Larry Winn | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ellsworth |
| Succeeded by | Jan Meyers |
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| Born | Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (1919-08-22)August 22, 1919 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 2017(2017-12-31) (aged 98) Prairie Village, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Joan Elliott (died 2015) |
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (August 22, 1919 – December 31, 2017) was an American politician and member of theU.S. House of Representatives representingKansas's 3rd district from 1967 to 1985. He was a member of theRepublican Party.
Born inKansas City, Missouri, Winn participated in athletics atSouthwest High School before losing one of his legs in a boating accident atLake Lotawana when he was sixteen. He earned aB.A. in journalism fromUniversity of Kansas in 1941. After graduating, Winn worked for a Kansas City radio station for two years and, duringWorld War II, worked forNorth American Aviation atFairfax Field, north ofKansas City, Kansas, where theB-25 Mitchell bomber was manufactured.[1] He then pursued a career in home building and was vice president of the Winn-Rau Corporation from 1950 until his election to Congress. Additionally, he was a director of theNational Association of Home Builders for fourteen years and was president of the Home Builders Association of Kansas.[2]
Winn was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from theWyandotte andJohnson Counties-based 3rd congressional district in 1966, succeeding three-term congressmanRobert Ellsworth, and would be reelected eight more times until his retirement in 1984. During his tenure, he served on theHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs and was a congressional representative to theUnited Nations.[1] He was succeeded by fellow RepublicanJan Meyers.
Winn met his wife, Joan Elliott, while attending college and the two would be married for seventy-three years until her death in 2015. Together, they had five children; the death of their son Robert in 1983 played a part in the senior Winn's decision to retire from Congress. He lived inPrairie Village until his death on December 31, 2017, at age 98.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's 3rd congressional district January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ranking Member of theHouse Science Committee 1981–1985 | Succeeded by |
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