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Politician members in Kansas


  Paul C. Aiken (1910-1974) — of Macksville, Stafford County, Kan.; Washington, D.C. Born in Macksville, Stafford County, Kan., July 24, 1910. Son of Robert Emmett Aiken and Florence Eva (Case) Aiken. Democrat. Lawyer; business executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1948; candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1950. Member, Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died in May, 1974 (age 63 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, August 20, 1933, to Camilla Lindsay.
  Clarence V. Beck (1896-1984) — of Emporia, Lyon County, Kan. Born in Smolan, Saline County, Kan., March 2, 1896. Son of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lyon County Attorney, 1931-35; Kansas state attorney general, 1935-39. Episcopalian. Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Lions. Died in 1984 (age about 88 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck; married 1919 to Frederica Dennis; married 1937 to Judy Lee Odell.
  Kenneth Allen Cox (b. 1916) — also known as Kenneth A. Cox — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., December 7, 1916. Son of Seth Leroy Cox and Jean (Sears) Cox. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1963-70. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; American Bar Association. Still living as of 1970.
  Relatives: Married, January 1, 1943, to Nona Beth Fumerton.
  Jerry G. Elliott (b. 1936) — of Kansas. Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kan., November 25, 1936. Law clerk for U.S. District Judge Wesley E. Brown, 1964-66; Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1987-. Member, Pi Sigma Alpha; Order of the Coif. Still living as of 2002.
  Robert L. Lewis, Jr. (b. 1939) — of Kansas. Born in Atwood, Rawlins County, Kan., July 28, 1939. Lawyer; Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1989-. Member, Order of the Coif; American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Rotary. Still living as of 2002.
  James Kenneth Logan (b. 1929) — also known as James K. Logan — of Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Quenemo, Osage County, Kan., August 21, 1929. Son of John Lysle Logan and Esther Maurine (Price) Logan. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Walter Huxman, 1955-56; lawyer; law professor; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1968; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1977-94; took senior status 1994. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Alpha Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Still living as of 1998.
  Relatives: Married, June 8, 1952, to Beverly Jo Jennings.
  Cross-reference: Carol A. Beier
  See also federal judicial profile
  Errett Power Scrivner (1898-1978) — also known as Errett P. Scrivner — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in Newton, Harvey County, Kan., March 20, 1898. Son of Rev. William Henry Scrivner and Nancy Etta (West) Scrivner. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1943-59. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Fla., May 5, 1978 (age 80 years, 46 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Florida Memorial Gardens, Rockledge, Fla.
  Relatives: Married, August 6, 1921, to Jean Lorraine Marshall.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Fred N. Six (b. 1929) — of Kansas. Born in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., April 20, 1929. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1987-88; justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1988-. Member, Order of the Coif; American Judicature Society. Still living as of 2002.

 

 


 
   
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