Harry Hines Woodring
Harry Hines Woodring | |
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Governor of Kansas | |
| In office January 12, 1931 – January 9, 1933 | |
| Lieutenant | Jacob W. Graybill |
| Preceded by | Clyde M. Reed |
| Succeeded by | Alf Landon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harry Hines Woodring May 31, 1887 Elk City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | September 9, 1967 (aged 80) Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Helen Coolidge |
| Education | Lebanon Business University |
| Military service | |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Unit | Tank Corps |
| Wars | World War I |
Harry Hines Woodring (May 31, 1887 – September 9, 1967) was an American politician. A Democrat, he was the 25th
Biography
Harry Hines Woodring was born in 1887[1] in Elk City, Kansas, the son of farmer and Union Army soldier Hines Woodring. He was educated in city and county schools and at sixteen began work as a janitor. He attended Lebanon Business University in Lebanon, Indiana, for one year,[2] which gained him employment as a bookkeeper and assistant cashier of the First National Bank in Elk City.
Career
Woodring soon became assistant cashier at the First National Bank of Neodesha. Woodring moved up quickly to become vice president and owner of the bank until he enlisted as a private in the
Governor of Kansas
Woodring won the
Woodring ran for re-election in 1932, but lost to Republican Alf Landon in a three-way race, again featuring John Brinkley.[6]
On July 25, 1933, Woodring married Helen Coolidge, with whom he had three children. Coolidge was the daughter of United States Senator Marcus A. Coolidge.[7]
War Department
Woodring served as
A strict
Woodring ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Kansas in 1946, and for the Democratic Party nomination for that post in 1956.
Death
Woodring died following a stroke in Topeka, Kansas, on September 9, 1967, at the age of 80. He is buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka.
See also
References
- ^ Encyclopedia of Kansas
- ^ "Harry Hines Woodring". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-307-33988-1. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ISBN 0-8131-2232-5. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ "Harry Hines Woodring". Kansapedia. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ "KS Governor". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ "Harry Hines Woodring". The Evening Independent. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ Goodwin 1994, p. 23–24.
- ^ Goodwin 1994, p. 71.
- ^ "F.D.R. Favors Conscription But Woodring Is Opposed". St. Petersburg Times. August 3, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
Bibliography
- Goodwin, Doris Kearns (1994). No Ordinary Time. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780684804484.
Further reading
- McFarland, Keith Donavon. "Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring and the Problems of Readiness, Rearmament and Neutrality, 1936-1940" (PhD dissertation The Ohio State University; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1969.6922177).
- Book Reviews From Parameters, Autumn 2006, pp. 124–49.
- Bell, William Gardner (1992). "Harry Hines Woodring". Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army. United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 70-12. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
External links
- Harry Hines Woodring at Find a Grave
- National Governors Association
- Kansapedia
- The Evening Independent
- Publications concerning Kansas Governor Woodring's administration available via the KGI Online Library
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