Garner E. Shriver

A Representative from Kansas. Born in Towanda, Butler County, Kans. , July 6, 1912. Attended the public schools of Towanda and Wichita. Moved to Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans. , in 1925. University of Wichita, B. A. , 1934 (postgraduate study at University of Southern California in 1936), and Washburn Law School, LL. B. , 1940 and J. D. , 1970. Worked for a drug company in Wichita, 1934-1936. Teacher at South Haven High School in 1936 and 1937. Was admitted to the bar in Wichita in February 1940. Served for three years in the United States Navy as an enlisted man and officer, 1943-1946. State representative, 1947-1951. State senator, 1953-1960. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1977). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Minority staff director and legal counsel for the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Washington, D. C. , March 1977-1980, and general counsel, 1981-1982. Resumed the practice of law. Was a resident of Wichita, Kans. , until his death there on March 1, 1998.