Harry Hines Woodring
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Harry Hines Woodring was an American politician. A Democrat, he was the 25th governor of Kansas and the United States assistant secretary of war from 1933 to 1936. His most important role was Secretar
Woodring in 1936
Alf Landon
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Alfred Mossman Landon was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presid
Harry Hines Woodring
…reinstated in 1935. Pleasant Read would remain the last person to ever be lynched in Kansas. Woodring ran for re-election in 1932, but lost to Republican Alf Landon in a three-way race, again featuring John Brinkley. On July 25, 1933, Woodring married Helen Coolidge, with whom he had three children. Coolidge was…
Landon, c. 1936
Cover of Time magazine, May 18, 1936