Ross Doyen

Ross Doyen
President of the Kansas Senate
In office
1976[1]–1984
Preceded byRichard Rogers
Succeeded byRobert Talkington
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
January 12, 1969 – January 11, 1993
Succeeded byMark Parkinson
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
In office
January 12, 1959 – January 12, 1969
Constituency61st district (1959-1961)
58th district (1961-1965)
56th district (1965-1967)
97th district (1967-1969)
Personal details
Born(1926-10-01)October 1, 1926
Rice, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJuly 3, 2014(2014-07-03) (aged 87)
Concordia, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Judy Elniff
(m. 1964, divorced)

Katherine Mosburg
(m. 1993)
Children2
EducationKansas State University
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II

Ross O. Doyen (October 1, 1926 – July 3, 2014) was an American rancher, farmer, and politician.

Born near Rice, Kansas, Doyan served in the United States Navy during World War II. Doyen received his bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from Kansas State University in 190. He was a farmer and rancher. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives, as a Republican from 1959 to 1968 and then in the Kansas State Senate from 1969 to 1992 and served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and president of the senate. Additionally, he served with the National Conference of State Legislatures and Conference of State Governments. He died in Concordia, Kansas.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "State of Kansas Legislative Directory of the Sixty-Sixth Legislature, 1976 Regular Session". Kansas Government Information Online Library, Kansas State Library. January 12, 1976. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Former State Senate President Doyen dies Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Ross O. Doyen papers-biographical sketch
  4. ^ Ross O. Doyen-obituary