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Also known as Samuel Dale Brownback, Samuel D. Brownback, Governor Sam Brownback, Gov. Sam Brownback, Brownback, Governor Brownback, Gov. Brownback

American politician and 46th Governor of Kansas (born 1956)

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Sam Brownback is a male American politician, lawyer, diplomat, and administrator. Born Samuel Dale Brownback in Garnett in 1956, he is a member of the Republican Party. He has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, a United States senator, and secretary of state. His work locations include Washington, D.C., and Topeka.

Brownback was educated at Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. He is a Catholic who speaks English and has five children. His notable works include *Are Military Adultery Standards Changing*, *Crisis In South Asia: India's Nuclear Tests; Pakistan's Nuclear Tests; India And Pakistan: What Next?*, *Effects of Public Financing on Public Health Infrastructure*, *From Power to Purpose*, and *Impact of Interactive Violence on Children*. He has received the White House Fellows award and the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1956
Works
10

Top works

  • Are Military Adultery Standards Changing
  • Crisis In South Asia: India's Nuclear Tests; Pakistan's Nuclear Tests; India And Pakistan: What Next?
  • Effects of Public Financing on Public Health Infrastructure
  • From Power to Purpose
  • Impact of Interactive Violence on Children

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1931-01-22
Active to
1964-12-11

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12
Total plays
18

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Key facts

President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
David Saperstein
Succeeded by
Rashad Hussain
Lieutenant
Jeff Colyer
Governor
John W. Carlin , Mike Hayden , Joan Finney
Born
Samuel Dale Brownback , ( 1956-09-12 ) September 12, 1956 (age 69) , Garnett, Kansas , U.S.
Party
Republican
Spouse
Mary Stauffer ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 ) ​
Education
Kansas State University ( BA ), University of Kansas ( JD )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Sam
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Garnett
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Religion
Catholicism
Eye colour
blue
Image
Sam Brownback official portrait 2.jpg
Number of children
5
Work location
Topeka
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date of birth
1956-09-12
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Sam Brownback
name in native language
Sam Brownback
birth name
Samuel Dale Brownback
writing language
English language
social media followers
30383
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org/governor/sam-brownback
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Encyclopedic overview

Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the 46th governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback also served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom during the administration of President Donald Trump and was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 2008.

Born in Garnett, Kansas, Brownback grew up on a family farm in Parker, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in agricultural economics in 1978 and received a J.D. from the University of Kansas in 1982. He worked as an attorney in Manhattan, Kansas, before being appointed Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas in 1986 by Democratic governor John W. Carlin. Brownback ran for Congress in 1994 and defeated Carlin in the general election in a landslide. He represented Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term before running in a 1996 special election for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Bob Dole. He won the election and was reelected by large margins in 1998 and 2004. Brownback ran for president in 2008, but withdrew before the primaries began and endorsed eventual Republican nominee John McCain.

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