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Dick Nichols

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Dick Nichols
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromKansas's5thdistrict
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byBob Whittaker
Succeeded byDistrict eliminated inreapportionmentfollowing the1990 Census
Personal details
Born
Richard Dale Nichols[1]

(1926-04-29)April 29, 1926
Fort Scott, Kansas,U.S.
DiedMarch 7, 2019(2019-03-07)(aged 92)
McPherson, Kansas,U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Connie Weinbrenner
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(m.1951; died 1994)​
Linda Nichols
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(m.1996)​
[2]
Alma materKansas State University
ProfessionBanker

Richard Dale Nichols(April 29, 1926 – March 7, 2019) was an American banker and politician who servedone-termas theU.S. representativefromKansas's 5th congressional district.

Life and career

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Born inFort Scott, Kansas,Nichols attended the public schools. He earned his B.S. fromKansas State Universityin 1951, after serving as an ensign in theUnited States Navyfrom 1944 to 1947.

Nichols was informational counsel to the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, served as associate farm director of radio and television stations inTopeka, Kansas,and was agricultural representative of a bank inHutchinson, Kansas.From 1969 until he resigned in 1990 after being elected to Congress, Nichols served as president and chairman of the board of Home State Bank inMcPherson, Kansas.[3]

He served as a member of the Kansas State Republican Executive Committee, was a delegate to the 1988 Republican National Convention, and was theRepublican Partychair for the Fifth Congressional District from 1986 to 1990.

In July 1986, Nichols and his wife were stabbed by an insane man aboard theStaten Island Ferrywhile a touringNew York City.He fully recovered from his wounds and was visited by MayorEd Kochin the hospital.[4][5][2]

Nichols was elected as aRepublicanto theOne Hundred Second Congress(January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993), representingKansas's 5th congressional district.He narrowly beat futureFDICChairwomanSheila Bairin a 6-way Republican primary.[6]In the reapportionment following the1990 Census,the size of Kansas' congressional delegation was reduced from 5 to 4, eliminating the 5th district. In 1992, Rep. Nichols ran for the Republican nomination to challengeDan Glickmanin the4th congressional district,but lost in the primary to state Senator Eric R. Yost, who lost to Glickman in the general election.[7]

Personal life

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Nichols married Connie Weinbrenner in 1951, and together had three children. Connie earned four degrees and was a professor atMcPherson Collegebefore her death from cancer in 1994. Two years later, Nichols married his second wife, Linda.[2]

Dick Nichols died at his home inMcPherson, Kansas,on March 7, 2019, at the age of 92.[8][2]

References

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  1. ^"Richard Dale" Dick "Nichols - View Obituary & Service Information".
  2. ^abcdFinger, Stan (March 9, 2019)."Dick Nichols, Kansas' last Fifth District congressman, 'put service to others above self'".Wichita Eagle.RetrievedMarch 9,2019.
  3. ^"Sen. Moran Pays Tribute to Congressman Dick Nichols | District 5670".Archived fromthe originalon 2017-03-01.Retrieved2019-03-09.
  4. ^McFadden, Robert D. (July 8, 1986)."MAN WITH SWORD KILLS 2 AND WOUNDS 9 ON S.I. FERRY".New York Times.
  5. ^"Nichols first speaker in series".McPherson Sentinel.October 24, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon December 8, 2020.RetrievedMarch 10,2019.
  6. ^"KS District 5 - R Primary - August 7, 1990".Our Campaigns.RetrievedMarch 9,2019.
  7. ^"KS District 4 - R Primary - August 4, 1992".Our Campaigns.RetrievedMarch 9,2019.
  8. ^"Richard D. Nichols".Salina Journal.Retrieved9 March2019.[permanent dead link]
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