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Governor Payne Harry Ratner

This portrait represents Payne Harry Ratner. Ratner was the first resident of Labette County to be elected as County Attorney, holding office from 1923 to 1927. After serving as County Attorney, he went on to serve in the Kansas State Senate from 1929 to 1939, and then later served two terms as Kansas Governor from 1939 to 1943. Notable programs during his administration was implementing a teachers? pension plan and a state employee merit system.

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Paul Robert Wunsch

A portrait of Paul Robert Wunsch, a lawyer from Kingman County, Kansas. Wunsch was elected from the thirty fourth district to serve in the Kansas House of Representatives 1937 to 1943, and served as Speaker of the House from 1943 to 1944. Wunsch was elected to the Kansas Senate and served from 1945 to 1964. As a state senator, he was instrumental in bringing Wichita University into the state system of higher education.

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Albert McDonald Cole

This black and white photograph shows Albert McDonald Cole. A lawyer and a county attorney from Jackson County, Kansas. Cole began his political career, in 1941, when he was elected to the Kansas Senate as a representative for the counties of Atchison and Jackson. He served in the legislature until 1945 before successfully being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas' first congressional district, (1945-1953). In his 1952 bid for re-election, Cole was narrowly defeated but the loss was attributed to his support for the construction of the Tuttle Creek Dam. After his career in Kansas politics came to a close, Cole later served during the Eisenhower adminsitration as Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (1953-1959). From 1959 to-1961, he served as vice president of Reynolds Aluminum Service Corp. and president of Reynolds Metals Development Corp.(1961-1967).

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Charles D. Stough

This black and white photograph shows Charles D. Stough, (1914-1995). Born in Mound Valley, Kansas and a graduate from the University of Kansas Law School. He began his career practicing law in Chicago, Illinois and latter in Lawrence, Kansas before enlisting at the age of twenty-eight, in the U.S. Navy. After his honorable discharge, Stough made a successful bid in 1946 for a political office to the Kansas House of Representatives where he served four regular sessions as a Republican from the Eleventh District. He was also majority leader from 1951 to 1953 and speaker of the house from 1953 to 1954. Stough did not seek re-election in 1954, but continued to serve in a number of key political posts at the local, state and national levels. On December 8, 1995 just two days after observing his eighty-first birthday, Charles Stough passed away.

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Walter Augustus Huxman

These three sepia colored photographs show Walter Augustus Huxman, (1887-1972). Elected on November 3, 1936, as the twenty-seventh governor of Kansas, he served one term from 1937 to 1939. Failing to be reelected, Huxman was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth District. He held this position until stepping down in 1962.

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Walter Augustus Huxman

This black and white photograph shows Walter Augustus Huxman, (1887-1972). He established his career as a public official by serving as Reno County's assistant attorney from 1915 to 1919, and later the city attorney of Hutchinson, Kansas from 1919 to 1921. Elected on November 3, 1936, as the twenty-seventh governor of Kansas, he served one term from 1937 to 1939. Failing to be reelected, Huxman was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth District. He held this position until stepping down in 1962.

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Walter Augustus Huxman

This black and white photograph shows Walter Augustus Huxman, (1887-1972). He established his career as a public official by serving as Reno County's assistant attorney from 1915 to 1919, and later the city attorney of Hutchinson, Kansas from 1919 to 1921. Elected on November 3, 1936, as the twenty-seventh governor of Kansas, he served one term from 1937 to 1939. Failing to be reelected, Huxman was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth District. He held this position until stepping down in 1962.

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Harold Ralph Fatzer

A photograph of Harold Ralph Fatzer who served as Kansas Attorney General from February 21, 1949 to March 1, 1956. He later resigned that position to accept an appointment as a Supreme Court Justice. Fatzer was a Republican from Kinsley, Kansas.

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Judge Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr.

This is a photograph showing Judge Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr. It was taken when he served in the 1941 Kansas State Senate where he represented District 4, Wyandotte County. He resigned from the Senate after being called to active duty as a captain in the U. S. Army. His service in World War II took him to England where he participated in the planning and preparation for the Normandy invasion. His assignment in France was with the Ninth Fighter Command, where he served until November 1944. After being discharged from active duty, he returned to Kansas City to resume private practice with his father. On June 25, 1958 Stanley was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to United States District Court for the District of Kansas vacated by Arthur J. Mellott. Stanley was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 3, receiving his commission on July 7. He served as chief judge from 1961 to 1971, assuming senior status on April 1, 1971. Stanley served in that capacity until his death, in Leavenworth, Kansas on January 27, 2001. He belonged to many organizations including the Kansas State Historical Society where he served as president from 1974-1975.

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William H. Towers

This photograph shows William H. Towers, 1895-1959, from Kansas City, Kansas. Towers was deputy city attorney of Kansas City and a member of the NAACP. He was elected as a Republican to his first term in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1937. Towers was re-elected to the house for six terms representing the Eight District of Wyandotte from 1937 to 1947. He was the senior member of the Wyandotte delegation and serves on a number of committees including: Aviation, Employees, Judiciary, Labor, State Affairs. He was also vice chairman of Cities of the First Class. As a lawyer he was recognized for representing plaintiffs in the Webb v. School District No 90. in Johnson County, Kansas, 1949. The case held "that segregated schools in small towns were unconstitutional and that separate school facilities must be equal in nature."

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