Dick Nichols | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Whittaker |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated inreapportionment following the1990 Census |
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| Born | Richard Dale Nichols[1] (1926-04-29)April 29, 1926 Fort Scott, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | March 7, 2019(2019-03-07) (aged 92) McPherson, Kansas, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
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| Alma mater | Kansas State University |
| Profession | Banker |
Richard Dale Nichols (April 29, 1926 – March 7, 2019) was an American banker and politician who servedone-term as theU.S. representative fromKansas's 5th congressional district.
Born inFort Scott, Kansas, Nichols attended the public schools. He earned his B.S. fromKansas State University in 1951, after serving as an ensign in theUnited States Navy from 1944 to 1947.
Nichols was informational counsel to the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, served as associate farm director of radio and television stations inTopeka, Kansas, and was agricultural representative of a bank inHutchinson, Kansas. From 1969 until he resigned in 1990 after being elected to Congress, Nichols served as president and chairman of the board of Home State Bank inMcPherson, Kansas.[3]
He served as a member of the Kansas State Republican Executive Committee, was a delegate to the 1988 Republican National Convention, and was theRepublican Party chair for the Fifth Congressional District from 1986 to 1990.
In July 1986, Nichols and his wife were stabbed by an insane man aboard theStaten Island Ferry while touringNew York City. He fully recovered from his wounds and was visited by MayorEd Koch in the hospital.[4][5][2]
Nichols was elected as aRepublican to theOne Hundred Second Congress (January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993), representingKansas's 5th congressional district. He narrowly beat futureFDIC ChairwomanSheila Bair in a 6-way Republican primary.[6] In the reapportionment following the1990 Census, Kansas was reduced from five House seats to four. Nichols' district was dismantled, with its territory split between the neighboring2nd and4th districts. Nichols had his home drawn into the 4th district and ran for the Republican nomination to challengeDan Glickman in the 1992 election. He lost in the primary to state Senator Eric R. Yost, who lost to Glickman in the general election.[7]
Nichols married Connie Weinbrenner in 1951, and together had three children. Connie earned four degrees and was a professor atMcPherson College before her death from cancer in 1994. Two years later, Nichols married his second wife, Linda.[2]
Dick Nichols died at his home inMcPherson, Kansas, on March 7, 2019, at the age of 92.[8][2]
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