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Harry Woodring

Harry Hines Woodring (1890 - 1967)

Born in Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
Died at age 77 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States

Harry Hines Woodring

Ancestors ancestors

Son of and

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[children unknown]


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Harry

Harry Hines Woodring

Ancestors ancestors

Son of Hines Woodring and Melissa Jane Cooper

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Parents
Hines Woodring

29 Jan 1836 - 14 Dec 1928
Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Melissa Jane Cooper

05 Mar 1849 - 15 Jan 1918
Boone, Kentucky, United States

Grandparents
Jacob Woodring

abt 01 Dec 1797 - 1852
Virginia, United States

[Woodring grandmother? please help]

[Cooper grandfather? please help]

[Cooper grandmother? please help]

Great-Grandparents
John Wotring

08 Mar 1771 - 1850

[Woodring great-grandmother?]

2nd-Great-Grandparents

21 Dec 1740 - 16 Nov 1779

07 Nov 1742 - 14 Dec 1779

Descendants of Harry Woodring

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Preceded by
George Dern
53rd United States Secretary of War
1936 - 1940
Succeeded by
Henry L. Stimson
Preceded by
Clyde M. Reed
25th Governor of Kansas
1931 - 1933
Succeeded by
Alf Landon

Biography

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Harry Woodring is Notable.

Harry Hines Woodring was an American politician. A Democrat, he was the 25th Governor of Kansas and the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1933 to 1936. His most important role was Secretary of War in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's cabinet from 1936 to 1940.

He served in the US Army during World War I.[1]
2LT Harry Woodring served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 11 May 1918
Unit(s):
Service ended: 15 Dec 1918

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQXH-RQN2 : Sun Mar 10 20:27:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Harry Hines Woodring, 15 December 1918.

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