Sam Brownback

A Representative and a Senator from Kansas. Born in Garnett, Kans. , September 12, 1956. Grew up on his family's farm near Parker, Kans. , and graduated from Prairie View High School, Linn County, Kans. Graduated from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans. , in 1979. Received law degree from University of Kansas, Lawrence, in 1982. Administrator, broadcaster, teacher, attorney and author. Kansas Secretary of Agriculture 1986-1993. White House Fellow detailed to the Office of the U. S. Trade Representative 1990-1991. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth Congress and began serving January 3, 1995. Not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 1996, but was elected to the United States Senate in a special election on November 5, 1996, to the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1999, left vacant by the resignation of Robert Dole. Resigned from the House of Representatives on November 27, 1996, retroactive to November 7, 1996, when his Senate service began. Reelected in 1998 and again in 2004, and served from November 7, 1996, to January 3, 2011. Was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2010. Governor of Kansas 2011-2018.