George Docking

Background

Docking, George was born on February 23, 1904 in Clay Center, Kansas, United States. Son of William and Meda (Donley) Docking.

Education

Born in Clay Center, Kansas, Docking was educated in the public schools of Lawrence, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1925.

Career

Docking changed party affiliations when Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt was first nominated for president In 1952, he became the fundraiser for the presidential campaign of Adlai Stevenson. In the election of 1960 he lost to Republican candidate John Anderson, Junior. perhaps in part because of his stance on the death penalty.

He was known to say "I just don"t like killing people." His tenure was marked by his battles with a Republican controlled legislature, and a three-year dispute with the Kansas University Chancellor Franklin Murphy was settled, resulting in Murphy"s resignation.

Docking was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed him director of the Import-Export Bank of Washington Doctorate. C. He served in that office until his death.

Docking died from emphysema in 1964 in a hospital in Kansas City, Kansas and is interred at the Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.

Achievements

• George Docking has been listed as a noteworthy ex-governor. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Docking was elected Governor of Kansas in 1956 and reelected in 1958, making him the first member of the Democratic Party to serve more than a single term as governor in Kansas.

Connections

Married Virginia Blackwell, January 24, 1925. Children: Robert B., George R. Cashier Kansas.

Father:

William Docking

Mother:

Meda (Donley) Docking

Spouse:

Virginia Blackwell

child:

Robert B. Docking

child:

George R. Cashier Kan Docking