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Senate Years of Service: 1996-1996 Party: Republican
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FRAHM, Sheila, a Senator from Kansas; born Sheila Sloan, March 22, 1945, in Colby,
Thomas County, Kans.; graduated from Colby High School 1963; received Bachelor
of Science degree from Fort Hays State University 1967; attended University of
Texas at Austin; chairman, Colby Public Schools Board of Education; chairman,
Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center Board of Education; appointed to
Kansas State Board of Education 1985, elected 1986, vice-chairman in 1987;
elected to the Kansas senate in 1988; reelected in 1990 and 1992; elected
majority leader in 1993; elected Lieutenant Governor of Kansas in 1994;
appointed Kansas Secretary of Administration 1995; appointed on June 11, 1996,
as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Robert Dole and served from June 11, 1996, to November 5, 1996,
when a successor to the full term was elected; unsuccessful candidate for
election to the remainder of the appointed term in 1996; executive director,
Kansas Association of Community College Trustees 1997-; is a resident of Colby,
Kans.
BibliographySheila Frahm, in
Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of
the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History &
Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 2006.
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