Jan Meyers

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Jan Meyers
John LaFalce
Succeeded byJim Talent
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1997
Preceded byLarry Winn
Succeeded byVince Snowbarger
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 8th district
In office
1973–1984
Preceded byTheodore D. Saar
Succeeded byJack D. Walker
Personal details
Born
Janice Lenore Crilly

(1928-07-20)July 20, 1928
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (BA
)

Janice Lenore Meyers (

née Crilly; July 20, 1928 – June 21, 2019) was an American Republican party politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas.[1]

Biography

Meyers was born in

Nancy Landon Kassebaum
.

In 1984, she was elected as a member of the Republican Party to the 99th United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses. She served from January 3, 1985, until January 3, 1997. During the 104th United States Congress, she was the chairwoman of the United States House Committee on Small Business. She was not a candidate for re-election to the 105th United States Congress. She was the first Republican woman elected to the U.S. House from Kansas. Her son, Phil Meyers, ran for a congressional seat in Hawaii in 2000 as a Republican against Rep. Neil Abercrombie, but was defeated.

Meyers died from heart disease on June 21, 2019, at a hospital in Merriam, Kansas.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kansapedia-Kansas Historical Society
  2. ^ Kansas Legislators Past and Present
  3. ^ Lowry, Bryan (June 22, 2019). "'She was a pioneer.' Former Kansas congresswoman Jan Meyers passes away". kansascity. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (June 24, 2019). "Jan Meyers, a Kansas Republican 'First' in Congress, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

External links

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 3rd congressional district

1985–1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
John LaFalce
 Chair of the House Small Business Committee
1995–1997 		Succeeded by
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