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Politician members in Kansas

Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) — also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M. Bistline — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Ransom, Ness County, Kan., March 25, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940, 1944 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee); member of Democratic National Committee from Idaho, 1944-48. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Lions; Elks; Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta. While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and died from a heart attack, in the courtroom at the Bingham County Courthouse, Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, January 20, 1969 (age 72 years, 301 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.   Presumably named for: Francis Marion   Relatives: Son of John McClintock Bistline and Martha (Shellenberger) Bistline; married, August 16, 1921, to Anne Glindemann; father of Beverly Barbara Bistline; nephew of Joseph B. Bistline.   Political family: Bistline family of Pocatello, Idaho.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward T. Hackney (1870-1953) — also known as Ed T. Hackney — of Wellington, Sumner County, Kan. Born in Mt. Pulaski, Logan County, Ill., November 11, 1870. Lawyer; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1897-99. Methodist. Member, Sigma Nu. Died in 1953 (age about 82 years). Interment at Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Kan.   Relatives: Son of Oscar J. Hackney and Lena (Clark) Hackney; married, November 14, 1900, to Mabel Rogers.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Eldridge Vanleer Holland (b. 1880) — also known as E. V. Holland — of Denver, Colo. Born in Jefferson County, Kan., November 10, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Colorado, 1929-33; justice of Colorado state supreme court, 1933-39, 1949-59; chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1958-59. Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, December 16, 1918, to Gertrude Nesbit Raine.   Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) — also known as Andrew F. Schoeppel — of Ness City, Ness County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born near Claflin, Barton County, Kan., November 23, 1894. Republican. Athletic coach; lawyer; Governor of Kansas, 1943-47; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta; Rotary; Lions; Freemasons; Shriners. Died of abdominal cancer, at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., January 21, 1962 (age 67 years, 59 days). Interment at Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.   Relatives: Son of George J. Schoeppel and Anna (Phillip) Schoeppel; married, June 2, 1924, to Marie Thomsen.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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