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Payne Ratner

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Lieutenant
  
Religion
  
Disciples of Christ

Party
  
Profession
  
attorney, politician

Spouse
  
Cliffe Dodd


Political party
  
Role
  
Former Governor of Kansas

Preceded by
  
Name
  
Payne Ratner

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Died
  
December 27, 1974, Wichita, Kansas, United States

Previous office
  
Governor of Kansas (1939–1943)

Succeeded by
  

Payne Harry Ratner (October 3, 1896 – December 27, 1974) was the 28th Governor of Kansas from 1939 to 1943.

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Biography

Born in Casey, Illinois, Ratner graduated from Blackwell High School in Oklahoma. During World War I he served as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He earned a law degree at Washington University in St. Louis in 1920. He married Cliffe Dodd on August 21, 1920 and they had three children, Jurie, Teno, and Darb.

Career

Ratner practiced law in Sibley, Iowa, and then in Parsons, Kansas. In Parsons, he was the Labette County Attorney from 1923 to 1927. He was elected as a Republican to the Kansas Senate in 1929 and also served as state senator from 1937 to 1939.

Winning the 1938 Republican gubernatorial nomination and the election, Ratner was sworn in as Governor of Kansas on January 9, 1939. He was reelected in 1940. During his tenure, a department of labor was established, a department of revenue and taxation was organized, the highway commission was given authority over the vehicle department, a teacher's pension plan was implemented, a small permanent building fund for schools was authorized, and the state fire marshal's office, the hotel commission, and the inspector of restaurants were re-established. He left office on January 11, 1943, and retired from politics. In 1962 Ratner was indicted on unethical legal activities; the case was dismissed; and he was cleared of all charges.

Death

Ratner died in 1974 in Wichita, Kansas.

References

Payne Ratner Wikipedia


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