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About
Republican politician who became a United States Senator from Kansas in 2011 after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms.
Before Fame
In 1976, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
Trivia
He served in the Kansas Senate from 1989 to 1997 and he was majority leader for the last two.
Family Life
He had two daughters with his wife Robba. He was raised as a Methodist.
Associated With
He worked as a summer intern for U.S. Representative Keith Sebelius in 1974, during the impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon.