Larry Winn | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ellsworth |
| Succeeded by | Jan Meyers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. August 22, 1919 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 2017 (aged 98) Prairie Village, Kansas |
| 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 the U.S. House of Representatives representing Kansas's 3rd district from 1967 to 1985. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Winn participated in athletics at Southwest High School before losing one of his legs in a boating accident at Lake Lotawana when he was sixteen. He earned a B.A. in journalism from University of Kansas in 1941. After graduating, Winn worked for a Kansas City radio station for two years and, during World War II, worked for North American Aviation at Fairfax Field, north of Kansas City, Kansas, where the B-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 the National 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 the Wyandotte and Johnson Counties-based 3rd congressional district in 1966, succeeding three-term congressman Robert Ellsworth, and would be reelected eight more times until his retirement in 1984. During his tenure, he served on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and was a congressional representative to the United Nations.[1] He was succeeded by fellow Republican Jan 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 in Prairie Village until his death on December 31, 2017, at age 98.[1]
- ^ a b c Lowry, Bryan (January 2, 2018). "Former Johnson County congressman Larry Winn Jr. dies at 98". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "Kansapedia-Kansas State Historical Society-Edward Lawrence Winn, Jr". Archived from the original on 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2016-01-12.