Garner E. Shriver
Garner E. Shriver | |
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4th district | |
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977 | |
Preceded by | Edward H. Rees |
Succeeded by | Dan Glickman |
Member of the Kansas Senate | |
In office 1953-1960 | |
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives | |
In office 1947-1951 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Washburn Law School | July 6, 1912
Garner E. Shriver (July 6, 1912 – March 1, 1998) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Towanda, Kansas, Shriver attended the public schools of Towanda and Wichita. He moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1925. He was in the
Shriver was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977). In 1974, Shriver won with about 49 percent of the vote in a three-way race.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. He was defeated by Dan Glickman by three percentage points.[1]
After losing reelection, he served as minority staff director and legal counsel for the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee from March 1977 until 1980, and then the committee's general counsel from 1981 to 1982. He later resumed the practice of law and was a resident of Wichita, Kansas, until his death there on March 1, 1998.
References
- United States Congress. "Garner E. Shriver (id: S000388)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-5-20
- ^ New York Times, April 17, 2005.
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