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This black and white photograph shows Walter Augustus Huxman, (1887-1972) possibly standing in the bucket of a large mine or quarrying shovel. He established his career as a public official by serving as Reno County's assistant attorney from 1915 to 1919, and later as the city attorney of Hutchinson, Kansas from 1919 to 1921. He was elected on November 3, 1936, as the twenty-seventh governor of Kansas. Failing to be reelected in 1939, 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.
Date: March 18, 1938
Item Number: 224343
Call Number: B Huxman, Walther A. *4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224343
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying
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 District Courts
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
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
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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