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Kansas Delegation to the 1948 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Harry Darby, Kansas City - Alf M. Landon, Topeka - Willard Matthews, Haviland - Ora D. McClellan, Fredonia - John McCuish, Newton - P. G. Porter, Olathe - Ada Vesper, Hill City 1st District: Ward Martin, Topeka - Wesley Roberts, Topeka 2nd District: John Breyfogle, Jr., Olathe - Walter S. Fees, Iola 3rd District: Ralph Perkins, Howard - Clyde M. Reed, Jr., Parsons 4th District: Preston Dunn, Eskridge - Harlan Herrick, Wichita 5th District: Frank S. Hodge, Hutchinson - Willard Mayberry, Elkhart 6th District: Richard Golden, Goodland - Hugh Hope, Hunter Alternates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Edna Brubaker, Marysville - Fannie Duffy, Pittsburg - David Ferguson, Jr., Colby - Luther Harris, Wichita - Howard Hudson, Fort Scott - Peggy McKibben, Dodge City - Paul A. Wiegand, Wichita 1st District: Linnie Marshall, Basehor - Henry Otto, Manhattan 2nd District: Mrs. A. H. Knoeppel, Colony - A. V. Wheat, Kansas City 3rd District: Mrs. Chester Dunn, Oxford - Mrs. C. Y. Semple, Baxter Springs 4th District: Mrs. John DeForest, Peabody - Fred K. Entriken, McPherson 5th District: Pearl Josserand, Johnson - Roxie Ratekin, Wellington 6th District: Clair O'Donnell, Ellsworth - Della Rodrick, Lucas

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