Bob Whittaker
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
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KS - District 5
Republican
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Service: 1979-1991
Biography
A Representative from Kansas. Born in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kans. , September 18, 1939. Attended the Greenwood County public schools. Attended Kansas University, 1957-1959. Emporia State College, summer, 1959. O. D. , Illinois College of Optometry, 1962. Optometrist. Clinic director, Kansas Low Vision Clinic, 1973. Kansas house of representatives, 1974-1977. Precinct committeeman and city planning commission, 1970-1974. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1991). Was not a candidate for renomination in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress. Is a resident of Augusta, Kans.
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