Frank L. Hagaman
Frank Leslie Hagaman (June 1, 1894 – June 23, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 30th lieutenant governor of Kansas and later as the 31st governor of Kansas.
Frank Leslie Hagaman
Vacant
Frank Carlson
June 1, 1894
Bushnell, Illinois
June 23, 1966 (aged 72)
Kansas City, Kansas
Elisabeth Blair Sutton
attorney
Early life[edit]
Frank Leslie Hagaman was born in Bushnell, Illinois, to Frank and Hattie Hagaman. The family moved first to Kansas City, Missouri, and later to Rosedale, Kansas. After graduating from Rosedale High School, Hagaman worked as a shipping clerk and later graduated from the University of Kansas. He earned his J.D. in 1921 from the George Washington University School of Law.
Adult life[edit]
Hagaman served in the 117th Kansas Ammunition Train during World War I and received a Purple Heart with a special citation.
In 1920 he married Elizabeth Sutton of Russell, Kansas. In 1921, he went on to receive an education in law at the George Washington University Law School, in Washington, D.C. He then returned to Kansas to establish his law practice in Wyandotte County, where he worked as the Assistant County Assessor.
Post-political life[edit]
After losing the bid for Republican Party nomination as governor, Hagaman returned to his law practice in Fairway, Kansas. His legal practice allowed him to argue cases in courts in Kansas, Missouri and the United States Supreme Court.
Hagaman died in a hospital in Kansas City on June 23, 1966, and is buried at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.[2]