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This sepia colored 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.
Creator: Goldberg Studios
Date: Between 1937 and 1939
Item Number: 208076
Call Number: B Huxman, Walter A. *9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208076
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Judges
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1930s
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States Circuit Court
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Huxman, Walter Augustus
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Huxman, Walter Augustus, 1887-1972
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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