Janice Congleton Hardenburger (February 26, 1932–August 31, 2000) was an American politician who spent eight years in the

Kansas State Senate The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members o ...

. Hardenburger was born in

Haddam, Kansas Haddam is a city in Washington County, Kansas, United States. It is named after Haddam, Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 110. History Haddam was founded in 1869. It was named after Haddam, Connecticut. In 18 ...

, and lived there throughout her service in the State Senate. She married William Joseph Hardenburger in 1952 and the couple jointly operated a farm. Hardenburger successfully ran for State Senate in 1992, and was re-elected in 1996. She chaired the Senate Committee on Elections and Local Government. In the summer of 2000, she dropped out of her re-election race following a diagnosis of

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue (biology), tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from tran ...

; she died of the disease in late August.

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