- Edward F. Arn
Infobox Governor
name= Edward F. Arn
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order=32nd
office= Governor of Kansas
term_start=January 8 ,1951
term_end=January 10 ,1955
lieutenant=Fred Hall
predecessor=Frank L. Hagaman
successor=Fred Hall
birth_date=May 19 ,1906
birth_place=Kansas City, Kansas
death_date=January 22 ,1998
death_place=Wichita, Kansas
spouse= Marcella Ruth Tillmans, Catherine Philippi Ross
profession= attorney, judge
party= Republican
religion=Congregationalist
footnotes=Edward Ferdinand Arn (
May 19 ,1906 –January 22 ,1998 ) was thirty-secondGovernor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955.He grew up in
Kansas City, Kansas and retired to Wichita to practicelaw .Arn became active in local politics and served as Chairman of the Wyandotte County Republicans following his service in the US Navy in World War II. From 1947 to 1949, he served as Attorney General of Kansas, and as an Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from 1949 to 1951. Arn was elected Governor of Kansas in 1950, re-elected in 1952, and served from 1951 to 1955. He would later run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1962.
Governor Arn died January 22, 1998 and is buried at the Mission Chapel Mausoleum in Wichita, Kansas.
External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7146650 Find-A-Grave profile for Edward F. Arn]
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