George Docking was the 35th Governor of Kansas

Governor of Kansas

The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...

, (1957–1961).

Docking was elected to two terms as governor, but failed to win against Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 candidate John Anderson, Jr.

John Anderson, Jr.

John Anderson Jr. was the 36th Governor of Kansas from 1961 until 1965.John Anderson, Jr., was born May 8, 1917 near Olathe, Kansas to John and Ora Bookout Anderson. He graduated from Olathe High School in 1935. From there he went on to Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science,...

 in part because of his stance on the death penalty. He was known to say "I just don't like killing people." Was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention

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. He was born in 1904 in Clay Center, Kansas

Clay Center, Kansas

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 and died from emphysema

Emphysema

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 in 1964 in Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

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. His son Robert Docking

Robert Docking

Robert Blackwell Docking, , was the 38th Governor of Kansas from 1967 until 1975.Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Docking attended public school in Lawrence, Kansas, before attending the University of Kansas, and served in the Air Force during World War II...

 served four terms as governor of Kansas, and the Docking family remains one of the most prominent in Kansas politics. He is buried at the Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...

.

Trivia

• Docking was a champion amateur tennis player and a master Contract bridge
  Contract bridge
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   player.
• He changed party affiliations when Franklin D. Roosevelt
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   was first nominated for president.

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