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Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Kansas


  Leland Judd Barrows (1906-1988) — also known as Leland J. Barrows — of Kansas. Born in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kan., October 27, 1906. Son of Eugene Barrows and Florence Emma (Judd) Barrows. Newspaper reporter; radio broadcaster; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 1960-66; Togo, 1960-61. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1988 (age 81 years, 128 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married, March 21, 1935, to Mabel Irene Conley (1910-1988).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) — also known as James G. Harbord — of Manhattan, Riley County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born near Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., March 21, 1866. Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord (c.1840-1923). Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; director, Bankers Trust Co.; director, National Broadcasting Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York Life Insurance Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Union League. Died in Rye, Westchester County, N.Y., August 20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord (c.1840-1923); married, January 21, 1899, to Emma Yeatman Ovenshine (daughter of Gen. Samuel Ovenshine (1843-1932)); married, December 31, 1938, to Anne (Lee) Brown (daughter of Fitzhugh Lee). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Rex George Howell (b. 1907) — also known as Rex Howell — of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Norton, Norton County, Kan., May 22, 1907. Republican. Owner-Manager, Western Slope Broadcasting Co. (KFXJ Radio); delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1956. Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Alpha Delta Sigma; Humane Society. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1927 to Lucille Auth.
  Mary Knecht (born c.1947) — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born about 1947. Republican. Television station manager; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.
  Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) — of Manhattan, Riley County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams County, Neb. Born in Washington, D.C., December 11, 1909. Son of Fay Noble Seaton and Dorothea Elizabeth (Schmidt) Seaton. Republican. Radio announcer; sports reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers; vice-chair of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov. Alfred M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of Nebraska, 1962. Methodist or Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Rotary; Navy League; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta Theta Pi; Pi Kappa Delta. Recipient, Medal of Freedom. Died in St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., January 16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36 days). Interment at Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
  Relatives: Married, January 23, 1931, to Gladys Hope Dowd.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

 

 


 
   
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