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George McGill (Kansas politician)

George S. McGill (February 12, 1879 – May 14, 1963) was an American politician who from 1930 to 1939 served as a United States senator from Kansas, and is currently the last Democrat to do so.

George McGill
McGill in 1937
United States Senator
from Kansas
In office
December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byHenry J. Allen
Succeeded byClyde M. Reed
Personal details
Born(1879-02-12)February 12, 1879
Russell, Iowa, U.S.
DiedMay 14, 1963(1963-05-14) (aged 84)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Biography

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Born in Lucas County, Iowa, he moved with his parents to Kansas when he was five. He graduated from Central Normal College in Great Bend, Kansas, at the turn of the century and was admitted to the state bar two years later. McGill then moved to Wichita, Kansas, where he was made deputy county attorney and then county attorney for Sedgwick County, Kansas. He was elected to the United States Senate on November 4, 1930, to replace Charles Curtis, who resigned to become vice president of the United States. Former Governor Henry J. Allen was appointed to fill the seat until a successor was elected.

In the Senate, he was the chairman of the Committee on Pensions and was particularly involved in the Agricultural Adjustment Act. In 1937, he was considered for a judicial appointment for a seat in United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, but declined, opting to seek re-election in 1938.[1]

He was elected to a full term in 1932 but decisively lost a reelection bid in 1938 and three more elections in 1942, 1948 and 1954. McGill was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a member of the U.S. Tariff Commission, a post he held until 1954. He died in St. Francis Hospital in Wichita in 1963 and was buried in Pawnee Rock Cemetery, in Pawnee Rock, Kansas.

Kansas has elected only three Democratic U.S. senators; McGill is the only one of the three both to be elected by popular vote (as opposed to election by the State Legislature) and to serve more than one six-year term, the others being John Martin and William Thompson. To date, McGill is the last Democrat to serve in the U.S. Senate from Kansas; the state has been exclusively represented in the Senate by Republicans since 1939, the longest such active streak for either party in the country.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "McGill Drops Out". Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. February 4, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Tanner, Beccy (August 9, 2010). "McGill was last Democrat senator". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Charles Stephens
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Kansas
(Class 3)

1930, 1932, 1938, 1944
Succeeded by
Thurman Hill
Preceded by
Omar B. Ketchum
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Kansas
(Class 2)

1942, 1948, 1954
Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by United States Senator (Class 3) from Kansas
1930-1939
Served alongside: Arthur Capper
Succeeded by