Sheila Frahm

Sheila Frahm (1996)

Sheila Frahm (born Sheila Sloan ; born March 22, 1945 in Colby , Thomas County , Kansas ) is an American politician . She was briefly a US Senator in her home state of Kansas.

Life

Sheila Sloan grew up in the small town of Colby with a population of 5,300, where she graduated from the local high school in 1963 . She then enrolled at Fort Hays State University , where she studied education . In 1967 she successfully passed the bachelor's examination. After marrying Kenneth Frahm, she took on his family name. The couple became parents of three daughters.

Frahm then worked in education for years, serving on the school board of her old high school before moving to the Department of Education field office for northwestern Kansas. 1985 followed the move to the Department of Education of Kansas; In 1987 she was elected vice chairman.

Republican Sheila Frahm began her political career when she was elected to the Kansas Senate in 1988 . She was also the first woman to be sworn in as a majority leader . In 1995, after seven years in the Senate, she named Bill Graves , the newly elected governor of Kansas , lieutenant governor . Following the resignation of Senator Bob Dole , the 1996 Bill Clinton as US president wanted to replace, appointed governor Graves on 24 May 1996 Sheila Frahm to Dole's successor in Congress .

Sheila Frahm was a US Senator for only four months, from June to November 1996. Although she was committed, advocating education and job creation in the Senate, Republican Sam Brownback was presented as a candidate for the 1996 Senate election campaign.

After leaving the Senate in November 1996, Frahm withdrew from politics. Since 1997 she has served on the board of directors of the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees , which coordinates the administration and educational orientation of all 19 state colleges in Kansas. In 2002 she was elected chairman of the board.

Web links

• Sheila Frahm in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)