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Sam Brownback
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American politician and 46th Governor of Kansas (born 1956)
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Samuel Dale Brownback, born in 1956 in Garnett, is an American politician, lawyer, diplomat, and administrator. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as a United States senator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and secretary of state. His professional work locations have included Washington, D.C., and Topeka. He is educated at Kansas State University and the University of Kansas.
Brownback has received the White House Fellows award and the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit. He is a Catholic who speaks English. As an author, he has written works such as *Are Military Adultery Standards Changing*, *Crisis In South Asia: India's Nuclear Tests; Pakistan's Nuclear Tests; India And Pakistan: What Next?*, *Effects of Public Financing on Public Health Infrastructure*, *From Power to Purpose*, and *Impact of Interactive Violence on Children*. He is recognized in the US Senators collection and has five children.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1956
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Are Military Adultery Standards Changing
- Crisis In South Asia: India's Nuclear Tests; Pakistan's Nuclear Tests; India And Pakistan: What Next?
- Effects of Public Financing on Public Health Infrastructure
- From Power to Purpose
- Impact of Interactive Violence on Children
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Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump
- Preceded by
- David Saperstein
- Succeeded by
- Rashad Hussain
- Lieutenant
- Jeff Colyer
- Governor
- John W. Carlin , Mike Hayden , Joan Finney
- Born
- Samuel Dale Brownback , ( 1956-09-12 ) September 12, 1956 (age 69) , Garnett, Kansas , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Mary Stauffer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 )
- Education
- Kansas State University ( BA ), University of Kansas ( JD )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sam
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Garnett
- Position held
- United States senator
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Eye colour
- blue
- Image
- Sam Brownback official portrait 2.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
- Work location
- Topeka
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- date of birth
- 1956-09-12
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- name in native language
- Sam Brownback
- birth name
- Samuel Dale Brownback
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 30383
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- Sam Brownback
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/sam-brownback
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Encyclopedic overview
Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the 46th governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback also served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom during the administration of President Donald Trump and was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 2008.
Born in Garnett, Kansas, Brownback grew up on a family farm in Parker, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in agricultural economics in 1978 and received a J.D. from the University of Kansas in 1982. He worked as an attorney in Manhattan, Kansas, before being appointed Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas in 1986 by Democratic governor John W. Carlin. Brownback ran for Congress in 1994 and defeated Carlin in the general election in a landslide. He represented Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term before running in a 1996 special election for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Bob Dole. He won the election and was reelected by large margins in 1998 and 2004. Brownback ran for president in 2008, but withdrew before the primaries began and endorsed eventual Republican nominee John McCain.
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