Robert Taft Stephan (January 16, 1933 – January 2, 2023) was an American attorney who served four terms as Kansas Attorney General. Stephan was born on January 16, 1933, to Taft and Julia Stephan, of

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descent. He graduated from

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in 1957 and practiced law in Wichita, Kansas. After losing a campaign for local school board, he was appointed a municipal court judge and two years later elected to the district court in Wichita. He first won election as state Attorney General in 1978 and was reelected three times in 1982, 1986, and 1990. Following the end of his last term, Stephan moved to Lenexa, Kansas, and worked as a consultant in corporate law dealing in consumer protection and

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regulations. In 2007, Stephan spoke in support of legalizing

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in Kansas. Stephan died on January 2, 2023, two weeks shy of his 90th birthday.Robert Stephan, former longtime Kansas attorney general, dies at 89
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1933 births 2023 deaths American politicians of Lebanese descent Kansas Attorneys General Kansas Republicans Kansas state court judges Municipal judges in the United States People from Lenexa, Kansas Politicians from Wichita, Kansas Washburn University alumni {{Kansas-politician-stub