Sen. Sam Brownback: A Timeline
June 27 Converts to Catholicism.  (Father C. John McCloskey III rites) Re-elected to the U.S. Senate def. Lee Jones (D) with 69% of the vote.
2000
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White House Fellow in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 1990-91.  Elected to Congress from KS's 2nd CD def. former Gov. John Carlin (D). Melanoma. Elected to the U.S. Senate in Nov. 5 special election due to resignation of Bob Dole. Re-elected to the U.S. Senate def. Paul Feleciano (D) 65%-32%.
1990
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Earns law degree from the University of Kansas.  Marries Mary Stauffer.  (5 children/2 adopted) Co-author of Kansas Agricultural Law. Selected as Kansas Secretary of Agriculture and serves to 1993 (one year at USTR).
1980
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KS FFA president, 1974-75.  Graduates from Prairie View High School, Lacygne.  National FFA vice president, 1976-77. Graduates from Kansas State Univ.  with B.S. in ag. economics.  Intern for Sen. Bob Dole.
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Born Sept. 12, 1956 in Garnett, KS.  (Two brothers and a sister). ...grows up on family farm near Parker, KS...
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