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George Docking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (243 words) |
 | George Docking (February 23, 1904 - January 20, 1964) served as Governor of Kansas (1957-1961) for two terms. |
| Docking was elected to two terms as governor, but failed to win against Republican candidate William Avery in part because of his stance on the death penalty. |
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| Robert Docking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (441 words) |
| Docking was elected governor in 1966 as a member of the Democratic Party over the incumbent Republican, William Avery, who Docking harangued for leaving the state when there was work to be done in Kansas. |
| Docking served more terms than any Kansas Governor, but is tied for length of service because of a constituional amendment approved during his final term which provided that Kansas governors serve four-year terms, and are constitutionaly barred from running for more than two terms. |
| The son of former Gov. George Docking (1957–1961), he was married to Merideth and they had two sons, William and Tom, who served as lieutenant governor and ran unsuccessfully for the governorship in 1988. |
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