Sheila Frahm
United States Senator
from Kansas
In office
June 11, 1996 – November 7, 1996
Appointed byBill Graves
Preceded byBob Dole
Succeeded bySam Brownback
44th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
In office
January 9, 1995 – June 11, 1996
GovernorBill Graves
Preceded byJim Francisco
Succeeded byGary Sherrer
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 40th district
In office
January 9, 1989 – January 9, 1995
Preceded byRichard Gannon
Succeeded byStan Clark
Personal details
Born
Sheila Sloan

(1945-03-22) March 22, 1945 (age 78)
Colby, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKenneth Frahm
EducationFort Hays State University (BA)
University of Texas at Austin

Sheila Frahm (née Sloan; born March 22, 1945) is an American politician who served in the United States Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.[1]

Life and career

Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas. She was appointed to the Kansas state Board of Education in 1985 and was re-elected in 1986. In 1988, she was appointed to the position of vice-president.[2] Frahm was a member of the Kansas State Senate from 1989 to 1995. She became the first woman to be given the title of majority leader of the Kansas Senate when she was elected in 1993.[2] Frahm was the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1995 to 1996. While serving as lieutenant governor, Frahm also served as the state's Secretary of Administration.

She was appointed by Governor Bill Graves to the Senate on June 11, 1996, to replace Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who resigned from the Senate to devote all of his time to his presidential campaign.[1] During her time in the Senate, Frahm voted with the Republican Party 92.9% of the time.[3] The Senate average was 87.5%.[3] Frahm ran in the Republican special primary to succeed Dole, but was defeated for the nomination by first-term U.S. Representative Sam Brownback, who went on to win the November 1996 special general election, and immediately took office.

Other

Frahm is an Honorary Chair of Women for Kansas.[4] She moved back to Colby, Kansas, and became the executive director of the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees. For the 2018 gubernatorial election, Frahm joined many other high-profile Republican current and former legislators and politicians in endorsing the Democratic nominee, and eventual victor, Laura Kelly.[5] Frahm endorsed Kelly again in her successful 2022 reelection bid.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Frahm in Congress". Congressional Directory.
  2. ^ a b "Sheila Frahm". Women In Congress. House. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Voting Statistics for Sheila Frahm". The Political Guide. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Honorary Chairs". Women for Kansas. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  5. ^ "Laura Kelly touts growing list of Republican support". WIBW. 14 September 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Carpenter, Tim (September 27, 2022). "Former Kansas GOP governor Hayden endorses reelection of Democrat Kelly". Kansas Reflector. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022.
Party political offices Preceded byHarland Priddle Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas 1994 Succeeded byGary Sherrer Political offices Preceded byJim Francisco Lieutenant Governor of Kansas 1995–1996 Succeeded byGary Sherrer U.S. Senate Preceded byBob Dole United States Senator (Class 3) from Kansas 1996 Served alongside: Nancy Kassebaum Succeeded bySam Brownback U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) Preceded byDean Barkleyas Former US Senator Order of precedence of the United States Succeeded byCarte Goodwinas Former US Senator
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