Joe Skubitz | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Walter L. McVey Jr. (redistricting) |
| Succeeded by | Bob Whittaker |
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| Born | (1906-05-06)May 6, 1906 Frontenac, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | September 11, 2000(2000-09-11) (aged 94) Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Pittsburg State University Washburn University George Washington University |
| Profession | lawyer |
Joe Skubitz (May 6, 1906 – September 11, 2000) was an American politician andU.S. Representative fromKansas.
Skubitz was born inFrontenac,Crawford County, Kansas; his parents were immigrants fromSlovenia.[1] He attended grade school inRingo, Kansas, and high schools inGirard and Frontenac, Kansas.
After high school he attended Kansas Teachers College of Pittsburg (nowPittsburg State University), receiving a B.S. in 1929 and an M.S. in 1934. He attended law school atWashburn University,Topeka, Kansas, in 1938, and graduated from the law school ofGeorge Washington University,Washington, D.C., earning an LL.B. in 1944. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1944 and commenced practice in Kansas and the District of Columbia.
Skubitz served as administrative assistant toU.S. Senator Clyde M. Reed from 1939 to 1949, and to U.S. Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel from 1949 to 1962. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1960.
He was elected as aRepublican to theEighty-eighth through theNinety-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1963, until his resignation December 31, 1978. He did not seek renomination in 1978.
Skubitz died inWichita,Sedgwick County, Kansas, on September 11, 2000. He was interred at Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kansas.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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