Dick Nichols
Dick Nichols | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's5thdistrict | |
In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |
Preceded by | Bob Whittaker |
Succeeded by | District eliminated inreapportionmentfollowing the1990 Census |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Dale Nichols[1] April 29, 1926 Fort Scott, Kansas,U.S. |
Died | March 7, 2019 McPherson, Kansas,U.S. | (aged 92)
Political party | Republican |
Spouses | |
Alma mater | Kansas State University |
Profession | Banker |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^"Richard Dale" Dick "Nichols - View Obituary & Service Information".
- ^abcdFinger, Stan (March 9, 2019)."Dick Nichols, Kansas' last Fifth District congressman, 'put service to others above self'".Wichita Eagle.RetrievedMarch 9,2019.
- ^"Sen. Moran Pays Tribute to Congressman Dick Nichols | District 5670".Archived fromthe originalon 2017-03-01.Retrieved2019-03-09.
- ^McFadden, Robert D. (July 8, 1986)."MAN WITH SWORD KILLS 2 AND WOUNDS 9 ON S.I. FERRY".New York Times.
- ^"Nichols first speaker in series".McPherson Sentinel.October 24, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon December 8, 2020.RetrievedMarch 10,2019.
- ^"KS District 5 - R Primary - August 7, 1990".Our Campaigns.RetrievedMarch 9,2019.
- ^"KS District 4 - R Primary - August 4, 1992".Our Campaigns.RetrievedMarch 9,2019.
- ^"Richard D. Nichols".Salina Journal.Retrieved9 March2019.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- United States Congress."Dick Nichols (id: N000094)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- AppearancesonC-SPAN
This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1926 births
- 2019 deaths
- American bankers
- People from Fort Scott, Kansas
- People from McPherson, Kansas
- Businesspeople from Kansas
- Military personnel from Kansas
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- United States Navy officers
- Kansas State University alumni
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas
- 20th-century American businesspeople