John McCuish

Infobox Governor
name= John McCuish


caption=
order=34^th
office= Governor of Kansas
term_start= January 3, 1957
term_end= January 14, 1957
lieutenant= none
predecessor= Fred Hall
successor= George Docking
birth_date= June 22, 1906
birth_place= Leadville, Colorado
death_date= March 12, 1962
death_place= Newton, Kansas
spouse= Cora Hedrick
profession= advertising salesman, newspaper editor, politician
party= Republican
religion= Presbyterian
footnotes=

John Berridge McCuish (June 22,1906 - March 12, 1962) was the thirty-fourth Governor of Kansas.

McCuish was born in Leadville, Colorado and attended school in Missouri before graduating from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1925. After running several Harvey County newspapers, McCuish entered the military to serve in World War II. After returning from Germany, McCuish held several jobs with the Kansas Republican Party from 1939 to 1948. McCuish began his term as lieutenant governor of Kansas in 1954 under Governor Fred Hall. Governor Hall resigned a little more than a week before the inauguration of his successor on January 3, 1957. McCuish became governor of Kansas, an office he held for eleven days, making it the shortest administration in the history of the state. His one official act as governor was to appoint Hall to the State Supreme Court, in what is known as "the triple play of 1956," as a way of depriving Docking the opportunity to appoint the new chief justice. After leaving office, McCuish returned to the newspaper business. He died after having a stroke and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Newton, Kansas. No mention of his service of governor is inscribed on his tombstone.

ources

* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=017d224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governor's Association Bio]

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6899039 Find-A-Grave profile for John McCuish]