Edward F. Arn
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Edward Ferdinand Arn (May 19, 1906 – January 22, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 31st attorney general of Kansas from 1947 to 1949. He was the first governor of Kansas to have been born in the 20th century.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Biography
Arn grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and attended Kansas City Junior College, the University of Kansas, and the Kansas City School of Law.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was married twice - to Marcella Ruth Tillmans on October 28, 1933 and to Catherine Phillipi Ross. He had two children.
Career
Arn practiced law in Wichita, Kansas, until he enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He served as a lieutenant aboard an aircraft carrier that fought in Iwo Jima.
Returning to his law practice, Arn became active in local politics and served as Chairman of the Wyandotte County Republicans. From 1947 to 1949, he served as Attorney General of Kansas, and as a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from 1949 to 1951.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref>
Arn won the Republican gubernatorial nomination was elected Governor of Kansas in 1950, re-elected in 1952, and served from 1951 to 1955. This made him the first Governor of Kansas born in the 20th century.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During his tenure, the Kansas Turnpike Authority was established, workman's compensation benefits were improved, the Kansas Veteran's Commission was formed, a state department of Administration was organized, and the destructive floods of 1951 were dealt with.
Arn left office on January 10, 1955, and returned to Wichita to practice law. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1960. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1962.
Death
Arn died in a hospital in Wichita, Kansas, on January 22, 1998,<ref name="auto"/> and is interred at the Old Mission Chapel Mausoleum in Wichita.
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- National Governors Association
- Kansapedia
- Publications concerning Kansas Governor Arn's administration available via the KGI Online Library
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- 1906 births
- 1998 deaths
- Politicians from Kansas City, Kansas
- Republican Party governors of Kansas
- Kansas attorneys general
- Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court
- American Congregationalists
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century Kansas politicians