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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.
Date: Between 1953 and 1954
Item Number: 219583
Call Number: B Stough, Charles D. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219583
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Linn
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Photographs
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