William R. Roy

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William R. Roy, 1973

William Robert Roy (born February 23, 1926 in Bloomington , Illinois , † May 26, 2014 in Topeka , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1971 and 1975 he represented the second constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Roy attended public schools in Lexington, Illinois. He then studied until 1946 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. This was followed by a medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago until 1950 . 20 years later, he also studied law at Washburne University Law School , but without working as a lawyer. Between 1953 and 1955 he served in the US Air Force , where he made it to captain . From 1955 to 1970, Roy practiced as a doctor in Topeka, Kansas.

Roy became a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1970 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the second district of Kansas . There he took over on January 3, 1971, succeeding Republican Chester L. Mize . After a re-election in 1972, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1975 .

In 1974 he ran unsuccessfully against Bob Dole for a seat in the US Senate . Another candidacy for the Senate failed four years later, in 1978, against the Republican Nancy Landon Kassebaum . In the following years until 1989 William Roy practiced again as a doctor in Topeka. Since 1989 he has been writing regular political articles in the Topeka Capital Journal. He represented relatively liberal views and was an opponent of the policies of President George W. Bush . Roy last lived very old in Topeka.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former Congressman, Topeka physician Bill Roy dead at 88

Web links

  • William R. Roy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)