OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Harry Hines Woodring

BORN:
May 31, 1887;
Elk City, Kansas

DIED:
September 9, 1967 (age 80):
Topeka, Kansas

EDUCATION:
Lebanon Business University  (Indiana)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1909-1918:
Cashier, First National Bank in Neodesha, Kansas
1918:
Served in U.S. Army
1918-1922:
Assistant Cashier, Midwest National Bank in Kansas City
1922-1929:
Managing Director, First National Bank in Neodesha, Kansas
1929:
Retired from Banking Career
1931-1933:
Governor of Kansas
1932:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Reelection as Governor of Kansas
1933-1936:
Assistant Secretary of War
1937-1940:
U.S. Secretary of War
1946:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Kansas Governor
1956:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Democratic Nomination for Kansas Governor

PORTRAIT:

RESOURCES: 

BIOGRAPHIES:
Kansas Historical Society
U.S. Army
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Kansas Historical Society
University of Kansas

OBITUARY:
New York Times