual's freedom. Social liberals overlap with social democrats in accepting economic intervention more than other liberals, although its importance is considered auxiliary compared to social democrats. Ideologies that emphasize only the economic policy of social liberalism include welfare liberalism, New Deal liberalism in the United States, and Keynesian liberalism. Cultural liberalism is an ideology that hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Yeutter
Clayton Keith Yeutter, ONZM (; December 10, 1930 – March 4, 2017) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1991 before serving as Counselor to the President in 1992. He served as United States Trade Representative from 1985 to 1989 and as Chairman for the Republican National Committee from 1991 until 1992. Yeutter was employed as a Senior Advisor at the international law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C. Yeutter was born in Eustis, Nebraska. Yeutter was a graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from which he received a B.S., a J.D., and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics. Yeutter later served as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Consumer Services from 1973 to 1974, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs from 1974 to 1975, and Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations from 1975 to 1977. Early life and educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steuart Curry
John Steuart Curry (November 14, 1897 – August 29, 1946) was an American painter whose career spanned the years from 1924 until his death. He was noted for his paintings depicting rural life in his home state, Kansas. Along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, he was hailed as one of the three great painters of American Regionalism of the first half of the twentieth century. Curry's artistic production was varied, including paintings, book illustrations, prints, and posters. Curry was Kansas's best-known painter, but his works were not popular with Kansans, who felt that he did not portray the state positively. Curry's paintings often depicted farm life and animals, tornadoes, prairie fires, and the violent Bleeding Kansas period (featuring abolitionist John Brown, who at the time was derided as a fanatical traitor) – subjects that Kansans did not want to be representative of the state. Curry was commissioned to create murals for the Kansas State Capitol, and he completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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