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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KansasJames Floyd BREEDING
(1901-1977)
BREEDING, James Floyd, a
Representative from Kansas; born near Robinson, Brown County,
Kans., September 28, 1901; educated in grade schools, Moonlight,
Dickinson County, Kans., and Berryton High School in Shawnee
County, Kans.; attended Kansas State College at Manhattan in 1921
and 1922; moved to Rolla, Kans., in 1928; farmer-stockman near
Rolla, Morton County, 1928-1956; member of State house of
representatives 1947-1949, serving as minority leader in 1949
session; Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas in
1950; president of Western Kansas Development Association in 1951;
delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1960 and 1964;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and to the two succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress;
appointed by President Kennedy as assistant to Secretary of
Agriculture, Grain and Feed Division, 1963-1966; unsuccessful
candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1966; died in
Dodge City, Kans., October 17, 1977; interment in Rolla Cemetery,
Rolla, Kans.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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