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Politicians in the Oil and Gas Business in Kansas

Thomas Felix Bolack (1918-1998) — also known as Tom Bolack — of Farmington, San Juan County, N.M. Born in Cowley County, Kan., May 18, 1918. Republican. Oil and gas producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball team; director, First State Bank, Cuba, N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium Co.; director, Western American Life Insurance Co.; mayor of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of New Mexico, 1962-63. Methodist. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Elks; Lions. Died May 20, 1998 (age 80 years, 2 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.   Relatives: Son of Ralph Waldo Bolack and Christol Hazel (Sheets) Bolack; married, March 14, 1946, to Alice Schwerdtfeger.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Charles Christopher Eberhardt (1871-1965) — also known as Charles C. Eberhardt — of Salina, Saline County, Kan. Born in Salina, Saline County, Kan., July 27, 1871. Republican. Lumber business; insurance agent; oil business; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Mexico City, 1904-06; U.S. Consul in Iquitos, 1906-08; Barranquilla, 1908-10; U.S. Consul General in , 1910-24; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1925-29; Costa Rica, 1930-33. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; American Geographic Society. Died February 22, 1965 (age 93 years, 210 days). Interment at Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.   Relatives: Son of Christopher Eberhardt and Anna Catharine (Lampert) Eberhardt.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Lorraine Michael Gensman (1878-1954) — also known as L. M. Gensman — of Lawton, Comanche County, Okla. Born near Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan., August 26, 1878. Republican. School principal; lawyer; Comanche County Prosecuting Attorney, 1918-19; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924; oil business. Died in Lawton, Comanche County, Okla., May 27, 1954 (age 75 years, 274 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Okla.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Jake Louis Hamon (1873-1920) — also known as Jake L. Hamon — of Ardmore, Carter County, Okla. Born in Grenola, Elk County, Kan., June 5, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; oil business; member of Republican National Committee from North Dakota, 1920. Shot and killed by Clara Smith Hamon, his secretary, mistress, and the wife of his nephew, in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., November 26, 1920 (age 47 years, 174 days). The scandal received national publicity. She was tried and found not guilty of murder, on grounds of self-defense. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.   Relatives: Son of Nancy (Tuggle) Hamon and Franklin Hamon; married 1898 to Georgia Worth Perkins.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), November 29, 1920 Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) — also known as Alf M. Landon — of Independence, Montgomery County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pa., September 9, 1887. Republican. Oil producer; Governor of Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1944, 1948. Methodist. English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., October 12, 1987 (age 100 years, 33 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.   Relatives: Son of Anne (Mossman) Landon and John Manuel Landon; married, January 9, 1915, to Margaret Euphemia Fleming; married, January 15, 1930, to Theo Cobb; father of Nancy Josephine Landon (who married Howard Henry Baker Jr.).   Political family: Baker-Dirksen family of Huntsville and Alcoa, Tennessee.   Cross-reference: Frederick Andrew Seaton   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Alfred M. Landon: America at the Crossroads   Books about Alfred M. Landon: Donald R. McCoy, Landon of Kansas   Image source: Official Report of the 21st Republican National Convention (1936)   Harry James Stockman (b. 1919) — of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Calif. Born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan., May 15, 1919. Republican. Oil company engineer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; hotel operator; real estate developer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960. Member, Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman; married, January 15, 1943, to Betty Bill Romigh.

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