Sheila Frahm

Sheila Sloan Frahm (born March 22, 1945) is an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.[1]

Sheila Frahm
United States senator from Kansas
In office June 11, 1996 – November 7, 1996
Appointed by	Bill Graves
Preceded by	Bob Dole
Succeeded by	Sam Brownback
44th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
In office January 9, 1995 – June 11, 1996
Governor	Bill Graves
Preceded by	Jim Francisco
Succeeded by	Gary Sherrer
Member of the Kansas Senate from the 40th district
In office January 1989 – January 1995
Succeeded by	Stan Clark
Personal details
Born	(1945-03-22) March 22, 1945 Colby, Kansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kenneth Frahm
Education	Fort Hays State University (BA) University of Texas at Austin

Life and career

Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas. She was appointed to the Kansas state Board of Education in 1985 and was re-elected in 1986. In 1988, she was appointed to the position of vice-president.[2] Frahm was a member of the Kansas State Senate from 1989 to 1995. She became the first woman to be given the title of majority leader of the Kansas Senate when she was elected in 1993.[2] Frahm was the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1995 to 1996. While serving as lieutenant governor, Frahm also served as the state's Secretary of Administration.

She was appointed by Governor Bill Graves to the Senate on June 11, 1996 to replace Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who resigned from the Senate to devote all of his time to his Presidential campaign.[1] During her time in the Senate, Frahm voted with the Republican party 92.9% of the time.[3] The Senate average was 87.5%.[3] Frahm ran in the special election to succeed him, but she was defeated for the Republican nomination by first-term US Representative Sam Brownback. Brownback went on to win the November 1996 election, and immediately took office.

Other

Frahm is an Honorary Chair of Women for Kansas.[4] She moved back to Colby, Kansas, and became the executive director of the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees. For the 2018 gubernatorial election, Frahm joined many other high-profile Republican current and former legislators and politicians in endorsing the Democratic candidate, and eventual victor, Laura Kelly.[5]

See also

• List of female lieutenant governors in the United States
• Women in the United States Senate

References

1. "Frahm in Congress". Congressional Directory.
2. "Sheila Frahm". Women In Congress. House. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
3. "Voting Statistics for Sheila Frahm". The Political Guide. The Political Guide. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
4. "Honorary Chairs". Women for Kansas. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
5. "Laura Kelly touts growing list of Republican support". WIBW. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

• Appearances on C-SPAN

• United States Congress. "Sheila Frahm (id: F000438)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by Jim Francisco	Lieutenant Governor of Kansas 1995–1996	Succeeded by Gary Sherrer
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Bob Dole	United States Senator (Class 3) from Kansas 1996 Served alongside: Nancy Kassebaum	Succeeded by Sam Brownback